The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Murphy's Great Plays mained for Murphy, howeve


 IT remained for Murphy, however, to .lectrifv the crowd. His first noteworthy exploft was to smash the ball over lhe heads of the right field overflow cro"u into the regular bleachers for four SACKS, driving in two runners ahead or hlil- Al the time he did not know how Tar the snhere had travelled and stopped after covering the two bases allowed nhoer fhe ground rules for hits into the over flow Umpire O'Day waved to nm 10 come in which he did, with half the team skipping him on the back.
 The hit was more than a run counter, for it figured largely in the expulsion oi Chance from the grounds. chance 5olnea Inv most of his men, surrounded . Day fin an endeavor to persuade him that the rules made all hits into the crowd al any no;nt or distance doubles. The arbiter could not see It and when the Cub Iead@r sought to prolong the argument oroereo him from the field. Archer, ordinarily a catcher, replaced him at the initial sta- tion.
 Murphy's next sensational exhibition earned him an ovation He ran pack after what Zimmerman had marked for a double, jumped on the barrier In rlsht field. grasped the ball by his hngernaiis, fell over backward into the crowd ana emerged with the trophy safe. Mean while Sheckard. thinking there were two out. that SOuo hcS have captured the drive sped around the bases. He awoke at third to find he had been doubled at first.
 sheckard's Good Work
 Sheokard faced Coombs four times, and all but once was allowed to walk. He brought two runs across the plate and f1elded his position without haw. Both of Schulte's hits were doubles. Tinker made three hits, one of which was two bagger. His fielding was not up to his stick work however, two errors being charged against him. He negotiated the only stolen base of the day
 The brand of weather furnished consti- tuted an argument against long sched- ules Early in the morning 1t rained, and while this shower passed mist-like drops fell during much of the game. chill- ing wind came from the northwest and the clouds were so overcast that the spec tators had difficulty in keeping track of the ball.
 There were 4000 persons in line wher the sale of general admission tickets be gan, and when the trunstile count was completed 1t was announced that 26,21 persons paid for their admission to tn, grounds The stands were filled at noon many of those present munching a lunches and drinking coffee which wal s.hawked" about the stands in little tiI buckets. Many interesting attempts wer make to secure tickets by persons wht did not care to stand in line themselves
 How to Buy Seats
 The experience of a messenger boy wh was hired by the hour is typical. He wa ordered to secure 12 tickets regardless o cost He went on duty at Il o'clock las night and was among the first to secur the four tickets allowed to a single pur chaser when the box office opened. B special construction of the ticket booth and the use of guards. purchasers wer compelled 10 enter the grounds imme dlately upon buying their tickets. Thi was to foil scalpers. The boy gave u one ticket and immediately emerged wit the three remaining ones to get fires place in line. Twice he was able to pun chase positions at s5 each from othe boys who had been holding their place for just such speculation. It took fou trips to secure the desired admissio cards.
 In Judge Scanlons court the judge hay ing ascertained that the members of hi fury were more interested in the gam than the case at bar, sought 10 right mat ters by having the score by innings req to them by bailiff. This worked we until news of the defeat of the local