The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28

Nonteomery. June 97.-(Special)-Bert Maxwell was the hero in one of the pest and most exciting baseball games that has ever been played on the Montgomery diamond. For B gruellng rounds the Baron hurler held the heavy-hitting Bill ukens helpless Twice during the game and before the end of the ninth session the home team got man to third base but Maxwell tlghteped and held them without a score.
 In the second session McElveen had reached first on a safe hit. nobody was out and Bill Elwert and Joe Bills, both heavy hitters, were behind him. Max well faced the plate and struck ElWert out. On the third strike MeElFeen went to second and Yantz made an attempt to catch him. but nobody was at the bag to take the throw, and the ball went to cen fer field. while McElveen kept on to third. Only one was gone and Joe Bills was the next up. It looked good for a run. And A run In that inning would have won the game for the Billikens. But Maxwell again faced the plate and Bills was struck out. Dobbs still remained to be reckoned with, but all he could accomp- fish was to dump an easy ground ball to Maxwell. and he was out at first That ended the first critical period.
 Another Bilious Round
 Another bilious session was the seventh although it was not as trying as in the second. After two were gone Dobbs sin gled to right. In an effort to catch him mapping at first Maxwell threw wild to McGilvray and Dobbs went to third. Crib bens was called on to bring him in, but only a pop-up resulted to Ellam and the side was out. Aside from those two ses- sions not a Billiken got past first sta ton.
 While Maxwell was doing heroic work for. The Barons Frank Sparks was per fofning in the same capacity for the ? BiIlikens, but with not as much success. Up to the ninth session 1t was a battle royal, only three hits having been made off each pitcher, but after the ninth Sparks weakened and the Barons began to find his offerings. Prior to the ninth they had found him only in two innings. In the second Large William pushed out a single and Johnson followed suit. This was after one had gone. It was splen- did opportunity for the Barons, but Yantz flew out to Dobbs and there was no ad- vance, while Sparks promptly famed FL lam. Another single was made in the third, but 1t was after two had been put out and Phelan who got the hit, was caught attempting to steal second. After that session 1t was almost one, two, three affair until the fatal thirteenth.
 Barons Win the Game
 Largo William McGilvray came to the plate and flew out to Dobbs. It looked like a repetition of the previous twelve innings. The gloom was settling over the field and the chances were that Umpire Fitzsmmons would call the game after the round. Johnson came to the plate. He had two balls and one strike. He picked out the next ball and sent it soar ing over the leftfield fence Ftzsimmons watched it with an eagle eye and yelled foul It had missed being a home run by fraction of a foot. The next ball Johnston stung to McElveen. The Billi- ken shortstop was playing under diff culties having been spiked in the knee cap earlier in the game by Phelan. The ball went screaming through him and Johnston was safe at first Yantz was the next man to face Sparks. Prior to that inning he had been easy for the Biliken pitcher but in this last call the Baron catcher was equal to the emer gency He swung on the ball and it went on line near first base line to rghtfeld. It was a two-base affair. Johnston scored.
 Elam came to bat and hit safely. Yantz went to third and was scored on . long fly to center by Maxwell
 Two runs were the total. One would have been enough as the Billlens were easily retired in their half, Dobb's stir ring up matters for a moment with sin gle, but Flint, who was called to hit in