The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-24
Climbers Took Last One
 From Crackers.
Roy Hale Had Marvellous Control and Was Given Fine support--Thir- teen Consecutive Triumphs
 on Home Grounds.

ntting climax 10 three oi tne liiOo. markabie games of baseball ever vt. messed in Montgomery or in the entire South for that matter. While the three games were big league baseball 1t re fnained for the last one to be the best.
 Judging from the superb work that the Climbers have been doing 1t looked impossible for them to improve on it but sensationa spectaacuiSar wG5a iai ths in siastic Admiration of the local fans amounted at times to species or frenzy.
 It was a pitchers battle between Roy Hale and Raymond, Hale outpitching the clownish twirler two to one. The ssvs1sDs hss gsrs sonro ana Aas sSowed throughout the game was admiraole. Not base on balls did Hale give. Ray. mond gave only two; Hale struck out one of RaymonIs bases on balls counted. though the man receiving 1t was forced at second, oidring's base over the second run of the game.
 In one inning only did two hits ting safe in the seventh and Rickert driving one through the opening left by Charlie Schwartz playing for. double. Even with that the Atlantians would have been shut out but for and head off stafford at third. There was compensation even in that. how ever, for the wild throw caused pos- sibly the quickest, most sensationa, game. Stafford had rounded the third base and was scoring when Rickert, one of the fastest sprinters in the South. was steaming for third. oldring was also making for that bag just a shade faster than Rickert. Without losing the fraction of a second Brouth- CTS had gone on dead run for the bail which was ten or twenty feet from the bag. With a marvelously quick. accu- rate throw he fired the ball to third just as Oldring and Rickert were about literally carried him over Rfckert;; oldring jumped to. the bag and grabbed the ball just before Rickert could reach the bag. It was not only the everybody. but the promptness of Brouthers and oidring and the accurate manner in which every detail was car ond's falterins Rickert would have reached the bag, but like lightning the play was made. There was not even a suspicion of hesitation, and the most remarkable play ever made on a ball field had been put through.
 Thornton more than redeemed him. self for his bad throw by his catch of that looked absolutely safe for two bags, while his three bagger and great base running in the last half of that inning put over the last run of the
 Another remarkable feature was Old rings left handed stop, on a dead run, of Archer's fierce drive in the eighth inning and without even steadying him. self throwing his man out at first.
 Pat Millerick led the hitting with two-bagger and long single, the hits scoring runs both times.
 But for Thornton's throw and a fum- ble by Jordan both teams played an erroriess game, game that possibly was a bit above the high standard of ha nf tNnyn
 The details of the game were as fol-
 Miilerick, oIdring and Brouthers got Crozter, Winters and Stafford in the first, and in the last half Molesworth struck out, Thornton and Schwartz go- ing out to Morse and Jordan-six men up in the inning.
 Rickert was out on a hit to Schwartz in the second, Jordan on fly to Thorn ton and Morse landed on the first hit of the the a,1Ss,p zane, pushing one through third. Raymond got the first two men in the last half. getting Brouthers's hit and striking out Durrett. Jordan get
 Millerick got Archer's foul in the third. Raymond got the second hit of the. game. Crosier hit to Hale. who second, and Dick Crozier attempted the impossible feat of stealing second, Mil lerick throwing him out easily.
 In the last half the Climbers gave
 
 life. oldring led with a two-bagger to left field and sauntered home when Pat Millerick crashed one out to deep cen ter for two bags. Hale tried to sacri- flee Millerick to third, but was out on a bunt fly to Stafford, Noblett getting Molesworth's foul and Jordan fielding
 It was three up and three down with the Crackers in the fourth, Thornton getting Winters fly Oldring fielding Stafford's hit, and Durrett getting
 ss::wartz was out on a fly to Rickert in tece last half, and Brouthers cn a fly to Crozier. Durrett crashed one out to left that looked safe for two bags, Joe Rickert making a great running stop and cutting 1t down to a single. Null laney walked and Oldring smashed one stepped. Jordan juggling it and filling the bags with Millerick up, but Morse managed to get his drive and threw Oldring out at second.
 Jordan hit one towards first in tho him out at second Morse beat out hit to Brouthers. but Hale and Millerick Noblett striking out and Millerick throwing Morse out ias the latter tried to steal second.
 Hale struck out in the last half, Molesworth was out on a fly to Jordan and Thornton on hit to Raymond.
 In the sixth Hale had his arm work fly and Raymond and Grozier striking out
 Rickert got schwartz's long Ny in the last half. Jordan got Brothers's fly and Stafford got Durrett's hit.
 Durrett got Winters's fly in the sew enth. and Stafford punched one through Schwartz was playing near the bag to try for the double It left A wide opening between first and second and Rickert took advantage of it, driving one through the unprotected spot out to right Stafford had started for third wild to Brouthers Stafford scoring and Rickert starting for third. The most sensational play of the game followed. By fast run, Brouthers made a mar velously quick recovery and got the ball Oldring had dashed up to third ahead of the flying Rickert, the bali from Brouthers's hand getting to the brilliant shortstop just as he jumped 10 the bag ahead of the runner, Oldrlng and Rickert -reac hing the Ng almost together. the two former ,4st frac- tion ahead of the feet-footed Eracker left fielder It was about the fastest Oldring received the ovation of the sweek. Thornton got Jordan's fly and the inning was over. the score being tied, however.
 Mullaney walked in the last half. but was forced at second on Oldring's hit hibition of baserunning making a clean steal of second. Once more Pat Mil- lerick was right there with pinch hit lining one out to center and untieing the score by bringing Oldring home. Hale struck out, and Morse got Moles- worth's fly, but the score was now
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