The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
THREE PITCHERS TRIED, BUT
 ALL LOOKED ALIKE TO CLIMBERS
Montgomery Took Last Game With Ease,
 Score 8 to },

the Climbers yesterday dtu some terrlHc and consistent hitting yesterday, drove Dummy Curtis and Utley from the firing line and would have put Bugs Raymond out of business for the second time other pitchers to put in as forlorn hope, Dummy Curtis lasted just two innings, during which four hits--three of them punched in the second inning Climber being hit by the ball, put over four runs
 Then he retired in favor of MT. Utley. bases on balls and a couple of hits were made off him, with wild throw that let in one more runs he made way % for he the mds o bs nus % whS SeH wfnt m waa n easy for the Climbers. a couple of two baggers in the seventh and a long sin gle, and another two-bagger in the
 Billy May fell down badly in the sec ond inning after striking out two bat, ters in the first inning. In the second throw that put a " runner : on third and filled the bags by hitting batter. The inevitable hit came then and scored a couple of Atlantians. fast heiding man out at the plate. He walked the first man up in the third. the runner stealing second and third and scoring went in and pitched wonderful ball for the balance of the game. During the six innings three scattering hits were maSs o % eSeh h in be the eaye fonr bases on balls, none of them were costly, and he struck out six men-two in the third. tive in the seventh, one in the fourth and one in the ninth. The team played great ball, every man of them, and it was well satisfied crowd, one that packed the hall, sitting on steps. in windows and standing ti,dg during the entire game-that heard the follow- ing story from Higgins:
 Houtz walked and was sacrificed to second by Thornton. scoring on Schwartz's two-bagger; Apperious was out on d hit to Jordan but Schwartz got to third. Mullaney striking outA
 Hoffman was out on fly to Thorn ton in the last half, Crozier on fly to Houtz. Curtis struck out but Hausen dropped the ball and threw him out at first, Morse ending it by striking out.
 Perry walked in the second, Hilley was hit by the ball, Hausen tried to and the bags were full, May struck out, Houtz was out on a hit to Jordan but Hilley and Perry got over the plate with run Nos. and 3. Houtz scoring it with a hit to Hoffman, leaving the score to O.
 Winters was out on a hit to Schwartz Jordan walked. May made a wild throw with only one out; May hit Archer and the bags were full: Smith was then sent in to bat for Curtis, the Dummy having sufficiency, and he scored Jor- Archer being thrown out going to third Hilley made a wild throw of Hoffman's hit and Smith dashed for the plate. Mrllaney getting the ball to Hausen in time to stop him at the plate. two runs having come in.
 Apperious was out on fly to Win ters, Utley being in the box for Atlanta now. Mullaney walked. Perry, was out rl foul n nd nrl fly to Crozier
 Crozier walked in the last half. stole second and third and scored on d wild throw, then Durrett sent McCrane in to relieve May Curtis walked. Morse struck out, Mullaney got Winters fly and Jordan struck out.
 Hausen was out on a fly to Morse in l the fourth, McCrane walked, Houtz hit safe to left Thoraton hit one that | Morse scooped up and threw to sec ond to stop Houtz Jor Ian dropping the ball and the bags were full again. Schwartz struck out and Apperious was ort on hit to Morse. Utley had yanked himself out of bad-looking hole.
 the last half, Archer struck out and Utley was out on foul to Hausen. Mu1laney walked in the fifth. Perry drove to left. Hilley bunted but Utley him with the ball, Mullaney scoring and Perry getting to third. Right here MT. Utley thought discretion the better part of valor-at least his manager did-and Bugs Raymond, who had been knocked out of the box We'd nesday, went in the box. Hausen sac firiced Hilley to second but McCrane and Houtz struck out.
 Hoffman walked in the last half. Cro- zier hit to Schwartz and Hoffman was out at second; Curtis hit d fierce line fly to Hilley, but the latter hung on to it and doubled Crozier and Curtis. Thornton was out on a hit to Hoff- man in the sixth, Schwartz on a fly to Jordan and Apperious on a hit to the same.
 Morse was out on a fly to Perry in the last half, Winters walked, Jordan walked, Hilley dropped Fox's fly and was knocked out of the chance to get Jordan at second. but recovered in time to get Fox at first, and Archer was out on a bunt in front of the plate.
 Mullaney struck out in the seventh, Perry crashed out a two-bagger to right and went to third on Hilley's hit getting some of the same" that he always gets from the Climbers, and Perry scored on Hausen's two-bagger, Archer getting McCrane's foul
 Raymond and Hoffman struck out in the last half. Crozier hit for two bags. but Curtis was out on a fly to Thornton, this being the nrst made off McCrane.
 Morse fumbled Houtz's hit in the eighth and the Climbers right fielder stole second and third; Thornton was out on hit 10 Morse, but Schwartz