The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-21
MONTGOMERY
 STANDS TEST For Fifteen Innings Team Combats Nashville. SCORE IS FINALLY TIED UP Ryan's Teams Fielding is Bril-
 lantly Fast. Tennessee Boys Touch Thomas for Many Hits But Support Saves
 Him From Defeat-- shan
 mon Makes Feature.

For fifteen innings the Climbers and Nashville battled yesterday afternoon, darkness causing the game to be called at the end Of the fifteenth with the score tied ur-3 and 3.
 It was a record crowd that Jack Hig- gins had in his matinee hall, s. R. o. crowd, and while they may see as iJd game of ball this summer the Chances are that they will not--most a3suredly they will never see closer or more exiting one. It was pitch CTS hatt'e between Tn on1as and Bern hardt's southpaw. Hunter. Both struck out seven batters, Thomas only giving three bases on balls and Hunter i've. Thomas's third base on balls in the ninth inning. however, enabling the only times during the fifteen innings that hits were punched was when Nashville got two couple Of two bag second inning and the Climbers bunch ed a couple of long singles and a three-bagger in the eighth. With the score standing to l against them the tied the score in the eighth inning and went Nashville ono better; Nashville tied it up again in the ninth inning and for the next six innings not man brilliant baseball was played by both teams but tho Climbers played the fast CT game for Nashville got fourteen hits off Thomas while the Climbers got Climbers throw men out at the plate. Henline saving the game in the nth Inning by making a great throw In of a fly to right, getting his man at the plate and completing the double.
 Hunter mado 1t l. 2, 3 in the hrst inning, striking out the Moose. the
 WI With Gn one down in the last half Doc wiseman hit safe and Heine lansing was passed, but McElven butted into douhic by hitting to Perry.
 aHc0nn Perry walked and made neat steal on Seabaugh Hunter struck Persons out, however. and let Pepse town with " The cioutins started in the last half; when with one out Daubert hit one that Thomas couldn't ne~9tlate. tne Nashville first sacker get 10 ,,,, Inr,u ing on Morse's fly to left-then Hunter ripped open a two-bagger and McCor- ick counted.
 another two-bagger and was worked to third-he tried to score on Wise mans fly to right but Heniine got tne ball and threw him out at the plate. sixth and was worked around to third he tried to count on McCormlcks fierce hit to third but Greminger man aged to knock it down and throw the
 In the seventh the Climbers got busy and in the first hit that had been made off Hunter came--Ryan ana baA- ter walked and with one out Perry soaked one for two bags, pulling Ryan over the plate and getting the Moose to third-Persons was tut on a fly 10 lansing and settled 1t by striking out Pepee.
 Montgomery Hits the Ball.
 In the eighth the Climbers went af- ter the ex-Brooklyn man with a ven- clean hit to left counting with the dun that tied up the game when Hen line crashed out a three-bagger, Hen line scored on Ryans hit to center, untieing 1t again.
 In the last of the inning Thomas gave his third base on balls. walking Hun- ter, the first man up-Decker sacrl- flee him, but Thomas struck out Wiseman, his fifth strike out-tnen Jack Hardy was sent in to hit TOT Jansing-he turned the trick by smashing one to center. Hunter count ing with the run that tied up the game again.
 It was fight all the way down the line until the fourteenth innning when with one out Perry repeated his per- formance of the seventh inning by smashing out another two-bagger, Sebaugh throwing him out stealing third, however.
 In the last half of the fourteenth shannon made one of the feature plays of the game, running way back near the grandstand and getting Hardys foul.
 At the end of the fifteenth inning. Umpire Brown called the fame with the score tied-S and 8. The score was: