The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
IN A STREAK
 OF HARD LUCK Things Have Broken Badly for Climbers. FIGHTING BLOOD IS UP They Resent Forfeit of Two
 Games. Billy Cristai Has Asked for His Re- lease snd Ryan VIII Probably
 Give It to Him--DeaI for
 Second Baseman.
BY Vi. Vi. sCREws, IR

| | SIeSation Is this bunch Of Climbers of JllIlnly Ryan's. To start the nara luck | came that story from Memphis wlth l the announeement that a large sized | oeht had oeen put Tn the chances uI
 tde gang from Montgomery by the sic | Ing of Of a coupie of hard-earned I sa'nes that they lad fougnt Tor ana | won.
 The decree of the Board of Directors | or tne Southern League Is as finaI in
 tnls case as one Of the laws Of the Msues and Perslans, or even of Judge baoens Recorders Court. Un a tecn- nIcaIity the two games were thrown | out, but coming down to the strict le- sdlIty or the transaction it is ques- | ton II the decision would stand if car ried up to the high courts of baseball fought to the limit.
 1 :. When the Memphis team was in Montsomery last week Tom McCul- iousn in speaking of the afrair said to the writer that he or Babb had not l protested the games but had merely
 notlhed' kavanaugh of the transac- I There Is a distinction without a dif- Terence or a difference without a dis l tinction-can you call the turn? US a toothplck to a sawmill that if the Turtles had got the big end of the scores in those games Judge Kava- naugh would never have been notified
 Jimmy Ryan and the whole bunch | here are sore. The manager of the | IL4 If there is determined effort to push his bunch do~ r in the race and pull some of the others up because of the fact that Montgomery Is one of the one thing that 1t has done--it has yanked to the surface all of the fight Ing blood in every one of them from the manager on down the line. includ- ing Colonel William Stickney. and-from now until the leaves begin to saunter down in September the team that beats the Climbers out has got to put up some pretty stiff baseball.
 The team Is not in the best shane m the world now, but they are put ting up hard fight. Both Archie Per. sons and Steve Reagan are suffering on his foot caused by the rubbing of hts shoe From the way that they are going though, one would never know but that every one of them Is in the pink of condition. and they are fight- ing hard for every inch of ground. Everything has been breaking badly Tor them for the past few days but tthslnss ts can.t break that way all the turn look out for some swift baseball.
 This Nashville bunch is> going at ton speed sessar now sNv snG,y snd they are working to- big manager of the Volunteers pitched a swell game of ball Thursday but with any Kind of luck Ryan's men. would nave come pretty near landing. For
 
 With only one out and a hit would nave pulled over one or more runs once theEe were men on second and was at the bat ana he had been Sit- ting good. as he knew Bernhard's style of work from the old days in the big leagues He swung hard on the bali three-bagger. but 1t landed in the init of Harry Bay The outfeld can't ret them all, though. and when they do oegin to go safely the runs will begin the Climbers will again be lighting for their heads at the top of the heap.
 There is one thing that will have to They have the most modern. up-to- date plant in the South. Right in the heart of the city. almost hundreds of people walk to the games. being inde- which by. the way, is splendid The entrance to the grandstand and bleach CTS Is right on the street and from the car line to the entrance Is only a few steps: The grounds are on a corner and from one street there Is the grand stand entrance. the bleacher entrance being on the other street. There are five sections in the bieachers, ranging uine un-gods hold high carnival, to a section adjoining the grandstand which costs S5 cents to sit in. It has no roof but comfortable backs to the seats that make 1t as comfortable as any grand stand.
 The grounds are eight or ten feet be- low and are as fast as any in this league. Right field is a little short and there Is big bank some ten or fifteen feet. leading to Summer Street on the other side of the grounds. These practicing gotten so that they can get way up on this dump" after fly ball. but if Is pretty hard for a visiting right fielder to perform this acrobatic Nhn N1n genuine big league style, on the order of the St. Louis National League grounds. though an abridged edition If the grounds in Montgomery were in town the difference in the attendance would be shown. Manager Ryan says that there is lot of waste space in the present grounds and smaller grounds nearer In town would be big improvement.
 Billy Cristal Is sore over losing so many games down here and he has release as he has been ofrered a iob in Syracuse. N. Y. The manager told l him that he would give him his re- lease as soon as he landed a pitcher l surprise if Cristall Is released In the | next few days. He has been pitching | good ball but has played in hard luck l and thinks that change would be lots l better all round
 Ryan fell down on one of the deals that he was on for a second baseman, 1 but he Is still after the other He | says that he Is determined to land a | hard hitting second baseman. keeping | Perry on third and Greminger on first | The first base work of big Ed Is a | revelation, Grant1and Rice, Blll Car | penter. Bill Bernhard and others say | ing that he Is playing as good if not | better first base than Baxter ever did | in his best days.
 Just wait until I get used to play | ing the bag and I will show you | something" says the jolly big man of | the bunch.
 The start for Birmingham was made | at 8 o'clock Sunday morning arriving there about { o'clock in the afternoon. Ryan will work both of his left-hand- CTS in the Birmingham games as there is a string of left-hand hitters on the Birmingham team.
 Thanks to the hustling of Bill Stick ney the quarters here in the Tulane | have been comfortable as could be got ten anywhere. Both Bill and Manager Ryan are pretty popular here and the hotel people have been as nice to them as could be. Bill secured a solid Pull man out of Montgomery and the bovs slept till or 9 o'clock Thursday morn- ing.
 July Is an of day and Ryan says that he will play off the game that Birmingham had postponed there in aha eariv part of AnrY op tbat 6ov