The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
Brilliant Victory Won in DoubIeheader. FIRST GAME ONE TO
 BE LONG REMEMBERED Won in Last Halt of the Ninth
 Inning. In Second Game Lively Made His Sem sationnl Debut aa n Local Pitcher And Applied The whitewash
 to Atlanta.

Something in the neighborhood of 5000 people were husily engaged in the somewhat dry pastime of masticating most of the cotton that had triekled through the Livermore corner. Pale and almost frantic were those people with nerves that had been worked over time so lcng that they had about as much strength as a thoroughly mois- tened piece of paper string. It was in the last half of the ninth inning of game of baseball. the equal of which In brilliant fielding and brilliant pitch ing has never before been played Tn Montgomery. The score stood and l in that last half of the ninth. Only one hit had been made off of the At lanta pitcher up to that time and with two hands gone in the ninth 1t looked like an extra inning game.
 Ed .Greminger. the third man at bat crashed out two bagger. the hall go- ing to the left field fence. roar after roar from packed bleachers and grand stand going up. Then Clayton Perry smashed one to center field. Gremin- ger and the run that had won the most exciting ball game played on the local lot in long time coming home.
 Pandemonium reigned supreme. Over on the bleachers men were on their feet throwing hats. cushions and about everything throwable in the air. pretty much the same wild scene was taking place in the grandstand. the fact that there were hundreds of ladies ID
 
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 The ftrst game was over with the score to l in favor of Montgomery. Ed Greminger and Clayton Perry win ming 1t.
 The second game was an ovation for Lively, the pitcher bought from Gulf port It marked his debut In fast com pany and he won his game hands down by score of to 0. making both ends of the double-h eader with Atlanta go- ing to the Climbers by score of to o and to 0.
 There may have been greater crowds at the local ball park than on yesterday but this is doubtful. The grandstand was filled with just about as many as the structure will hold. Over on the bIeachers men were wedged in so tight ly that it would have taken an earth quake to shake loose the solid mass that rose tier after tier, rows of men lining the ground as far down as the exit to the bleachers in right field. And enjoy those games?--well listen, even the grouchiest old grouch would have had to crawl out of his disagree. able shell and smile in sympathy at the huge delight and crescendos of cheering that filled every Inch of the air in the ball lot.
 And say-don't think for one moment that those people didn't watch a couple of the greatest ball games one ever sees mot the greatest simply because Mont romery won them, but the greatest from a pitching. fielding baserunning
 It's question if anything like that first game has even been seen in Mont gomery. Only one hit had been made off Viebahn up to the ninth inning, while his dazzling speed had struck out eleven men. Only four scattered hits had been made off Whitey Guese, up to the sixth inning, couple pr nus being punched then, but the sharpest kind of fielding killing all chances or a run. These six hits were all that were made off Guese. His control was superb and while he struck out oniy two men. not base on balls or wiiu wii pitch did he give. He was lots steadier than Viebahn, for while the latter struck out eleven batters he gave three bases on balls. one of them helplng in the first local run. while orc "t S bases on balls was the result or dar- ing piece of headwork that ne got a ,s,.y
 With one gone Hopkins smashed one for two bags. Then Viebahn wa lked Reagan. Greminger hit one that Wilkes knock ed doWn but got to second in time to stop Reagan. Jordan fell down trying for the ball and during the play Hopkins stole home with the first run
 Tim Fox hit Iclean in the second. but was forced at second on McMurraV's hit to Perry, who, by the way put up the most sensational fielding game thai he has ever done in Montgomery; Archie Persons made a sensational catch of Viebahn's long fly to left that looked like a three-bagger. MeMnrrav getting to third on the play. There were two gone when Becker hit long fiy to deep center that HoDkins mis- judged. He managed to get one hand on it but dropped 1t and McMurray counted with the only run that Atlanta was destined to have En the two games
 Wilkes ended the inning with hit that Perry made a fast play out of. but the score was tied
 A pitchers duel was on from then. that would stir the blood of mummy not a hit was made off of Viebahn un- til the ninth inning. while he did not give a base on balls until the seventh inning, and it was very rare that either the Atlanta or Montgomery team got a ball out of the infield- In the sixth came the fastest fielding of the game. NoE A hit had been made off of Guese af. fer the second inning, when for the second time during the game Moran hit clean. Jordan tried to sacrifice him and looked so like slow S.ork that Moran started for third. Greminger like a Hash fired the ball to Perry and Moran was doubled at third. Dyer hit clean and tried to stretch 1t Into a two-baE. ger, Archie Persons getting the hail back in time to get him at second. kill. ing the only chance that Atlanta had of uutieing the score.
 Hopkins struck out in the last of the