The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-08
Biggest Crowd Seen on
 Home Field. TRAVELLERS SADDENED
 THR0NG BY EASY WIN First Triple Play. Here Pulled
 Off. Two Errors And String of Hits scor- ed.seven Men i'm The First
 Inniss-Then It Was All l off. O. f

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 fusion that they were a slow train through Arkansas by knocking the
 wadding out of Lively and eternalIy
 ciinching the game in the first spasm
 High and lofty were the hopes that sparkled In the breasts of some thous-
 ands of fans. when the jolly old sun
 that the world has known since the 7th of September, 1907, when the troupe led by the mustache and voice of Col
 Michael Finn were in the ball. yard of When the aforesaid sun--an early l bird sun it was--folled sleepily out of
 his rosy bed yesterday morning the come again. To be explicit Labor Day | had arrived in an expectant world about five hours before. but Col. Sol was not aware of the fact until he was | called at a. m. Several scores of tho aforesaid demon fans in the towns of | Brewton, Evergreen, Greenville, Pratt | vile. Wetumpka, Selma. Union Springs.
 creaa hhonsgqmefy rom ete 6Segap 10 | clock of Colonel Sols shot its bolt. These demon fans that were circulat- Ing had but one idea in their minds
 idea took the shape of bat and ball. l Those Climbers of Montgomery that were making such plucky Tight for
 the pennant would roll into Montgom- cry from New Orleans and in the
 afternoon have duel battle with the aggregation from Little Rock. Like
 rolling ball of snow, that original band of demon fans in the above mentioned
 towns. grew larger at every jump.
 Most of the suburban trains coming
 Into, Montgomery yesterday morning
 were pretty well filled with rabid base ball rooters. who every one wanted to see Greminger's band mop up with that bunch from Arkansas.
 Along about noon there were several thousand people in this town of Mont
 the hfIZZtnrr
 In the head pieces that the good folks from out of town had. Just about this time these two streams converged and every car of the Traction Com pany that even hinted at the ball park was taken. forcible possession of.
 As early as 12 o'clock cars began hustling streams of people out to, the
 ball lot-good natured and happy these
 people were. They had a holiday and
 they were going out to watch team
 makes it's final stand for the Southern League spennant.
 Long before Dan Pfenninger called
 the game there was a greater crowd in the grounds than had ever been at
 a Sunday game in 1908.
 By the time that the first game was
 called, both bleachers and grandstand
 were congested. Over on the bleachers every seat held fan while men rows deep were
 bieacher fence. this long rev of men
 and boys extending to within few
 feet of the fence in right field. Ladies
 were walking round vaInly hunting for
 seats that were not. The big grand stand was even worse off in the matter
 of available seats than the bleachers
 for there was no grass to sit on in front
 of the grandstand.
 The Darktown brigade had the negro
 bleachers looking like a huge mass of
 jet, negro men and boys packed several
 rows deep in front of the negro bleach
 CTS. There were altogether something
 in the neighborhood of 1000 souls hopeful souls, happy souls. enthusias-
 tic souls--gathered within the en- closure. They came to see Montgom- cry win, but alas. that aggregation of Mike Finn's was from town that was too close. to Missouri.
 The sentiments of this big throng' were forcibly expressed in long, loud roar as Greminger and his white clad people started out to the field in run for the opening of hostilities
 sky came the tragedy of that first ses-
 moments Sn0ni n Lively had been shot to
 pieces, fragments of his anatomy
 Climbers were Virtually backed off the
 Six long smashes with a couple of frightfully costly errors by the local in- field and some good base running and | luck of the Travellers had put in seven | tallies--and the first game had went: Juul finished the first Inning and
 Bliss went rse n n 4f &6e sefqna Fn6tss ead had their batting habits on though and | took a puncn at Bliss 10 the jig-time | tuae of six more hits anu fonr More runs. Our esteemed friend. MT. Buch- anan-the man whom the local fans was on the hill for Mir. Finn and a trio of very pitiful. orphaned bnigles were extracted from him, bum peg of
 hIs own letting in the lonely tally 1T | the Climbers.
 | local fans any of that aggressive work that has been landing game after game for them throughout the golden West Their work had . rather saf- far from well. but at that pulled off | some brilliant plays. the work of the
 Climbers at times @ showing f,.,d dl nashss rrod ni played fast ball and if Buchanan him
 self had put up better game he
 would have scored snutout.
 inning W with a smash to left field. Blakely the recruit from the Hot | Springs team of thei Arkansas State | put Grimm on second. the latter count l Ing when Collins soaked one for two bags by first base. Gonnors hit to
 gan In keeping him from getting home. | connors stole second and when Rock
 enfield dropped Hess hot line hit both
 G9n Sakea and and Gesa couGPSd on Page 1 drive to right. Page going to second | on Woods hit to Greminger. Buch = | anan pushed one past krebs that was 1 good for two bags Wells and Page l counting. Grifin hit clean and Buch . ! anan got to third. Then GreminEer | There was a double steal and while 1t | looked as if Hart got the ball on him before he scored yet the umphs gave
 Buchanan the run. Blakeley ending 1t | with a hit to Juul.
 | The feature of the last half of the | inning was Pages knockdown of Hop | kins hit. getting the runner at first. | Bliss went to the hill in the second l and Juul to left field In the last of l the second Krebs hit one that bound | cd bad for Griffin and the runner went 1 to second going to third on Pepe's hit | to Page and counting when Buchanan
 threw Harts hit wild to connors, this
 being the only lookin that the Climb
 Page hit safe in the third. going to
 second on Woods hit to Bliss and tc | third on Buchanan's hit to left. count
 ing son Grifin's hit to Bliss, With | stop doubling the runners.
 | Tn the sixth came the feature of | the game. Blakeiey had beaten out a | hit and Collins prized open a tWo-bag- | ger. Connors hit one to right field 1 that looked so safe that both Blakeloy l run Reagan got under the ball just In l time and grabbed it just as he fell | He held on to the ball and Jumping to his feet fired 1t to Greminger Grem. J lngeF arl1g # across to Krebs at third