The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-05
Locals Wina Sensational Game, 2 to 1. THE NINTH INNING FINISH Thomas Had Better of a Pitching
 Duel. But For One MispIay. The Crackers Would Never Have scored--Perry And Baxter Wis Game
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THE NINTH INNING FINISH

In the ninth Inning the tally sheet was tied up in knot so tight that even the efforts of the most expert divorce court in the world could not nave given 1t a gentle jar. Moose baxter was the first man I'D in the laft half and with ferocious clout he soaked the ball way out to deep left center for two bags. Big Ed Grenlin- ger advanced him to third and Clay ton Ferry broke up the game with A clean hit to left field, the Moose saur- tering home with the run that gave me nrst game of the Atlanta series 5o ane climbers by the close score of
 It is seldom that a more intensely exciting game of ball is witnessed than fought and bitterly eontesesd at e1erd Hsrd move, the Climbers landed the big erd oI the score by two things--sheer grit and an the masterly pitching of Forest Thomas. He struck out seven batters some of them with men on bases when hit meant run. He gave two pases on balls. His control of the ball was seventh getting the only base on balls that should be charged against
 Thomas had Moran struck out in the sixth inning; Pfenninger missing one of them and letting the extra Atlanta outfiefder walk-and that walk to- gether with one of the only dumb plays
 
 Baxter make. was responsible for the lone Atlanta run. The Moose made up for it by being the only man on. either team tear to get away with two hits;. hits. his his suited in the winning run. The other four hits were one each by Gremin- ger, Perry Henline and Pope. the hits of Pope and Perry being pincn arra'rs that drove in runs each time. All of the bunch played snappy. ball. the only error made being .Baxter's throw to third in the sixth inning.
 But they had to fight for it-tny, how they had to fight for 1t. Billy smith s outfit for 1908 is about as swift an aggregation as ever raced around a the getaway, put over the first run and were only nosed out In the last half of the ninth inning by a bunch of ball players that were even faster
 That famous infeld of last year Biil Dyer. Louis Castro. Otto Jordon and Jim Fox-wAs working like piece of well-oiled machinery but to the tall boy on first and the Count at short 1t had to be handed. Ills Scfs- sorsship had twenty-one cha nc es-- nineteen putouts and two asiSss-wll,S nns n,,tnns and there was TO IsDicit Il or a bop. hle by any of that inhald gang. Ed Hurlburt caught d lnigaty good game of ball and Mckenzie pitched a game that will win lots oftener tlian lose He struck out three men and gave a couple of bases on balls. one of them counting, but he had a lot of deter him that were too much. for him. Ihe difference in the work of Thomas and Mckenzie was just this: Ryan's star was admirably steady in crisis while
 George winters's hit in the fourth, Jesse Becker's hit In the !sixtli-that drove in the run--otto Jordon's hit in the second and Bill Overs hit in the ninth was the quartette of widely scat tered bingles garnered by the Crackers now champs" no longer.
 The Climbers kept at the Scotchnan and drove out quartette of singles and couple of two o-sackers-Grem- inger's in the fourth. Henline's in the fifth. Baxter's in the sixth, Pepe's pinch two-bagger in the seventh and Bax- ter's two-bagger and Perry's pinch drive that drove in the winning run in the Ninth. This ninth was the only time during the game that hits were punched and showed some great team work on the part of the Climbers.
 It was one. two three in the first. Pope got Moran's fly and Thomas struck out Winters and Becker. In the last half the Climbers had "a runner on third but Mckenzie pulled him self out. Persons walked and stole second. With one out Greminger got him to third on his hit and out to Mo- Kenzie, but Moran got Perry's fly. :
 In the sixth inning Thomas. had Moran struck cut but Pfenpinger let him have the walk. Winters sent him to second on a neat bunt to Greminger. Greminger had, run in on the bunt and both Pope and Perry started to. pro- tect third. The Moose saw them start for the bag and kinder lost his h, ad. tossing to third though Winters was not dangerous. The ball went wild and Winters got to third. counting on Becker's drive to right.
 Perry walked with one down in the seventh, was advanced on HenIine's hit to Castro and the score was tied when Joe Pope punched one to left. for two bags. .:t... ~. F-. the ninth Greminger worked, h i'm to third with a hit to Mckenzie and Perry's drive to left broke up the game. E..