The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
BEAT THE "DUBS" AGAIN Climbers Took the Game
 for Practice. GREMINGER'S FOUR HITS Thomas Was Hit Hard, But to No
 Purpose. The 'Bumtown Dubs. Had Life Only in One Inning-The Climbers Were Playing Steady, Fast Game
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That was a queer game of ball yes terday-lots of hitting and lots of er- TOTS. but the Climbers were able to nose out those "Dubs'' by a score of to 4.
 Thomas was not altogether right. that was self-evldent, due probably to two causes-first. he was a bit sick when he left here, and secondly, the time Friday night; but with all of the "Dubs' hitting he was steady in pinches except in the seventh and eighth innigs, fast fielding and base running helping him out
 Ed Greminger was the head1iner in the hitting game with three singles and a two-bagger and drove in two of the runs. Spike shannon. got sim gle and a two-bagger. driving In one of the runs. Baxter's pinch hit driving
 Things didn't look rosy at the start as not hit had been made on Flaher- ty up to the third Inning, while he had struck out Persons and Pope, Douglass getting a hit in the first and Reagan in the second. But the worst was to Climbers went afte. Mir. FIaherty with the reckless abandon of a woman div- ing into a bargain day sale. shannon started 1t as he did in that famous ninth inning Friday by bingling one to ble as to pink Thomas on the arm. Perry's hit to Flaherty but shannon on third and Thomas on second. the Moose doing the cleanup by driving Thomas getting to third. The Moose stole second and Greminger pounded one to deep left. Thomas and Baxter and Walters getting Henline's hit
 In the sixth Joe Pope punched out two-bagger but the next two men up couldn't produce.
 In the last half the ''Dubs" came to life. Lou Walters hit fly to. left that Persons misjudged and 1t went as a hit against Thomas. This gave them a little confidence as Flaherty and Molesworth both hit safe. filling the Downey squeezed Walters In with hit to Baxter. F1aherty and Mofes- worth counting on Rauh's hit. shan non threw RAub out stealing second but the score was tied.
 Persons beat out hit In the sev- enth. stole second and counted on Greminger's third hit of the, game
 DeMont. hit by third In tho last half, stole second and counted on Reagan's hit. Reagan was out stealing second and Spike shannon had probably saved the game, for Walters drove one to right for two bags. Henline got Fla nerty's fly. but the score was tied agaln.
 Gied his hit in the eighth. getting out Stealing second. however. Pope walk ed and stole second. Shannon's two baRger driving him in with the run that. as 1t turned out, won the game. '
 Tn the ninth Persons hit, clean. got to second on the Moose's hit to Fla herty and went to third on Greminger's hit-his fourth of the game. Then Perry hit a fly to center and the breath left the fans in HtgEins's hall when Molesworth threw Pefsons out at the plate. completing the double.
 With the score standing 5 to 4 against them the. poor, helpless ,Dubs had the nerve to try for a ninth in- ming rally. Greminger got Downey's past Pepe Perry got Reagan's fly and Thomas had an easy thing handling Waiters's hit-and the game belonged to Ryan by a score of to f. The score was: