The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-25
HERBERT JUL IS LION OF DAY Montgomery Pitcher in Good Condition. HIS FIRST FULL GAME Joe Pope Was the Star of tn
 Session. Niolesworth Has Seventeen Men At the slagpile and Ryan's Men De- feated All os Them-Home
 Today.
BY ". ". SCREWS. JR.

BY W. W. SCREWS, JR.
 Birmingham. June 2a-tSpecial)- Herbert Juul pitched his first full game for the Climbers this afternoon and tonight the clever University of Illinois southpaw is the admiration and envy of every fan in thIs town.
 Juul not only pitched ball that had the Molesworth hitters up a tree ali during the entertainment, but his field ing was excellent. having seven chances. six of them pretty fast assists.
 His support was magnificent, not a man behind him even hesitating when chances that looked tough sprang up. an errorless game being put up behind
 The bright particular feature of tho afternoon, however. was the sensation al work of Joe Pope. The Brown Kid was everywhere in the infeid and lots His fielding fairly scintillated with brilliancy and on at four occasions he saved the game for the Climbers hv marvellous runs and knock downs of hot hits that with any other short step in this league, wouldv have beep clean hits. He did not do any of tho hitting. but every time he came in applause by the Birmingham people in from the field he was given rounds of the stands a.1d bleachers.
 Pope k Star.
 The fans down home have seen the kid do some pretty fast work; but new CT have t.y seen him do anything like
 With out Buttermilk soaked one past Jimmy Ryan that put tbe hig fell low on third base. Douglas walked and Lew Walters hit one that looked like the prettiest kind of drive to center field. How Pope ever got to the ball nobody knows, but he did and Knocking it down, he dug 1t up in time to toss over to Perry at second and stop Walters. retiring the side and throwing c.-ay the eIrun that big Meeks was just s-eting over the plate with.
 He was not the whole show, though, for besides he and Juul there were seven other athletes that assisted in the work of making the fans of BirTn. ingham go back to their homes in yer yunchristianlike frame of mind. =, Among those present were Spike shannon, who caught a classy game of ball. He had five chances without the shadow of an error and the main beau ty of his work was his steady begging to bases. Not single moment were any of the Birmingham people able to steal on him and Gene DeMont was the only one of the Molesworth crew that had the temerity to try lt DeMont foohshly tried to steal after a walk In the second and again after a walk in prettiest kind of throws both times.
 And the Rain FeII.
 Just as the game started and Per sons was at bat in the first inning the . ,ar Fard summer shower for nearly half an hour.
 about ten minutes before the time was up the rain had stopped and as a taurpaulin had been stretched over the plate and pitchers box things were in comparatively good shape when play was started again as these grounds can hold lot of water.
 Nothing happened until the third inning. when OBrien, who was work ing the bases, gave decision that was so rank 1t brought out protests from minded. shannon had Hit safe and with one out he had stole second Archie Persons dumped a bunt towards first forf Persons did some tall sprinting down the line and had the ball beat out easily. When he was called out there was storm of protest from the stands and even misses were heard.
 The Montgomery runs were made in the fifth inning. There was a series of bunts that had the entire BirIning- ham inield groggy, clean hit doing been but one run though. Henline's wild throw letting the brace of counts get over the plate, Juul winning his
 Perry started the session with a clean Init and Hub Hart tried to sacrifice him, Walters juggling the bunt, Pope beat out bunt and the bags were rull with nobody out. shannon hit one that Robertaille got and threw Perry out at the plate. Meeks throwing shannon out at first and completing the double.
 RObertaille in a Hole.
 Just as everybody thought that Robertaille was out of the woods he stumbled into deeper hole, Juul hit a beauty to left and Hart scored. Hen line made a terrible throw somewhere, either to the plate or third base and
 The Hart run was the only earned one and 1t should have made the game 1 to 0, but Henline gave them the other
 The only time that Birmingham even had a look in was in the first inning when Meeks was on third. Pepes sen sational fielding staved that run ana Juul was never in trouble during the remainder of the game.
 Just how many men Molesworth has here now can only be guessed at by one not on the inside, but If it was the Montgomery team 1t is safe to say that there would be an investigation at once Bill Douglass Is here and played first today.
 ming case, and whether he is the prop erty of Atlanta or Birmingham Clubs Is a question. The Birmingham papers, in all seriousness, announce thls S atter a1I the same, he is still here, and It's safe bet that if he was needed Moles- worth would play him. .
 Holmes is working regular, Kaub, the new pitcher from the Cotton States, Is here; a couple of pitchers are on the sick list.
 Altogether Molesworth must have in the neighborh ood of seventeen men on his string. and none of them are down heer for their health.
 Jimmy Ryan and the team Will leave for home in the morning and will be in Montgomery at Il o'clock. Bernhard's Nashville bunch playing at Capitol Heights Thursday Friday and Satur- day ~,,..,,,- .. r,ae tomorrow afternoon. Thomas and McCafferty probably working the next Cwo. -. , pitcher who did not report in the early bart of the season. He is in Monroe La, and Ryan told him to report to Montgomery at once when ne VIII see what he amounts to.
 The score:
 Birmingham. AB t BH 20 A Molesworth. of. Q Q NDeMont.. ss. U Meek .... 0 1 9 q n