The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-14
Juul Was the Star in Both Games. OUBS KNOCKED INTO
 OBLIVION TWICE Persons Showed Admirable Pluck After Injury in Field. First Game Was Close One, and Sec ona Wa. Taken With chiial.h Ease by sremingers
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 and with, all ease, and abandon, Her bert Juu1 drove two more spikes in the life line by which the Dubs are lfrantically hanging on to the cellar and at the same time lifted the Climbers securely Into the coveted .500 berth.
 It was magnificent performance of the ex-collegtan, and before an out. pouring of fans that tested the capaci- ties of grandstand and bleachers the little Soutfpaw clincted the fact that he Is one of the coming minor league pitchers of the United States. Here is. how he did 1t. In fourteen innings of hard baseball he had seven hits made off him. gave four bases on balls and struck out nine men. With admirable steadiness not exceiled even by the veteran Cy Young. the youngster had the time that Billy Carpenter yelled "gc'' in the first game until the finish in the second.
 His control in the first game was remarkable. He had Birmingham coni- pletely at his mercy, shutting them out by score. of 2 to 0, until the seventh inning, when .Downey's, hit and an &C., cident to Archie Persons. that. came pretty near putting that player out of business, gave the Dubs their only run. By coincidence he had BfrIningh am shut out in the second game by a score of { to 0. when Henline got fluke homer, the runs in both games coming in the closing chapter and saving the Dubs the ignominy Of being -silut out.
 Tuck Turner worked the first game for Birmingham and he, also pitched great game of ball. Only three hits were made off him and two off Jtiul, and but for an error of Henline's in the sixth inning 1t is a question if the score had not been snarled when the seventh inning was over. Turner's wild pitch and Henline's error swinging the pendulum. sst es 4ft., s.
 The second battle was more of walkover than the first. the Climbers la ff1er nItl4u nff fn0fr TAaf sfn . more marked degree than was the case in the first. Mac Robinson worked this game and while he pitched. game of bal that would have landed unaes der Dubs were surrounded by the steady. deadly flinging of Juul and the rapid work of the Climbers, both In the field and on the paths.
 Work iS Appreciated.
 The ovation that was given Grenfn- ger and his fast teRsa in the swell at- tendance shows that the local fans heartily appreciate the fast work done on the last road trip. Big Eds people rose to the occasion grandly and by responding to the tribute, of the fans, worked a couple of games that will take them right to the top of the heap. if continued.
 The one deplorabIe stunt of the after noon came in the last session of the first game. when Persons in making ionsg fly lost his Balance in reaching for the ball and crashed into the left field fence head first The blow was a terrific one. his head striking. the one of the paiings off the fence AZ first it looked as if he would take the count Groggy and dizzy as he was, he plucizily and instinctive1y groped about for the ball that he realized must De returned to the infield.
 Almost blinded by the intense, pain he was helpless until Joe Eepe dashed out; picked up the bell spa Tired @ 1t to pieted the circuit of the haRs just be- fore the ball got in and sevea the Duba from a shutoIlt. In the meautime, Per< sons was picked up: and hslFed 10 -the sician hurried and gave hiIm 4ll the at tention possible. He had an ugly look ing cut in his scalp and some of the by ski1lful surgical work tie pTucky outfielder was able to start in the second game a. few moments after. the fans giving him round after round of cheers when he walked out on the field with his head swathed in bandages.
 All of the Climbers played star ball, but 1t will have to be handed to Clay ton Perry for making the star play or the afternoon. It was in the fifth tn- ming of the second game. With one out Henline was on first by virtue or his sprinting abilities In beating out bunt Molesworth landed on one that
  deep left field. It looked so safe that Henline had started to. second, when by a great jump in the air Perry threw up one hand. speared the ball that was nearly a foot over his head fired 1t to Greminger. and remark ably swift double had been completed.
 The First Game.
 Neither side had been able to get to the plate in the first game until the last of the fifth when Pope hit clean, stole second and counted on Turner's wild ritch. In the sixth there were two gone when Steve Reagan hit a screarner past Larsen. The ball had smoke on it and would probably have been a clean o-sacker, but Henline. who was playing for the hit, when he saw 1t coming, let t get by him and Reagan completed the circuit of the bags making the count 2 to 0.
 In the seventh came the the Downey hit and Persons injury Bliss vent to fired in one. two, three order. and tn e first game was over with the Climbers having the big end of a to 1 score. The score was: