The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-18
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CroUd a Close Game; Lost

ing Dygert for a walk. Messttt was
out on fly to Moran. Dygert ending
ey striking out Helm, and Hcniins.
fourth inning. One clean lift had been
made OF Helm during the three in
nings that he pitched while he had
on balls and made I'VE ive fast assists.
two OF them unusually fast. One clean
hit and q scratch, Henline's beating
out the hit in the first inning and Ar
second. had been made OF Connie
Mack's scratch, but while he had
struck out FIVE men he had given one
base on balls and had not had an as
Almquist played in tough luck.
While three safe raps were made on
him stin errors by Lewis and Persons
causing a couple Of runs. Jimmy Col
Inns led of with q nice drive to cen
ter. Then Harry Davis sent one out
TO right field that Lewis let get by
ting to third. scoring moment after
when there was burn peg to Gremfn-
ger. Lewis made nice catch OF MUIR
Moran soaked one ' to left that Persons
Jet get by him but Messitt got Smiths
Mack sent Peterson to the hill in
the last of the fourth, and 1t pretty
near cost them the game Peterson
was wild and filled the bags with
Climbers. Clayton Perry then carried
out the role of the clean UP man
and sewed the score up I'm knot.
Lewis. the first man up. walked. and
the Moose drove a clean one out TO
center. Then there was double steal.
Lewis s. e thsd nna s sn
the air and he filled the bags by
walking Greminger. He pulled himself
together then and struck out Persons
1T znk lo raf nf1
hard on the ball and put It out in deep
left field out of Topsy Hartsel's reach.
Lewis and Baxter counted while Gren-
niger went to third. Pepee was out on on
10 Peterson. The score was tied, how
ever and 2.
A couple of hefty drives in the NTH
inning. one Of them homer by Kid
up the game. Peterson started the in
ming with safe hit. Then Hartsell
advanced him with sacrfice. MT.
Nichols got himself the longest hit q ]
house in the field for homer, he ana
Peterson counting, and running the
score to 4 and Q. Perry getting bits
by Collins and Davis
front Of the plate in the last half, Hem
line ana Lewis ending II with hit
TO Murphy and a fly TO Collins. Char
lie Fuller went behind the bat to re-
NAG8E1LL
clean but Coombs was out on hit TO
Perry, Murphy getting TO second. Mo-
ran hit to Almquist and scooping II up
he wheeled to throw to third. Murphy
chase then, Greminger. Almquist and
Pepee inaiiy running Murphy down.
smith ended 1t with hit to Gremin-
ger.
in the last half. Greminger struck out. |
and Persons was out on ny to Col
Inns.
made on Ainiquist. two Of the runs |
caused by loose support. Cove, hitting
for Peterson, was out on a nit 70 Mer-
ryman, and Hartsel the same way.
peg to Baxter and Collins was out on /
Vickers. the Rube that Cholly Frank |
did not and will not get, went in in the /
last Of the seventh. Peterson had CIV:
a couple Of hits made on him during
the three innings that he worked. TWO |
runs being scored on him.
The first thing that Vickers DC ives |
to give Perry a walk. remembering |
what happened to Peterson IN the
fourth inning Pepae hunted but WICK |
ers got IL and threw Perry out a. sec
ond-1 Fuller was out on . fou. that
Pepee stealing second on the play. |
Merrynlan ended it by striking out
Davis was out on hit TO Pepee IN |
the eighth. Murphy bit clean. Persons |
got Coombs's ny and MeraA ended i
wi Moose Baxter got another clean hit
in the last half but the SIDE was re-
tired.
Merryman handled the first two men |
in the ninth, getting Smiths hit and
striking out Vickers. Hartsel ended It |
with a hit to Baxter. During the three
innings that the big southpaw worked
one hit was made, while he had three
assists and one strikeout. no runs be-
Ing made of him.
Persons hit to Nichols In the last
haIf Perry struck out Pepee nit clean
but Fuller ended 1t with ny TO Mich
oiis. Two hits had been made on Wick.
srs. while he had struck out one man
and given one base on balls.
This ended the game, the hnal score
being 4 to in favor l1f the Athletics.
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