The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-25
Make It a ..PIuck and
 Luck Series. 7 VAN ANDA WORKS NEAT
 BUSINESS CRUCIALLY Entire Team Backs Him With
 Splendid Support. Tremendous Crowd In Memphis Sees Its Home Team Ncsed Out of vic- tory--In First of Contest
 Things Look Buious.


 When the Climbers outgamed the Memphii yesterday. ncsing them out oy a score of 4 to 8 1t made the eighth game that Ryan's bunch has won by one run this season.
 Incidentally 1t made the eighth game that Van Anda has pitched this season and the seventh that he has won it was neat ball that he worked and Hnlle Babb's crew bit him pretty hard sun the hits were not expensive except in the first and the fifth innings when seven of the twelve hits were made His control was superb; he struck out five men and gave the only base on a bit of headwork that probably saved the game.
 Not all of the credit belongs to Van Anda as the team behind him has pos sibly never played a more gingery. snappy game than it did yesterday They ran bases in a manner that had the Egyptians in the air, blocked a double steal and made a couple of fast double plays from the outfield to second base, Ryan starting one and Reagan the other.
 True they only scored in one iD- ning-the sixth-but that was enough to win the game. couple of punched two baggers and a couple of punched singles, with Cranston's wild throw to the plate, putting over the four runs ably all that saved them as two men scored on 1t and the score might have been to in favor of Memphis-but Maude Muller or the Judge either was had something over 500 people in the grandstand here and they could not have rooted more strenuously If both teams had been at Capitol Heights. in- stead of in Charlie Babb's ball yard Over in Memphis there was something over 5000 people at the game, ground rules having to be made.
 It was l. ?. in the first inning. Garrity seeming to be in great shape and striking out the third man. Greminger.
 ThIngs Look Dizzy at First.
 In the last half of the first the crowd Murphy led off with safe hit, but Greminger got Babb's bunt and threw him out at second. Cranston and Carey hit safe and Babb scored. Cranston a fly that Ryan got and fired back to second before Carey could get back, completing a double from center field.
 In the second it was 1. ?. again. and things looked blue for the ciim- bers.
 'oLeary hit safe in the last half and was sacrificed by Owens, going to | ending 1t with hit in front of the plate.
 Tn the third 1t was 1, ?, 8 again. Ryan and shannon getting flys to the l OuLAACAu anu NdH AnQd bLEIklnK OlI- Cranston hit for two bags in the last 1 half, but the three others were easy. Babb striking out.
 With out out in the fourth Bliss tore off the first hit of the game for Mont gomery GremInger struck out again but Bliss stole second and got to third when Perry drove one at Garrity that was too sultry for him to handle. Persons ended 1t with a fly to O'Leary
 Right here Van Anda started work ing, he struck out Redmond. let O'Leary down on a fly to Greminger and Owens on a hit to Perry.
 It was the same old 1. 9, 8, in the fifth. but in the last half the Memphii got busy with those peslxy sticks again. Garrtty struck out, but Murphy hit safe and got to third on Babb's bit to right. Babb getting to second on the throw in, Murphy counting on Cranston's sacrifice fly to Reagan. Carey beat out hit to Greminger and with Dona hue at bat the double steal was tried Scoops started down and shannon made the throw. Babb sprinted down the line from third but the ball9was fired back to Spike in time to kill the leader of the Egyptians at he pan
 But the score was 3 to and things didn't look cheerful
 Fireworks Are Set. off.
 In the sixth the grandstand at Hig- gins matinee was in an uproar when