The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-24
L0CALSILOSE
 FIRST GAME Nashville Beats Climbers
 in Batting. PERDUE IS IN PERFECT FORM His Work is Feature of the
 Contest. Helm, Hit often, Keeps Things Seat tered, and Has Excellent Sup port-Nashvflle Rallies In
 Eighth to Win.

A plucky eighth inning batting rally gave Nashville the last game of the series by score of to ?.
 Ross Helm was hit pretty hard, Nashville getting eleven off him, though he scattered them pretty we'll except in the fourth and eighth innings, six of the eleven hits coming in these two chapters. The Florala boy had superb control, however, his only base on balls coming in that unfortunate eighth, and that, together with a couple of singles and two-bagger gave them the game by two runs. Helm received magnificent support, both in fielding and base running, the Climbers bacn- ing him up in gingery, perfect shape.
 Hub Perdue was in superb form--only three hits were made of him and only in one inning-the seventh--did two of them come together-his steadiness was shown in the fifth inning when with two out and the bases full he let Ross Helm down on a fly to McElveen and Henline on a hit to Mccormick. Persons, Pope and Messitt were on the bags and a hit then would have put in a couple of runs, anyway, and as 1t turned out, would have had the game tied up in the eighth inning. Perdue worked as coolly as if the bags had been clear-and won his game, the only one of the four that Nashville got. The Climbers made a game fight. but the Nashville bunch was able to hit when hits means runs-and that's all thefe was to it.
 For four innings Perdue was sim ing made off him. while he struck out Henline in the first inning. Perry in the second and Messitt in the third. Mo Elveen got a two-bagger in the first and Sebaugh in the second, while Helm struck wiseman out in the first and fourth innings.
 With one down in the last of the fourth Hardy singled to ,right, got to second on the throw-in. Then Hunter 6rnWo Perry that too h0t | for him, Sebaugh getting to third and | Hunter to first. With Daubert up the | double steal was tried-Hunter started to second to draw the throw ana Se, | baugh started for the plate-the ball was fired back to Messitt in time to kill Sehaugh at the plate.
 In the fifth the Climbers broke into | the run column. With one down Per ry walked and Persons hit clean. Then l a bunt came pretty near breaking up the game. Pope laid down neat one towards third. McElveen running In on 1t and on the throwing wild to Dau- bert. Perry Counting, Persons getting ! 70 third and Pope to second. For the only time in the game Perdue seemed | to lose his nerve. walking. Messltt and 6lIing the bags with only one out. But McElveen got Helms fly and on Hem lines hit to short Mccormick threw Messitt out at second, and Perude was out of bad hole.
 Perry'a Three-BaGgeF.
 Perry opened the seventh with a crashing three bagEer to right. count | tug on Persons's drive to right (his ninth hit ) Pope again laid down q neat bunt and Perdue was too late 1T his throw to catch the flying Persons at second, both runners going. safe. | Butler got Messitt's line hit and witt only one out 1t was up to Helm to wir his own game again. Ross laid dowT bunt that McElveen got. throwtne the runner out at first. Persons triec to score on the squeeze, but Dauber' threw him out at the plate, complet l ing the double.
 The score was to in favor of thu 1 Climbers.
 Looking like they were beaten Nash
 vile made that game rally in the las of the eighth Mccormick started I with a hit to left, McElveen sacrificing 1 him to second. Helm gave his oHl! base on balls. walking Hardy; Persons got Sebaugh's fly but Hardy hit saf' and Mccormick counted. tielng thu score againJ Daubert drove out two bageer to left. Hunter and Hardy seer
 ing Butler hit in front of the plat
 and Helm threw him out at first.
 The score was to 2 in favor Nashville.
 The last chance came. Greminga
 was down on a hit to Perdue, Perry ol ] a fly to Hardy and Persons on hit | | Perdue-and the game was over viii | Nashville having the big end of a to | score. The score was: