The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
WE BEAT THE ROCKS" 5 TO 1 Bliss Let Them Down With Three Hits. THE CLIMBERS HIT HARD Disappointed That More Runs Were
 Not Had. The Heavy-Hitting Climbers Lined Out Fourteen safeties From Which
 They Got Five

If is not very often that ball play CT jumps from first base to the box and shines there. but that Is exactly what Elmer Bliss did yesterday. when he easily outpitched Pop Eyler and won his game by score of to 1.
 The Travellers were able to cop three hits during the entertainment-Wells getting one in the second inning, Speaker a clean hit and East scratch in the sixth. For the balance of the afternoon a hit was as much of an un- known proposition to tn em as a prob lem in Calculus is to Pullman car on balls, yet none of them amounted to anything and hesstruck out three men. Eyler pitched just about as lucky a game of ball as one ever sees. The Climbers got fourteen hits off him and why. they didn't get three times the number of runs than they did is a mys- tery Neither one of them had any too good support and Bligs would have made behind him had not been punched in the last of the sixth, the only inning that the Finnites counted in.
 Steve Reagan led the hitting with four, Greminger and Bliss getting three each, Hassett. Persons. Pope and Ryan one each.
 Reagan beat out a hit to Hess in the first and advanced on Hassett's hit to was out on fly to Stark. Hassett counting when Eyler made a bum hurl to second to catch Gremtnger.
 Page walked in the last half, was sacrificed by Speaker and got to third when shannon In trying to catch him on second hit him in the back. the ball rolling off. Then Bliss showed what he had by striking out Eyler and let
 Bliss and Reagan both hit safe in the third Hassett bunted and Eyler getting 1t threw Bliss out at third. Greminger aud Perry ending 1t with flies to the outfield.
 shannon started the fifth with a clean hit to right, going to second on Bliss's sacrifice. and to third on Reagan's hit, scoring on Hassett's hit to Connors, the hit going safe.
 h. the last of the sixth Page hit to short and was safe on Pepe's throw to Hassett. Speaker hit clean and East beat out hit to Pope. Conors was out on a fly to Reagan. leaving the Reagan which he dropped and Page counted. Collins ending 1t with hit to Pete,. leaving the score to 1.
 It looked like run in the seventh when Ryan walked and was sacrificed by shannon. Bliss hit safe and Eyler filled the bags by walking Reagan. Blsss was caught off second and Eyler pulled out of the hole by striking out
 Greminger hit safe in the eighth and was advanced by Perry's hit to Com nors, going to third on Persons hit to center. Pepe was out on a hit to Con- noTs, Greminger being held on third, but Persons got to second when Ryan punched one to center and Greminger scored Persons was thrown out at the plate. making 1t to 1.
 Wfth one out in the ninth Bliss hit safe. Reagan hit safe but Bliss was thrown out at third on Hassett's hit to Eyler, Reagan. scoring on Greminger's drive. Hassett going ta third and Grem- inger 10 second. Then the double steal was started. Wells lhFhutln1 doun ,d dropping the ball when 1t was returned, Hassett scoring and making tlfe score 5 to ].
 Nothing was done iH the last half EyIer. ending 1t with : hit to Bliss.
 The score was: