The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
BUCHANAN
 WAS RIDDLED The '.No-Hit'' Gent Was
 Knocked Out. THE SCORE WAS 5 TO 4 Bliss Pitched a Steady and Safe
 Game.
 In His Two Innings Buchsnan Was Wild. Timely Hitting Brought fin Three Runs-He was suc-
 eeeded by Eastman.

anan to work.
 There is not the slightest show for an argument about that
 The man that once in a very recent past pitched a hitless game was shot to pieces by the Climbers yesterday in the brief space of two sessions
 Possibly the hoodoo of thirteen hits that the Climbers made off him over in Mike Finn's own lot like faded rose leaves chung to him yesterday. There how many hits would have been copped on him had Sir Michael Finn left him In the box to be riddled. Even in the two sessions the home folks pushed a couple more and landing the second game of the Little Rock series by a score of to {. It was not alone the clumping of the soaks that ripped up he had about as much control of the ball as man has of his English when his SIC Panama Is caught In q rain- storm.
 He gave a couple of free passes and made ferocfous chunk ostensfbiy to Mir. Wells but in reality to somebody in the grandstand which together with a hit by Archie Persons and an effort that the diminutive Mfr. Pope made to knock the door out of the club house in left field put three runs to the good for the home team-and by the same token put the kibosh sign on MT. Buch- anan.
 A yonng man by the name of East man hailing from up In the State of Illinois was hurriedly rushed out to the target box by the mustached man. and while he did remarkably we'll still the Climbers had contracted the SCOT ing and hitting fever and the young man could not entirely splice up the gap.
 Only i've more hits were made of him and couple more runs. one of the runs being assisted in by a mis- take of MT. Stark. and the other by an equally bad mistake of Mr. Con nors. the gent on first base for the Rocks
 Really not run should have been scored on Eastman while three more runs were put in by the Rocks and they came within an eyelash of making one of those patent Ryan finishes in
 Bliss pitched smooth game of ball. perfect control. striking out two men and not giving base on balls Of the seven hits two of them came in the fourth inning-one a participating tied to-. the run in the second being caused by Pepe's wild throw and the runs In the ninth coming in after the side should have been retired but for
 The hits off Bliss were one in the second, two in the fourth. two in the eighth-which were harmless-and one in the ninth, and with good fielding been to l in favor of Montgomery.
 East pushed out 6 safe one in' the second. but Bliss got Connor's bunt and threw East put at second. Con nors got to second on Wells's hit to Bliss and counted on Pepe's bad throw to Baxter.
 The home guard didn't like this state of affairs and started in the last half as If Mikes bunch were from Missouri instead of Arkansas. Persons started 1t merrilyF with plunk to center. Pope came to bat and everybody, including the fans, Mike Finn and Buchanan thought of course that he was going to bunt. Pope. however, felt that wild hurl ranking in his blood, and he de- termined to redeem himself or bust. :" did. for he crashed out one that went to the club house in left field, Persons scoring and Pope nestling on third. scoring on Stark's wild throw. This seemed to unnerve Mir. Buchanan, for he walked Hassett. Hart was out on, a hit to Stark but Bliss walked. Then Buchanan filled his cup of bitterness to oyerfoSwing by hitting ,itg Reagan and splashed the-cup over by making that wild pitch. Hassett scoring Nothing more was done. but three runs were in.
 Eastman went in in the last of the on Persons's sacrifice. Pope hit one that Stark juggled. Perry getting to third and scoring on Hassett's sacrifice fly.
 Page hit safe In the fourth, East hit one that Bliss could not get. both ad- vancing on Connors's hit to Pope. Page scoring on Wells's sacrifice fly, making 1t to 2.
 Bliss hit one in the last half that Hess made a grand stop of. but Con- nors dropped 1t on first. Bliss was forced on Reagan's hit to Hess, Reagan stealing second. Greminger crashed one to left for three bags. Reagan scoring. making 1t to ?.
 Connors hit for three bags with one out In the ninth and scored when Perry messed Wells's hit. Wells stealing sec ond and going to third on Stark's hit to Perry, scoring on Hess's hit. Only one run was needed now to tie the score and things looked shaky.A when Wood was sent In to bat for Eastman. He ended 1t with a hit to Pepe-and the game was over.