The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
FIRST LOSS IN HOME TOWN Climbers Drop Game on
 Ladies' Day. KELLUM HAS LOCALS GUESSING Let's Them Down With Five
 Scattered Hits. Merryman Not Tn Best of Form. But Has Good support-CIlmb- CTS Couldn't Quite Get
 Across.
KELLUM HAS LOCALS GUESSING

The combination of Friday and Fluf- fly Rufies day was too hard a propo- sition for the Climbers to brace and they dropped the first game they have lost on the home grounds by a score of to 0.
 The Merry Widow day and the sixth day of the week. however, was not the head and front of the offend ing. for left-handed pitcher by the name of Kellum had the Climbers guessing and the local fans saving things.
 kellum had that same good control and wide breaks to his curves that he used when here with Dick German s team in 1S96, but yesterday he seemed to have more speed than he had then. or the five hits made off him, Grem- finger got one in the first, Henline one in the third. Baxter one in the sixth. and Persons and Pope one each in the ninth. The only time that this looked bad for him was in the seventh when. with the bags full and nobody out. he caught Perry playing off third. though he made an unQuestiopable balk be- fore turning for the throw.
 Dick Merryman was Tn against him, and the local southpaw was not in the best shape in the world. He was not ninth innings. but twice he got into ugly holes by filling the bags with a base on balls each time.
 Spike shannon saved him in the bert off first. and he got out without run. He was not so fortunate In the eighth. three hits with the base on balls putting over three runs, three more hits. with an accident. putting in a couple more in tho ninth. Fast work back of Merrymau materially cut down the Nashville hits and while the showing is not as good as it might be in the score. still the fielding was at times unusually fast.
 It looked like a local run in the last of the first, when with two out. Baxter walked. stole second and start ed to the plate when GremtnGer hit long one to left. By great throw in time to kill the Moose. the decision being close.
 McElveen cracked out one in the fourth that went oyer Persons's head the Nashville third sacker getting a three -bagger. Seabaugh hit slow one that Baxter furnbed long enough for the runner to reach the bag. but Me- dled Seigle's hit but Merryman got in bad by walking Daubert and filling the bags with only one out Spike Shan- non let in some sunshine by making a quick throw to first and catching Dau- bert, Butler ending it with hit to Pepe-and Merryman was out of bad hole.
 Perry walked in the seventh. Per- sons bunted to Kellum, but Perry beat the throw and both runners were safe. both going up a bag on wild pitch. It was then that Kellum saved himself by throwing Perry out at third, though he made a balk. shannon ad- vanced both runners but Butler got Merryman's hit-and Kellum wasl out of hole.
 Hunter hit safe in the eighth. Wise. man was hit by the ball, Mccormick advanced both runners, Merryman ill., ing the bags again by walking McEl- veen. Hunter counting on Seabaugh's s Texas Leaguer over first. Wiseman and McEveen scoring on Seigle's drive to left.
 With one out in the ninth Hunter and Wiseman hit safe. Pope got Nc. Cormick's line hit and In trying for the double Wiseman bumped into Bax- ter. the ball going over by the bleach CTS and Hunter counting. Wiseman go- Ing to third and scoring on McEveen's -bagger, Perry ending 1t by get ting Sebaughs hit.
 It looked like a rally in the last of the ninth when with one out Perry walked. Persons and Pope hitting safe and filling the bags. Seigle got shan non's fly, which was too close in for Perry to score. Kellum choking 1t on by getting Mcrryman's hit. The score