The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-03
BROOKLYN VICTORY
RUCKER's/ PITCHING DOES REAL
 THINGS FOR TEAM.
Montgomery Men Msk. But Few Hits But Play Good BaIl-Local
 Pitchers show Good
 Control

Oh. this glad" April weather.
 straight from having been mixed up m a pocket among a bunch of ice- oergs up in the Polar sess flock of untamed breezelets butted into the Cap ftol Heights ball lot yesterday after noon with the result that the grand stand would have made the cold stor- age vaults of brewery feel like Turkish bath establishment.
 And On top of all this discomfort one MT. Nap Rucker was thoughtless enough to assist the frigid zephys in running chilly. unpleasant sensations down ones spinal column. The final score was Brooklyn. 4: Montgomery. Q and the row of nine eggs were every one cold storage fruit, too.
 It is possible that the Montgomery fans will see such pitching this sum- mer as Fucker did yesterday-and then it is possible and probable that they Leaguer worked the whole nine in nings and went at top speed the entire route-it was a dark day and he had his speed working grandly while his suit being that he had the Climbers breaking their backs In trying to hit him and looking like bundle of bas- ket ball Willies. During the nine in- nings scattered hits-one an infield scratch--were made of him. He struck out nine batters and did not let a man walk and that was pitching some.
 aesline dha , beat u,. out hit in the third
 
 hit clean in the fourth and Baxter hit clean In the seventh. For the balance of the game the Climbers could have smote one of Mir. Marconfs wireless messages with the same ease that they landed on Mir. Fucker of Brooklyn.
 And he had lots better support than was given Wilhelm. ct al. Wednesday just whether Donovan gave the troll ley Dodgers heart to heart talk We'd nesday night or not is not known, but all the same they played a gingery, perfect fielding game yesterday. And at that the game put up by the Climbers woald win lots oftener than lose, Van Anda, Sam Weems and Bur kkett working splendidly, but not re- Stackpole, Crystal and Helm wsdnes- day--the dark day and high wind of yesterday having lots to do with the work of the in and outfeld. The one second inning from a base cn balls stolen base and hit that was fielded in slowly. The other hit made of him came in the third inning, but did not
 sam weems showed up wonderfully well, only one hit-in the fourth in- ning-being made off him, while he gave only one base % on balls sra1 and struck S;l, came in the sixth inning. when with two out Archie Persons misjudged Hummell's long fly to left field. the runner getting a homer on it. Both or the hits off Burket came in the ninth inning. but he did not have the best control in the worIa, giving three bases on balls. one of {. ~snn scoring.
 After one hand was down in the sec ond Van Anda walked Sheehan. who stole second then Ritter plunked one to left field. and Sheehan started home. Persons was slow in fielding the ball, and the runner counted.
 With two out in the sixth. Hummell hit a long fly to left field. Persons mis- judging 1t, and Hummell getting home run.
 Burkett walked Sheehan in he ninth, who stole second: Ritter hit and Bur kett threw Sheehan out at third, Rtt- ter being forced at second on Fuckers hit to Hassett. Then Pattee lifted one to right field over Henline's head for a home run. the scores running 1t up to { to o. And the sad crowd went their shivering way back to the city. The score was: