The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19
ILL WIND BLEW ILL Nashville Profited by the
 Storm. SPECTATORS WERE DISGUsTED Locals Used Dlatory Tactics When
 Losing. If the Men Had Kept Their Heads They Might Have Pulled Away
 with The Long End Of
 The Score.

It was a case of retributive justice yesterday with the Climbers. By the most unsportsmanlike tactics they un. intentionally presented Nashville with the large end of II to score.
 Up to the beginning of the fifth in- nlng It was ball game. Both Juul and Perdue were pitching great ball one scratch hit and one clean hit hav- ing been made on each, while each team had scored run. With the score tied. l and 1. up to fifth tremendous wind storm swept over the grounds, while clouds that seemed more and more threatening seemed ready to get busy at any moment.
 McElveen had hit ono that Pope made great stop of but could not get his man. The wind was sweeping across the field in gusts by this time and Juul gave his third base on balls walking Seigle. A quick throw of Spike .Shannon's got McElveen fin A and Pope doing the chasing. Seigle bad started down while they were chasing McElveen and was almost on the bag at second when in the chase of McElveen Perry threw wild to Pope, and both runners were safe, McElveen going to third and Siegle to second.
 For the third time Jake Daubert struck out, making the sixth man that Juul had struck out. By this time the wind was so high that several times to game had to be stopped until the clouds of dust had stopped. It was during this sandstorm that Butler hit one that took nasty bound and went over Pepe's head, McElveen and Seigle scoring.
 This only made the score 8 to and as events turned out if the Climbers had not played the baby act they would have won the game by score of 6 to
 When the two runs came in 1t looked so like rain that the locals began the disgusting dilatory tactics, trying to delay the game in ease rain would put a stop to it before the end of the fifth inning and have 1t revert to the second inning when the score was and 1. In lots of cases no attempt was made to get any of Bernhard's people out. Once the ball was thrown out to left field. Between fear of the wind and rain and supreme disgust at the action of the home team lots of spec tators were streaming out of the grand stand while the bleachers were nearly emptied.
 Finally when it was seen that the rain was not going to put in its ap- pearance after eight Nashville runs had come in finally retired the Side and ended the tiresome performance.
 In the last half of the fifth the locals pounded Perdue all over the lot and If 1t had not been for that senseless fifth inning would have cinched the game. The score stood g to 1 inRfavor of Nash Nllle WHGn kNOChcnHSlu opened Iue 1n~ ming with a hot one to left, going to third on Pepe's drive to center. shan non was down on a hit to East but Rockenfield scored on Juul's drive to left, Pope going to third.
 Persons hit swift one to Butler and Pope scored, Juul being forced at sec ond. Hopkins took ferocious swipe at the ball and sent it to the fence in right-center field, Persons scoring just ahead of him. Reagan hit safe but Greminger ended 1t with fly to Sie- gle. Six hits including Hopkins's homer had been made and four runs had come in, leaving the score to s, or only four runs to tie in four more innings.
 In the seventh with two down Per. sons hit one that Butler juggled, and Hopkins was safe on . slow infield hit, Persons scoring on Reagan's hit. Grem- finger hit hot one that looked good for a couple more runs but McElveen by a sensational, jumping, one-handed catch speared the drive and stopped the rally. leaving 1t to 6.
 In the eigth with one out and two men on bases Perdue drove them both in with a three-bagger but was called out for cutting third, leaving 1t Il to 6.
 With two out in the last half of the eighth the long drawn out game was called with the score standing Il to $ in favor of Nashville. The score: