The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-23
On Score Noses Out
 Another Victory. Cristall Easily 0utpitehed Nash
 ville's Johnny Dugan.
TennesseRns Secured Four Hits In One Inning But Game Was
 Men.

By the uncomfortably close score or 6 to the Climbers nosed out Nash vile yesterday and kept up the clean slate of not having lost game this Billy cristall pitched rings around Johnny Dugan-never except in the fourth inning were the Nashville peo- pie able to bunch hits on the Montgom- cry southpaw while the Climbers punched 'em on Dugan in the second, sixth and eighth innings. Of the SIX hits of Cristall four came in the fourth inning, the other two coming one in the eighth and one in the ninth Two of his four bases on balls came in the fourth. only one of them SCOT outs one came with the bases full and only one out He was never in trou- ble with the exception of his one bad inning-the fourth--pitching steady est feature of his work being the good headwork and the manner in which he fielded his position, Another feature the path of the Climbers. Persons again starring in this resepect--he mad three hits. three stolen bases and
 Ed Greminger got a three-bagger and two-bagger and made two or the runs. Persns's single and shan non,s two-bagger in the sixth driving that fourth inning Nashville never had chance, Cristall holding them safe all through and the Climbers again playing them off their feet
 GreminRer tore open the second with smash to center for two bags Perry sacrificed but Dugan was too quick. for him. got the bunt and held clean but on account of his anKIe Greminger only got to third-Persons stole second and when Pope hit in wild heave to first and the bags were full with only one out Then came the squeeze. shannon laying down 8 clever bunt to first. Greminger count to second. Then Billy Cristalls pincn drive to center scored both Persons and Pope. Cristall going to second on the throw in, Dugan ending 1t ny
 In the last of the fourth NashviIi" butted in to both the hit and run MeElveen who went to third on liar dy's hit and counted on SebauEh's bin- gle-Hunter drove to center. Hardy ana Sebaugh scoring with the tieinR run Shannon's throw to third was too late -Butler's walk filled the bags but with Dugan up there was a passed ball and Hunter came in with the run that united the score-DuEan struck out and Wiseman was out on fly 70 Henline the score was to in favor of Nashville.
 Greminger opened the sixth with a three hagger to left tieing the score again on Persons drive to left. Per sons stealing secondhand untieinE 1t on Shannons two bagger, DuEan striking Cristall out but the score was to in favor of the Climbers.
 With one out in the eighth Persons got his third hit of the game and stole his third base-Pepee hit clean to cen ter and Persons counted, Pepee being thrown out trying to steal second
 Hardy started the last of the eighth with three bagger to right, Se- DduEh SQueeZinR him in Tnnxfno tho score s to in favor of the Climbers. With two out Ryan hit safe in the ninth but 1t was wasted.
 With one out in the last of the ninth Whitey Morse was sent in to nit Tor Butler and delivered the goods by singlfng over third-Perry got Wise mans line hit. Mccormick walked ana a nit would have tied up the game again and possibly won it. The best that McElveen could do, however, was q hit that Perry handled-and the climbers had won two and tied one score was: '..I