The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-13

Nosed out. e.. ~
Dropped one. bgum.
winning ave out of the last seven
games 10 not 90 bad.
The Travellers 70 to forth place
thanks to Boucher's base running.
Mr. pfsnn Sya,o .Ssa nas Re 1a. st or
the right side.
Pretty fast work when Newton got
Persons hit in the first round and
threw him out ut first base.
MIR. Boucher proved the inestinabie
value of taking chances on the base
lines over in Little Rock yesterday
Pirates stnl have a good lead in the
National. but the Cubs are coming fast
with Clark Grifiifth and his Reds maxi
ing It uncomfortable for the Giants.
Bliss caught Moran on the lire oe-
tween second and third In the second
inning, Moran trying to blum Pfennin.
ger into calling balk on Bliss. But IL
didn't 60.
Getting strenuous in the American
Observation-Disclosures and Minnsa-
and Louisville tied for second place.
st. Paul beating Columbus out for NTH
place.
The Tigers will have to so pretty
fast TO stay in front OF the Athletics
II Connie Mack had some more pitchers
of the calibre of Krause IL would De
nothing but Philadelphia for the Ban
Johnson penant
There were q couple OF hard hit balls
In the NTH. Rohn hit one TO center
field that looked like a homer. DAY
making that sensational catch. Walker
hit a vicious line drive that Pope speer"
ed. Both hits looked safe.
The Climbers were hitting Johns
In the seventh. Moran, got tnat long
ariye Of Gremingsr1s a. the siu a,, nSas :;
Pepe's in center feld that would have
been q two bagger.
One Of the fastest plays Of the after.
noon came In the sixth. Bayiess nit
Greminger away from the bag to field
the bail. Bayless was hustling down
the line but Bliss was huetling TOO
ana beat him to the baA Greminger
firing the ball to him.
walker robbed Whiteman Of a clean
hit In the third. and Whiteman return
ed the compliment by knocking Newton
out Of a hit in the fourth. With Jor-
bounded away from Bliss. 1t looked
safe, but whiteman made dash for u
and threw the runner out at hrst, saw
ing a second run In the fourth.
The roofing of the crowd yesterday
was about the fiercest Of the season.
but on the coaching lines there was
dearth of noise except when Greminger
got out on the lines. Make some fuss
on the coaching lines today: Put lots
game. and the second one will go to
the home folks.
Johns should draw q lottery ticket.
He had the bags full twice In the sec.
ond and only one run came over. With
on third and Pope on second
he was afraid to let Bliss hit the ball
and walked him. filing the bags Tor
the second time In that inning. hit
runs, but Persons ended It with q small
bingle to walker,
Johns saved q run in the eigth by
hitting q batter Persons had hitsafe and
stole second DING to third on Kerwins hit
to Jordon. Then Daily was hit by the
bali, and as McMurry threw the ball
back to Johns Persons dashed for the
plate and had scored when Johns fred
the ball ana hit Whiteman on the leg
Pfenninger sending Whiteman to hrst
and Persons back to third. Rocky end
ed II with q hit to Walker.
While only four hits went safe for
the Climbers. Johns was being hit pref
ty hard. Bayless got four drives in
center field. Moran four in left field
and Sid Smith one In right field. nine
hard hit flies to the outfeld of Johns.
Archie Persons got two In left field
and Jul DAILY two in center field. Dan
Kerwin not getting a chance. Nine
halls to the outfield OF Johns and only
four of Bliss shows how the big right
handler was outpitching the side-wheel-
eE.
It's ten to 1 that Dan Pfenninger
would not have seen Leon Ling yes
terday II the Chink had stood digit
In front OF him. He could not" see
Atkins block and almost trip Whfteman
In the fiPst OF the ninth and in the last
half of the ninth he could not" see
that Walkers throw was dropped on
drst base when Pope dashed in to
that bag. But for that decision the
Climbers had a chance to at least tie
up the game in spite OF PfenninRers'
wonderful blindness In the first half
OF the inning. as IL would have made
only one out. ana the whole inning
might have been changed. Bliss would
shannon. But Pfenninger made 1t two
out and Persons ended II with an out
nsld fly.