The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
First Contest Goes -
Innings.
THOMAS, in OLD TIME
FORM, PITCHES WELL
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Whiteman's Hitting and Base
running the Feature.
Pepe Alss Hit The ball Hard. Driving
In the winning Run--Bliss
0utpitched Higgins
In second Game.

A crowd that taxed The capacities of
the plant at the Capitol Heights bail
yard watched in frenzy of enthusi-
astic JOY, those hard working Climbers
OF Ed Grimingers take boln ends OF
another double header tfom Mike Films
people yesterday afternoon by scores or
,s TO 2, t1s hard fought innings) and
to ]. the last game IN fye innings.
II aver q bail team worked hard for
q couple OF games this same bunch of
Climbers did. Including Sundays 13-
inning battle down in New Orleans.
they have played In three days, Is hard
innings OF baseball, scoring II runs in
the three days. while their opponents
have only registered i've times. And
that's going some:
Another record-breaking contest was
that first battle. 1t was supposed to
last seven rounds. but the magnificent
pitching of Forest Thomas and Buchan-
an carried 1t to a gruellmg thirteen
inning tinish; Beth sA pitchers had ,s su,
Thomas gave was to Hoey In the fourth
inning and two OF the bases on balls
that Buchanan gave were the result OF
pieces Of headwork that STAYED off de-
feat on both occasions, Ed Greminger,'
who was hitting hard, being walked in
the eleventh and thirteenth innings.
Both pitchers were given beautiful
backing, but the Climbers outplayed
the visitors in the field and outhit them.
All OF them hit hard and consistently.
but the feature was the hitting and
base running OF George Whitenan. His
hit and about the best bit of base rum
ming ever seen on q local ball field tied
the score In the sixth round. while his
long hit In the thirteenth did lots to
unnerve Buchanan. hits by Rocky and
Pope, with Greminger's base on balls.
doing the rest.
Before Buchanan had gotten the lay
of the land In the first round. Jud DAILY
pounded one to right field. It was ter.
rifle drive and struck theeextreme cor
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cash could get to it the bali had
bounded out to deep right field and by
some tall sprinting DAILY was rounding
third before the ball was fislded in.
base and held DAILY at that bag. He
could have scored q homie run easily.
for the ball went wide to Casey and
DAILY could have been over the bag be-
was safe on On a wiid throw. DAILY countsS
on whiteman's hit to Flood.
Flood hit one that bounded over
Thomas. head in the fourth. Perry hit
but threw his man out Il first MISSING sS
q chance for q double Hoey walked
and Casey hit one to Pepe who threw
wild to Greminger. Flood tieing the
Flood hit one 10 right in thsa sixth
that Kerwin made grand
stop Of. cutting on two!bagger Per-.
~ sacrificed him and Hoey drove him
In. making 1t 2 to 1.
Whiteman started the last half with
8 drive to center. ostseu hunted to
Buchanan and before the surprised in
field iof the Finnitss knew what was
taking place. Whiteman had slid into
third. Rocky hit to Perry and white
man was over the plate like flash.
tieing the score agaip--2 and 2.
Then for the next seven innings
there was some OF the Tierceef fight-
Ing ycu ever saw. Whiteman opened
the last halt. o. the thirteenth. with
smash. to left center. Sentz by a
wonderful stop and throw catching
him at second: Then with two out,
Rocky tore or one TO left for two
bags. Greminger was for thu second
time purposely walked. but Buchanan
overlooked o bet. AZ Pope smashed one
to left and Rocky came over with the
ruQ that won the game. to 2. The
score was: