The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
COMING DOWN
HOME STRETCH
Real Dash for Pennant
Here.
CLIMBERS ARE GOING GOOD
Whole Pitching Staff Is Working
Splendidly.
A Comparison of League Standings of
a Year Ago---NashviIle In same
Relative Position ms Montgom-
erv Now. Won Pennant.


down the stretch begins. It's going
to be ashard rgnt from now on, but TO
the gamsst outfit will belong the honor
OF finishing close up when the grand
winu-up comes on September tx.
These Climbers OF Ed Gremingers
have proved cbnclusively thss they are
as game as they make 'ein. and vita
things breaking anywhere near even,
they will be thar or tnarabouts. when
the leaves begin to fall.
The pitchers are working splendidly.
and the team is hitting better now
than they have in some time. Some
games on the Western trip Just closed,
but things can't break that way all
the time. The team Is going good
now. and when they strike their stride
in earnest somebody will have battle
Hub Hart has been working like IL
Trojan and catching grand bali. but ne
VIII have a chance to rest some now
that Spike shannon is about ready TO
get into harness again. Joe Pepe Is
about right again too. and with no bad
luck. the team will go through the next
three months very much stronger than
II has been this season.
The first three days of this week.
Bernhard and his Volunteers will be
at Capitol Heights. This Nashville
bunch is going pretty fast aboua now.
So far this season, seven games have
been played between the Climbers ana
Volunteers. three In Sulphur Dell and
four at Capitol Heights. In Nashville.
81 to 5. The Climbers out hit Nash
VILE, but errors lost Lively's game.
Hub Perdue beat Whitley Guese by
score of to 2 in the second game.
Bliss and DeBalt winning the third by
II score of to z. Bliss shut Nashville
out 2 to D, with five hits, kellum pitch
ing. in the first game played at Capt..
toI Heights. Guese beat them in the
second game by score of to l. Only
three hits were made off Dugau, but err
rors behind him lost his game. Hub
Perdue pitched the third game against
Lively. and while oaly Ave hits were
game by a score of to l. The la&i
game at Capitol Heights was lost by
a score of to 8. Nashville hammer
4 Victory today would make an even
break on the season between the
two clubs. Two of the games that
Montgomery has lost to Nashville were
OF them and pitching ball that should
have landed them both, errors losing
both of them. Everything is coming
right now though. and by July July, the the
Climbers in good shape to fight 1t out
for the balance of the season.
After the three games with Nashville
Fri Fria S and s saturday. One Of these THESE;
days will be a double header, (Thurs-
day most probably. as the Climbers
had postponed rain game IN Atlanta
ers play two Fourth of July games in
Nashville next Monday. Sunday is the
fourth, but the holiday games Will be
PLAYED on Monday pd WIN couple more
Coming home the Climbers have six
games at Capitol Heights, three each
with Birmingham and Atlanta. Then
they go to the Slagpile for three games
with the Dubs. and on July 10 open
here for stretch OF eighteen straight
games.
each at Capitol Heights and Birmlng-
ham and Nashville. three each. The
string of home games will end August
z, with a break of one Sunday game
paved In Memphis august J.: -. -
Little Rock and two In. Memphis, play
ing there next Sunday. after which
they go home for ten games. The Pel-
leans play the Fourth OF July games in
Mobile. Little Rock has four games at
home. two in New Orleans and the
Fourth of July games In Memphis:
Atlanta has three in Birmingham and
eleven at home, including the Mont
gomery double-header and the Fourth
OF July games with Birmingham. New
Orleans has five games at home and the
Fourth Of July games in Mobile:
Climbers. and with a strong. hard pull
altogether, the gang can easily jump
to the first division A glance at one
ing changes. NASHVILLE was not even
at the head of the second division a
year ago today-was in sixth place
yet they won the pennant. Atlanta
was in second place. but the Climbers
beat them out Memphis was In
fourth place, and the Climbers in third,
but the Memphii finished third. Mobile
was in fifth place, yet they beat the
Crackers out and finished fourth, Nash
vile Jumping from sixth place and
nosing rhe Pelicans out for the pen.
nant.
And the Climbers have as good a
chance this year as any OF them.
The standing on the morning of June
2S, 1903. was: