The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-17
Climbers and Dubs
Tangle Score.
DR.. THOMAS IS RAPED
HARD BY BIRMINGHAM
Sensational Fielding and Sharp
Hitting Features.
Fortune Favored First one side and
Then Other, Some Strategic
Moves In Eighth Inning
Helping Some.

With the score tied up three or four
times and the Dubs having an excel
leat opportunity Of cfnching the game
two or three times, Tom Raub and Bill
Raftis threw 1t away In the frst half
of the ninth, and while the Dubs tan
gled 1t up again In the last half of the
ninth the game had to be called en-
account Of darkness with the score
While he did not win the game, still
Greminger took long change and
never failed to hit Thomas. but Grem-
niger figured that II he could get away
would give him a nice show TO pull on
the three straights with Bliss in this
afternoon. By scratch Greminger
calculations split 1t. Thomas did no,
the Dubs combined with the hitting OF
the Climbers carried the contest to
nine Inning draw. -.
Thomas was hit pretty harq, put me-
magnificent control on several occe-
stons saved him from disaster. DICK
inson. however, was hit harder than
Thomas, and his lack of control got
him in trouble several times. The nrst
run that the Climbers pushed over the
plata was q base on balls.
Errors and dumb work of the Dups
completed the Dickinson downfall: The
rain of swats was too much for Moiy.
~
ninth with only one down, he chased
Mr.. Dickinson again. and sent Grant
schopp to the rescue. The left handler
would have saved the game for BIT
sss faSs 70 but VIII aa a Ra threw
one run, Raftis doing the same with
another, and the Climbers were one 20
the good. In the last half the Duos
the day with his superb control.
Dickinson walked Persons, the hrst
man up, In the frst found kerwln
dumped bunt that Raftis couldn nan
safe. Then Daly drove one TO right
and Persons counted. DAILY got to sec sec
ond Kerwin to third on Whiteman
hit to Dickinson, both scoring on
E Issong Shlys nS rev was out On fly
"a McCilyray. and Pope struck out.
Kerwin beat out a hit to Raftis IN
the third. DAILY sacrificed MN an an
whiteman drove him ho'he' making 'he
eo Hsniine struck out in the last halt
Rocky fumbled Bowen's hit. ana Moly
tore on two-ssgger: E saen all sir1 off
but Pope messed Gyglrs hit and Bow
RAFT Ss safe n the tine i isss Sounds % sss
d ovsr Tb ann head. Raub sacrificed
them. and Mcdiivray beat out hit GO
Rocky, Raftis scoring. ELAN beat owl
q bunt and Gygli scored: a-.r,cvar
threw to third with nobody covering s
the bag. Dickinson was down on my
to Thomas. and Henline struck oul
again but the score e was fss i Iasa' Of the
eight Raub sneaked one that got by
Whiteman, and he went to third on
McGiivray's hit to right, scoring on
Eilan's sacrifice ny to DAILY and un-
is Hart 'a star FED the ninth with clean
hit to left. Thomas sacrificed. and Per,
sons drive to center sent Hart 10
third with only one out. Then S1mS
strategic moves were MADE ,r Wasn
E pan three m~ hits. Molly shuffied his cards
and rushed Grant Sehopp TO the hring
line. AS q counter move. Gremin6er
took Kergin, left handed hitter, OUT
Of the game, and sent spike shannon
fiy to ELAN. and II looked as n
with DAILY at bat Persons started for
second and Tom Raub made hor-
rible hsays. the BAN gopln sT.o - c sonx
10 third, tieing the score again Then
Raftis kindly booted Days hit and
Persons was over the plate. White-
man was down on ny to Henline, but
the score was now . to In FAVOR Oh
In the last half of the ninth Jack
Lively went 10 right field. Kerwin be-
ing Out OF the game. With one down.
scored when Molly uncorked q two.
hagger to right field Raftis was down
on a fly to Persons. and Thomas end
cd the inning by striking. Gygii out.
But the SCORE had been tied again.
the IT game Sas Ess.ns ss a i he
tangled, 6 and 9.
The score vast