The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-13
Had Game With Mobile Sewed Up. FANS WERE SORE ON
 UMPIRE RUDDERHAM Thought the Game Could Have Been
 Played. Mobile Lost So Much Time in Getting on the Field That ., second Shower Proved Fatal to
 Local Hopes.

By the narrowest margin rain knocked the Climbers out or what would have been a sure victory 9ver Mobile. With the score standing to 0. the rain came down just as Hub Hart went to bat in the last half of the fourth inning and while the two teams went for moment in the rain, Rudderham finally called the game. In less than twenty minutes the rain had stopped. though 1t still looked threat ening. Rudderham started out 70 the as if play would begin again. The Mobile bunch. however, never moved from their seats in their bench and them to play ball, an argument began that was dragged out long enough, for the rain to begin again Then there was another, tiresome wat. out .ne tne of the allotted thirty. minutes ana at 4:25 the game was called permanently.
 The crowd was pretty sore and cush- umphs, though nobody tried to hurt the judge of play. If the fans had stuck 1t out on the bleaehers few minutes longer t Is possible, ,ea that wsse sse II was. Under the rules Rudderham was powerless and was forced to call the game. though there is no question had 1 gone S to the field when Rudderbam wanted them to. the full nve innings could have been finished.
 They were hitting yesterday n she form that cinches games, those CimD. CTS. Bittrolf was the first victim ana before Reed took him out in the mid de of the second inning, i've hits ana couple of two -haggers being. included in the hits. a three-baggerI home run and single being made on Hixon. Oniy two runs came in on the last nanea' as the Climbers were trying to get out |. in order to hurry up the four and
 There were three distinctive features st the sttsrnooa; bsgld grda9sdi hit baf sHp ths Wheat plunked in the nrst nm @ihnihs, E, Whitey Guese's steal of third base m the second Inning and Dan heIMlns . terrific drive to the right center renee. for clean home run. with Persons oh base, in the same inning.
 Guese pitched good game, he fot in hole In the d sseSnd SlsaW Waen Wths bSgs ne but saved himself by striking out Wneat, the heaviest hitter of the Reed aSsre- gation. t the first and Daly followed the bunch by laying down a bunt, that took them so by surprise. that he beat It out cas- fly and filled the bags. Rocky mt one that BittroIf got but Persons scored Whitenan drove a scresching two bagger past third, Kerwin and paly seeuHting. Grepiink ger ended slt witn
 osteen hit clean in the second and was sacrificed by Hart Guese turned loose q two -bagger. scoring Osteen, and then stole third himself.
 Persons pounded out three -oagger, driving Guese in. KerWin then made the longest hit seen here in many moons, a drive that went to the fence In right center field. Persons scoring head of Dan. This left it to ana from then on it was a race with the rain, the moisture winning out. Grem- inger was the star in this line, placing a ball in Rhoton's hands In the last or the third so that he could not get out of making a double play. In the fourth the big manager spinted nearly to the bleacher's fence and got Watsons fouL But the rain came and spoiled 1t all. The score was: