The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-06
Great Struggle at Sui
phur Dell Park.
LOCALS BAT FERcELY;
BEAT VOLUNTEERS TWICE
Pepe Played Star Game at
Short.
Nashville Blew Up In Aftsrnsea Game.
and BeoA@e Easy Piekiag.
Msntgemery Almost Lost
FIRST On Critical
Error.

Batting like a lot of fends those
Climbers knocked Case out Of the box
in jig time yesterday morning. and
handed Misther Dugan about the same
dose. landing the morning game by
the lopsided score Of 8 to s.
Thomas was in for the Climbers and
he should have scored a shutout. An
unfortunate error by Pope came In the
third inning after the side should have
been retired; the inevitable three hits
came after that. which. with a costly
runs In that inning. That was the
only time that the Volunteers scored
or even had look in.
Thomas worked the best game OF
ing the Climbers this season, and
seemed yesterday to have regained the
form that made him q terror to the
other teams of the Southern League
last summer.
In the nrst inning Harry Bay beat
out O. hunt to Greminger that was
exceedingly close, the 'umphs calling
the Deerfoot safe. In the third came
should have been retired. Bay made
clean hit In the fourth round and
Walter East hit safe in the eighth:
only two clean hits after that third
Thomas had splendid control. striking
out two batters and walking only one
man, while he tore on a couple OF
hits. one of them q pinch hit that
dr Ths h II iMe S 81 as hm was tn.
that takes a ball team to the top. Per-
sons got a couple of hits. one three
Dagger that drove in a run; Pepe
three hits. one two-bagger; shannon
driving In three runs.
Duggan had to be hurried in in the
sixth inning after seven hits and nve
runs had been made Off Case, but eight
extracted from Misther Duggan. Both
teams played fast ball. but two of the
errors behind Thomas came In that
third round and were virtually respon-
hard's crew.
Bay beat out a hunt in the first on
a, close decision. but Thomas easily
once mighty Robertson with runner
on third.
with two gone in. the second. Joe
Pope hammered out a two-bagger.
him. Spike made second On the throw
in. Case pulled outaof the hole, how
ever, by striking Thomas out. But
that one run looked pretty big;
in the last OF the second. and first OF
the third, but in the last of the third
something happened. Noyes started
the trouble with e two-basger and
was the best that Mr.. Bay could do.
and Noyes was held on second. Wise-
man hit to Pope and the side should
hstv been seng retired Ths bali na s0S Moves
scored. wiseman stole second and
scored on Easts drive to left. East go
ing to second on the throw in. Rob-
right filled the bags. Doc seabaugh
hit to left ana when Persons let the
ball get by him East, Robertson and
Siegle scored. Sebaugh going to third.
Butler ended IL with a hit to Pope.
The score was s. to /. with the big
crowd of fans at Higgins place feel
ing pretty sore.
Butler messed Whiteman's hit in
the fourth. Greminger hit clean and
out on foul to Robertson. but Chan
mons pinch drive to right scored
Whiteman and Gremtnger. Thomas
Persons hit to East, making the score
osteen drove one to left of first
base in the sixth, Case ran over to
wild ana osteen went to second. Pope
hit safe and Osteen got to third.
Shannon hit to East, but osteen was
held on third, Pope going to second
Thomas drove ostesn end Pspe "ri IT,
with pinch hit to left, tieing up the
score. Right here Case was chased
and Duggan sent in, but the first man
to face Duggan, Archie Persons,
soaked the ball to deep left for three
bags. Thomas scoring. Dan Kerwin
hit a long sacrifice fly to Wiseman
and Persons scored. DAILY was out on
q fly to Bay. but the score was now
to in favor of the Climbers.
1t was one, two, three in the last
Of the sixth and with both sides in
the seventh.
Pope hit safe again In the eighth,
but was forced at second on Shannon's
bunt to Robertson. Thomas and Per-
sons ended it with flies to Bay.
East hal-yb mup vFzkw. .--f ~
DAILY let 1t get by him. The next
three batters were unable to get the
ball out OF the infield.
With one down In the ninth, DAILY
hit one that took a bad bound just
before 1t got to Robertson, the ball
went out to right field and DAILY scored.
Whiteman went down on a hit to East,
and Greminger on a fly to Bay, max
ing 1t s to s.
In the last of the ninth Butler was
out on a hit to Osteen, Noyes on o
hit to Thomas, and Tonyman, who
was sent in to hit for Duggan, on a
fly to Persons. And the game was
over with the score s to in favor of
making the record for
the season. Nashville six games and
four games OF the eleven
played. the odd game being that fif-
teen inning tie.
The score Of the nrst game was: