The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
TRAVELLING
 IN SPECIAL Some Class to the
 Climbers. OCCUPY A WHOLE PULLMAN Team Left for Nashville Last
 Night Jack Lively And shannon wnr ID The Battery work For TAe Mont genery Agsrsgatiea h
 The Opener.

Whether they win the pennant or not they started on the first trip of the season like champions.
 Through the good management and secretaries the Hon. william stickney of Montgomery, Ala., and through the courtesy of Passenger Agent Bliss of the Louisville and Nashville, Big Ed Greminger and his bunch of Climbers left last night in sixteen-section special. Pullman. There was a bit of good luck dope to start on--Jack Live ly, the big North Alabama German boy, will work the opener in Nashville this afternoon. and the name of MT. Puilman's travelling lodging house, that concealed within It's depths the Montgomery aggregation last night. was the "Liepsic." Now cafl off your grave yard rabbits and other forms of fetich--thts combination has every thing in that line lashed to the mast a German pitcher to work the first game and the name of famous Ger man watering place. being the car to on the first trip.
 Can you beat it?
 Everybody had lower last night even Bill stickney. who generally takes gang have drawn the sleeping car space. When the gang filed into the car and made their obeisance to Ills Royal Nibs. the porter. all went merry ds marriage ptil, uutll SaCn Atn1eLS had in the course of his wanderings through the car. arrived opposite the fatefui number '13"--then there was sudden frigidity in the atmospheric conditions.
 ''Not for mine." said Hub Hart with an emphasis on the not Big Whitey Guese and Rockenfield made a noise like init" Frank Manush. Dan Kerwin, George .Whiteman. Archie Persons. denly saw something extremely inter esting on the other side of the car. about the time that a discussion was started anent. who was to reciine In No. 1s. Big Ed was safe for the lower. battery that Is to work this afternoon must have the best of it. so shannon and Lively looked at the gang of ball M .si Tf you ssss ss,d su9ssGrp 9gss r.ps s s am not quite as long or heavy as Bliss or Guese 1t will be the easiest thing in the world for me to ascend to one of
 stickney To The Rescue.
 Bill stickney came to the rescue and solved the problem about this time; Here you feilsrs" he called sd a,.n,ir eve wili without the thirty we will all have an under bunk" And this is the way they traveIed up to Nashville, each man having an under bunk to Himself.
 
 along by Stickney for Forest Thomas and one for Files, both of these pitchers being expected to meet the team in Nashville this morning. and it is pos sible that both of them will come back to Montgomery with the team next
 The opening in Nashville today. promises to be on a big scale. Presi- will meet the team in Nashville and have seat in the carriage with Presi- dent Kuhn of the Nashville club. the Mayor of Nashville and Judge Kava- naugh, President of the Southern the pennant won by the Volunteers last Sptember will be run up to a flagpole located somewhere in center field. After this ceremony Dan Pfen- n1nger wili yell Play Balp'---and the
 Hub Perdue. the native son of Gal latin Tenn. will probably go on the hill for Bernhard's people,. with Doc sebaugh, the former Montgomery favorite. catching him, while Gremin- ger will have Lively and shannon for
 The indications are Jack Higgins will have about the biggest opening crowd a& his matinee this is afternoon liter on varied career. The fans will pack the house. for they know by experience that Jack will give the game In Nash vile, just as 1t is played, and the run. ming comments that he slips in. all during the nine innings. makes 1t pret- ty near as interesting, as If the fans were watching the actual fielJ of bat tie. Both in Nashville. and at Castle Higgins. the game will be called at later. the minutes will be crowded with more genuine excitement than has been the case since last September.
 And its play ball now Tor Keeps.