The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-23
 Lively Grabs the First Victory. HELD TURTLES SAFE AFTER OPENING INNING Kerwin is a Star at the Bat, Getting Five Hits. JusI started the second Game But Was Taken out Of the Box
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In a couple of seven round bouts. the Climbers and the Turtles split even yesterday. the home folks landing the first by score of ' to 2 and the Tur- ties landing tAe last by score of to Q.
 It was Jack Lively against Kisber in the first affair. Babb's people started in with a rush in the first in- ming and with one hit and . couple of scratch Texas Leaguers. scored the only runs that they got during the game. After that only two clean hits were made off him--wagner's in the fourth inning. and Dauherts in the third--Wagner beating out an infield hit in the last round. completing the six made off him. His speedy splitter was working to a charm and four bat ters struck out. while his control was nearly perfect. Cranston in the fourth round drawing the only base on balls.
 Both teams played snappy ball. but both in hitting and 'tieidins. Gn IppIs Risber was in for them and he was good up to the last half of the third inning.
 His finish came then. the Climbers aarsS anss ftn h hara s nha in the oO .srS walking five men. two of them SCOT ing outright. his wild heave in the nth letting in q couple of runs. The feature of the afternoon was the hat ting of Dan Kerwin. who out of sew en times at bat Tn the two games smashed out five hits. one of them a pinch two-bagger. that drove in Q
 Herbert Juui started in the second same, but he did not show any con troI and q couple of bases on balls with littie bad luck. let in one run and had the bags full with only one out. when Greminger pulled him out and sent Whitey Guese in. Guese had his spitball working finely and struck out five batters. Ills control was per feet. only in the fourth. and seventh gether. but one of the hits in the sew enth was a two-bagger and the other was three -bagger, an unfortunate SSisR wild throw Sy ,5ass Gusss himself shs only one that they scored in against Guese but the two runs there. with the one or Juui. in the first round made the three Turtle runs. A
 Charlie Fritz was good yesterday While the Climbers hit the left handler at times and got him in several holes. he was always steady when the neces-
 ar , a gsi sps as Rats esSE scfaps Went seven innings by agree ment and one of the largest crowds of the season waA out, the bleachers being
 
 The pilot of the Turtles cracked out long one for three sacks in IIie first round of the first game ana counted when Jake. Daubert lifted a Texas for Persons. Coulson sacrificed him and he got to third on Wheeler's hit to Rocky, scoring when Cranston lifted a lucky Texas Leaguer to right that was ended It with hit to Lively. The two runs were in. but they never scored again, Lively having them at his mercy for the rest of the battle.
 The gang watched kteber until the third when they started after him. With, one gone, he walked Lively, his third base on balls. and Persons got h Hart hit ons DssE 0 Ss. u an expected punt and as kisber did not get to the bag. there was nobody there Daily hit oaey to Cranslon aud Lively counted. oLeary> getting Whiteman;s foul
 was forced at second on osteen's hit to Babb, With two gone, Hub Hart tore off drive to left that was good tieing run. Lively hit one that Grams ton fumbled and Hart started in. but Cranston got the ball to o'Leary in
 It was cinched in the sixth. White. Rocky laid down neat bunt to the left of the plate, that was safe. os- teen drove one at Kieber. who fumbled 1t and then threw wild to Daubert, both whiteman and Rocky scoring and os- teen going to third. scoring on Pepe's smash to center. With two down. Per sons walked Dan Kerwin's drive to left sons. Daiy hit fine drive to paubert but the score was to q.
 No more scoring was done and 1t ended that way.