The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-06
Game Called to Catch a
Train.
EACH TEAM SCORED
ONE LONESOME TALLY
S-
Pitchers Were IN Fine Fettle
Throughout Game.
Charlie Babb Used HIS Noodle Twice,
Taking Dick Out and s1akins
Switch IN His
Inaeld.

Just how that game of ball yester-
day would have woussA ~ is a quss-
tion-both pitchers aud both teams
were going at full speed and such q
thing as getting run over the plate.
was pretty hard to do. but with the
score tied. and /. from the third. in
ming. Umpire Fitzsimmons mad to call
rne game at the end of the ninth 10 ai-
low 10th teams 10 eaten a train.
Whitley Guese pitched winning ball
all the way. he nad good speed snu
control. striking out Sax Datlers anu
giving two bases on balls. neither OF
which cost anything. vi the nve hits
made on him, Two were buncned In the
tnIrd inning. one ia the fourth anu one
in the sixth. Not even scratch hit
was maze OF him alter the sixth. Tue
big fellow finished strong.
Dick started IN for Memphts, but az
ter the Climbers had buncned couple
of hits on him and earned their run IN
the first inning, Babb left MIN in one
more inning and after hitting batter
and making u dumb play, he was chas-
ed to the pench and Qulesser went in
the last OF the third and finished ths
game, pitching good ball all the way.
The only inning that two hits came
together on Quiesser was In the third,
and one of them was scratch. Hs
had pretty good control ,only walking
one may ana striking out Two.
1t was as pretty a game OF ball as
one wants to see, a wonderful running
catch by Persons In left field being the
feature. as was running catch OF
Whiteman's line hit to left In the NTH
inning and a Jump that Morris made ., o.
There were runners on second and
third. with two out and the hit would
have means couple OF runs:
the game for the Memphii and Charlie
Babb used his head twice yesterday.
The first time was in Jerking Dick out
for the Climbers were hitting him.
infieid in the third inning. He him
self has been playing short. with
Wheeler, the Central League recruit,
on third. but Babb went to third and
Lacquer going to the bench. The Mem
phis team played far better ball yes
terday than they did on their recent
visit here and the chances are that
work cut out for them in Memphis to-
baly ripped open the nrst with. q
smash to left for three bags and with
two gone, Rocky hit safe and drove
him home. Dick hit safe in the third
and Baerwald landed on one that Look
ed like a home run. Persons sprinttng
sideways with the ball and grabbing y
foul and Coulson hit one that Persons,
by hard run. got to in time to let II
slip through MS nAnoS: CEdnSton tHcn
drove Dick in. Both the Memphis and
Montgomery runs were earned.
Kerwin beat out a hit in the third,
and was sacrificed by Whiteman.
Rocky hit safe to right and Kerwin got
to third on a wild throw from right
field to third. Kerwin started home. but
Babb got the ball to Hurlburt In THE
to stop him at the plate.
With two gone in the last of the
eighth Greminger soaked a thres-baE-
ger to left, but the necessary hit did
not bring him in and no more scoring
was done. FitZsimmons called the
Montgomery and Memphis teams hav-
ing to catch the northbound Louisville
and Nashville train for Memphis
The score was: :,