The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01

II ever anybody in the world had q
good right to kick loud and long and
Justify at the stings OF outrageous for
tune. 1t was Ed Greminger and his
noon.
Before the battle started an agree
ment was made to call the game at
s:4S. regardless OF its status atT y Of the en-,
was in for the Volunteers, and Herbert
JUL for the Climbers. Greminger's
people where hitting Vrebahn from the
third inning right along. and Juul had
round when he was hit hard after
striking out the first two men and pur-
posely fling the bags by walking
East. Then the storm broke and con-
tinued in the seventh. =
against them in the ninth some fast
base running that beat out infield hits.
had the bags full three times with
three runs and two out. Only one run
was needed to tie the game. and the
bags were full when Kerwin went to
bat. Dan had already soaked cou-
pie of clean hits and a home run. II
he had hit that ball clean, Osteen and
Hart would have scored, and the game
would be won by a score of to 9, for
there were only few minutes left be-
fore the hour OF $40;
1t was barely 5:36 when Kerwin went
to bat. Plenty Of time for his turn
hole, and the whole team realized. that
the break had come and the Climbers
had Viebahn going. The fans were
roofing like mad things, and Viebahn
Then Rudderham allowed delay tao
tics. Walter East, after stopping to
talk to his pitcher, walked up to the
plate and demanded that the game be
called according to agreement. Rud-
derham looked at his watch and show
ed 1t to. Greminger, who ran up and
protested. BY this time of course 1t
was 5:40 and Rudderham turned to the
was called. Under the time agree
ment he could not do anything else,
but there Is hardly any doubt of the
fact that Il he had D., made de- Nashville vii play
utes left from the time that Kerwin
went to bat, the Climbers would have
won the game. Rudderham however,
simply let East bluff him. and Nash
VILE COPIED the game by score OF
with two gone in the last of the
third. JUL walked and Persons hit
clean. Kerwin drove one to center
third. The ball had been fielded in
and Noyes fumbled It at third, Per
sons thought he could make II. but
1t turned out, this killed the chance
of tieing the score in the ninth.
JUL struck out both Noyes and Vie
balm in the fifth, and then Bay and
Wiseman hit safe. JUL made the mis-
take of his life then in walking East,
filing the bags. taking chance at
getting Robertson who, with two
strikes on him. calmly hit safe and
drove in q couple OF runs. Seigle then
drove in East and Robertson, making
1t to j.
With two down In the last of the
sixth Kerwin smashed one to the CEN
ter field fence and was rounding third
when the ball was on the way back to
the infield. 1t was shot to Tonyman
and reached the plate just about the
time that Kerwin. did. Dan slid in
and the ball struck Tonyman on the
knee and hit the plate at the same
time. bounding on to the left and the
run scoring easily, leaving 1t 4 to 2.
Wiseman started the seventh with q
Texas Lacquer, and East sacrificed him.
Robertson drove Wiseman in. Seigle
walked and Tonyman drove Robertson
in, making 1t 9 to 2.
Then came the blow up In the ninth
and Nashville had the game by an
eyelash.
The score was: