The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Had A Hair-Raising
 Finish. LOOKED GLOOMY TO
 THE LOCAL FANS The Doctor Was There With the Nerve at All Times. '
 
 Ostees Was On Hand With Pinch Double Which Did Telling work ana Quick Work Saved Trouble For Climbers.

magnificent struggle in the first half of the seventeenth by a count of 4 to 2.
 It was Southern League history that tsa SimDeTs ana volunteers made yss. Forest Thomas as about the most con- sistent pitcher that ever worked in this league. Yesterday he was steady men on bases. while his support was nearly perfect and considering the long bruising contest. the work of the team was remarkable. Bill Viebahn also as outpitched and outgamed him: While Thomas was steady and good all the time. Webahn was unable to In the seventeenth round he weakened. three hits. one of them a two-bagger, putting in two runs and cinching the game.
 The Volunteers were outplayed all the way through by the Montgomery team and whether 1t was the sharp hitting of the Climbers or not the fact sy M Ss. Bssr ss hsd rfsesr ae asss sss Vieban's work all the better.
 The count was standing to O In the fourth round the Climbers having fourth. In the last half or the fourth the Volunteers hit In couple af runs and tangled the score. For the next bah game. the count at the end of the sixteenth inning being 2 and 2.
 In ths last half of the twelfth 1t looked like a sure run. Whiteman. teen sacrificed him. Butler messed Rocky's hit and Whiteman got to third. Rocky afterwards stealing second Hub Hart hit one at Butler and this time to Sebangh: killed Whiteman at tho plate; Rocky got to third, but Bay got Pepe's fly.
 ahnwAA mt only vfAnt han6W0rk. but 6 piece of nerve, that probably saved the anne for Montgomery. With two gone Harry Bay beat out a bunt. was up then and hit would have scored Bay easily, and as Is known to all men. this East Is in the habit of not sure whether MT East. had his batting clothes on or not right then and when in doubt he followed the ax- ample of the immortal MT. Hoyle. play neman was next up and he also has the disgusting habit of sometimes smft- ing the ball. Thomas, however. tight the baii-~and : MT, Tonnernan had struck out with tho pillows inflated and the roar aha e shock Jack fIfggins hall put some of the trolley cars or
 For the next few innings. both Thom- as and Viebahn retired the side in one two three order. In the sixteenth a a wide heave of Pope to Hart. Thom- as retired the next man on a fly to Daly and Spike shannon killed the next stwo. who had the audacity to
 Dan Kerwtn beat-out 8 hit in the seventeenth, Whiteman sacrificed him. and Champ Osteen tore the cover off the ball, with a drive to right for balm frightened up and struck out Rocky, but Hub Hart smash ed one to left and Osteen started in. Harry Bay in trying to stop the flying os;, going to the grand stand and Osteen was over the plate with Hart on sec ond. but Pope ended 1t with hit to Moves. The two runs were in though and the count stood 1 to 2.
 Then came the anxious time for the fans at Higgins place. whose nerves were worn to a frazzle. Siegle the
 T G eean ths ss asd Of there CT s SaS moan that reverb erated all through the hall. Doc. Seabaugh followed this up with another clean hit--and the
 faces of the anser n 'ns both runners up a bag. and with Siegle on one out things didn't look bright for Angenntih and in the excite excitement, siegie did not get back to the bag In time, Osteen knocking the ball down and tagging the surprised Siegle as he tried to wriggle back to the bag. Then Win Kellum was put in to hit for Viebahn. and the Montgomery southpaw of the old days in the sos, hit--he did just what Big Bill Bernhard wanted him to do, hit clean and filled the bags with two down. and 1t sure looked fog gy up the creek. Bay smashed one fhat Thomas jumped at, knocked down, threw the runner out at first, just as Seabaugh was crossing the pan, and the inning was over.
 double header had been scheduled. but it would have been cruelty to force the exhausted athletes to play any more, even if there had been time, so 1t was called off.