The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-30
WHISTLER'S TEAM DOSED
 ATLANTA FANS WITH GLOOM
AS SEEN IN MONTGOMERY.
Hopkins Made e Poor Showing i
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 When the Black 6ox left that decrepit old depot In Atlanta last night it was three straight games that Whistler had in his carpet bag; three straight games from the fast" aggregation that the oily tongue of Alb Powell had promised the good people of the Gate City should take two of the three from Montgomery.
 That Montgomery has taken all three games was not by any means the fault Of Sis Hopkins who received the most unmerciful punishment at the hands of the Crackers yesterday afternoon. In- ded 1t Is a mooted question if the Att lanta outfit will have the opportunity of fattening their batting average again this season like they did yesterday. It seemed to be the simplest matter in the world for them to swat the cover off the ball just any time they desired.
 The Black Sox seemed to be completely unnerved by the pounding that was be- ing administered in large doses to Mir. Hopkins. and the demoralization caused them to make many errors.
 Somebody else was pounded, however. Hopkins did not carry off the honors Weyhing, the grand old century plant of baseball, was hammered with a con- sistent regularity that must have been startlingly painful to the Atlanta audi plays and yellow work spread among the ranks of the Crackers that had been the case with the Black Sox
 But Montgomery got the big end of the final score all the same, and all-or nearly all-will be forgiven.
 Winters, whose name will never be for gotten by the Montgomery fans, died on hit to Kid Bush, the Crackers thinking to change their luck by taking the ins yesterday. Bennett waited and walked, scoring on Lauzon's twO-bagger. Busch handled Mathews hit. but Lauzon scored when Spratt fumbled Stafford's hit. Fay Tor pounded out three-bagger and Staff ford scored. Taylor scoring on Koehlers s hit to Spratt Kanzler handled Grueb- ner's hit and the side was retired with four runs. three hits and a base on balls.
 Kanzler led off in the last half with a smashing three-bagger to center and scored on spratt's two-bagger; Moles- worth was out on his hit to Stafford and Whistler on fly to Koeler. Durett walked but stickney was out on hit to Taylor.
 Weyhing died in the second on a fly to Molesworth. Winters hit safe, Busch fumbled Bennetts hit. but Spratt scooped up Lauzon's hit, fired it to Kanzer in time to nail Bennett, Kanzler firing it to Whistler in time to nail Lauzon and com- plete the fast double
 In the last half Clark was out on a fly to Koehler, Gruebner dropped Busch's fly. Hopkins walked and Busch scored on Handlers hit to right Spratt sacrificed and advanced Hopkins, Molesworth lined OhC Out tIdls WdS JOO not TOT IaXlOr to handle, Hopkins and Kanzler scoring, but Whistler retired the side with his ny to Lauzon. The score was now tied, 4 and 4.
 In the third Mathews was out on a hit to Hopkins Stafford struck out Taylor hit safe, koehler was out on his hit to Busch. but Taylor was caught stealing second.
 Durett went out on fly to Stafford. Gruebner fumbled Stickney's hit, but caught rf1tn rH1o xt,arv nrst, Weyhing watching his bases like a haWk. Clark hit safe, but was caught stealing second.
 In the fourth. Gruebner was out on a ny to Stickney, Weyhing got a life and scored on the monotonous three-bageer or Winters. Bennett and Lauzon walked. niling the bags, and 1t looked as if Hop klns was in the middle of a bad fix center and returned it to the infield be- Tore Winters could get home and Ret nett was caught playing of second, pull. ing Hopkins out of the hole he was in half, Hopkins tried to sacrifice but Tay. Tor juggled it and he got the bag Kan. zler hit to deep center Busch and Hop- sns slns scoring. but was out at second on sPratts fins IS, punt to Weyhing. spratt get or those sneaklng Texas Leaguers, Spratt and Molesworth scored on WhistIer's two-bagger and Whistler, with an earned run went oyer on Durett's hit. Stickney and Clark died on flies to Lauzon and Winters. but five runs had gone in. the score standing and in favor of the Black Sox ". '''o
 In the fifth Stafford got a walk. but was forced out on Taylor's hit. Koehler struck out and Busch got Gruebner's hit
 It was one, two. three with the Black Sox in the last half, Busch going out on a hit to Taylor. Hopkins on a fly to Win ters and Kanzler on a hit to Bennett.
 In the sixth, Gloomy Gus" was out on hit to Hopkins. Winters got anoth- CT three S bagger, spratt fumbled Ben netts hit, but Bennett was caught steal ing second. Winters scoring. however. and Lauzon struck out. The score was now and in favor of the Black Sox, spratt was out on hit to Gruebner in tne last half, Molesworth on a foul fly Stafford, the Black Sox having settled down now and simply holding the Crack CTS without trying for any more runs,
 In the seventh. Whistler got Mathews's foul fly, but Stafford landed on a two pagger. Taylor was out on a hit to Kan zler. and Koehler struck out, Hopkins seeming to be himself again.
 Durett struck out in the last half Stickney got walk, Taylor fumbled Clark's hit, Busch was down and Stick ney was caught at second.
 Gruebner was out on a hit to Hopkjns In the eighth, Weyhlng opened up with two-bagger and scored on the usual two-bagger of Winters. Bennett struck out and Lauzon was out on fl yto Du- rett. the score being and in favor of the Black Sex.
 Hopkins was out on a hit to Weyhing in the last half, Kanzler on a fly to Gruebner anc Spratt struck out
 Molesworth got Mathewss fly in the ninth. Busch fumbled Stafford's hit, Taylor hit to second and Stafford was forced aaha