The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-01

been played in Montgomery In many q day and probably the swiftest article of unusually large crowd of local enthusiasts by Al Buckenberger's Boston National League team yesterday afternoon when Bosom won from Montgomery R to 2. top heavy and decidedly out of propor- ton. whistler's Black sox need not be ashamed of the result. They went up against such men as Fred Penney, Willis baseball business. and that they were beaten does not reflect discredit on them.
 The Boston aggregation has been In Thomasviile. Ga. for the past two weeks, a single day that they have not had solid day of hard practice work. The result of this practice is that the Bos- tonians are every one as hard as nails dition that they are in was shown by their lightning-like gingery work yester- day afternoon. On the other hand yesterday was really together. And the full team was not out yesterday. The.r sharp. snappy work in the first three innings made the hundreds of fans stare Tn undisguised surprise, nings they held the big leaguers down as easily as if they were bunch or amateurs.
 The lions share of credit belongs to Oscar streit who made his ., first s.sd appear; and pitched himself into the hearts of Mont gomery baseball lovers. For the three innings that he pitched not single run was made by the Bostons. and only one l hit-that Bonner. in the second inning was made. He has speed. a cool head and watches his bases all the time, his cross fire work showing that he IS pitcher that will make good in great shape in Montgomery. His work in the 1 box seemed to imbue the entire team with that snap that is so appreciated by ba seball fans, and for the first three in- rings it was as pretty an exhibition of | baseball as one cares to see anywhere. The Black Sox started the game with rush going after the great Willis as If | that celebrated twirler was up against total extermination.
 Carleton Molesworth also made his bow | to a Montgomery audience and he jumped ! with both feet into the hearts of local | fandom by getting a good. clean single | off Willis in the first inning, his first 1 time at bat and on the local ball field. | In the second inning Ike Durrett got another hit off Willis and tailed on rattling two-bagger that Kid Bush set the local fans wild with and gave Willis | something to think about.
 | In the third inning Spratt hit for single, making four hits. one of them two- bagger. off Willis Tn the three innings.
 Charlie Dexter heads the Boston bat ting order and was the first man to face
 Streit who sent him to first on balls. Fred Penney followed Dexter, swung viciously at the ball. and there was neat double by Bush, Kanzler and
 steal over the faces of the delighted | crowd. Cooley was next and retired the | side with fly hit.
 In the last half Kanzler and spratt died. | Molesworth smashed out a single. but
 Whistler couldn't improve on It. and the | inning was over without a man getting
 past first base on either side.
 In the second Abbatichie led off with a fly and out Bonner hit for a single, Gre
 minger met the leather, and there was another double. Bonner and Graminger
 retiring the side and the crowd yelling
 for Streit and the fast support he was
 getting.
 Ike Durrett led off with cracking
 single in the last half of the second,
 Stickney and Clark went out, Buch
 smashed one in the nose for two bags,
 and Durrett with the first run of the
 game. earned at that, was over the plate.
 In the third Stanley and kittredge died.
 willis got a present. but Charlie Dexter
 retired the side.
 lis for a single, Molesworth met the leath-
 CT, and there was another fast double
 play.
 The game was lively now.
 I In the fourth innng an end was put to
 the heart throbs and to the vivid dreams | of the local fans.
 Louis Polchow relieved Streit in the l OOA, anu uC was Chtlt Cly
 out of condition. His lack of control was
 the main cause of his downfall. The boy
 had but recently landed in Montgomery
 from a long, tiresome railroad trip. and
 the bleachers unjustly hurled sarcastic
 pieces of roast chops at his box work. He
 was doing the best that he could under the circumstances and his showing in the
 box was felt far more keenly by himself than by the disappointed fans who were
 roasting him.
 2 When the roasting process was at its
 height Fred Penney of the Boston team . turned to the bleachers and cried: Give the boy a chance, can't your"
 The sensible advice was taken by sev-
 eral leading lights in the knockers club. When the inning was over the game was
 too far in the gfire to be worked on and while Polchow did his best to retrieve himself at the bat, hitting for two bags
 in the fifth and scoring. the game wound up F and in favor of Boston. Even D at this, however, the hundreds of fans
 left the grounds with increased confidence
 and respect for the Black Sox. and if the
 local team plays anything Ike the ball
 they did yesterday Montgomery will stick by them through thick and thin.