The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

Sis" Hopkins most assuredly won his | own game in every way-by superb pitch | In the eighth inning scoring Stickney won | the game. for as It turned out only one l run was necessary.
 There must bo something in the atmos- phere of Atlanta to rfle ball players. In the three games here there has not been the slightest. trouble with the St. Paul
 bunch. and not only their behavior but
 the general conduct on the grounds made | favorable impression on everybody. Of the twenty men whom Hanlon will | have on the field only four have been in | the Superba outfit one or more seasons The rest are altogether new recruits. The
 Ahearn Is a veteran of only one year among the catchers. Of the infielders Dahler and Flood are known to Brook lyn fans, and in the outfield Jimmy
 Sheckard alone has played here.-Brook- So far no word has been received from Dick Crozier in regard to his intentions Tor the coming season. Manager Powell
 IS not losing any sleep over the matter, as he is confident that the red-haired out fielder will report in proper time Any how. he already has a strong outfield in Winters, Lauzon and Kohler, so that in case the Little Rock man fails to show up Croziers absence will not wreck the entire outfit. However, local fanatics are anxious to see the speedy Traveller rigged | up in an Atlanta uniform, as he is one of the best men in the minor league ranks 1 today.-Atlanta Journal
 Mickey Finn has been for the past week engaged in the pleasant task of l weedfng out his players, so as to leave | team which will win the pennant for
 we had the rag. but Nashville grabbed
 us by the coat tail and pulled us down, | after which she climbed to the first nole
 Last season Little Rock did not get a
 Ioo.noid @ until too late to go after first | When the meeting was held here to fix
 the official standing for the finish Little | Rock and New Orleans did the Alphonse-
 Gaston act and Micky Finn declared that
 Abner Powell simply must take second
 place .or he would be mortally offended, | and Abner accepted.-Arkansas Gazette. When Mike Finn leaves Pine Bluff
 tonight for vicksourg. Miss. where the
 Little Rock team win play Sunday and
 Monday. he will take along fifteen men, Spider" Shaffer and Thebo will be | loaned to Pine Bluff for the season, that | is. if Thebo agrees. It is said that he
 will refuse to play there. In that event
 he will be loaned to some other club in that or the Texas League He Is a | valuable man, and If Little Rock did not have such splendid outfield he would
 have regular place on the team Dennis
 Potts will be loaned to Natchez for the
 season. It now looks as if. no matter | what happens, Pitcher Persons will not play with Little Rock. If that be .the | case Little Rock has no left-handed | New Orleans. which is very probable l Arkansas Gazette.
 | The Chicago News tells of the victory
 which James s. Vrain pitched for
 American League team, as follows: Tt
 Is more than probable that the excellent | pitching of one James St. Vraln, who | caused more than usual stir in the | y.aoe oefHn ouf aAan h,rh t- | hopper proclivities, had more to do with
 the defeat of the White Sox by the close
 score of to than anything else, unless | 1t be the wildness of Frank Owen, who 'fSt. Vrain's work was above criticism
 and the way he laid the ball over the
 plate at angles the White Sox couldn't
 hit won deserved applause. Two hts | in five innings was the limit of hits ofr
 him. He gave bases on balls, hit bat
 ters and made wild pitches at the most | lnopportune times. Wilmot's men mak- ing all their hits off him. Patterson re- the remainder of the four innings. but | Archie Stimmel held the Windy City
 band down in two lone runs. not enough | to win."
 Manager Barrow has been switching the batting order around almost daily now trying different players together to see which way they will work best. The order. which will probably be adopted,
 has Elberfeld leading of, followed by Smith. Crawford, Carr, Barrett, Clement, Yeager, catcher and pitcher, as 1t seems to fit all requirements. It is a new posi- ton for Elberfeld, but one that he should fill acceptably. He Is, when he wants | to be-and he will want to be this year.
 a good waiter, and also a splendid man to worry the pitcher right at the start of
 the game. Smith, following him. works
 we'll with anybody, and can be depended upon to put the .Kid' on second Then comes a string of five good hitters and
 base runners, who can drive out hits or
 help the preceding men around the bases
 in some manner Smith and Carr have
 shown themselves in the practice series
 to be good pinch hitters, and Carr's great
 height makes him good man in the bat
 ting order where he stands now.-Detroit Free Press.