The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-29
AT BASEBALL MATINEE.
Atlanta Montgomery Game Heard
 Over Wire.

<AeAohb0 0AkoAt6onCAy x1Sdi VI Over Wire. The heavy batting and bulldog courage that has characterized the work of the Black sox in all of the exhibition games stood out prominently yesterday and they took the second straight game from Alb Powelrs Crakers In Atlanta.
 Louis Polchow. it seemed from the tel egraphic review. was wilder than man who drops a collar button under the fur niture and almost lost the game but Jack Ely pulled it out of the fire and pitched | a fairly good game of ball. Powell used three pitchers in the game and each one | of them seemed as rank as his predeces- sor.
 Sis" Hopkins will pitch the game to- day for the Black Sox. and it looks like gomery with three straight games from Atlanta fastened to their belts. The detailed account of the game as |, given at the telegraphic matinee yester- day was like this:
 | The Black Sox started the first inning with a rush. With two down Ike Durett smashed out two-bagger that put two runs over the plate. Stickney lined out one that was too hot for Gruebner to handle and Durett promptly scored, Stick ney getting the bag. vittur then gave Clark walk but made it up by striking out Kid Busch.
 In the last half feeling of unrest | struck the devoted fans and they be- came uneasy about Louis Polchow. It was the first appearance of Polchow in the box away from Montgomery, and af- | ter his, two performances in the exhibi- | tion games at the ball park the matinee fans were a bit wary and doubtful about the ultimate chances of the Black Sox | in the second Atlanta game. Winters was the first man up for the Crackers and like the ill-omened croak of raven off the ticker came the words | that made the hearts of the fans heavy. One ball, two balls, three balls, four l balls, spoke Jack Higgins and the fans | sighed. l It was the same thing with Bennett, the next man up. Luzon also got a base on balls, filling the bags.
 Matthews was the next man up: Four balls,'' cried Jack Higgins. and Winters forced in.'
 Perhaps it is well that the 175 miles of real estate between Montgomery and At | lanta prevented Polchow from hearing
 the sarcastic remarks that fairly sizzled from the lips of the now thoroughly an- | gry fans at the matinee.
 With the bags full again Stafford smashed out a two-bagger clearing the bases just as Durett had done in the first
 half. only Stafford's hit put three runs
 over while Durett's scored two. Taylor lined out hit that scored Stafford, but l Polchow pulled himself together and | struck out the next two men, Clark get
 ting under Vittur's hit.
 Four bases on balls in succession, a two-bagger and single had netted five
 runs, leaving the score to in favor of | the Crackers.
 In the second inning as if to redeem
 himself Polchow opened up with q rat
 died and wild pitch by tturs sent Pol
 chow to third. Vittars now got busy in
 the base on balls business himself and
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 over the plate on Whistler's base on balls and Spratt was forced in on Durstt'a | | walk.
 Then Jack Higgins brought joy to the fans. Link Stickney had hit safe and Molesworth and Whistler were scramb- ling over the plate.
 Ab Powell, at this juncture retired Wit
 tur and Harry Hale was put in to orna- | ment the center of the box.
 Demoniacical shrieks of delight greet | ed the news that MT. Hale had sent the
 first two men up. Clarke and Busch, to
 bases on balls in succession.
 Then Louis Polchow, for the second
 time in that inning. walked to bat and for the second time in the inning, h.
 the ball. Stickney and Clark scoring
 Kanzler then retired the side, but six
 was 9 and in favor of the Black sox,
 six bases on balls. a wild throw and
 three hits having done the work.
 It was the same thing over with Pol
 chow in the second inning He sent Win
 ters to base on balls, but he was caught
 stealing second. Bennett singled, Lau-
 zon struck out, Mathews and Stafford
 walked, filling the bags. Bennett and
 Ter died on his hit to Kanzler and the
 score was and in favor of the Black Sox
 Hale did better in the third, only giv-
 ing one. base on balls and blanking the
 Black Sox.
 In the last half, after Polchow had
 given the first two men up ,ases on balls
 Whistler decided that it was not his
 day. and Jack Ely relieved him amid
 yells of delight at the matinee. Ben
 nett, the first man to face him, struck
 out, J.auzon retired the sidc on a hit
 to Render as Winters was already
 down.
 The atmosphere in the matinee room was now considerably less foggy, hut
 Hale blanked the Black Sox again in the
 fourth.
 Then came Jack Ely's first full inning.
 And he made good with the fans at the
 start. Ike Durett pulled down Matthew S fly to left. Kanzler handled Stafford s
 hit to second, Taylor dropped one of those
 Dick German Texas Leaguers over sec
 and and was safe, Koehler got his base
 on balls but Ely ended 1t by striking l out Gruebner.
 In the fifth half KanSler hit safe, Spratt
 died on long fly to right field, which
 Winters got back to Stafford in time to
 catch Kanzler off first, completing the
 double, and Molesworth retired the side | by striking cut.
 | The CrackerS were Dlanked in the last | half. Ely started it by striking out | Hale Winters hit safe Spratt fumbled
 Bennett's hit, but Clark got under Lau-
 zon's foul and kanzler handled RAS- | thews hit.
 1 In the sixth the Black Sox were blank | ed. but in the last half the Crackers got busy. Stafford opened up with safe | hit, Taylor got his base on balls, Ely S | second, and a cracking three-bagger by | koehler, put Stafford and Taylor over, | hoehler scoring with an earned run on | Gruebners two-bagger. Hale struck out, | but Winters single scored Gruebner | Bennett hit safe and Lauzon's hit filled
 the bags Matthews hit the ball. Win | ters was tearing down the line from third | home. Ely, like flash, fired the ball to | Clark. cutting Winters off at the plate, | and Clark fired 1t to Whistler in time to
 nail Matthews, completing a double that | brought out roar of applause from the
 Atlanta bleachers and the enthusiastic fans at the matinee here.
 This tied the score, 9 and g, and things | began to look pretty interesting. | In the seventh the Black Sox began | doing business with MT. Hale some more. Busch got walk Ely beat out a bunt, | kanZler hit to third and Taylor made a wild throw to first, Busch promptly SCOT l ing. Spratt sacrificed, and then for the | third time in the game Uncle Abner de-
 cided 1t was time to send a pitcher to
 the tall timberS and Clark was sub-
 stituted for HalS.
 | The change was disastrous for the | Crackers as Clark sent Moles worth and | Whistler to bases on balls, forcing in a-Nr HNWw