The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-18
ST. PAUL GOT THE GAME
BASEBALL SCORE 8 TO 4 AGAINST LOCALS.
Black Sox Became Demoralized and Lost on Errors, Giving Pitchers Poor Support-Each Team
 Got Seven Hits.

With any kind of support 'esterday Jack Ely and Raining, pitchers of the Black Sox would nave won the game, and the score of the arst St. Paul game would have been VII n favor of the locals, instead of 8 to 1 in favor of the visitors
 The hits of the game were even. seven and seven. but the rror column of the Black Sox tells the story and fully ex- plains why the American League team from Minnesota won inc game with eight scores. only one of them being earned.
 Whistler's bunch had gone after the
 ''big leasuers with dashing. gingery
 style of play that boded ill for them and
 made glad the hearts Of the fans.
 Ferguson gave a,Knzler, the first man
 up for the locals, a pass to first. and
 he eventually scored the first run of the game.
 One. two. three, was the order in which the visitors were retired in the last half. to tn edelight of the rooters. In the second the locals couldn't pro- duce, and in the last half occurred the first demoralization in the camp Of the Black Sox. With two out Huggtns got a life at first. Schaeffer sent a fly to right which looked like an easy out and would have retired the side, but Stickney drop ped it, though he was well under 1t, and Wheeler scored Ferguson, the next man up, retired the side with the score tied, 1 snd 1.
 Ri dBush started the ball in the third with rattling two-bagger. going to third | on Jack Ely's neat sacrifice. and scoring | run No. 2. on two-bagger by Spratt. the second two-bagger in that inning off
 In the last half St. Paul did nothing.
 the score remaining to in favor of l Montgomery.
 The feature of the first half of the | fourth was Shannons run and pull, down | of a long fly by Durett out in deep cen | ter.
 l The decided feature of the last half was | a (1air fiainU thA score again, and 2.
 sacrifice by Kanzler had worked Jack Ely around to third. but Ferguson pulled | himself out of a bad hole. l In the last half with two down and l two men on base, Stickney dropped Jack sons fly to right. If he had held the
 ball it would have retired the side. but | demoralization seemed to be complete. | Spratt and Bush got busy in the yellow | department and when the dust cleared five red-legged St. Paulists had crossed the plate.
 Voiz relieved Ferguson in the first half | of the sixth and while he gave Whistler a walk. his support helped him and by
 striking Bush out he retired the side with
 Refining relieved Ely in the last of the sixth and put them to the bad, Durett s
 throw to catch shannon at second ending | the inning. l In the seventh things looked bright for | a run. Spratt and Molesworth had been sent to first on balls in succession. Whist ler's life filled the three sacks. Velz pulled himself out of hole, however and all chances of a Montgomery score | in that inning went glimmering. St. Paul did nothing in the last half | Clark's pull down of Shannon's foul be- ing the feature of the inning In the eighth the locals couldn't better | their hands, but in the last half Schaef' | fer's base on balls with Kelly's sacrifice put the cause of the Atlanta trouble over the plate.
 | with the score to against them ir | the ninth the locals got over two runs Bases on balls to Kanzler and Spratt with some dumb playing by St. Paul, put | the two mentioned over the plate. St. Paul of course didn't play the last
 half and the game ended to 1 in favor
 of St. Paul..