The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
ST. PAUL WAS SHUT OUT
MONTGOMERY TEAM PLAYED A
 PERFECT GAME.
Large Audience of Montgomery Fans Saw Whistler's Black Sox Walk Away from Saints Sun
 day Afternoon.

Montgomery, 2; St. Paul. O. | sweet morsel under their tongues 3. 900 enthusiastic fans saw the Black Sox han ale the St, Paul aggregation in what was
 propapiy the prettiest game of ball ever
 magnificent exhibition of the national game, the locals being consistent in the | cnampionship form that they have evinc- The victory was due mainly to the s,,- pero box work of Sis" Hopkins 1t is doubtful If the speedy southpaw ever pitched a better game in his career. and the ovation that he received should amply repay him for his hard work And how l ne did work! Everywhere in the iafield he
 vent. never letting up for one second. His
 put stickney and the first run of the
 And Stickney more than redeemed him.
 sSnn se,l his s.ttw two lightning returns. one of
 Snaener at the plate, cutting off the run. were Just about the prettiest pieces of out
 neld work ever seen in Montgomery. But they all played ball-played 1t up
 to the limit--and the stick work of Molesp
 worth was decided feature and factor in The St; Paul aggregation worked like IroJans but the steady, brilliant work of | hopkins and the local team proved a bit too much for them. They fought to the
 last ditch but the game was too fast for | edge that the best team had won. For seven full innings not run was made on either side. both teams working
 Ike beavers with that fast. furious. snap py style of work that made the afternoon the fans.
 | The gingery work started in the first in-
 ming kanzler was down, Spratt got a
 clean hit, Molesworth hit down towards | third. Wheeler scooped it up, shot if to
 Huggins at second who shot 1t to Kelly
 = at first; And spratt and Molesworth were
 In the last half with Shannon and Jack
 son down. Hopkins retired the side by
 striking Marcan out.
 second. but in the last half Stickney's s ] brilliant throw from right field to the plate alone prevented run. Schaeffer got
 base on balls, advanced on Kelly's sac ! Wheeler lined out a hot one to right field, Schaeffer was tearing down the line from
 third to the home plate and it looked like
 piece of leather was whizzing through the the
 mellow sunshine, however. and Clark reached out and grabbed it. touching
 Schaeffer just before he slid into the plate. Stckney had returned Wheeler's hit to l Clark and the run was cut off. In the third Kid Bush was hit by the | ball, but such a kick was made by "the
 saints" that stultz didn't give it to him.
 Hopkins then pounded out one in deep
 center that had all the earmarks of a
 three-bagger. But by a great run and
 magnificent catch shannon got under and
 St. Paul went down in one, two, three order in the last half.
 Nothing was done in the first half of the
 fourth. but in the last half St. Paul looked | slugger. led off with a clean two- -bagger getting to third on Marcan's sacrifice With man on third and only one out
 things looked bilious. but Schaeffer and
 Kelly were disposed of. And Sis was
 saved again.
 With two down in the fifth Stickney
 was hit by. the ball but Clark's out re- | tired the side.
 With two down in the last half Sullivan
 lined out a two-bagger but Check retired | the side.
 Nothing was done in the first half of the | sixth. but in the last half "the Saints" | again got runner as far as third base the locals holding him there. With one out
 stole second. Maroon se died % and a1s Jsskson soo l got to thirl on Schaefers single. That was as far as he got, however, Kelly re- l tiring the side.
 In the first half of the seventh with | Spratt down Molesworth began another | tnstallment of that interesting little bro chure that he Is writing entitled Back
 to the Woods, or the Baseball Pitchers | Nightmare. He showed one out almost to the fence, but his two-bagger didn't do | on third.
 | St. Paul retired in rotation in the last half.
 In the first of the eighth Stickney got | a base on balls, went to second on Clark
 sacrifice. getting to third on Buscl's sim gle and scoring the first run of the game on Hopkins's beautiful sacrifice. | shannon got base on balls in the last
 half. but the next three men retired the | side.
 The opening of the first half of the | ninth was counterpart of the seventh Spratt was down when Molesworth pounded out his second two- -bagger of the game. Whistler died and when Huggins fumbled Ike Durett's hit at second Moles- worth scored with the second run of the game. With two out Stickney and Clark got clean hits, filling the bases. One small hit would have meant the third run of the game. but Check didn't like the | Idea and the side was retired. The last half of the ninth came and
 the tension of the fans was pretty strong. If the Black Sox could dispose of the Saints' in this half it meant a shut out and monument to Hopkins, who had worked the entire game Schaefer hit one down to short which the Kid handled nicely. Then Kelly landed on a line hit
 that looked safe, but Busch by a superb stop got 1t. Huggins retired the side and
 the locals had shut St. Paul out in about
 the fastest game of ball ever played in MontgomerS.