The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
BANNER OF VICTORY FOR MONTGOMERY
 BORNE OFF FIELD BY BLACK SOX
LEAGUE OPENS;
 BREWTON BEATS MONTGOMERY
By Score of 2 to 1 BurnettS Bunch Went Down in
 Defeat Before South Alabamans. Attendance 600.

Fropitious was the opening of the Inter- s.ate Baseball League season in Mont gomery at the Highland Park grounds yesterday. when the boys who wear the red M of the Capital City went down in defeat in beautifully played game with the Brewton aggregation.
 Two and one yas the score and the ar ticie of baseball put Up was of a class calculated to put the men that played the game in some of the big leagues next season. The attendance was something like 800 persons, goodly number of the audience being ladies. Every one on the grounds got his moneys worth.
 The defeat of Burnett's bunch may be ascribed to their failure to hit the ball, as the fielding of the locals was with only two exceptions perfect. But the the field and with the stick. Although repeatedly the visitors sawed the air In vain endeavors to reach the curves of Ackers, who twirlad for Montgomery. still at the most opportune times they punched couple of hits and got over the two runs which won the game.
 The two teams. Accompanied by a brass band rode about the city in cars in the early afternoon.
 The game began promptly at 3:30 o'clock when Ed Mahoney, who presided over the indicator announced the batteries and in his stentorian Irish yelled play boil.''
 
 of white with a thin blue strip down the legs and blue lettering on their breasts got out on the field on the jump, and the red-clad centerfelder of Brewton, Mar tin, faced Ackers.
 Up to this time the crowd had been rather cold and cheerless. Most of the players they knew not and were rather suspicious of the article of baseball they could put up. But when Burnett's bunch of youngsters scattered out and imme- dtately began the rapid fire talk of the ball player in action, the crowd became more friendly with the bunch which be- ognized as a pretty fast crowd Of ball tossers.
 Martin got four bad ones and walked but died in vain attempt to steal sec for Montgomery making a beautiful throw. OBrien, who made friends in Montgomery last year as a member of the Sylacauga team, went out on ton. sometime of Birmingham retired the side by saving.
 Bobby Langsford, second baseman for Montgomery, went out to right field on a long ny. Fisher drew pass but was caught going down to second and Dugan flew out to third.
 In the second inning Fritz famed Rankin went out on a grounder to sec ond and Moore hit high one to Burnett.
 Burnett got safe one to left field but couldn't advance as Ramp famed and Lane and Steele flew out to first and sec. ond
 In this inning Montgomery drew its only run. Green hit safe to right field but was forced out at second by an in- field hit by Ackers. who, however, sue ceeded in getting down to first. Langs- ford plugged hot one over second base which also went through the legs of the center fielder. scoring Ackers and send ing Langsford to third. where he, quietly remained though an excellent opportunity was given him to score when Fritz threw down to second and cut Fisher off at that bag. Dugan flew out to center field
 In the fourth Brewton got busy and scored one, Leighton getting a hit steal ing second and going down to third by virtue of the fact that one Robert Langs- ford failed to stop the throw of Catcher Ramp. Leighton seored on a hit by Moore.
 Tn the fourth, fifth and sixth, Montgom- cry did nothing. Not so with Brewton for in the sixth inning Fritz got a pass