The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
CAPITOL BOYS WON
tAN ALLEGED GAME OF BASEBALL
 AT OAK PARK.
ream Which Misrepresented The Ad- vertiser Met Gloomy Defeat Again-POor Exhibition by
 Sheehan's Sorry Subjects.

Another day of sorrow and gloom was yesterday for the aggregation which misrepresents The Advertiser on the baseball diamond. Another day of doy and elation was yesterday for the pride of the Capitol, the nine ball fossers who yesterday achieved their third straight vidory.
 It was the second day of gloom and sorrow for the newspaper nine, put let that pass The Advertiser force feels a keen sympathy for their fel- low unfortunates. There's an agree ment in the office that the subject of Baseball is to be dropped It's pain ful theme The boys feel badly enough without their impotency as ball players being paraded before the public.
 .sThe whole trouble about the game, said w T. Sheehan, who directed the publishers on the field, was that we needed four runs and we needed them like the man out West needed his gun. we needed them badly. You see they ran in ringers on us. They put in Willie Keeier Thorington of Mont gomery and Rube waddeil Hotchkiss of Nashville. Wee Willie Keeler in fact won the game for the Capitol. We were on the high road to victory with men on bases when he made mar velious stop of hot liner and saved the day for the Capitol Moreover he scored some four or five of their runs"
 sheehan begged that the fact be kept from the public that little Thor ington is but twelve years old.
 There is no doubt that Little Willie Thorington had something to do with the Publishers defeat He wasn't as tall as a bat, but his fielding was of the gilt edged variety. Hotchkiss as a twirier was not in the best of form, but the way he lambasted the ball was a caution. The Nighthawks took kindly to his twisters, but when he got to the bat he came near evening up the score.
 Robert Thorington first went in to pitch and was effective in the first inning. but the Publishers solved his delivery and he retired In favor of the Nashville ringer"
 Noble Billing went into the game a 7 it subject for a hospital, having sus- tained divers and sundry injuries in Q game two days previous. In spite of that, his work was jam up and he nailed several ambitious Nighthawks who attempted to fly to second. There's no telling what would have happened if Noble Billing had been in good condition.
 Cy Young Brown showed how first base ought to be played and he play ed it that way nearly all the time The other Capitol representatives ranged from fair to indifferent. It should not be overlooked that out in left field Mike Screws intercepted a high fly and squeezed it safe with his bare hands. As soon as the grand stand hNd recovered from its surprise 1t gavs Mir. Screws an ovation. He was quite proud the remainder of the afternoon
 A. c. Sexton was quite a favorite with the ladies and children in the grand stand The way in which he chased ground balls was in itself the embodiment of grace. No less grace fui was the way in which time after time he went to the bat and made three futile passes at the sphere Bar ring the fact that his batting was so similar to Jansing's, Mir. Sexton play ed good game.
 An analysis of the game the Night hawks put up might pour a little ointment upon their wounded spirit Be 1t said to their eternal credit that the Publishers hit the ball and hit 1t we'll They outclassed their opponents in this department of the game. but that booted them nothing. Some of them were caught mapping off the bases