The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

what Is right-answer through your games in Montgomery anu even if Mont gomery should have won Saturdays game had the series. or at least failed to win the series and loses the bet made with B.
 Billy Campbell has won his second game against the Black Sox.
 Will Oscar streit lose his second game against Birmingham today?
 It will probably be observed that Birm- lngham has won the third straight game from Montgomery.
 Somebody evidently did some hitting for yesterday. Likewise some- body evidently did some hitting for Mont 
 By a mistake in yesterdays paper the incident was made to appear in the last inning of Wednesdays game when it happened in the first inning.
 Well, if they take the next two and the game here with Atlanta Sunday the fans will look more cheerful. The crowd at the matinee yesterday, however, had a pretty bad case of tired feeling.
 Memphis opens the southern I,eagde sea son at home today, Campau's Pelicans playing there today, Saturday and Sun day. Speaking of the opening today, The Memphis News says:
 NO quicker did the members of the Bijou Comedy Company learn that they were wanted as guests of the local club than did each and every one signify willfngness-nay, a desire-to get in the band wagon and help pull out a victory from the New Orleans Club. Otis Har- Ian has searched his pockets and found 'steen rabbit feet. while Little Chip has pulled up some several buckeyes, guar anteed to bring luck toward the local players. The chorus girls have dug up ell kinds of hoodoo articles which they will uss :n weaving power over the visitors sufficiently strong to cause them to lose.
 The Club has placed two large tally hes at the disposal of the company and all the thirty-five members of the organ ization will have seats of honor Jake Wells himself will be in line. He is an old-time baseball player and manager ard at one time caught for New Orleans. H. has played often with Charley Frank and the older member of clubs around the circuit and IS an enthusiastic fan. Dan Marble, another member of the com pany. is a baseball pitcher. He has sign ed to play with Baton Rouge this summer and will be seen around the Cotton States circuit during .he entire summer.
 Letters have been received from Pres ident kavanaugh and Secretary Miller announcing their intentions to be pres ent at the opening ana tdKe part Tn the parade. The Mayor has also accepted the clubs invitation to take part in the pa- rade."
 Just as long as the New York hitters continue to hit. and McGinnity, Mathew son & Co. continue to pitch as they have done, just so long will the New Workers have to be rated as important factors in the National League. They have proved masters of the Eastern situation and Chi no o-nA n.,fe 6a, aA1 keep Pittsburg back. The result has been that New York holds a record that has not been made in the National League since the Fourth of July, 1901, when they pulled the Pirates out of first place for one morning This is the first time in nearly three years that Pittsburg has gone through week without setting the pace.
 Of thirty-fve expert opinions on the American League. fourteen pick Cleve- land, ten New York, four each Boston and St. Louis. and two Philadelphia. Among those who pick Cleveland to win are Joe Villa, New York Sun; John Pol Brooklyn Citizen; francis Eaton, B )ston Citizen; J. c. Morse. Boston Herald; Jack Tanner, Chicago Inter-Ocran; W. A. Phelon. Chicago Journal and Fred Hay ner. Chicago News.
 President Pulliam placed hims slf cn
 record regarding :he umpires. He said:
 ''I might as well be understood low as
 later that as President of the League l
 am and always will be for the umpires.
 Senseless kicks will receive no recogul-
 ton. l recognize the right of every team to appeal, but there has been too much kicking in the past. The umpires l have appointed are the best to be found. They know this business and, as President of the League. 1 will stand back of them
 There are none of them who will not
 make mistakes. We all do that at times but these boys p,ake as few of them as hard time. Every Tom, Dick and Harry feels it his duty to yell fire and police al the umpire if his team is not winning. Il | Is not right. I am for my unpires first asked: What abo1t Emslie at Cincin-
 natl Sunday? The fans claim he robbed | them for Pitts5urg. To this Pulliam replied: "Yes. And did you notice that
 Hahn made a wild throw, lettils in tw. runs? Look them all over like this and you will find the umpire is not to blame. , 1 Eddie Glenn was in a reminiscent mood l in Memphis the other day. One of thu strongest minor leagues l ever knew was | the Virginia League in '96. Among the players that 1t gave to the Naiona League were Jack Chesbro. Jesse Tame | hill and Dan Leahy. Billy Smith, whC | is now with Greenville, was manager o l the Lynchburg, Va, te m that year, anc
 
 about twenty five games to spare. Jak, | Wells, who Is now engaged in managing | vaudeville troupes. was czar of the Rich
 mold team that season. Both Wells an( Smith have delevoped some excellent ma | jor leaue timber. Outside of these men l toned Leever, Sparks, Brownie Fiber | field, Orth Seybold, Wrigley and many
 others received diplomas at the hands O | these past masters of the game. Int l greatest hitter l ever saw was old Pop | Tate. Tate caught for Boston twenty years ago more or less, and afterward | owing to his whip giving out drifted into l minor league company. He was not mucl | of a fielder, but owing to his batting | average. which was usually over 300, h.
 could always find a berth somewhere | couldn't hit. He had a way of running up to meet the ball. He never cared | for more than one base, for he was ia and didn't like to run.
 "In yl l went to New Bedford Mass.
 and played in the New England League You may talk about men betting on tn,
 races when the odds are against them
 but we had a pitcher named Roberts, whC would bet on anything and at any odds l One day he walked into a cigar store | and the dealer, who was a friend of his
 began guying him about the number O | games he had lost. Roberts was tende | on that subject and offered to bet tha | he would win the next eight games. I'm | offer was accepted and each put up $50 | Of course everybody said that Robert
 was just throwing his money away, bu | when he won seven straight games tn
 eighth was the hardest of them all. Rob I ri xynrn hut fhtrfaRn Q