The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-15
HOW BURNETT SAVED SHUT-OUT
 FROM JACK HAYSS TEAM

much about Several people on the bleach CTS had sudden cases of heart-failure. There were some graceful, parabolic evo- lutions as the leather made blur against the soft evening sky. It hit the center fence way back of Jack Hays, Burnett had scampered around the circuit of the sacks before the ball got back to the in- field and was panting on the players bench with the glorious realization that he had made the locals realize that the brewery town was on the map. That was case where batting found no respon- slve encore from the lungs of the local rooters but nobody begrudged Burnett that hit. He had worked hard and had made the score to l in favor of Mont gomery instead of 6 to 0, as it came within the merest of heart-throbs of resulting.
 Out at the ball park there is an atmos- phere of hustle and confusion, prepara- tons for the sport that makes the aver age ball crank feel that there is some thing in life after all Next Friday is the day set for the team to report and most Of them should be here by that time. Hopkins and Bruner will not be here as stated in yesterday mornings s Advertiser, but it is very probable that Roth will be one of the backstops. Whist Ter nas the contracts of seventeen men. three catchers. seven pitchers with the in and outfield. The team at present consists of: Catchers. Andy Roth, W. c. Clark and Harry Manners: pitchers J. w. Ely, Edward Raining. John Bren- nan, J. c. Roach. Oscar Streit, George Stultz and Lewis Polchow first base Lew Whistler; second base, Clarence L. Childs; shortstop, Henry Busch; third base, w. A. Spratt; left field. Jay w. Kanzier; center field. Carlton Molesworth; :;
 Comiskey's Chicago American League aggregation will report in Mobile Tues day morning, the spring training of the bot
 week from next Thursday they play their first professional ball game of the 1908 season with the locals at Pickett Springs. The schedule of exhibition games here here is; Chicago American League, March 30 31 Detroit American League, April 1, 6, z, 8, g, 10, Il, F; St Paul American Association, April r, IS and another date.
 An effort is still being made to organ ize a State semi professional league but what will be the result is problematical in the extreme MT J. B Timberlake. of this city tried to interest the people of to hang on to their City League and hold Monroe Park. It Is understood that Montgomery is to be one of the towns of the State League. the grandstand and bleachers at Highland Park to be rebuilt Just how they expect to draw against the Southern League team is a bit of an ab- struse problem that is too much of a pons asinorum for the average mind to wres- tie with
 There is only one ball team in these United States and that IS in that town down by the Kimball House-what a pa thetic spectacle 1t will be when they toy with Whistlers team next month Speaking of their team an Atlanta paper says:
 In my opinion Powell has two of the best men in the league in Lynch and Koehler, said player Voght to-day. Lynch played four years with the crack Notre Dame college team and was one of the fastest men I ever saw. He Is hard hitter and covers ground in great shape. Last season Lynch played with Peoria and made a big hit with that team. And this Koehler-well l guess he is about as fast as any in the business. Now I'll tell you what l saw him do just the other day in an amateur game up North. There was a big pond standing out in center field and some one hit a long fly in this direction. Koehler was playing center, but he jumped into the pond up to his waist. a cold day, too, and nabbed the ball with one hand. Oh, he's a won der Last season some one hit a long drive against the fence and this Koehler made a break for it and broke two fingers