The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-22
A BASEBALL MEETING
MONTGOMERY ASSOCIATION DIS
 GUESSED PLAYERS.
Talked of Securing Ed Pabst and Others for Next Season-Sunday Prohibition Law May
 Bc Tested.

An informal meeting of the Montgom- cry Baseball Association was held Sunday morning, but on account of the fact that so few. members were present nothing A. general discussion of the situation both as regards thet past season and the coming one was had and the records of several eligible new bah players was The most interesting subject of con- versation concerned the chances of see curing the services of Ed Pabst and a1- other long letter was written him which it Is thought will be final.
 The merfta and demerits of Perry Wer- den. the big fellow who played first base and was field captain of Charley Frank 2 Memphis pennant winners during the past season were also discussed Lew Whis- tier. of course, will play first base for Memphis during the coming season ard as Werden will not be with Frank in gomery to get him if he Is wanted Wer- den led the Memphis team in hitting with, 145 hits in 125 games, 60 runs, 10 stolen bases and batting average of sists and 2Ss errors in the 1S5 games with an average of SIS. He is a very heady player, and would do a vast deal to steady arid give confidence to the youngsters who will be In the local intield next sum
 nAr.! but. as Is the case with most of the transitional leaguers, Werden Is not mak- Ing his. debut by any means. That mo-
 meftous event was accomplished when some of the ball players on the local team last summer were in swaddling clothes.
 Another piece of gossip that will inter est the local fans was the fact that Jack Brennan was mentioned as good man for third base. It will be remembered that Jack played the bag when Bill Spratt was hurt last summer, and while his fielding was net brilliant 1t was good, and his hard-hitting did the lions share towards winning lots of games that would have been lost otherwise.
 Brennan got 3 hits in 2S games played. an average of .33, and in the nine games that he played third base he had ten plt- cuts. eight assists. and only two errors. Eilghteen chances and two errors is a record that is way above the average and will come pretty close to stacking
 up with the best of them. In the event that either Pabst or Wer- den comes here. Burnett will take his old place in the outfield. here he Is one of the most valuable inteni in the Southern League. In his 64 games, Burnett had 1oS putouts, four assists and only five errors, with, a fielding average of %966. In batting he had 57 hits in 64 games with 27 stolen bases and 47 runs, batting average of PA. Molesworth will be the only .300 hitter on the local team next sumner
 In l25 games he got 169 hits. 25 stolen bases, 91 runs and batting average of .319. He was about the most valuable summer. He is quiet unobtrusive and strictly business. working as hard with the game looking irretrievahly in the fire as if 1t was on velvet, s
 There is a. possibility that the validity or constitutionality of the stringent law against Sunday sports, passed by the Leg islature. will be given a test in the near future. This law prohibits the playing on Sunday of golf, tennis or, baseball, whether an admission fee Is charged of not. Several of the out-of- town golf and tennis clubs, 1t Is understood, will probably join with the Montgomery Ten nfa and Golf C1IIh r1d fIo
 association in making g test of the new
 law. t.