The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-27
Southern League Baseball Magnates
VIII Meet In Montgomery Dur
Ing Month Of February.
Baseball Gossip.

| conferred with Manager Tom O'Brien, OF
the Montgomery aggregation, and it is
understood that Tommie advised him to
make the exchange Immediately, IL pos
sible. O'Brien brought Pat Millerick TO
Birmingham from New York several sea-
sons ago, and the prize fighter-baseoah
player has been doing backstop work for
the Coal Barons ever since. O'Brien is said
to have been anxious last season to Sc
| cure the services of Millerick behind
the bat to close up the season on, but
Birmingham did not see another avail
able man in view and the proposition
was turned down.
Clark has been with Montgomery for
two seasons and he is considered good
man. With Matthews as the regular
man, and Clark utility man. Birming-
hams catching department will be in
good shape.
Montgomery Is Pleased.
The fans down in Montgomery are evil
IDENTIFY pleased over the deal. The Mont
geometry Advertiser speaks of the ex-
change as follows:
while both of these men are among
the fastest backstops in the Southern
league still there is no denying the
fact that Montgomery gets good bit
of the best Of the bargain. Clark has
been with Montgomery for two years,
and in that time has shown himself to
| be a Woodworking, conscientious ball
player, and one of the best pinch hit
tiers in the league. His throwing to
bases is splendid and his base-running
is good For catching foul flies, he
hardly has an equal in this league
'Millerick is known all over the South
ern league as one of the heady ball
players Of the circuit Being older than
| Clark both in years and experience, he
naturally has the advantage of the Mont
gomery catcher. For one thing, Mil
| lerick is a great deal steadier in his
general backstop work than Clark, his
fielding average showing that. though IN
| batting and base-runnng that Clark
was ahead of him.
"Clark's batting average was 1O4 games,
1868 times at bat, "a runs, So hits, 100 two
| baggers, 10 sacrifice hits. IS stolen bases
and an average of .234.
|
games, 1856 times at bat, Is runs, SS hits,
46 two-baggers, A sacrifice hits, 10 stolen
bases and an average of .2o4.
in fielding Clarks average was 1Oi
games 400 putouts, 129 assists and IS
errors, with an average Of .949.
Millericks fielding average was 46
games, 2OS putouts, 81 assists, 10 errors
and an average of $685.
1.-THE best feature of the trade. how
| ever, is the fact that Millerick gets along
with pitchers so much better than Clark.
Time after time in Montgomery Clark
has given an exhibition of sulking that
| did the game no good. In 1908 Lew
Whistler had to discipline him for this
display of temper.
'Millerick is popular with his team
mates and is always even-tempered and
tractable. Then he was with O'Brien
when he won four championships in the
New York league.
Everything taken into consideration,
Montgomery got a long ways the best
of the bargain yesterday morning"
Meet in February.
The next meeting of the Southern
league will be held some time in Feb
ruary in Montgomery and at this time
the schedule committee, composed of
Powell of Atlanta, Frank of New Or
leans and Fisher of Nashville, will make
their report 1t is understood that the
Flour moguls have about agreed that hol-
iday games next season shall be played
in New Orleans. Birmingham, Atlanta
and Little Rock. Nashville Will probably
play in Atlanta, Montgomery in Birming-
ham, Shreveport In New Orleans and
Memphis in Little Rock.
Down in Montgomery they are now
preparing for the entertainment of the
baseball magnates. Montgomery does not
get baseball meeting often and the
association down there intends to do the
big thing by the visitors in February.
A banquet and other entertainments will
make up the programme.
Warmers Bad Break.
Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: Jack
Warner does not help himself any by
his TRADE against Brush and McGraw,
because some of the accusations made
are so absurd that they are not worth
moments consideration. 1t is quite true
that John T. Brush Is not running the
Giants as a charitable institution, solely
for the benefit of the players but Warn
ers reason for Brushs refusal to play
the Boston Americans last fall is so
silly as to be laughable. The old catcher
says the series was refused because there
would be no money in 1t for Brush.
Everyone knows to the contrary. Brush
and McGraw declined to play because
of their fierce enmity to the American
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