The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-07
THE MEMPHIS MEETING.
LAST LEAGUE GATHERING As-
 sEMBLES TOMORROW.
Manager stickney win Look After Montgomery's Interest at Gathering of Gagnates.
 Adoption of New
 Schedule.

Tn the city of Memphis tomorrow VIII be held the final meeting of the South ern League for the season of 1904. P.1-
 marily the cause of the meeting being which some weeks ago was reported oy the Schedule. Committee. This schedule, while not final. has been very satisfac- tory to majority of the clubs of tue change is deemed necessary tomorro v. Manager Stickney will leave for Meri- phis tonight and take care that the In- terests Of Montgomery do not suffer to- rounds Of the circut about reopening the Phyle case and taking the ban off vf the ex-Memphian at tomorrow's meet
 ing, but there is hardly the shadow of a incidentally referred to. Every detail con- nected with the coming playing season
 VIII be thoroughly discussed and finally arranged at this meeting, and then tue est. @
 There has been nothing new to develop as regard the local team since the An- nouncement of the team in last Sur-
 sembles news being the fact that Fred Moore Is making an effort to get back
 with the Monroe team of the Cotton
 States League. At present Moore be- ed during the Atlanta meeting. He is a
 great favor1te with the Monroe people and is now trying to get his release from the drafting process in force by Mont Schwarz and Whitaker will be on hand to take care of the third and second bases, it is very probable that Moore will be turned over to the Cotton States lightning infielder, but his work with the stick is slightly against him-he would be a star in the Cotton States com pany this summer. but trifie mediocre i,. kaA T tin. sporting editor of The San Fran cisco Post, has written. to Manager Stickney strongly recommending catcher by the name of Sullivan, ana the following clipping, with picture of the big fellow he encioses with his let ger:
 James ". Sullivan. familarly knox oxn as Big Jimmie.' has been before the ing first come out as the backstop for the unbeaten O. N. T, team between 1SyO and 1Sy2.
 "After gaining the rudimentary les that idol of the fans of decade ago, Tom Powers, Sullivan was signed in 1904 by Buck Ebright, who had acquired tIe franchise of the Lincoln Club of the several players well known to the local devotecs of the game, notably San Mertes, Jack Mccarthy, Kid Speer, Ja:k Johnston, Bill Devereaux. YoungCy
 
 sullivan played two seasons with LIh- coin, being transferred in '96 to Cedar Rapids. In '97 ne was with Honest John McCloskey in the Texas League, and in '98 with Sacramento and Oakland.
 The year 1859 found him also in the Cai- ifornia League behind the bat for the
 trfscos. In l9O0 he played with Kansas Cty and in 19W was with Denver. Since then Sullivan has been engaged in com mercial pursuits. contenting himself Dy
 playing ball Sundays with independent
 teams. Last year. with the veteran Phil
 Knell as a battery mate, he proved Of
 Sullivan intends to break into fast com
 pary again. and to that end has un-
 dergone a rigorous course of training,
 with the result that he is now in better condition than at any time of his ca-
 reer. As a catcher he ranks among the best, being a perfect and rapid throwel. He is past master on the inside work ipgs of the game, and is exceedingly pd- tent and tactful in handling young pitch
 ers He has always been rated as a clever hitter, and can be depended on to
 ugure around the 3OO class.
 Continuing his letter, Curtin says that he thinks stickney has made & ten strike
 in having Ed Pabst to captain the team, Pabst having the reputation in CalifOr- mia of being the best pinch. hitter any where in that country. Speaking Of Jaa- | sing, he says that the official batting average given him last summer was .loj, | but that he hits lots better than that,
 besides being very fast fielder anu | baserunner.
 l The official roster of every team in the League, with the exception of Birming- | ham and Shreveport-has been given out, and it is a tossup as to which aggrega- | ton Is the strongest. Charlie Prank looks strong with the Pelicans, and Mike l Finn also looks dangerous over in Little | Rock, as does Alb Powell in Atlanta, but | from the published lists the Montgomery l aggregation looks as strong if not a
 shade stronger than anything in the | League. 1t all points to the fact that the 1 Southern League this summer will oe
 just about the fastest minor League Tn
 Montsomery and the South geherally are going to see the fastest article of base
 bail ever witnessed in this part of tfe country.