The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
GOSSIP OF BASEBALL
FRIGID WEATHER BRINGS REMI-
 NISCENCES TO THE FANS.
Pelican Players Have Been Ordered to Report in New Orleans on the 25th-C0lIege Games
 Scheduled.

It would take.a pretty vivid imagi- Inatio1 for even the m lst fsnatical base bal, fan to think while grabbing at his 'brc ath between the icy gusts of yesterday of enjoying his favorite seat on the bleachers. \ In such a Predicament yesterday the flesh would probably have been lament ably weak. The spirit would probably have been there all right, though a good many fans would have preferred that spirit in liquid form and a warm room at the same time. Just the bare thought of watching a team timber up made one shiver and think disagreeable things. While it was a good many de- grees warmer than yesterday, the air was bit fresh when the Detroit team was scheduled to play it's first exhibi- tfon game at Athletic Park in the early spring of 1903. Only a handful of the most rampant fans had the hardihood to venture out to the park and get mixed up with the nipping atmosphere. The players tried to work. out some time before the game, but the general Ifrigidfty drove them to the bench far quicker than an umpire could have done. Swathed and munled to the ears, the spectators snivered and said things about the weather, uuCl Manager Bar row of the American LeaguerS an- nounced that the game would be post poned.
 Sucn weather as yesterday Is ideal for sitting around hot stove with
  d good cigar add 9 general discussion of how the game snouIu nave been played. But sitting on the bleachers Tn weather like yesterday Is far diff ferent proposition, anu it's lots more comfortable not even to think of it until the groundhog haas long since got ten hike on himself and the bluebIrds nave begun to warole.
 Charlie Frank is evidently going on the principle that the early bird is 'it," for he Is having his Pelicans re- port ill New orleans the latter part of this month.
 Frank Wilson, who is to be one of the FeIican sI4omen this summer, said yesterday that ne naa received orders t3 report in New OIIeans on the 25th. He sad that he was hoping that he would be here when the Leo que meet Ing was he'd, but as the meeting is ca4ed on the same day that ne reports, of course that is out of the question. More to be pitied than scorned," Is the title of story that will be most applicable to every ofhcial scorer in the Southern League this summer. Some people have no conscience and the Bir- mingham club Is evidently one of that ilk for this proves 1t: They have put a ball tosser on their restaurant rolls by the name of "Schipappiasse." It is cruel to make the scorers stab at that nan-S every day, but 1t will have  curtails his cognomen.
 Tuscaloosa and Auburn have not giv- ell out their schedules for the coming season yet, though both are working hard for a fast ball team Sewanee, University of Georgia, Mercer and the Techs have the following schedule:
 Georgia Tech.
 March 10 and 11-Cleveland profess sionals.
 March "A and 25--Florida State.
 April 10-Trinity.
 April 21 and 22-Clemson.
 April 29-Mercer.
 May and 6-Cumberland
 May 10-GeorgiaB in Athens
 May 12 and 1S-Mercer in Macon.
 May 27-Georgia.
 June l, and 3-Sewanee.
 GeOrGin.
 March 22--Florida in Athens.
 March 23-Mercer in Athens.
 April S-Tech in Atlanta.
 April 15-Davidson in Athens.
 April 19-Nashville in Athens.
 April 24-Clemson in Clemson.
 April 26-Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
 April 27-Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
 April 2S-Auburn in Auburn.
 April 29-Auburn in Auburn.
 May 5-Mercer in Macon.
 May 10-Tech in Athens.
 May 13-Clemson in Athens.
 May 27-Tech in Atlanta.
 May Sl-SeWanee In Athens.
 Mercer.
 March Auburn at Macon.
 April Auburn at Macon.
 April Trinity at Macon.
 April S-Trinity at Macon.
 April 14-Clemson at Macon.
 April 15-Clemson at Macon.
 April 1S-Newberry at Macon.
 April 21-Wofford at Macon
 April 22-WoffOrd at Macon.
 April 24-Auburn at Auburn.
 April 26-Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
 April 27-Alabama at Tuscaloosa.