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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

team in the negro league said ,yester- day that 1t was his team lhat sot into the fight L CIV Orleans SI Lst Sunday, but an ine pendent negro eluo of that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
FIRST GAME TODAY
NASHVILLE MEETS MONTGOMERY
 AT ATHLETIC PARK.
There Will Not be Parade or Other FOrmalities-Several New Faces
 in Both AggregatiOns.

The first Southern League baseball game of this year in Montgomery will be played at Athletic Park this after noon with Newt Fischer's Nashville aggregation opposing the Pretzels. It will be the first of a series of four games. Birmingham will open here for four games beginning Wednesday.
 A new face will be seen in the roster of the Pretzels in Shiebeck at short. Shiebeck has been playing a fast game and hitting the ball consistently and he will receive a rousing welcome from the local fans this afternoon.
 There will be no parade as is GUS tomary on the opening of the league season. The game will be called at 3:30 o'clock with Herman probably in the box for Nashville. In the Nash vile lineup will be seen several faces that were not with the Fishermen last year, Norcum playing right field for the visitors and Heine lansing on third base.
 Last year Norcum was with Bob Gilks's Shreveport team and was one of the heavy hitters of the league. and he is hitting the ball hard for Fischer th1s year. Fischer traded him for Kennedy who went to Shreveport.
 lansing was doing third base for the PretZels last summer and is fast man. hitting and fielding better this year than last. He was traded for the late lamented Doctor Lowney who by the way has never come to Montgom- cry and what Is more never will.
 Elsey. Lewis and Bruette are new men in the league, but Accorsini who is doing the backstop work for Fischer is an old Memphis player and one of the best in the business. Just who will be put in to pitch is not known.
 After the four games with Nashville and four with Birmingham next week the Pretzels will jump to Nashville for three games coming back here for three with Atlanta at Athletic Park. They will then take the road for four teen games with Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis and New Orleans. On May 30th they come back to Athletic Park for a series of sixteen games with Memphis. Little Rock, Shreveport and New Orleans
 That the Pretzels have made miserable showing on this first trip there is no disputing. but it is almost entirely due to the inadequacy of the box staff. The team is playing fast game and they have shown that they are a bunch of terrific hitters. With couple more fast pitchers the local team will not be long in getting up with the leaders.
 If Mcbonald's arm is in shape he may,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
TODD CALLS A YARN
BASEBALL DIRECTOR WANTS TO
 NOW ABOUT A REPORT.
-..tazt@ Newspaper Says O'Brien is Not wen Enough Authority to Make Success of the
 Season.

acre Is indignation among the di- Ssors of the Montgomery Baseball As The Atlanta Journal condemning the management of the local team.
 The Atlanta Journal says
 Tom O Brien is up against the rough est run of any manager In Dixie. About Fourteen directors are at the head of things in his town and the mogul isn't given enough leeway to move around the corner. Few in the business are more popular among the athletes than he for he understands the art of Handling men, but lack of funds pre- vents him from strengthening his squad in a few spots where better results could be obtained"
 This is mystifying. There are nine men all told comprising the local base anything to do with the management. that part of it being in the hands of an executive committee of two direc- Nors and the president The directors state that O'Brien has been given au- thority to use any amount of money, .only he must show results.
 Yesterday R. L. Todd, member of the Executive Committee, mailed the following letter, which explains itself: Montgomery, Ala, April 27, 1905. '1Mr. Grantland Rice, Atlanta Journal, 4 Atlanta, Ga:
 My Dear Sir-As a director and member of the Executive Committee of Ahe Montgomery Baseball Club, I wish Ito correct an impression given you as HeIerreu 10 Tn dIlacned cllpplnBp ana would appreciate your source of infor- mation.
 Manager o'Brien has been given a free hand in the selection and make up of the Montgomery team. He has been authorized by the Executive Com mittee of only three instead of four teen, to secure the best material he can find. The matter of money is no con Eideration; all that is necessary Is at his command. It is, therefore, up to him to produce results. There is no handicap of any character in his way The directors are all business men, and with confidence in the manager and de- termination to gather around us one of the best teams in the Southern League, have invested him with full authority to obtain this end.
 Very truly yours, R. l.. Todd"
 It is quite probable when Manager O'Brien reaches Montgomery this morn ing he will be asked to explain the re- port given out in Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

lose out in a one-sided game l don't mind criticism" All down but one. Even Macon won a game yesterday.
 Wonder how strong the fences are at Piedmont Park! Jack Lee will receive a royal wei come this afternon. The Crackers are not altruistic. They certainly don't believe in "otherdoh' Little Rock opens at New Orleans to- morrow. off day today for the sunday game
 Come home little team. come home, sang in a plaintive voice somebody at the matinee yesterday.
 Large chunks of Gardner and Brandt are still falling at intervals at Pied mont Park over in Atlanta.
 A miss is as good as several blocks, as Jimmy Collins said when ne won from Washington yesterday
 At last the Pretzels have succeeded in breaking into the cellar Little ROCK and Nashville both being higher In the standing.
 The Pretzels won something yester- day at any rate. Shiebeck got case of beer for hitting the beer sign with his two bagger.
 The race in the South Atlantic League is getting to be decidedly interestlng' and Augusta and Jacksonville are nay ing q red hot time of it.
 Cleveland and Detroit, are playing American League Four shut-outs in four days is a pretty swift pace.
 Birmingham takes the road today for something like twenty games Where will they be in the standihg when they get back to the slagplle'
 Reer certainly does agree with some naonle That Milwaukee bunch Is ma king a runaway race of the Amerl- can Association and 1t looks like they cant be headed. Bussey. a pitcher who refused to go to Louisville, was signed by the Pret- gels and his ticket was telegrapheu him yesterday morning. It looks as 1T the McPhillips deal is an lrridesceii' dream.
 The manager. of. the Montgomery team in the negro league said .yester- Ginfy info the the light CIV Orleans last sunday, but an in, pendent negro cIub of that city.
 If OTrien refused to go to Birming- ham until Wednesday morning in order 10 save a board bill why did he carry Brandt and Gardner on the trlp! There is an abstruse problem for some mathematician
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

when Mckay, the first man up, prompt ly pounded out a home run, Crackers poured over the plate in shoals-Moran, Crozier and Mckay scoring.
 The score was now to l with two home runs and five assorted hits. But the half had not been told. Krug was was out on a hit to Brouthers, making two out but Morse hit safe to center. The entire Cracker batting order had gone the merry go round now and for the second time in the inning Jordan was up. After his home run the first time he was tired and ended the horror with an infield hit.
 In the last of the fourth on three bagger a twe-bagger. Brandt hitting Jordan in the head and an error, three more Crackers tallied making the score 9 to 1. -- 2
 In the fifth on Morse's wild throw. of Shiebcck's hit and Schwartz's drive Shiebeck scored.
 In the last of the sixth Jordan's two bagger and Anderson's home run put in two more runs while In the eighth Jordan-s tw6-bagger and Anderson's sI hit scored one more. Mullaney's two-bag- ger and Shea's passed ball ir the ninth scored one more. and the game was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

Connie Mack believes in brains in baseball Eight of the Athletics are college men, Two of them are full bIooded Indians, Bender, a Chippewa, and Bruce, q Cherokee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

to Huntsville was signed by the Pret- gels and his ticket was telegraphe,di him yesterday morning. It looks as 1T the McPhillips deal is an irrldesceH' dream.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

know that athlete. Under a prodigal exterior he conceals a fine business acumen that will some day make him a captain of industry. On brewery in Twenty fifth Street is this sign: Ten Cents a Load Paid for Cinders. With a silent partner to back the. en- terprise, George Edward will purchase soft coal in train lots, burn 1t, and sell the ashes at 10 cents per cartload. It is said he has a monopoly in this unique enterprise.-Philadelp North American.
 Pitcher Bernard expresses the feel- ings of all the pitchers when he says: q would rather lose a game by 50 to than 1 to or to 1. When it Is 50 to 1 l know that I was no good or that my slantt wee just due to be pounded. But when I lose by one run l go home saying:
 "If I had only given Smith a slow ball, or had given Joues an out-curve, or if Brown had not fumbled that grounder' On the nights I lose those close games I don't want anyone to speak to me about baseball, but when
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

Many and varied have been the mournful experience of the Montgom- cry baseball fans in baseball, but by a great margin yesterdays fiasco in At lanta was tho limit.
 It was disgraceful and a burlesque so nauseating to the fans at he tele- graphic matinee that most of them with loud words of deep disgust left the hall before the end of the second inning.
 When the name of the Pretzel pitcher was announced as Gardner everybody in the hall was prepared for just what happened. |,
 The Pretzels had put in one run in the first of the second on a base on balls, sacrifice and Atlanta's infield error and Millerick's drive to left. In the last half of the second Jordan, the first man up, punched out home run. Stafford hit safe. Anderson struck out. Shea hit to left for two bags and Stafford scored Moran hit to left and Shea scored. Crozier hit to left and Moran went to second. And Gardner left the box For the sake of base ball in Montgomery it Is sincerely hoped that he will never enter 1t again Five men up. home run, wo-bagger and three punched singles with three runs and one out That was his record. When Brandt was put in to relieve Gardner everybody threw a fit, and the fit developed into trance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
M,INTYRE DID NOT SIGN.
Ordinance Goes Into Effect Without
 His Approval.

The ordinance passed by the City Council at its last regular meeting au- thoriZlng the city to deal with prop erty owners in opening South Lawrence and South McDonough Streets to the city limits became a law yesterday without the approval of Acting Mayor Mcintyre.
 The Acting Mayor, it will be remem- bered, vetNed a similar ordinance at cilmen's views did not coincide with MT. McIntyre's opinion that the expense would be a burden to the city, so they passed like ordinance in the face Of his action,
 The Acting Mayor permitted the or- dinanee to become law without his approval.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

Summary-Two base hits, Hartman, Gear, Blake. Sacrifice hits, Watt, 2. Stolen bases, Hartman, 2; Hurley. Vases on balls, off Watt, 3: off Walker. 5. Hit by pitcher. Watt, 1. First on CT TOTS, Little Rock, 2; Shreveport, l. Wild pitch, Watt. Time. 1:55. Umpire Pfenninger. Attendance, 1000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

Gadsden, April 27.-(Special)- Charlie RakeStraw, a hotel keeper of Cedartown, Ga. was stabbed in the left side and throat cut last night by Luke Parks, local bartender for Spoon Mot low.
 Parks has been drinking two weeks and last night went to his room over the saloon and found Rakeshaw Tn his bed A row ensued and Parks slash ed Rakestraws throat several times and stabbed him also. Rakestraw's wounds were dressed and they may prove fatal Parks was arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Giants Get Back at Brooklyn, Shutting
 Them Out-Other Games Postponed. League Standing.
Cannes TOday.

At Pittsburg-Chicago and Pitts burg.
 Al St. Louis-Cincinnat and St. Louis. At Brooklyn-New York and Brook lyn.
 At niladelphia-Boston and Phila- delphia.
 St. Louis. April 27.-St. Louis Cincm. natl game postponed; wet grounds.
 Philadelphia April 27.-Philadelphia- Boston game postponed; wet grounds. Pittsburg, April 27.-Pittshurg- Chi cago game postponed; wet grounds.
 New York, 4; Brooklyn, o.
 Brooklyn, April 27-ln return for the defeat of yesterday. the New Yorks shut out the Brooklyn team today. At tendance, 5,6Sj. Score: RH,E. Brooklyn . .....000 900 000-0 1 New York. ..... 900 900 13G--4 10 2 Batteries-Eason, Reisling and Ber- gen; Ames and Bresnahan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
INDIANS BEAT MOBILE.
n.nIl

Not Give Base on Balls.
 Selma, April 27.-(Special) )-Not a Mobilian reached first base today and they were utterly helpless against the masterful pitching of Sparger and the superb fielding of the Indians. Only tt irty men faced Sparger and he struck out one third of the thirty. His con trol was marvellous and only three hits were made off his delivery The vis- itors showed lack of team work In the field and were deplorably weak at the bat. Parker, Griffin and Farmer played great ball, but Levine was in effective and his support as whole was ragged. Farmer made a spectacu- lar catch with one hand of a line drive by Sheffield in the thir aiming. The second game of the series will be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Jack Dean Confessed to Taking tn
 Wheel

Jack Dean, a 1S-year-old negro boy was arrested at o'clock yesterday and LaPrade for the larceny of a bicy- cle from the home of Professor Charles Landers last Monday night. The wheel was stolen from the front porch of the home and the robber left no clue to his Identity.
 When the bicycle was recovered by the patrolmen yesterday, it's frame had been painted over with green paint so as to hide the original black enamel When taken in charge by the police- men. Dean confessed that he had stolen the wheel
 He will be arraigned before Recorder Arlington this afternoon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Union springs Wins Gnme.

Union SpriRns, April 27.-(Special ) --The baseball season opened here to- day with a game between Clayton and Union Springs, in the beautiful new baseball park. Union Springs winning by a score of to o. Batteries: For Union Springs, Parker and Leslie; for Clayton, Valentine and Floyd. Union Springs sustained its former reputation by doing good team work.
 The batting by Alexander and Ely was unusually good, Alexander getting four hits out of five times to the bat. Union Springs throws out q challenge to any team. Attendance ahout 5000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

This afternoon from 6 to S-just to get you to come in, look around yOa, and hear the pretty music--DOwe will sell
 4Oc Chocolates for 15c ID.
 At this price, we can't take phone orders deliver them.
 Come by DOwe's today between and 2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

Summary-Two-ba hits, Duffy. 2; Alexander, Bases on balls. off Brett enstein. 5 off Stockdale. ,. Struck out, by Breitenstein, 3; by Stockdale. 3. Sacrifice hits. Williams Holly, Alexan- der. Stockdale. Time of game, two hours. Umpire, Carpenter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

one of the fastest college teams in the country but the college, has a host of friends in Montgomery who wish them every success.
 When the Auburn team played the Pretzels here the showing of the col lege lads was remarkably good, and the Montgomery friends of Auburn will be disappointed if that team does not make a great showing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Ernnk Smith Wins.

St I,ouis April 27.-Two clean sin eIes in the thirteenth inning won the Fame for Chicago today. The local American Leaguers were unfortunate three double plays retiring them when two were on bases on each occasion. G+tanIsnce 4 900 R.H.E E. At'fnGdlgee' st fIonls 4'S .0SS 900 oil OO1 O-3 8 Chicago OO1 900 O10 OOl 1-4 II l
 Batteries-Glade and Sugden; smith and Mcfarland. Time. 2:2O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
MIR. DARLING RESIGNS.
Secretary of Street Railway Retirea
 From Office.

J. T. Darling, Secretary of the Mont gomery Street Railway will leave the service of that company on May 1st, his resignation having been accepted. ing would be succeeded by John B. Gi- ovanni, who has been an attache of the Bijou Theatre. but no official an- nouncement of MT. Giovannfs appoint ment has been made.
 MT. Darling is the oldest street rail way official in Montgomery in point of service. He has been associated with the Montgomery Street Railway four teen years. He will go to Mobile, where he has relatives, and may re- turn to Montgomery.
 At the office of the Street Railway yesterday it was said that MT. Darling was leaving the company of his own accord and that he was held in high regard by the management.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
can,o of Seesaw.

Detroit, April 27.-Four shut-outs Tn Tn f6e fS taHS record @ of the Detroit Cleveland SC ries just closed. Hess was too much for Detroit today, but three batters reaching first base and none getting beyond. Attendance 4,000.
 DetToit 900 GOO 0O0-0 2 2 Cleveland =. 100 900 O01-2 10 0
 Battcries-Mullin and Wood; Hess and Bemis Time, 1:55.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
p,,chers, Rattle.

New York, April 27.-In a pitchers s hattie with the honors slightly in fla vor of Griffith. the New York Ameri- can League team again defeated the PhiIadelphians today. K H E; :; PP5SiMIadeIphia PSM .0OO 900 OOO-O 2
 Batteries-Griffth and Kleinow: Plank and Powers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Brewers Shut Mike Finu's Team Out 17 to O-COlumbus Holds Second.
 IRnRuR SfHuhtUU
Games Yenterdnx.

At Toledo-Toledo, Q; Milwaukee. IT. At ouisville-Louisville. 4; Minne- apolis, 6.
 At lndianapolis-Indianapolis, 0; Kansas. City. ?.
 At Columbus-Columbus. 8: St, Paul T.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Roston Wins Again.

Boston, April 27.-Boston won in the eighth on two singles and a sacrifice hit after Washington had tied the score. Attepdance 4503 R. H E. Boston B5" II. .. ....iOo 900 o1..-2 g l Washington ..O00 900 lO0I1 U
 Batteries-Tannehill and McGoVern' Townsend, Wolfe and Kittredge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

By the narrow margin of Il points the Yankees lead the American League this morning, Clark Griffith himself pitching his club to. the top of the pro cession. By margin of , points the White Sox hold third place, Lajole s team tieing the Athletics for tourth nlnce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Walks Over Augusta, Jack sOnviIIe TIelnE for Lead.
 League Standing.
Can,na Yenfernnv

At Macon-Macon, $; Columbia. ?. At avannah-Savannah, 0; Jack At Acknowledgements. I; Charles ton 19,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
FIsHERMEN's HITTING.
Knock Pylant Out of the Box in the
 Fourth, Winning Eassly.

took the last of the series today by slugging the ball, aided by several bad errors of the Barons and a couple of bad plays. Pylant was supplantsd by Richard Clarke at the beginning or the
 fifth inning, and Umpire Bassett put Wilkie Clarke out of the game in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
FIASCO IN ATLANTA
GARDNER WAS LIFTED CLEAN OUT
 OF THE BOX.
Brandt Did Not Perform Much Better and the Montgomery Team Was Slaughtered as Usual
 Score IF to 2.
League Standing.
Games Yesterday.

Games Yesterday. At Atlanta-Montgomer 3; Allan ta, II.
 At Birmingham-Nashvi 9; Bir- minghau, 2. At Mempbis-New Orleans, 2; Mem phis, l.
 At Little Rock-Shreveport ?; Lit tie Rock, II.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Games Today,

At CleveIand-St. Louis and Cleve- land. ,,-,-
 At Chicago-Detroit and Chicago. At Boston-Washington and Boston. At New York-Philadelphia and New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28

pitched well. Both teams hit bard. Hartman of Little Rock was the star of the game, securing three hits and getting two put outs after hard chances. Score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
BIDS WANTED.

On Monday. May. the sth. at the Court
 House in Livingston. Ala. I shall receive bids for the construction of a County road from Epes to Sumtervile. distance of seven miles. Said contract will include both the grading of the road bed and fin fshing with slaG and chert. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. For kfurther information address J. L. Horn,
 lSupervisor of Public Roads. Livingston. LAla It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Sore by innings

Atlanta ...... ..''..'V6I 9VI UUdd4 MI Montgomery ..OlO oIV VVl- Jordan, 2 -stafford shriba h. MullaneY. Three base hits-Crozier. Home runs Jordan. McCay, Anderson. S.cIen bases -Krug Morse Anderson. Sacrihce httS -S+aford. Double plays-Morse to stafford. Base on balls-Ofl Moren' g of Rrandr, ?. Struck Cut-By Moren, O. bV Brandt, 2 Passed balls-Shea. Time of game-1:55. Umpires-Burke and Rl1pk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
A FEW FOUL TIPS.
First ladies' day of the season.

Get on the lines, Mir O'Brien.
 First ladies day of the season.
 Connie Mack believes in brains in baseball Eight of the Athletics arc college men. Two of them are full- blooded Indians, Bender, Chippewa, and Bruce, q Cherokee.
 Brooklyn has turned Pitcher Jack fitch over to the Providence club. The Rhode Island Club is the largest farm in the country, and, therefore the greatest violator of the rules.
 It is predicted that there will be less than six 300 hitters in each league this year, owing to the spit ball ln- asmuch as each manager already claims to have at least two sluggers or the 300 persuasion under his wing, the prophets had better stick to the weather.
 Heinie Pcitz, Montgomery catcher, Is one of the best back stops in the business. He is with the Pirates this year. He ratles many batter by ms jncessant but witty chinning. In one of the Pittsburg- Cincinnati games Red" asked him why he did not play as well for Cincinnati as he was play inc for Pittsburg oh, l am with good team now responded the veteran
 Charles Albert Bender feels that a gentle kick has arrived at his domiclle' and he proceeds to register the same. In several accounts Of the opening game he pitched 1t was stated that t,t 3 fair Hiawatha beamed down upon MT. Bender from the pavilion. lnasmuch as the late MT. Hiawatha was 6oa,,'i2,i m2ai young white woman, Charles Albert failed to appreciate the ,1 well1meRnt ehilg ant spoken!-Philadelp North American
 The first triple play of the season in q regular league game was pulled off in the Pittsburg- Cincinnati game in the sixth spasm. Corcoran and Phelps were on second and first. Ewing at tempted to sacrince,' but hit low line pop Clancy. the Pirates new first baseman. drove under and caught the bah in one hand while protrate on the ground. He ran back to first, killing Pheips, and shot the bah to second and Corcoran was the third out. IL was the first triple play seen in Gin cinnati in two years.
 Whoever said George Edward Wad- dell had no business head does not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
Games Today.

At ontgomery-Nashville and Montgomery
 At Atlanta-Birmingha and At lanta.
 At Memphis-Shreveport and Mem- phis,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Stock
 iholders of the Tallassee Falls Manu-
 lxacturing Company will be held at the l Office of the Company in the City of Montgomery, Alabama, on Wednesday, May 3rd, at twelve o'clock noon. | The election of Directors will be had, and such other business as may legally come before the meeting. VIM. E. ELSBERRY, lot. Secretary and Treasurer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-28
GAMES AT AUBURN.
College Boys Begin Baseball Series
 Today.

This afternoon the Auburn team and the University of Georgia begin a se- ries of three games on the campus at Auburn.
 A great deal of local interest is felt in these games as Auburn, not only has