The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-31

(Marion). Robinson. =
 SeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeessS 1 On the receipt of the signed contract
 yesterday morning of Van Patten,
 Inc of the Montgomery Baseball Asso-
 ciation has locked in his desk the con.
 tracts of seventeen men for his 1906 team, every one of them of course hav-
 tracts. I.the mint and never will Montgomery
 team start in the spring with more
 brilliant prospects.
 them Is .youngster. Nine of them are
 great great season just closed @ while hs fns
 recommendations that they can hardly
 be put in the unknown quantity | Beginning with the infield there is | not a fan In Montgomery who is not
 willing to wager that Dominick Null
 and rs K fharsy snscs yu san d
 liver bigger bundle of goods and in
 heater packages than any other in.
 sen n Mba ss sne ew Temans the e
 infeld--ward and Rudnick--will turn
 out to be. Last season Ward was with
 ns ss sacsea Gsaw up @kS the in smss n | felders in that league which is com posed of the most part of big league Recount: eceoants wi win 0ea be about out % the fastest shortstop that Montgomery ever had. Such ball players as Sam Apperious, MG s. Kind and Of sSd h the magoy hga | recommended Oldring and local fans will swear by his judgment on what a | of the most difficult tasks that a hall I player ever had. that of filling Brouth- ers's shoes at third base. for never has the eonnry Sssn tRe eapua of Rudnick played last year in the Ohio state League where he batted :2s4.
 dea paanGs st aas ns s ss by Pitcher Tom Hughes of the Washing | ton American League club.
 I having an infield next season that will season just closed: What Mulianey; known. While he Is bit light and sired yet .Heine Busch played a re- ring went to the right lot, In case
 Rudnick does not show up. as. well as he should Ward will be shifted to third and Busch kept at short.
 When the focal team was being signed up during the fall of 1904 a non preserve clause was inserted in the schwarts and Pat Millerick. As stated | the. first two mentioned have signed
 1906 contract, the reserve clause being
 prominent. but Pat ,Milierick has so far
 being, reserved the big backstop, Is of course free to go with any ball club he | for the last few months and left a few | days ago for his home. Just before leaving he was offered an increase of
 he said that he preferred not to sign | any contract until after January l.
 Millerick is a most valuable and relia-
 files. while he Is invaluable for steady
 ing pitcher especially sy !, yq3ungster;; 3I nns the safest sacrifice hitters in this l league. There Is one thing sure. how
 the bsSS whe Wstns IS for %
 ready has the contract of Van Pattcn.
 wh9 eaSe haf
 hitter and fast on the lines During
 the past season he played on semi | ted .272. Another well known catcher 1 is being angled for and if the worst comes the draft system will be utilized | to get catcher for the local teamA
 The drafting season of the American | League is out tonight, and tomorrow
 morning the drafting season of the
 three Class Leagues. American As 1 sociation. Eastern League and Vest
 ern Leagues, begins, and extends to November 18th. On November 18th the drafting season of the Class B Leagues.
 Central League, New England League,
 Connecticut League, New York State
 League. There I League and Southern l League. begins, and extends to Decem-
 have twelve leagues to draw from in
 efforts to land catcher. They are l the Western Association, South Atlantic
 League, South Texas League, Hudson | River League, and the Ohio and Penn
 sylvania Leagues in Class C. and Inter-
 State League, Kentucky Illinois Ten
 nessee League, Wisconsin Association.
 Texas League, Northern League, Iowa l in Class D.
 So, it will be seen that while the focal management would like to have
 Millerick back. they are not dependent
 on him. A club generally carries two
 catchers. and If the local management
 is quick, they will have chance at Il
 Leagues and South Atlantic, where
 there are some of the swiftest ball
 players in minor league circles So there will be no trouble about the 1906 | infield and backstop department.
 The outfeld bids fair to be faster
 than the one during the season ease, sI,s just
 and if he does the hitting and base running that made him terror to
 visiting pitchers in 1903, he will again
 outfield The other three will be l fought for by Thornton, Molesworth and William De1ehanty. Thornton does not hit much. but he is sure | fielder and a flash of electricity on the bases While he is not much at run
 ming bases. Molesworth Is sure in catching fly balls, though poor on stop ping ground balls and he Is one of the heaviest hitters in the South. Young Delehanty Is unknown in Montgomery but he comes of family of ball play CTS, every one noted for his hitting, and is said to hit as hard and sprint as fast as his brothers. . of the seven pitchers under contract. there is a foundation in the three who wind finish of the Climbers in a glori- McMakin and Jack Lee have been weighed in the balance and not found waiting, except the latter on several occasions Of the new ones. German is a pitcher from Michigan who was strongly recommended by Roy Hale. Frye is from Frankfort. Ky, and last season. pitched twenty-two games. los ing two and winning twenty. Three of his games were no hit games. five of them one hit games, while in twelve games he struck out l6S men. If he can get anywhere near this form down here he will come pretty near making good in Montgomery.
 May and Robinson are the two youngsters and the local fans will comes to them. Robinson Is a Lowndes County boy and as his family objects seriously to his playing professional ball. it is questionable if he comes here next spring. and while he showed a world of speed 1 when he pitched in the exhibition 1Asa