The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-22
LOWNEY OR LANSING
MATTER OF PLAYERS TO BE SET
 TILED BY LEAGUE.
An Interesting Question to Be Deter mined by Baseball Magnates Who are to Meet in Mont
 gOmery Saturday.

league meeting Saturday will be the final settlement of the lansing -Lowney lmatter.
 While the deal between the Mont gomery and Nashville clubs for the ex- cfange of Lowney and lansing has been agreed on, nothing final has been done. lansing. it will be remembered, did the kangaroo act in Montgomery Hast summer One dark and stormy night Heine tucked his grip under his arm and unceremoniously ana with malice aforethought, shook with a dis dainfIl shake the dust of this hated Montgomery from his feet. missive was Immediately sent to Secretary Far rell of the National Association, and that gentleman with admirable prompt mess sent notices to the different clubs lin the National Association that Jan sing had jumped the Montgomery Club: Of course this stopped his playing ball in any club except one or the DIE leagues. And it is ro laugh when one thinks of Heine lansing in the Ma tional or American League.
 That suspension still holds good and in addition there Is $100 fine im- lposed by the Montgomery club.
 At Saturdays meeting 1t Is the in- tention of Major E. E. Winters, of the local club, to take both the suspension and the fine off lansing in case there is anything definite or satisfactory
 The Nashville shortstop. it will be remembered, has recently made numer- ous and sundry threats of the direst, darkest character in regard to his giV. ing the game of baseball case of marble heart for good and all as far as he is concerned. Lowney has re- ceived his diploma and is now full hedged M. D., and he swears that lhenceforth he will eschew the national game and practice his new profession. Up to date nothing definite has been heard in regard to Lowneys intentions and it is hardly possible that the pa E.n al ed In 1 n unless something definite transpires In regard to Doctor Lowney.
 In order to put himself in the clear Manager O'Brien has virtually signed shannon to play short. shannon is un- known here, but it Is possible that he is the Frank Shannon whom McCloskey had in 1893.
 In 1892 when Charlie Lewis had the local team and Ted Sullivan had Chat tanooga. the two towns were. tied for the lead and a double-header with Chattanooga in Montgomery would set tie it one way or the other. Tommy lG:llen pitched the first game against Philips, Gillen winning. and Frank Behne pitched and won the second game against Keenan. The excitement was intense and the following from a New York paper in regard to baseball recalls 1t.
 In the grandstand on the day mem toned there was a dtgntfled and be- loved Chief Justice of the Alabama Su- DTeme court. He ndQ III HIS ndUu dlk expensive silk umbrella and when Mont gomery won the second game he beat it to fragments on the bench in front of him.
 perstitions of baseball. New York paper says: exciting ball game at American League Park last summer. Keeler. of the New York team, was on second base and Jimmy Williams al the bat The New Yorks needed that run badly for. the score was to l. Wiliiams IIlan o,iT made ,nosa for the home plate Keeler is fast as streak on the bases, but no man Is fast enough to beat thrown ball, and the opposing left fielder was fine thrower.
 Hurry, Willie, you've got to hurry!' yelled a big. fat, smooth faced rooter who occupied an aisle seat back of first base. Willie hurried.
 Slide! slide!" shrieged the rooters, the big man yelling the loudest and getting up in his seat with arms way ing. Keeler timed his slide to a nicety, slid'in safe by an eyelash, and the fast rooter slid with him. The latter had one foot reaching half way across the aisle when Keeler dived for the rubber, and in the excitement of the moment he slid clear across the aisle to keep company with the run ner and help him home. The same thing often happens in billiard games when some spectator unthinkingly moves his body with the cue ball, put ting on what is known as body Eng lish."
 There Is a blind man in New York who is a regular devotee of the game at the Polo grounds-wholy blind. As happening. his face Is as interesting d study in expression as that of any other crank. Another's eyes and his own ears keep him pretty well posted on all that is going on. He can all most tell basehit from the ring oi it, and when a member of the home team is on third and there comes a hit, his face lights up with pleasure Or if the batter goes out. the audible expression of disappointment of the crowd is reflected on his face.
 l Cincinnati has a rooter who sports silk hat to every game. and in warm weather has a daily habit of sitting bareheaded at the games. He puts the silk tile on the aisle by his seat and Is careful to rest 1t on It's crown If by change anybody should disturb the hat and not again stand 1t on its crown, his distress is great, not be- cause of the hat but because of the direful effect on the home team.
 When Buck Ewing was a manager he believed in walking up and down in front of the bench to stave off defeat and he has been known to walk clear around the field when things looked particularly squally. There is an au- ! city who had to catch train. and had just taken out his watch to see the time It was an open faced watch There came play just then which brought him to his feet watch in hand Good buy" he yelled. that's the stuff" and he smashed his left hand with his right That was not all he smashed. The crystal and works oi the watch were demolished.
 More than one woman at a ball game has broken an expensive parasol by banging 1t on the seat or railing ir front of her. and it Is a frequent oc- currence for women to jump about un, til their back hair comes down. Golf lures and care are forgotten. A two bagger with three on bases has made many a man rush away from the bal and forget all about his drinks. anC the hot end of cigar sometimes re stores the senses when one Is lost 1T the happenings of a stirring period. does not argue chronic absentminded ness to try to drink out of the bag O peanuts and to reach in the ginger all glass for a peanut at an exciting bal game
 A most remarkable demonstration O emotional height attained by baseball enthusiasts was at the Polo ground last summer when Jack Warner won game for the New YOrks by making home run In the ninth inning. N, sooner was the winning run In thai cushions rained on the field from al parts of the grandstand There was shower of cushions all the way to th entrance, but the demonstration diC lnot stop here. Cushions were found