The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
BEST TEAM IN SOUTH
THIS IS DIFFERENTIATION OF MONT
 GOMERY MANAGER.
At Meeting of Local Baseball Club Magnates Declare O'Brien Must Produce the Best of
 Results.

NO more experiments or has beens in ours. From now on it Is fast, up, to-date. 1905 ball players for us, and we are absolutely determined to Q, nave ,h,e this years local team made up or thls calibre."
 This was the remark of one of the directors of the Montgomery Baseball Club at special meeting or that or ganization held yesterday and the statement quoted was the sentiment of the entire meeting.
 The principal business that called the meeting was the election of an Executive Committee composed of three members. President E. B. Win ters, E. H. Amerine and K. l.. Todd being named as members Of the com mittee. This committee will have ab- solute control of the affairs of the club although the policy outlined when the club was organized of not interfering with Manager O'Brien In the slightest will be strictly adhered to-.
 The manager will continue to be given absolute authority. and It was the sense of the meeting yesterday to uphold him and furnish him all the money he needs to secure ball players fast enough to make the local team a winner. The officers and directors of the club are determined to have win. the knowledge of ball players pos sessed by Manager OBrien will accom- plish that result They have unre- Manager oBrien. W who o wifi De given unlimited power to use and act on his own discretion in the matter of sign ing the new men needed. The object in the organization of the Executive Committee yesterday was to furnish the manager with the "sinews of war" and that committee will not take the slightest action in unless 1t becomes necessary.
 With the arrival of George Stultz yesterday morning Manager oBrien bunch of Pretzels. six pitchers lseven when Swain arrives this morning), two catchers, five infielders and three out fielders: With one or two holes that need filling the team right now looks to be a swift combination.
 Pat Millerick Is undoubtedly the right man in the right place. He is steady, throws to bases In good shape and Is hitting the ball harder this year
 Mickey O'Brien is young, but is rounding out in good shape and has the making of a good catcher in him. three of them are sure to make good, while Manager OBrien is after two more of the fastest pitchers nossihie to be landed down here.
 The three bases-Mullaney,
 and Brouthers-are the fast
 seen on a local team. They
 field their positions in in jam
 ball hard and running bases hat intelligent manner that helps T1-.s ; perfect teamwork With a consistent, hard hitting, fast fielding shortstop the infield will be unquestionably one of the fastest in this years Southern League. and this league promises to be faster than ever.
 Last season some of the prettiest fielding ever done on a local team was done in right field by Heine Busch. He was fast on his feet, starting after a ball on the crack of the bat, re- turned 1t to the intield like a flash, and baLted 10 per cent. better than he ever did in the inf1eld.
 Molesworth in center Is about the played in the South and his arm is bet ter right now than 1t has been in years.
 Lynch in the left garden is working the sunfield better than has ever been the case in Montgomery. He works with the same speed, dash and ginger right last year. is hitting the ball hard, running bases we'll anu, better than all, putting all his heart in his work.
 It would be a vast mistake to take Bushch out of the lot, for with Lynch, Molesworth and the Kid the Pretzel in this league.
 As the team stands now the only new places needed on the team is an up-to-date shortstop and about two fast pitchers. as five men should be carried on the boxstaff.
 leave for Selma with the entire bunch, Roy Hale, who mashed his left hand yesterday in door at his hotel being the only member of the team left in Montgomery. They will play three games in Selma, returning to Mont gomery Sunday morning and playing the fastest ball team in the world Mon day-Collin's Boston Americans.