The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-20

each member of the team, eacn. CheSH smountirg to something over SSs. IL ia probable that the offer will De re- peated next year with perhaps . nand- some increase.
 It would be hard to find 2 more mys- tided person than was Emile Fritz when Brouthers dived under him and stole home yesterday. Ana t was the prettiest bit of baserunning ever seen In Montgomery.
 Boston by taking two games from | Washington yesterday steps into fourth place in the American ,sei LsaEue, s,sDg wni.s Dg pushes Detroit back to sixth place. The | White sox are only. thirty-four. points behind Philadelphia, but beginning to- morrow the Western cIuos take the l giving Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Washington a bgi advantage. The Eastern clubs of the National League finish in the West tak,ng tIs road l and Cincinnati a big advantage though Pittsburs can hardly catch New York.
 Today winds up the season for Bir- mfngham and New orleans and while Birmingham Is 5 points behind Mem phis and points behind Shreveport, l they will hardly be able to finish in the son with the weak Little Rock team, while Shreveport has the weak Nash | vile aggregation to finish up with. Both Atlanta and Shreveport play three Birmingham's last day and the hght viii probably be between Shreveport. Memphis and Atlanta for third place. As Memphis tackles the Climbers dur shTeveport shE sn and Atlanta viii have all the best of 1t. and if the Climbers take | all three from Memphis the Egyptians will finish below the Vaughnites. 
 1 Through the courtesy of Manager 1 GiIks and Secretary Mccullough of the shreyeport team the satss Ua.a and grand ranrv lady in Montgomery. this afternoon. No matter whether a lady has a. season ticket or not she will be admitted to days game, which will be called at 3 o'clock sharp as the. Pirates have to catch the 6:so train for Nashville. The ment in order to show their apprecia- ton of the generous patronage that the ladies have given the game in Montgomery this season, .,.f.n The, The readie the Shreveport officials agreed to the prop osition will make lot more friends in Montgomery for clever Bob Gilxs and his secretary.
 Yesterday morning Charlie Schwartz affixed his signature to MontSomery contract for 1908. This insures Man.
  year with the exception of Brouthers l Starkell and Mccoy. With the. excep- ton of Schwartz and Pat Millrick every Gs"ss n 0f 'hs hs ten% 1905 naS eontasct as Miilerick is the only doubtful one and The Adysrtissr ,srrs was 4sIan sSis isst a
 riEht' rfsisH This This leaves xcIntyre, sehwartz Mulianey. Busch and oldfinE for nexl catchers; McMakin. Hale, Lee. Stultz Roberson and Hottom, pitchers; Moles' worth, Thornton and Durrett, outfeld
 CTS. This will probably be the tastes ,.:,
 ever started a season with, and witt
 the able generalship that Durrett hal
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 fight for the 19S6 penant.
 That brand of dope that the baseball man. of The Birmingham Ledger II smoking must be connection that putt the smoker in a trance Local fan'
 will read with great amusement th'
 following effusion that was in yes 'Tn case the expectation of the Bir riEht, rii1 r Second Baseman sehwarts vii
 wear a local uniform next season. Tt Is understood that the deal ha , not yet been consummated, but 1t. Il known that efforts have been made fo ] the acquisition or tnlS ValuaDle prayer
 Tt is known, also, that Schwartz ha , no reserve clause in his contract witt ] Montgomery, and 1t Is known that h.
 wants to come to Birmingham.
 "A special to The Ledger from Mont , gomery, published yesterday, statet 1 that Schwartz had received yer, 1 brilliant offer from one team in tn Southern League, but that he had no ! accepted 1t as yet. The offer was iron } Birmingham. while the terms are not known. ] | is understood that quite an induce ment was given the crack infielder O 1 the Pretzel team. and that he want to play next season with Birmingham 2 The fans will be delighted to hear thi
 good news.
 , If Catcher Garvin continues to grov in popularity with the fans of Bir Q minghsm, 1t is evident that the man Q agement will have to take steps to 0 ward his acquisition. Garvin Is 9 great catcher. and has one of the bes Q whips hung to him in the league. Hi 1 chief value, however, Is In his indomi Q table spirit that Is similar to Shutter 9 Matthews. Garvin would not objec D .to signing a contract, if the terms O . the agreement suited him. Whethe ? or not steps have already been taken i
 this direction Is not known. but tn
 management would be glad to see hir 5 enrolled for next season"