The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-10

Ifatten their batting averages Monoay. It is horrible start Nashville is mak- ing towards winning a majority of the games.
 When those Fishermen of ours get l settled down to business 1t takes a good squad to lick 'em. They are get ting on their winning clothes.-Nash- l vile BannerA
 Takes a good long time for the Fisn- | ermen to settle down.
 At first thought it might be ex- piained by charging an error to the printer, and concluding that he was running the percentage tables upside | down. This would clear up the mira cle of Washington in first place. and Boston in last. But the investigation | has to be carried farther. Che look fat the daily scores shows | that the long -despised Senators are actually winning the games. Their six out of eight from Boston and three on the home field are phenomena not | to be waved away with a flippant ex- cuse of inverted records. It is no hoax. no humorous experf- ment of the man who sets up the type; Washington is in first place, and is at present time putting up a better game than any team in the American Legue.
 There are some ideas that are diff ficult for the human brain to con- ceive. That puny equipment of gray matter allotted to the individual has sharply marked limitations; 1t becomes helpless. is overwhelmed. ceases to act when confronted by the unusual or im- | probable.
 The greatest astronomer cannot con ceive the immensity of the solar sys- | tenn or attempt even a guess as to the number of planets or constella- | tions of planets that have their place | bottom of the ocean is as a sealed | book to the student: the icy fastness of the north pole have kept their se- crets chained. despite the expendi- moon may be inhabited. our small | knowledge can only venture guess; | there may be means of navigating the air in dirigibIe balloons. We can only | experiment and hope.
 l But all these mysteries, all these problems, fade into nothingness com pared to the astounding one of how the Senators managed to get into first place and stay there for more than day
 Dear old Washington. that every league 1t was in; Washington. that has spelled tail-ender ever since there was a national game; Washington, that used to help us boost our stand coming was eagerly hailed because 1t | meant that no hunan power could keep us from breaking a losing streak, and finally pulling down few vic- tories.
 We can conceive of Russia winning a victory, of a church returning taint- ed money, e Thomas Lawson keeping silent. of Inpton winning the cup, of Peter Maher really retiring or Jeffries getting knocked out. but human cred ulity is strained beyond the breaking point at the idea oI Washington show
 fine meaning of achieving this end Is not more astounding than the fact itself
 In former days to get a winning team meant to spend money and buy stars. To get its pennant winner, the old Detroit management purchased White, Rowe. Richardson, Brouthers and other star members of the great Buffalo nine.
 Boston paid s2O,oOO for clarkson and Kelly tho tS get nto the Se npesaet champion Boston team represents most costly raid on the strongest teams of the National League, and Giants if Andrew Freedman had not spent a small fortune to disrupt the Baltimore nine. and steal McGraw. McGinnity. Bresnahan and McGann: | But Washington did nothing like this. Quite the contrary. Instead, the Senators sold. traded. or fired all the men who were known to be any good, and built up new team of un-
 ;Wei-known players who had earned their spurs. men like Clarke, Orth, l sent adrift, and the batting order loaded up with such unfamiliar names as Hill. Huelsman. Mil, Knoll. Sc.
 To complete the novelty of the ex- pertinent. Jake Stahl, himself little more than youngster. was made man. l ager.
 M 5aSe Seok as should U% beFn bY r ing Young, Dineen, Criger. Parent. himself, Freeman. and stahl Then l somewhere in the interior dig up some such ball players as Btck, Sayetown, Fretz, Kichi, Forfendorfer and Flatch. AS a final assurance nell make Un- slaub manager, and before he knows Iit the Beaneaters will be up in the first division fighting it out with the naughty aggregation from the Nation
 Meantime, go it. Nationals! You're more than a worm turned. At present you amount to whale, and the other l Philadelphia North American. | Dryden hands Frank Sparks, the old Georgia athlete and local favorite:
 At the matinee. Mir, Sparks, the young southern gentleman, appeared and blanked the enemy. II to o. He l let them out with three hits. all singles This piercing debut of MT. Sparks l was largely a matter of temperature Heat is what puts steam in boilers, and l likewise athletes. Shortly before play time MT. Gleason sought the boss l Phillie.
 What geezer goes on today?" he asked.
 Bring me the thermometer" MT. Duffy replied in scientific accents. | Captain Kibb brought the glass tube | from the club house.
 The temperature is now a little above 60 degrees" said MT. Duffy. If she sticks at that point or goes higher we'll take a chance on MT. Sparks He 1 tells me that is the average tempera- ture at Monroe, La. and we want Frank l to feel at home while working.
 What if a cold wave butts in?" l quired Mir Glea son.
 If the mercury drops down to 50 | degrees or lower" said the meteorolo- gical Duffy. I've will rely on Utica, N. Y Put in Bill BuggleDy-that is, mean, Bull Diggleby. Ohi hang It; you know what I'm trying to say. The efort to pick the right pitcher has got