The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
BASEBALL IN THE AIR
HEADoUARTERs OF LOCAL TEAM
 A BUSY PLACE.
Manager O'BrIen Expects His Players to Report For Duty Soon. Frank Weikart's Sur.
 prise Party.

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 There is a brisk. business-like air around local baseball headquarters. and there Is an atmosphere that plainly shows that baseball politics and sched- ules will soon give place to the merry
 Early yesterday morning President E. K. Winters and Manager OBrien were at work mailing railroad tickets to every member of the 1905 Pretzels, will be getting ready to start to Mont-
 T have sent out contracts to every
 CT ns sas SaSe the signatures of nearly every one with the\ exception of Harry Manners and Frank Delehanty. Del wants a raise m so faS so sSn hs sos for that reason. l am not losing the least bit of sleep over this. however, for Delehanty is on my reserve list and will either have to sign a 1905
 "Just what Mannerss kick is I don't know. but I suppose that he Is also in the get-rich- quick wagon. Harry is also on our reserve list and in the same boat with Delehanty, so I am not wor- rying about either.
 q think" he concluded, that it is pretty safe to gamble that both of the
 
 Park when my Pretzels show up about the 10th of March"
 There was nothing else especially new at baseball headquarters yester- the meeting Saturday took place
 One of the things that was uncorked in the executive session was in re- gard to .he changes in the constitu- mittee consisting of Caruthers Ewin. chairman; Major Winters of Montgom- cry and Captain Crawford of Shreve- port was not ready to report, and President Kavanaugh was empowered to submit a mailed vote to the mem- bers of the league
 No action was taken definitely in rec gard to the official ball for this sea- son. and the Victor ball will be the fhogsS aR one Ps s Bsy tSss sSras ass wlli be made in regard to the 1906 ball. Major Winters has already re- ceived his supply, ten dozen balls, for Montgomery, and as President Kava- ment to the other seven clubs of the league there are about 960 glistening spotless horsehide spheres waiting for an umpire to take their wrappings of man in the box with the electrifying
 The same stan of scorers that fig ured up hits. runs and errors last year VIII serve GnlS summer, James ii. Screws being the official scorer in Montgomery again.
 Weiknrt and His Bride.
 Yesterday morning Frank Weikart, the hard-hitting. fast fielding first team. with his bride. left the Windsor Hotel and moved out to the residence of James s. Keyton. 942 Adams Street.
 With his customary taciturnity Frank Weikart has sprung surprise not only League and the world of baseball. On Monday, the goth day of February. there was a quiet wedding In the study of Dr. E. L. Hill in Eufaula. 'The high contracting parties" as they say in the Ardis of Montgomery and Frank Wei kart of Shreveport.
 The mysterious bobbing in and out of Montgomery of Weikart has been fre- quent of late years. He has at last shown his hand.
 Way back through the vistas of mem ory one recalls Frank Weikart doing just about the fastest bit of fielding at second base ever done in Montgomery. It was in 1892, a pretty far cry, those thirteen years. that Frank was doing the second base work for Charlie Lewis. He had the reputation then of being one of the fastest men in the Southern League. While he is a good bit older a man is naturally older with thirteen years trailing after him-he is the same athletic ball player now that he was in 1899. He is playing first instead of sec- ond base now and last season was just about the premier first baseman of this circuit. And he bids far to do the same way for Bob Gilks this summer.
 Frank Weikhart has a host of friends in Bontgomery and all over the South, and they will every one join in hearty congratulations and best wishes to Mr.l and Mrs. Frank Weikart
 Frank Wilson left Montgomery yes- terday morning for New Orleans, where he reports to Charlie Frank as a mem Der of tn ebox staff of the 1905 Peli-