The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-26
TEAM WORKED WELL
INCREASE IN AVERAGES AFTER
 ROAD TRIP.
MoIesworth and Muilaney Lead Swnts- men and Pat Millerick Fielders- Managerial Stupidity Cost
 Pretxels at Least Two
 Games.

To show the work that the team has been doing on the road 1t Is only neces' sary to mention that there IS an .t,,r m, : and a gain of 10 points In the team fielding averages this morning.
 The most marked increase Tn in- dividual hitting is by Dominick Mui laney who has a gain of 2i points aur ing the past week, having good pinch hits in his six games and stands second
 in the individual averages; l.,
 Yeager's three hits also came me-, iI
 pinches and with the consistent hitting
 being done by the team now they VIII
 win in spite of the handicap or the
 managers berth. ,..
 Moiesworth is leading in long hits
 with sixteen two-baggers and a couple
 of three-baggers, Brouthers, Schwartz
 and MuIlaney having each eight two
 baggers Schwartz leads the sacrihce
 hitting with eleven well placed punts, Millerfck with eight and Moieswortn
 stolen bases, Molesworth twelve and
 Pat Millerick leads the field with i've errors in 23f chances, Schwartz running only eleven errors at second base. ieS of these chances being assists In 4zs chances Mullaney has only ten errors. Brouthers only fourteen errors In ZIo up a brilliant article of ball and for such a ball team as Is representing Mont eomery now to be the viceim of incapable management is criminal on the part of the majority owners of the franchise.
 The pitching staff Is working as cleanly now a even the most rabid Tan could wish, Starkell, Stultz, Hale ana McMakin each winning a game last week. while through the most fnexcusi, bly dumb managerial work Starkeli was prevented from winning both or his games on the road. starkell has developed into one. of. the stars or the this trip were magnificent exhibitions. He pitched the first game of the double header In Nashville last Tuesday. ms work clinching the prediction that was gaqs rIars wnfa Griffiths' hs New York Americans In the early spring.
 The remark was made then that he was the best of the youngsters that Grifith had. ,s ana ne more nor ,ts iaaT Tuee- sp days game he had the. Fishermen com pletely at his mercy. shutting them out and allowing two hits: In his Satur- off him while they were well scattered the five hits made off Jackson were punched at times and stupid coaching run, ball had been hit made 1t out of the question for Dick Crozier to have flelded it In in time to catch Busch at the plate. Busch was he1d on tnlru, however, hHu tAS VIC" of Starkell having his game won in the early part of it lost. This state ment was made by a member of the team yesterday and Is not hearsay. One of the directors of the local asso- citation admitted last night the lack ot judgment on the part of the local man ager gave Atlanta the game in the last inning so 1t is nothing to the dis credit of either Srarken Or the buhcn of Pretzels behind him that. that game was not won, simply another of the cases of mo headwork Only five hits were made off Stultz in the second game of the double-header, the consistent hitting of the team be- hahi Bailey ', to help Sf stuitz score a merited win. Good clean hitting of the team won Hale's game for him. Hale was hit harder than Russell but he kept hiA hits in the main well scattered. ,
 After having Atlanta shut out until the last half of the ninth inning Jack Lee, by his own error and couple Of long hits being punched. lost his own game Thursday. but such pitching as he did will win lots more games than lose them.
 McMakin had Atlanta beat to a hn- ish until he shut off steam in the nlnth inning and knowing that he had his game on velvet eased up Dit.
 that Brouthers Is far ard away the best third baseman in the League. They also admit that Mullaney only has a superior in Bob stafford. which burg. Grantland Rice thinks Jack Lee and Starkell are great pitchers ana Buxton compliments Schwartz. Busch and Yeager. The outfield Is also com mended. In short the Atlanta people think Montgomery has a first division team. Then, why Is Montgomery not in the first division? That's a aues- tion for Tom OBrien to answer