The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-11

After winning two out of three in Park today. the Crackers beginning a series of three games.
 Only two games in the league to- Friday and Saturday and Memphis at Little Rock on the same dates.
 The Pretzels are playing the fastest | ball in the Southern league now and l the crowd that will welcome them this afternoon will test the seating capa- city of the grounds. Either Jack Ely or Jackson will pitch for Atlanta and l probably Roy Hale for the Pretzels. The only Knockers yesterday were | some of those who lost a few dollars | The loyal fans who love the game for l the pure sport never once murmured, realizing that experience is valuable and If the Pretzels had to lose yester- days game could be more easily spared than some of the ones to come. A good deal of unjust criticism was made of oBrien yesterday by the gambling element, who were sore. That Nashville team would have hit any pitcher in the world yesterday, and it was decidedly the part of wis dom for OBrien to let Bussey play the string out and take his medicine. It was lots better for Bussey to be hit yesterday than in some game that there was a good chance of winning. | The Pretzels are much stronger this year than last and If they can keep up | the present clip it's cinch they won't De at the bottom at the finish. There wassE in ths eag1e tann The perspicuity of that young man is simply remarkable. He is altogether too precocious for one so young and 1 verdantly tender.
 There's great comfort in the sporting extra. extra It & tells you everything yoe l necessity and has driven d great many | people into the habit of calling up tho sporting editors of the morning papers | to find out how it came out"
 For instance, you rush out of your office at 5S0 o'clock, eagerly buy copJ and read.
 CTS took their positions. The grand stand was we'll filled and the bleachers were crowded. The opening warm-up of the home team was very fast. The lineup was as follows: cts always the same except the battery. so we omit
 First Inning-BilI singled to right Mike fouled out. Red famed. Dutch out third to first.
 (And so on for eight and a half in-
 With the score a tie. nothing to nothing, the home team came to bat in the last half of the ninth; Brown flew
 
 says The Chicago Times-Herald, Smith making third. Mike out; pitcher to first. Slug. the heaviest hitter on the home team, then came to bat. (And that's all until the next mornihg).
 Racing opened promptly-at 2:3O to- day It Is a nice day. The The judges are scratches. Only four horses went to the post for the Alabama Oaks, with Morello favorite and Maid Martin a good thing. The former set a hot pace. but the latter drew up on even terms and they were down the back stretch like a team. Faraway and Awayback, the beginning Rounding the turn in- to the home stretch, Morello had lead by half length, but Jockey Hanrider Fifty yards from the wire Morello still led, but by only nose and both jock eys were riding the races of their
 (For minor details see morning pa persl-Chicago Tribune
 Rowdyism Is running rampant in the American Association and President OBrien has not made move for the protection of patrons from a recur- ger Barrow and Umpire Hart ex- Indianapolis; Outtielder ONeill of the Milwaukee, team; entered the Tolcio grandstand to whip one of its occu- pants and was given deserved whal- ing; Centerfielder Jones fought with
 
 Manager Kelley was ordered off the Toledo grounds for disputing a decis- ion. These are the most fragrant of the offenses that so fur, as ,he public knows have gone unpunished by Pres ident OBrien, who appears to nave adopted policy the reverse of his predecessor The rowdies of his league will get beyond control of the U'npires if prompt punishment is not 'neted out to them by the executive Of the d Asso. so evidently had bad advisers, The op- position to Grillo's reelection origi- mated in non-approyal of, of his loyal al sup s1 managers, who claimed that the play CTS should be permitted to vigorously protest against decisions and exhibit indignation when they considered that their team had been unfairly treated The system for controlling players in not not be 'i% improved p on It has the ap- proval of the public, which supports the game, and If President O'Brien does decrease in gate receipts in every city in the American Association.
 And there is still more trouble. with McGraw at the bottom of it. It seems that McGraw threatened to punch well known and able critic, Allen san gree, of The Evening World me other day. Sangree wrote a magazine artl- cle last fall in which he said something about McGraw and Bowerman. san gree did not meet the players 5rtlI re ' tackled The Evening Worlds critlc, called him some vile names and threat ened to smash him. Big Bowermah, who was near at hand also bristled up with fists ready. but no blows were struck. Result. Sangree Is having run with the Hoodlum Champions n ms daily columns. If McGraw has lost his head, 1t will cause a peck of tr9uol:; I've always regarded him as quiet and lnoffensive off the ball field and entlre- ly too sensible to indulge in the foot- ish practice of threatening newspaper writers That was ''Scrappy Bills speciality and he got it in swift order when once the fans began to pave the way for his retirement
 Newspapers can make or break any thing. They can create world Of sen timent in favor of ball nine or they can cause a multitude to oreak IT players hearts with jeers, cat-caliS and hoots. Ball players who do not know what newspapers can do to tncm generally growl at the critics wno probably pra SC them a hundred times where they criticise them once; IL IS seldom that a ball player VIII taank writer for some favorable notice. pdt if the criticism Is raw, that Is another story.-Sporting News.
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