The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
SLAGPILE NOTES

SLAGPILE NOTES Roy Montgomery arrived in Birming- ham yesterday morning and will in all probability be seen in todays game.
 'Montoi Is looking fine and says he Is r. as good condition as he ever was.
 "Yes. I had my ankle broken this spring but Ii is all right now and is not giving me any trouble. I am glad to get to Birmingham and will do my best to help the team climb up the ladder' Monte" knows several of the members | of the local team, and last night was kept busy talking about old times. From what he has heard of the players he thinks that the Barons have good chance to wind up in high place.
 Montgomery, with his wife, Is register ec at the Florence.
 True to his agreement to report in time for the game on July 24, Delehanty, the fast outfielder for Birmingham, jumped off Queen and Crescent train yesterday afternoon, Just the same old Del" that he was before his accident.
 His injury Is entirely healed up, and the heavy-httng player says that he feels better than he has this season. "I am possibly little weak, for want of exercise and practice, but a little playing will put me in first-class condition" is what be sad when questioned about his condition.
 ''DeI' thinks that after the team has played few games at home the boys will get together again and another win ming streak will be enjoyed. He was glad to hear that Montgomery had been secured, and believes that Vaughan has a good man in the utility player from Louisville.
 With Delehanty back in the game, and Montgomery here, the team has been sufficiently strengthened, It would seem. tc make things merry for the Shreveport bunch.
 Heinie Krug has again changed his minG about playing with the Birmingham team. According to the official dispatches from Atlanta the latest authorized statement from the Dutchman Is to the eeffct that he will never again play professional base ball, here or anywhere else.
 As the interview given to a reporter for the Journal says Krug had about made up his mind to come to Slagtown, and ir fact was as far as Memphis on his way to join the team in Little Rock It is said that as Heinie though and dreamed of the fine old time he could have at home in California, the sweet strains of Home, Sweet Home," reached his ear.
 As the story goes, it was too much for Krug and getting off the train he made his way back to Atlanta with one of the worst cases of home sickness re- corded in a long time. It Is said that Heinie bought a ticket the next day for San Francisco and Is now on his way tc Nthat village
 Johnny Duffy is just as attractive to the fair sex in Memphis as he was to those here, as the following from the Memphis News-Scimitar will show: Much sympathy was expressed among fair fan and rooter alike yesterday over the apparent sore ness of Johpnie Duffy.s unerpinning. The speedy center-felder did not allow any thing to get by him. however, and be- sides rapped out a single that might have meant two bases had his running gear been in good order.
 The Arkansas Gazette pays the follow ing compliment to the playing of Matt hews and Hafford:
 In all the wrangle there were some pret- ty plays, which alleviated in measure the hippodrome stunts. Eafford and Matthews both nailed fouls after long and hard runs, and in this connection 1t Is not amiss to say that these two are among the hardest working players who have ever visited West End park. They go after everything in sight and take all kinds of chances, and few more players like them would lend tower of strength to any team.
 Piggy Ward, formerly guardian of the keystone sack of the locals, has his old habit of making things hot for the um- pires, as recent disturbance he created In Augusta will show. It seems that Latham. the umpire, had called the big player out at the plate. Ward was up in a minute, and just what he said is not related. but 1t Is stated that he expressed his dissatisfaction in strong terms. He was fined five dollars, which only pro- voked more talk from the dowdy sec ond baseman. He was ordered off the field, but declined to go. A policeman was summoned. but realizing the super for size of Piggy he was inclined to all low him to take his time in departing. Another was called and still another, but Ward continued to jaw" and an other fine was imposed. He was finally ejected from the field and is now under a temporary suspension.
 The Arkansas Gazette, which can gen. erally be depended upon to show both sides of a dispute and usually relates incidents with accuracy, gives the follow ing account of Moore's conduct in Little Rock which is about the first complete one to reach here:
 The first game brought into the lime light another rowdy player of which ilk it was surmsed that the Southern league had been purged. The offender in this in-