The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Rusch aa A Coach.

Greensboro, and seems to be rounding the bunch up In good form, as the fol- lowing special to The Advertiser shows:
 Baseball work Is moving ahead at Greensboro under the direction of Kid Busch, who will do the short-stop act for the Pretzels this season. We have player from Montgomery, and are well satisfied with his work as coach
 The season promises a winning team with every member of last years az gregation back except one, and num- Der from whom to select to fill his place. The box artists are much in evidence this year. McGehee promises while Watkins has dropped in from Opelika to take a fast course and do better slab-work than he did several seasons ago. Paul Jones, from Selma, will complete the list of pitchers When the season closes and the real strength of Alabama schools Is known, Greens boro will be found in the first division.
 The following schedule has been an nounced by Manager McGehee, though 1t is still incomplete:
 Owenton. March 30, 31 and April 1; on campus.
 Tulane, April 6, and 8; on campus. University of Alabama, April 10. II and 12; at Tuscaloosa.
 Marion Military Institute, May l, 2 Marion Military Institute Nav 2 and 5; on campus at Marion.
 Reach's American League Guide.
 GuiSs ischs fos ,anf Ameriean League. Official Reach Company of Philadelphia, and edited by MT. Richter of Sporting Life IS out. This Is the fourth annual issue pr the Reach Guide as the official hand DOCK or the American League and the twenty third consecutive year of it's publication as a book of record and ref ersnce for the entire baseball world The book gives a complete review of the American LeaRua'S f,,l season as a major league; complete rec qrus ana averages of the American
 League 1904 race and players; q enorts to secure 1904 post-season
 worlds championship series d synop- sis of all remarkable American League pitching feats, and also of all of the noteworthy games of the 1904 season; ana geenral review of all matters af- fecting the American League during
 the whole of 1904 up to date of publi- cation. In this section Is also given a
 review of the remarkable batting ca
 reer of the worlds greatest player, Lajoie. The illustrations comprise DOT
 tralts of President Johnson, Somers, Collins and Grifhths; of Players Lajoie, keeler, Chesbro and Dougherty and | specially designed group pictures of all the American teams of 1904. It may be justly said that these illustrati tions | alone are worth more than the modest price of the volume.
 The National League race of 1904 is also fully treated, and exhaustive av- erages of the National League players | are furnished, together with portraits
 of Presidents Pulliam and Hermann, Players Wagner and McGinnity. and specially designed group pictures of all 1904 National League teams in the or der in which they finished. The minor league field has also been more ex- haustively covered than ever before, and the records and averages of no less than twenty-two minor leagues are
 given in full, together with group pie
 lures of the champion team of each league.
 In addition to the above, there is a great deal of general information con tained in special articles-namely, the chronology of 1904 the prospectus for
 1905 and the league roster for 1905, which gives the makeup of all leagues, both major and minor. now in the field. A record of all major inter-league games of 1904 is also furnished. The work of that great minor league body. | the National Association, and of the | Joint Playing Rules Convention is also | detailed. The Guide also contains the
 new uniform Playing Rule Code for | 1905 and the 1905 championship sched-
 ules of the American League and Ma l tional League. In short, everything of | interest or value either for record or | reference will be found within the coV- CTS of this great book