The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
.HAUSEN IS BOUGHT
CATCHER WITH A RECORD FOR
 THE CLIMHERs.
He gx Secured From St. Louis and Has Already Arrived in Montgom- ery--Line Ups For Game
 This Afternoon.

William Hausen, fast, hardhlttlhs catcher who was bought from the St. Louis National League Club. reached Montgomery yesterday morning anu makes the already fast backstop de rartment of the Climbers Just apout tns swiftest thing Of me kind III |HS Two wears ago Hauseu was. one Of the catchers for the Salt Lake Clly
 team in the Pacific Naslonaaia aiari Eessuc i-es, or- ganized the Pacific National n isV5'
 At the close of the season or l9vZ, J: Marshall; secretary or t,9id the Foreasne hacamse President Lucas had made the manager of the Portland team, Sam Vtgnue, pay fine for disorderIy conduct; me an outlaw concern that was giving or ganized baseball lot of trouble Mar Shall proved traitor. Lucass league fought the outlaw concern on tne Gohss tss. ano went over to those people taxing Portland and Seattle to the outlaws.
 When the 1904 season was approach ing Spokane. Butte and Salt Lake were the only towns left of the original Pacific Nationals but by hard work Mo Closky and Lucas got Boise C1ty III line and started the season with toni clubs. McCloskey managing the Boise
 Hausens record that year was magnificent one In 12S games ne had 509 times at bat, eighty-nlne runs. loz hits, tWentY-SlX LWODdBStTS, SIX haggers, eight home runs, nine nits, twenty two stolen bases and a batting
 verage of SIS. In fielding he played twenty,one more games than any otnI the backstop department In S4i chances. 656 putouts and 1SS assists, he had thirty-two errors and fielding
 In 1905 McCloskey went to the North western league, taking Hausen with him, he and Lucas having organized that lesgue with v,a1Sria won the pennant for the first haII or the season ending July 10th; Then Spokane won the pennant Tor tne sec ond half, ending September 10th. Ever ett finally winning after hot fight with Spokane.
 Hausen's record with Vancouver that year vas Sts samss as0 rns eight two-baggers, five three -baggers, two home runs. two stolen bases and a batting average of 2s3. Tn fielding he had five errors m 210 chances, 165 put cuts and forty-five assists, with only our 9assed balls in twe"-.
 games.
 there a better judge of ball player than John J. McCloskey. He proved that thirteen years ago when he man aged the Montgomery team of 1s9S wiids of Indian Territory and flashing him as the most glittering star that the
 baseball Armament had seen in a de, cade. At the end of the 1905 campaigr LeaguerA were hopelessly going dowr
 hill, and President Robinson was look ing around for manager to succeed Nichols. When his eye lighted ,, or Is now the manager of the Cardinals Mac had kept his eye on Hausei
 ever since he left the old Pacific Na tionals and after the Northwesterl | campaie-p Mac manager to take Iausei 1 to St. Louis with him.
 l Before the St. Louis team started fo their training quarters in Dallas, th' 1 Montgomery management began tn correspondence about Hausen, but | was not until a few days ago in Dalla that McCloskey closed the deal an' sold Hausen to Montgomery, St. Loul l having their old backstops.
 This is why Hausen is a member O the Climbers catching department fo
 1906 and if anything in the leasu up yet. Hausen will catch his frs game this afternoon. His work a ! practice yesterday morning showed tn l good condition he is in.
 Thompson playing his first game a
 short and Wallace playing his frs game in right field. The balance o Manager Mack will put his regular | in the field for the last time in Mont
 Memphis His lineup will be: Hart
 sell left field; Lord ,.s center as1t bsle tieie | seybold, right field; Murphy, secon base; Cross, shortstop; Schreck, catch CT. Coakley and Waddell, pitchers.
 Monday morning the ladies' seaso l tickets will be put on sales. Tner will be only 1000 of them put out thi | season, and the demand promises to b | heavy. Last season the demand was l great deal heavier than the supply. Good Wishes for Mack.
 l When Manager Mack leaves Mont l fbe hest wishes of the hundreds o l friends that he and his great ball tear | have made here. If wishes would i