The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
McCANN IN TOWN
HE TELLS WHY MULI.ANEY sUs-
 PENDED HIM
Oufaelder Visits President Amerine of Montgomery and Explains An Incident fihat Occurred in
 New Orleans.

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 When the early morning Louisville and Nashville train from New Orleans pulled into the rai-shed yeserday morning, Mike MCann. one of the links
 of the hardest hitting, fastest out
 fields in the Southern League. dropped out of one of the Pullman cars.
 Well. this looks gooG to 4me, and feels more like home than it has at any time since I left old Commerce street last August" he said to Fred Rdolphi.
 as he was warmly greeted by that ca terer when he blew In at his old place
 for breakfest The hard hitting right
 fielder is a general favorite in Mont-
 gomery and ne was given a warm wei
 come by his friends. After breakfast
 he started up town and went at once to the office of President Amerine. where he received another warm well come
 "MmIlaney suspended me unjustly. Mir. Amerine," said McCann, and the facts of the case are like this: We had already played the three games with the New Orleans team, but we had an of day and postponed game was owing to Charlie Frank. The last of the scheduled games was Wednes- day, and that night Mullaney told all Of us that N did not intend to play the postponed $ ~le the next day even if the President of the League himself. Hshould order him to do so.
 We were not to leave for Memphis until Thursday night, and when Mulla- ney told us at supper Wednesday night that he did not intend to play the game tho next day, I went out with several of my friends after supper, and think ing that there would not be game the next day, did not report at the ball grounds. All the same there was a game next day and Bert Maxwell played my position out in right field. when Muiianey got back to the hotel after the game, he suspended me and he and the team left for Memphis with out me-
 ident of the local Association, mot long ago I learned all about that af- fair, and I want to tell you right now that you won't lose one cent through the action of Mnllaney, and that you stand as high with the Montgomery As- sociation right now as you did before
 the affair took place"
 In talking of the matter to an Ad- vertiser reporter, McCann said that ne was heartily glad that the tangle was straightened.
 I will certainly be on hand when reporting time comes next spring, he said. "and will give Montgomery the best that I have, just as I have always done T am going home now, as my mother is sick up in Sandusky, but l hope to be back in Montgomery by tne first of January, and will stay here un- til the close of the season next sept ember.'
 sam Apperious. another link in that famous outheld, was with McCann al the union railway station last nignt; and the indications are that tne oIo outfield will be intact during the season
 of 19o7--Fred Houtz in left; sam sam AP, P perious in center. and Mike McCahh III right. Beat 1t if you can.
 That New Orleans series of games during which Mullaney gave McCahh the 23 will never be forgotten by the Montgomery fans. The first game was was TTribhIe in against Cyclone" Bill Phil iips, The Pelicans had started after the countrynan in the second lhnlhs and three punched singles Wlth c,is.'Ih so.le yellow work on the part of the Gimp CTS, put in four runs, two more m the third making the score to .. Tn the fourth inning the rain besan, the
 grounds being already vet from tho oca essary five innings not having Deeh played, Shuster, an umpire Who WAS eH i identaiy "hypnotized" by Charlie Frank ! made them play in spite or Mullahey Four more runs had been scored on 1 field ankle deep in mud. when. m tht | eighth inning. Brieteinstein, who wa | playing second, went out. followed bN | TrIbble who did the same. Houtz wal hit by tho ball and got to second or | Bill Hausen's drive to right sam 40 perious punched one to left filling thS I | out of the question. McCann smashed one to right and Hcutz scored. Mul'a' ney hitting safe and Hausen scoring | They were getting next to Bill Phil, | Iins then and Shuster promptly called | the game. Under the rules the two l Montgomery runs were eliminated and | the score reverted to the end of the seventh, when 1t was 10 to 0;
 It rained Monday. Tuesday Bert Maxwell won his game by score of l to 3. five hits being made off him and | seven off Manuel. Mullanev was put l Cam played first, Guitteres catching | his first game for Montgomery that day. John Malarky was in on Wed nesday against Cy Watt The Climbers other in the second. while the Pelicans 1 had got in two runs in the second . l The knot remained tied until the hrst half of the sixteenth. when Mike Mo Cam led off with single and started on a steal of second. It was pretty dark but Sinister called him saft and Jakey Atz, who was playing short, and had covered the bag. rushed oyer and of the game. Perry dumped bunt that Watt threw to Brouthers on third but McCann slid into the bag safe, scoring on Red Murch's drive. Busch bunted but Watt got 1t in time to throw Perry put at the plate, Murch gettins to third and Busch to first. Then the double steal was worked, Red tallying made @ the score [ to ? in favor of Mont gomeFy, and the Pelicans began playing l for darkness Busch started to third but Brouthers made no effort to pu; him out and Hwhen Heine started across the diamond the Pelican crew simply held the ball and waited. Then Shus- ter called the game back to the end off the fifteenth when the score was 7 and 2.
 This was the last game McCahn play ed in as he was suspended the next night and the result showed how he
 was missed.
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