The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-22

uH1plTe, sometimes sporting ~WTlIeT anu
| sometimes manager of pennant win
ming teams dreamed a dream and II
| got in The Sporting News. Mr.. Mat
thews dreamed that he had been chosen
which was all right. for Mr.. Matthews.
except that the Board of Directors of
| the Montgomery Club has so far failed
to make good the dream of Mr.. Mat
l If Mr. Matthews is really going to
manage the Montgomery team. he has
| some information of which the local
| body has been selected as next years
manager. The job is open for some
good man: And 1T is not meant to say
for he. has delivered the goods in a
baseball way In more than one brush
| league. But II has not been proven
that he is able to stack. up against
Frank and Charlie Babb. If any high
| class manager has been scared off be-
| cause of The Sporting Life dream of
sether and renew as ef his s application to
! the Montgomery Club for manage
rial place. The place Dominick Null
laney left Is still yawning and his big
| shoes are still empty.
Star Pitcher Secured.
| 1t Is an open secret that Mullaney Is
| going to manage the Jacksonville Club
on first base Few Of the local fans,
| however, know that Montgomery In
exchange for Muilsney got big W sns;a
1t is hard to believe 1t. but
they say that Walker is a bigger
man physically than Mullaney. Which
the box and literally hand the ball to
the batter. The big fellow has gilt
edged record n the Sand League. He
is considered the Leagues bright par,
| ticular star He is left-hander and
is touted to remain with Montgomery
only one year when he VIII be ripe for
the big leagues
that Montgomery will start off the sea
son with first-class pitching stan
something the club has never done since
Chattanooga's franchise came. this way
| one or two good pitchers and several
false alarms 1t has been baseball his.
tory in Montgomery that couple OF
months has been required to get. to-
gether anything like good pitching
staff and get rid of the near stars that
had been palmed of on the manage
in the standing would be snugly rest.
| ing alongside of Little Rock and the
other trailers. Except for its pitching
staff. the Climbers could always stack
! up Individually against the best In the
| league.
But next season the team starts of
with a bunch of twirlers that has been
partment includes Malarkey. Walsh
Breitenstein. Walker and Burnham
last es Tea was he Went
But 1t was illness and not dead arm
that put him out. He went into the
box several times. this. season, but he
! went to his home In Cullman In the
/ early part of the summer and set tc
work to build himself up. The local
management has word from him that
he has already got back his old physi-
cal strength and that he will be ready
next year to put in his best work
Scouting for a Manager.
MONTGOMERY has only a few holes 10
fill in the team. Notwithstanding the
dream of Mr.. Wilson Maurice Mat
| thews 1t will have to get manager
Then there is a hole to fill on. first
base and a hole to fill on second base
President Amerine is now scouting
for om nnd APPLICANTS a
are under inspection now. but all three
Jobs are open. Red Murch who flled
| out for Montgomery during the last hall
| top piece on the diamonds of the Cot
| ton States League. Gutierrez. the prom
ising young catcher. who jumped into
two suns will. in all probability. &c
back to the old familiar scenes around
the Cotton States circuit. which puts
1t up to the management to get f as
NIT and the pad. T., -
ali in all. probably the fastest In tht
League, is intact. Mccain jumped the
game because of a personal grievasneett
against Mullaney and when the buds
begin to open he will no doubt b
making a tracks apoer IL Mo tht
local man. ana the fastest center gard,
ener in this or any other minor league
Is taking of being tired or pasepall
But he plays the game because he likes
II. and the management feels that wher
the roll is called Anperious will have
had a long rest and be anxious to 1umI
is Certainty in ieft-feld and there i:
not a team in the Southern League but
t that would jump for Joy to get him; .
The fullest thing that can be said OF
the outfield is that the. team manage,
ment would not swap 1t for any othei
outfield in the Lea que with some hun
bred dollars thrown In to boot,
For the first time in four years there
will be no short stops imported to take
kid" Duschs place. For the first TINS
since he came here the bfnedlct WI,
be left in full possession OF his anclen'
place In the short Geld. In every year
at considerable pains and expense, a
half dozen infielders have been import
ed to take the Kids" place and ne
has had to sit back on the bench anc
destiny Local fans shudder when they
think of some Of the Nightmares tna'
came down to take the Kids" jot
away from him. There will be none Of
that in the spring. The Kid is on to
his Job, his name is on the pay. roll
and there won't be any understanding
done on his job. OF course. the Kid
is not a 300 hitter. If he were. and
felding like he does. he would have
been with the big fellows long ago.
There Is no problem at third base
CLAYTON Perry is fast enough for this
place and fast enough for any team In
the League Local fans do not believe
there is, barring Charlie Babb. more
valuable third baseman in the South
ern League.
So much for the baseball situation
developed by the startling visions seen
by Mr.. Wilson Maurice Matthews which
demands a little further treatment
Matthews has Just taken the pennant
in the South Atlantic with the Sa-
vanah team. He had his managerial
dream in Richmond where he went af-
ter the season closed. The Richmond
Times announced that Matthews ad-
mitted that he had been named as
manager of the Montgomery team. Mr.
Matthews was also kind enough to pre-
dict that he was going to win the pen
nant next year for Montgomery, all
of which was copied bv The Sporting