The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Montgomery Alderman Writes.

ever DuTlelt.
 Montgomery Alderman Writes.
 J. J. Sullivan, an alderman of the Mont gomery council who attended Thursdays game here has written to President Kavanaugh in regard to the affair The letter as reproduced in the Advertiser con- tains several erroneous statements The letter states that Buckley rushed to the gate, and otherwise intimates that he was excited The truth is that the umpire calmly walked to the gate and opened it, and through the entire affair showed less excitement than anybody Tn the park.
 The letter further states that the re- port that Durrett threw his bat at Buck ley is false Of course no one positively knows what Durretts intentions were when he lot the bat slip rather forcibly from his hands. It may have been that he was trying his aim on a pebble near where Buckley was standing, or it may be that he was taking a calisthenic drill with the bat. when it accidentally went from his fingers.
 It is certain. however, that the bat went with more than ordinary speed in the dl- rection of his umps, and that 1t finally struck with crash against the grand stand.
 In his concluding paragraph, Mir. Sulli- van defends Durrett as follows:
 Under such circumstances, can you blame him for losing his head, when de- csion after decision rank as dead horse were made against his team, throwing them to the bad in spite of his efforts to win out in a game in jus tice theirs?
 The poetical slmie applied to Buckley s decisions, while strong historically. does not make his rulings untrue or partial. The umpire had not given Montgomery the worst of it in the decisions.
 Buckley's umpiring in all the cities in which he has yet appeared has been fa- vorably commented upon. The Montgom- cry scrbes. who have never seen him work, condemn him. It sounds decidedly inconsistent.
 The following from the Journal needs no explanations:
 There are no hard feelings of course. Oh, no! But it wouldn't be safe to stand his umps against wall and tell every body that felt like taking a shot to blaze away--that is. safe for his umps.
 The Nashville Americans opinion is typical of the neutral cities:
 Instead of ten days. President Kava- naugh should give Ike Durrett two months. Such baseball managers care nothing for the success of the sport. They are merely working for themselves.
 'Is MT, Durrett trying to rule as Czar ? If so. the clubs had better withdraw and let this would-be boss do the dic- tating for a while. To say the least. the Montgomery manager is bad. The city is deserving of a better man."
 Buckley Goes to Nashville. Umpire Buckley left last night for Nashville, where he will officiate in the series there with Montgomery. After the games in Nashville, Buckley goes to Montgomery. where he umpires the games with Birmingham. With Durrett out of the game and there will be any further serious trouble. President Kavanaughs action Is awaited with interest, but 1t is said that he will withhold final judgment until he completes a thorough investigation. The Coal Barons left last night for At lanta, where they hope to annex the ma jority of the series of four games. They play in Montgomery Friday, Saturday. Monday and Tuesday. and then go to Shreveport and the other western cities for four games in each place. Note the following from the Montgom- cry Journal:
 Tt might have been worse,' say the optimistic fans each time. They are emi-