The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-16
DRAFTING PLAYERS
THE CLASS A. SEASON CLOSED
 LAST NIGHT.
slontgomery Club WHI stand Pat on What It Has--WaIting to Hear from, MF.
 AupersOn.

When the clocks chimed out the
 magic hour of midnight last night. the
 drafting season of the Class A cups l1l
 fessional Baseball Clubs had expired
 And. by the same token, at one minute after 12 the drafting season or tne last until December 18th when one
 minute after midnight of that night
 Class ''C'' clubs will have their inning for one month,
 terday. i've have not drafted q single
 man. and will stand pat on the hand that we already hold"
 In the meantime. everything IS , a.
 complete standstill until the arrival here of President R. D. Apperson Q,
 the Montgomery Traction Company. and
 the local Baseball Association IS as much in the dark as to the tuture us
 any fan in Montgomery.
 It looks as If the future of baseball
 has resolved itself into an afnrmatlve or negative word from President Apper son, as there seems to be q pro.oase- ball element and an anti-baseball ele-
 ment in the Montgomery Traction Com pany.
 ming of baseball season to say that
 the prospects are brilliant" How ever, 1t may be truthfuiiy said tnalI the outlook for local baseball for l9OI I been known since this city has had professional ball. The team is virtually all ready to begin the season and ln
 every dspartment iT ,aoS ls aooye 1jtebsns yne nu staff and catching departments are made up of tried material that Is known 1 to be fast. With this gratifying state of affairs it would be more than pity ] if a dash of cold water Is thrown on I the hopes of the local fans by the ac~ | tion of the Montgomery Traction Com, pany in declining to finance the local 1 club as 1t has done fof several years. So, then. upon the views of President Apperson of the Traction Company. depends the fufute of local Dasepaii' 1 lots of money. and the present Base ball Association will not take tne re- 1 sponsibiilty of furnishing the wherc. l withal without which q baseball ciuo | cannot be even started. to say notnipg of being run in the hereafter. First | and foremost there is the guarantee money to be paid intG the cnffers or tne
 Southern League Then tnere IS .ne se | local team. together with bats. masks. | balls and equipment in general win the inevitable advance money demann- ! ed by nearly every ball player. lhsn ,
 bought for some twenty ball players | from different points of this country
 to Montgomery. Then--but It taxes I lot of money 10 start ball club. 1 Now, when a corporation. such as | inc Montgomery Traction Company. IS | behind a baseball club. It's revenue comes from the street raliWdE Iai Ia, Ss' | even if money is lost on. the operation | of the ball club. And the 10 cents ot ! the people going to and returning from 1 the games are more than apt 10 make the corporation quit winner on tne
 deal X private company. on the con. | frary which does not have the benent of inc car fares, but has to pay. the
 expenses of the ball club. stands
 prety bad show of even making ex- 1 penses, unless the club plays excep- | fionaIly fast ball and stands one, two' | three during the entire season l This. then, is the condition ot local baseball. 1t Is up to the Montgomery 1 Traciion Company.