The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
The NashriIle Team.

Something is known about the prob.
 able makeup, of every team in tht
 New Orleans and Shreveport, botf
 Charlie Frank and Bob Gilks making a
 clam ashamed of himself.
 Mike Finn has finally opened up fin
 Nashville and yesterdays American
 Flight are in the list and they are:
 Mosher. infielder; Keller, first base
 Wells. catcher; Albert Kopp. shortstop;
 George Gillpatrick, pitcher; J. B
 Geyer, pitcher, and William Speas, out fielder.
 They are all new to the Southern League save one-Wiley Dunham-who pitched for Memphis, New Orleans and Birmingham in past years: Gillpatrick
 the South, he coming from the majors For the past several seasons he has not
 been actively engaged on the diamond His last appearance with with Spokane in the spring of 1905. With this team he pitched but six games, winning five. Because of the cold weather his arm failed him and he was forced to quit Just now he Is engaged in the laundry city during the winter that Manager Finn had talk with Gillpatrick rela- tive to breaking back into the game. Glllpatrick Is confident of making good after the long rest and Mir. Finn has decided to bring him South for a trial during the spring season. The warm WedIHeTp IL IS DelleVeQ, VIII penenL the veteran considerably and if he can get on his stride again he will be hard to beat.
 The apple of Finn's eye is Geyer. according to Mike. You can put 1t down in your little book that he will deliver the goods" said the manager. He's big husky chap with a great did control. On the field he gets around in splendid style and can smash 'em a bit
 Geyer halls from Pittsburg, Last artists in the Independent League in Ohio. Mike saw him in harness several times and his pitching left such a good impression on the local mogul that he at once opened negotiations for his services.
 Wiley Durham was on of the shelf all last season. When the south-- ern League began Charlie Frank had him under contract. When Frank went to New Orleans he took Durham along, but illness prevented the big the fall of 1904 Charlie Frank farmed him out to Birmingham. where he pitched great ball, winning about thir- teen games out of sixteen. Durham been benefited a great deal by the rest of last season and thinks he will make good hereabouts the coming season.
 These three men Manager Finn has ough opportunity to show their worth before letting them out. The others he does not know so much about. Mosher was with Buffalo short while during the fall of last year. He play ed on the infeld. His record is not known down here Mention has al- ready been made of Keller in these columns. He Is q first baseman and was recommended by Barney Druyfus He played with Youngstown, O., in 1905. Mir. Finn, first got line on him during the summer when he tried to sign him for the Toledo club after Cal houn, the regular first baseman of the Mud Hens, had jumped to the out laws.
 Wells and Spears are practically new beginners, having. played in the City League at Toledo during the past cam paign. MT. Finn watched them work several times. He is not so sure as to another years experience in the small CT leagues he thinks both will be ready for faster company. Kopp Is a short stop and was signed by Finn on the of Catcher Reisinger.
 Besides Gillpatrick. Durham and Geyer, Nashville has Herman. Ely, Kar- ger and Duggan under contract for the slab department. Bohannon. lansing and Reisinger are the infielders, while in the outskirts it is almost a sure thing that Wiseman and Norcom will be back. And these do not complete the list by any means, Manager Finn is doing some tall figuring just now for several other players, and when says he'll be ready to begin work in the nannapt