The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06
APPERIOUS SIGNS
BOY IS TO PLAY WITH
 DURRETr.
Holland King Arrived and All of the New Ones to he fin Game
 TAlIs Afternoon.


 When Sam Apperious attached his signature to a Montgomery contract yesterday morning it gave Durrett an outfield that has all the marks of be- ing a swift proposition. At the same time 1t rounds out a list Of twenty-two men that virtually assures an aggre- gation for the 1906 Climbers that will put the local fans in a blissfully char itable frame of mind towards the world at large.
 sam Apperious is a Montgomery boy. one with a reputation in the world Of baseball He first attracted attention when a member of the Georgetown College team, the Catholic college near Washington. For some time he caught for that team and proved to be the best backstop that the college ever had. He led the team in batting, and 1t was his hitting that won for them the hard est fought game they ever had, one against the crack Princeton baseball team.
 After leaving college Apparious went to the Vermont league and his brill" 1 iant work in the outfield both at the bat and in the field attracted the att | tention of managers or the National and American leagues from whom he | has had the most enticing offers.
 For long time both President Amer inc of the local Association and Mana
 
 power of persuasion they could muster to induce Apperious to sign local contract Sunday night. for the first time he virtually agreed to sign, but he ] did not actually sign the contract until just before he went out to practice with the team yesterday morning | Besides being unusually popular in Montgomery he Is a hard. consistent hitter, fast fielder and swift, heady | baserunuer
 Holland, the big fellow from Clem- son college, reached the city at II o'clock yesterday morning. and last night King, the man Bob Gilke tried so hard to land, got in. Holland will De 1 remembered as being the big, speedy halfback on the Clemson college foot ball team several years ago, when they played the Cumberland team in Mont i gomery. He proved then that he Is about as speedy and aggressive as one cares to see. On the baseball team at Clemson he has always played an in field position third base. and had the reputation of being fast fielder and baserunner and terrific hitter. Last summer he played fifteen games against some of the South Atlantic teams and batted something like $50 This will be his first season in league company and he will be tried out In the outfieId:
 During the 1904 season King played with Greenville in the Cotton States League while Hahn was with Vicks- burg and their records almost tailed. In batting Hahn had 446 times at bat, 65 runs. 142 hits, 10 sacrifice hits, 3O stolen bases and batting average Of SIS. King had 413 times at bat three runs 129 hits, three sacrifice hits, 22 stolen bases and batting average or .3l2. In fielding Hahn had log put outs, nine. assists. II errors vt with an outs, S1 assists, 334 chances to Ifahn's 161, 29 errors with an average Of .92l. Ip 1903 they were both in the same league. Cotton States. and King play ing under the name of Kelly led Hahn both in batting and fielding. .,,,, ro,
 Last season King played with Bel western League, and in so games he had S20 times at bat, 90 hits and a bat ting average of PSI; Fifteen Fifteen or hls baggers with 26 stolen bases and 5G runs. In fielding he had 102 put-outs
 10 assists and 12 errors, an average Link stickney played in the same league with Spokane and ,afterward;
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 has signed with Shreveport and vii leave for that place on Me rch 20. Ht' Montgomery friends wish him success Game This Afternoon.
 This afternoon at 3:15 o'clock loCa
 fans will have an opportunity of sizins up Durrett's 1906 squad for the frs
 tine, the first of three games tha , will be played this week to be playe' owing to the fact that Dominiek Mullaney and Hines did not set in las his batting order for this afternoon . MuHaney and Hines will probably ge 5 in this morning and if they do a com plete infield can be put in the game Thornton, who has consented to play l and Hines will play second and shor 9 with Mullaney on first and Perry 0, g second. The outheld will probably. b
 Apperious, King and Holland Nc
 Aces and Smith will do the catchini
 with most of the eight pitchers work ing an inning or so. ha.+,o o-.o will be just as the Regulars in Sat ? Irday's game except that Armbruste
 will lead off in place of Hoffman an,
 Riggs will follow in place of Lord
 Hanifan batting in place of Murphy l Plank. Bender ard Fsnley will do tn s Hing and Red Ehret will umpir , the game.
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