The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-19
PROSPECTS
 IN MEMPHIS
BABE THINKS HIS TEAM WILL BE
 A FAST ONE,
Expects Seven Pitchers, Four Old and Three New Ones--Carey on First, Cooley at Second, Nichols At
 Short and Babb At Third,

Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 1S.-(Special) ) With but one outfielder to sign and in local harness for several years Charles Babb, the youngest manager Memphis has ever had, may be regard date in gathering bail tossers for the 1905 season.
 Babb has signed Artful Arthur Good 1905 teams He believes he will ex- perlence little trouble in securing sig natures for another seasons work Farmer" James Brown and, other vet erans of past Memphis teams st least those he cares to enlist. Criss. a Tex as slabmal, with a highly favored reputation earned ,cn Independent dia- monds in the Lone Star State has been signed and will report to the who pitched for st. Joe last season is another prospective slabman and Sid ney I,y Eckstone, a young Greenvllle. Ms sissippian Is sttl another dependence on whom, early slab work at least will be placed.
 With Goodwin, suggs. Brown. Stock look on during the early season Manager Babb expects to select a corps of four pitchers to work throughout
 The Memphis infield and outfield
 i underRo complete. transforma- tion. First base. which has been all que, Berry Werden. Lew Whistler. Jack Law and other veterans will be looked after. most likely by George Carey, a major and minor lea9uer who came into prominence ten years ago as member of Ned Hanlon's famous Bal timore ori"les; rarey has not accept gument tween them Is considered of such an insignificant nature that
 Dick Cooley will be at second base in place of Lou Walters, the occupant Sr sTs ths as pastf fatSS MS g b tt. b efforts were not at all pleasing at times to local fanatics especially in a field Rssns Ps egd S% oase waSFs snnng to cooey %ag T Th4
 erefore be one of the. most popular moves by Mana9iger Babb. 5,bh. At short heralded as a hard hitter, fast field CT and a steady, sober ambitious. in- dustrlous ball player. who has pleas
 Manager Babb who has been play years ago. will side step to third for the Memphiii, the same position he occupied when a member of Charley
 The outfield Is almost complete. Daniel Raiey. like Nichols and Cooley, a Marylander, has been signed and Dungan will remain on the Pacific Coast he says. He has bought sever al orange tees, grooped them into a grove, Purchased steam laundry, a home and Is doing finely In other business ventures having been sup piled with plenty of the financial goods from his exemplary habits spent on the diamond for twenty-five years past.
 The latest addition 10 Babb's out field is Buck 'Thiel, Thiel is q wei field run and hit. He was with Omaha last season. fielded faiTly 5,cS yell ,tt threw out torttX-ahFTt t,7a rest off an outfieider and aii smashed at a 27O clip.
 Memphis has fire chief who is a fan nn old time player anu still able to 5''i catch a good gme of ball. Nceis Sullican. who was appointed chief of the fire department last week, played many ,1i ,as with the old Memphis Athletic Club team. Prior to ct that he was a dS 4be jnder endent clashes on dia- monds in AFkans2wSa Was aIWays MIss,IsiPpi beaGd a9d riatter and fanatics are happy at hay fng him at the head of the force.