The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24
THIRTEEN MEN
 ON THE LIST Ryan's Team IS Fast Assuming Shape. SOME GOOD PLAYERS SECURED Catcher and First Baseman Just
 Landed for Next Year. Four OutAelders, Three Inhelders, Four Pitchers and Two Catchers Now
 Sure-Second Baseman or
 Short Badly Needed.
SOME GOOD PLAYERS SECURED

While Jimmy Ryan is not making much noise about his plans Tor next gether an aggregation that the fans of Montgomery and the Southern League will pass judgment on next
 News was received yesterday morn ing that he has landed a catcher and first baseman. Messit and Hackett. Hackett has been playing in the Chi cago City League, and while he is nothing Is known as to his averages, as the Chicago City League was not in organized ball.
 puseio meSs''t clab Sh0wea in the the % 1so5 Western League. when. in fifty eight games. he was 218 times at bat. seventeen runs sixty hits. one sacrifice hit, four .275. In fielding, he had In -fifty-eigh games 159 putouts. forty-one assists, ten errors and a fielding average of .952:-ten errors out of 200 chances IS Portland in the Pacific Coast League. but as a result of the California dis aster of that year no official records
 The signing of Hackett means not only that Moose Baxter is going, but gives color to the story that deal is on between the local club and Mike edly wants good first baseman, and he would have to hunt a long time before he fiends one that will fill the bill better than the Moose.
 need of a fast. hard-hitting infielder to be used at short or second base, and it is question if anywhere in the country they can locate better man than tn at same Rockenfield. If Rock enfield is landed and played at sec ond. as seems to be the opinion now that he will be. the question of three bases will be settled-Perry on third, dnId at and Hack att f first. .......
 This will leave the position of short open for Ryan to fill, or If Rockenfield is put at short. Ryan will have to get
 The signing of Messit makes. with Jack Robinson. drafted from Macon, two catchers for Ryan's club so far, Nashville club. whereby they give Ar chic Persons for Seabaugh. The re- cent deal by which Seabaugh had been returned to the. Chicago. club, which. in turn. traded him to Nashville, was turned down by the National Commis- sion. and Seabaugh was turned back to Montgomery.
 The hitch about the Persons deal, when Montgomery got the player from Nashville last summer. Is remembered, Mike Finn putting in claim for him which Judge Kavanaugh upheld. Now player. and. in order that there may not be any complications, Persons is turned over to Montgomery in ex- change for Seabaugh.
 . They are both corking good men. and it is a toss-up as, to who got the best of the deal. Persons is rattling good soutfielder. hard hitter and fast, Rfss Sns the Dat and S needed a catcher, and Montgomery needed a ght-fieider-and the trade was cinched. Besides Persons has long wanted to come to Montgomery. ha and Perry having hean SChO0l- mates.
 The matter of center and right field is question; There IS much of Fred Houtz. but if they do, they will lose one of the fastest men in the business, though there is change of Daily taking his place. Ryan will flelders with him.. and there is still the chance and the hope that Sam Apperious. one of the fastest men in the business. will be back in the 1908 outfield.
 From all this it looks as if Noah Henline and Phil Nadeau have slim chance of being with Montgomery next the outfielders in the South and the Memphis club would jump at the chance of getting him.
 As to pitchers, the only ones in Ross Helm. Weems bids fair to be one of the stars of this league next year but there is hardly any probability that Helm will be on Ryan's pitching staff. Then ther are the two pitchers who have been drafted and with couple of pitchers that Ryan says he will bring to Montgomery with him there will be six pitchers that Ryan will have to begin the spring work.
 Malarky was traded to Macon for the draft money that was to be paid them for Pepee and Robinson. the Montgomery club, getting a substan- tial bonus to boot.
 Pepee belongs to Montgomery but he will scarcely he able to fill the shoes of Neal Ball. and 1t Is up to Ryan to get either a fast shortstop or second baSeman.
 As matters stand now Ryan has thirteen men sure. and strings out for several others. There are four out fielders, Houtz, Henline, Nadeau and Persons three infielders. Perry. Pepee and Hackett four pitchers. Weems, Helm and the two who have been drafted, and two catchers, Messitt and Do