The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
SOME STOLEN DOPE


 March on which contracts can be sent to players drafted. when the contract did not reach him and was not siened on or before March 1, Wood. run was seemingly at liberty to sign with any club. and Birmingham wanted him and he wanted to come here
 There Is probably something un- known to Manager Vaughn which caus. ed the award to be made as it was, and so the big manager Is not complaining
 II IS believed that Woodruff would nave made good here and many fans were anxious to see him with a Baron uniform .-- Birmin gham Age-Herald.
 "Mugsy'' McGraw's Conduct.
 To crown his rowdy conduct in Nationai League team in E greater disre- 2 thing were possible. John J. McGraw. in sns opS bSes by seest gsw of his henchmen last night deliber- ately insulted Thomas shibe one of the lean League club. in the lobby of the St. Charles Hotel and got away with the insult because policeman refused
 MT shiSe was eonHersinE wa.Rest ae saAo1s atS ons or two newspaper men and killing eims Irior tS sqinK to the dep1t and Athietics Sccraw c'H"a approacSed Sn the the party and accused shibe of telling Harry TIthili, the bottle holder for used vulgar language on the ball field Thgrsday's Happenings with MoGraw sive. His language was such that spector, of Police Whitaker. who hap to and 10 asked e to aprs:t Ds ss MecraU%p Upeaed and end the flow of disgracefui language sIns wh,eh N Mceraw 1sS;. was using in ths RIss: made his appearance about this time. vandervoort informed Shibe that he would have to make out an afidayit Graw was leaving town within an hour and q warrant in the morning wous would sady sya rsms nssns in Ns% h in order to bring McGraw before the police court. vandervoort said the pc by Mr., Shibe as he had to leave town at o'clock last night with the Phil
 But New orleans is rid of Mugsy McGraw and his hoodlum gang. and 1t will be many years before such a
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 Sad Fate of Baseball Players.
 Everybody owns compassion for the poor old widow who winters in a wea- ther beaten cottage with a frozen hy- drant in the yard. In February our heart bleeds for the ill-clad waif who gleans coal along the tracks, with the temperature at zero. But all have fail- ing baseball player. Consider his mar tyrdom and weep.
 Clad only in fur overcoat and $s0 worth of snug clothes. he must brave the rigors of the village grocery store. with its seething red not stove. In Ina avail himself of the delightful ride from the depot in bus with the bat bag in his lap. In winter flesh creeps on him remorselessly until his contour is like that of other human beings. In summer he would have the delight of toying with new table d'hote just about the time his stoman<l got used to one. Instead of the ringing swat of the dollar league ball, which makes his fingers jingle with a delicious sem naught but the mournful depressing swish of the soft snowoall as 1t mush- rooms on the celluuloid collar of the rural swain who doubts his batting average.
 There Is an awful discomfort of liv- ing at home instead of the celestial luxuriousness of an upper berth. There is the distasteful task of calling on his best girl or of getting acquainted with his family. How much worse this is his loved ones Then there is the hard ship of getting up when he feels like 1t instead of when the manager feels like 1t.
 An. the crushing nopelessness of a ball players life in winter deserves the heartfelt sympathy of every one. It Is a wonder how he keeps tody and soul together until the first violet breaks through the soil at the Southern train- ing camp.--Pittsburg Press.