The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-15
Opening Game on the
 Local Grounds. THE STRUGGLE BEGINS TODAY Montgomery and Nashville Teams
 Will Clash at the Park. Introductory Ceremonies VIII Include an Automobile Parade fin Which Managers, Players and Fans
 VIII Participate.

The opening game of the 1907 season on the local grounds will be played this afternoon when Johnny Dobbs's bunch of Dobbers stack up against Ma larky's crew for the first of a series of four games.
 The local fans will be seen in action for the first time this afternoon by the local fans in a championship game. The team has been seen in the exhibi- tion games and again by telegraph in the four games in Atlanta. but today they will be seen against one of the teams that they have got to fight dur Ing the coming season In the champion ship struggle. That the team lost all four of the games in Atlanta is no excuse for opening up the anvil chorus this early In the season-and by the same token 1t Is no reason that the team is going to continue to lose all summer One swallow does not make summer. True, there have been no swallows or summers either. so far the weather man having let loose on refrigerated article that, to say the least, Is no tconducive to good base ball
 There are 136 games of baseball to be played yet before the finish of the Southern League season In September and with the material that Malarky has rounded up the chances are that he will win lots more than he will lose. Big Walker, who pitched such a brilliant game against Rube Zellar Monday. will probably work for Ma larky today, with Johnny Dugan, who shut Birmingham out on the opening day, will be on the firing line for Dobbs There will be new man on first today. Ratchford playing that bag in place of Elsey, while Wye will play short in place of Sweeny. Ma larky says that he will not release Charlie Elsey until he finds out that Ratchford Is all that he should be: Sweeny was released in Atlanta and did not return to Montgomery with the team, returning to his home in New York
 Dobbs has the fastest outfit that ever represented Nashville since Newt Fish CT had Abatchio and the team that won the pennant there several years ago, and the locals will have to go some to beat them out.
 An Automobile Parade.
 The opening today Will be marked by an automob bile parade. the Aulomu- bile Club of Montgomery having kind ly consented to take part in the open Ing exercises. The parade will be formed at the office of the Montgomery Light Company at 2:30 D. m, and af- ter going over the principal streets of the city will proceed to the grounds. The first automobile will be handled by President J M Kennedy of the Automobile Club and in his machine he will have President Chambers of the Montgomery Baseball Club ana Managers Dobbs of Nashville and Ma laTky of Montgomery. The next nFe machines will have the members of the Montgomery brass band. consisting of fourteen men, while following that will be machines with the Nashville team Next will come machines holding the bunch that Montgomery fans are pin ming their faith to this summer-Ma- larky's team-the directors of the club in automobiles completing the line. The game will be called at 3:30 o'clock, and between the innings the band will play-it Is hoped paeons of victory in- stead of dlrges.