The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-10
Will Soon Leave for
 Spring Training.
No Club to Use Montgomery Grounds This Year---Giauts Going to Cai- ifornia, White sox to
 Mexico.

 Cbicago White Sox of the American League will take an even longer Jour- ney going to the City of Mexico, put that will bc some weeks later than the Giants.
 In the American League. Texas and Georgia will have three teams eacn, the same States having two ot the Ma- tional League teams. The money spent in getting the big league teams i,,s will come pretty close to five figures. On the lowest estimate, twenty.nve men will be brought South by eacn oI the sixteen teams. That means tia' 400 men will be brought altogether, and figuring on the lowest estimate or S100 per man, the entire roundup VIII average s4,000. Last year, Connie Mack's Atnietlcs did their spring training here in Mont gomery, but this year Malarky IS op. posed to the idea of permitting any oi the big league teams using the ioca, grounds. He goes on the theory thal by letting a big league team train m Montgomery. his own team is crowded out and scarcely gets any time to go any practice work. Several of the big league teams will play exhibition games In Montgomery, but so Tar sne only dates that have been filled are with the New York Giants on April l. This Is where the Southern League teams have the advantage or the pig league teams as all the training or
  their own lots with very little expense;
 The contracts of all the local ball tossers are being sent 10 them rom hcadquarters, and it is expected most of them will be returned signed with in the next few days. Clayton Perry gets & good increase in his salary, promise to that effect having been made at the end of last season. It IS thought most of the contracts VIII have been received by the end Of next week.
 StuItz With Jacksonville
 George Stultz, who was with Mont. gomery during the seasons - or lgoSkt ysSk sonville team this season. Speaking or Mullaney. a Jacksonville paper says;
 "J. Dominick Mullaney. the man who has been assigned to preside over the destfnies of the Jacksonville baseball club for the season of 1907, arrived In town this morning, looking the picture of health. and just as handsome as ever; 'Mull's" arrival has been expected ana announced for many days. Secretary Burbridge said this morning that he knew the next snow storm In bouls vile would turn the pig one tniS way, and right he was.
 :" Null was accompanied to breakfast by a reporter of The Metropolis. and while partaking of the choice viands discoursed food for the fans that will be relished as much as a hot meal by a frozen tramp. The Jacksonville manager hasn't said much in advance | of his coming but 1t only takes five minutes to convince vince ySn Ie. tnat nee,na ne aaS Null says he doesn't know what the other fellows have landed for this sea Son, and 1t is not worrying him bit for he is confident he has bunch that :go some and keep in the running with any team in the league.
 Who have you signed up, MullT asked the scribe.
 Fred Beach. catcher, who comes from EIlwood, Ind. He has been play ing independent ball in the West and Is a very promising player. Beach will al- "CIiff Thomas is an infelder from Sa- "Hankie an infielder from Chicago. He played last season with Decatur,
 .'Tommie McMullin. who plays an in- field position. and was with the Tech College of Atlanta last season, and one who is touted as able to deliver the "Allison, an infieiMor, comes from Bowling Green. Ky. and has been play ing independent baseball.
 Moore is another inflelder. who comes from Los Angeles, Cal, This fel- low says Null was recommended to me by Van Haltren as being one of the hest minor league infiolders he has
 "Jimmy Kuhn, who has played in the Cotton States and Southern Leagues. will play for Null this year. Kuhn
 "pelaware Del Willis and Pete Baker will be retained from last year. They are
 Among the new ones is StuItz. who comes from the Southern League. and was with Mullaney last year while he managed the Montgomery, Ala. club. Summers Is a southpaw. who halls from the City of Chicago. He has been siders him find He is youngster, | only 20 years of age.
 "Baniatte comes from Bloomington, III He played last season with inde- pendent teams in tho West.
 Walters. Long and Viola will con-- stitute a trio of gardeners hard to beat Walters halls from Louis vile, and last season played with De-
 U pominIck Mullaney, besides doing , managerial duties, will perch at first base and direct his athletes from that position. Null needs no introduction He Is ball player-thats all!
 Hankie and Kuhn will fight it out for second base Allison and McMillan will do battle for shortstop's place, and Moore and Thomas will contest for third base.
 "Mullaney has been given the right to issue the official programs this sea- son, and they will be something en- tirely new and a souvenir that every one VIII WAnl duu OIir tbSl W Si DSNS will want to keep He will begin work on the programs at once. Null has a few original ideas of his own that will be incorporated in the programs; and are sure to catch the fans. He will also have work started at once on the ball grounds"
 The organization of baseoall league is still hanging. fire, says d
 Rome exchange. but the indications; n;
 are encouraging. Rome fans are still iookinp for a manager for the Rome
 team that wants to got In the league
 but up to last night had not succeeded
 The following from a Gadsden paper
 will probably be read with interest
 by local fans:
 reached by parties in the several cit to organize a baseball league, put It
 Is probable a meeting will be held by the promoters of the scheme within
 the next few days in this city to per
 feet the organization.
 ''Clay Leath owner of the local ball
 park who was at the head or the asso- ciation here last season. states that no
 Is in correspondence with represen la tives of a number of other towns who desire to be admitted to the league,
 and he thinks that there Is every az,
 surance that the proposed league will be a success.
 "It is likely six teams will be in cludcd in the organization. which will be known as the Georgia Alabama Tennessee league, The cities under con Q sidcration are: Gadsden. Anniston, Tal- ladepa Rome. Dalton and Chattano0- ga This number may he increased so as tO include Knoxville and Sel-