The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14

Things are brightening up in the camp of the Climbers with a speed that would make any of the starters in to- days Carter Handicap fade away
 To begin with it looks like good bet that big Stackpole will be in good shape to work against Roaring Rip Reagan or whenever Daddy Vaughn sends to the hill-for his people tomor- row. Just before ths last cooi snap, Spike shannon. the room mate or the big pitcher. left a window open near the bed. The thermometer was thought less enough to take drop too much time rolled around next morning. StackpoIe felt like somebody had been hitting him on the shoulder with 2 J0-inch plank: The warm sunshine or the last two days. however, has almost knocked out the one touch of rheumat- ism that makes the whole world groan.' and from the way things are framing themselves up now. Stackoplei will be in fine shape to start the hot battle to- morrow. If he Is not, though, Ryan can have the pick of some of- the best pitchers in the Southern League Thomas, Van Anda, Helm. Weems and the two southpaws. Crystal and Mer-
 So the manager of the Climbers will not be in a hole In regard toths ~ piseH- sen- en the man feeling the best VIII start something.
 Another streak of sunshine is the fact that the chances are that DE s Ed Greminger will be all right and at TOT the battle tomorrow. Ever since he turned his ankle in one of the Chicago practice games few weeks ago, the hard hitting third sacker has been what the writers of dime novels label ''horsXdu combat" This means lot of things, but the last syllable-the bat part-is the one that takes a the have put at least three of these big league games on she right side of the ledger for the Climbers. and that lustV stick of Greminger' 's-but what's the
 Perry has been putting up great game at third during the absence or the big fellow S but he is plsgingt gtbat sScf fhe infield is not evenly balanced when he Is not just to the right of Joe Pepee- though Eddie Hassett is making aS good an understudy for him, as Del | Howard does for Frank Chance at nrst
 With Moose Baxter on first. Perry or on third, the Hon. Mir. Vaughn and his band of Barons from Bad Birmingham will have to go pretty fast to locate | hole in that infeld.
 Messit to do the receiving-and eith- | CT one will open the eyes of the Vaughanites and the constituents tha
 In the outheld. Archie Persons is feeling better than he has since com ing South-for some weeks he has beer l full of rheumatism but with the pluct | that is characteristic of the man, h' | has never once complained of 1t. No body knew anything about 1t and thert has been some criticism Of the forn that he has been showing in hil work-He is all right now though. anC in the game tomorrow the local ran! will see the same speed in the nelo on the paths and hard hitting tha
 they saw in the Persons of two year ago-2nd the fans know just what tha
 For his pals in the lots, he has Hen
 line and Jimmy Ryan, and if there l
 anything in this league that Is as sWif as this trio of gardeners it will hay
 everything else in the league tied t
 the post.
 Taken as a whole Ryan's outfit LOOK
 mighty good-and this opinion win b
 most Unanimously shared by the Birm
 ingham people about o'clock tomor
 row afternoon.