The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-06
WANT DAYS DELAY
MEMPHIS WANTS OPENING GAME
 P0STPONED.
The Opening Date Falls on Memphis's Big Primary Date-Memphis
 IndeId Is Now Se- leefed.

Memphis, Tenn, April 5-- Special. )--- If consent of the clubs in the south ern League circuit can be gained, the t postposed one % day. The % date oririnaie % ly agreed on by the schedule calls for the inaugural championship clash here April Is with Little Rock as the op- position, but as the warmest political battle within recent months Is booked to be pulled off on that afternoon with the polls opening at 4 o'clock, the same hour set for the call of time at tne has oaai & grounds, oh ta there IS sentiment hesieged Manager Babb and Secretary Mccullough with requests to postpone the opening until Thursday. April Is ed. and if consent of the Little Rock officials and a ma Jority in the circuit can be gained. the Memphii and Tray elers will not strip for action until twenty-four hours after the other clubs get in action.
 Rapid strides have been made by the local athletes during the past week. underfoot has enabled Manager @ % Babb to dabble in abundance of diamond practice. The inside points of the game have been taken up with the re- drilled in the method pursued by the local manager successfully enough for the past two seasons to land the team in second place at the wind up.
 There is believed to be more promis- ing material in local ranks this year than in any season since Manager Babb took hold. Noting the manner in clubs are spending money in gather ing star minor league talent, Mana. ger Rabb obtained consent ot the To. cal financial bosses and secured the country for available material.
 The result Is that the Memphii will start with more matured players than In former years, when such green Nicholis. George suggs, Glen Liebhardt and others, appeared among the un- knowns on the line up.
 Random has already placed the stamp of approval on the ma ajority of the players The ten inning game against the Detroit American League squad, which ended only when the great bat with tn first clean hit for his side in the final round, has done much towards making firm friends for Babbs' brigade. games against the Chicago Worlds Champions. The pitchers in Schwenck Savidge, Garrity. Chappelle5 have prov ed that they are destined to permanent jobs. Charley Shields, the left handed native of list seasons line up, has not rounded to and kinks in his arm will probably cause him to take things easy for three weeks yet
 The regular line up has almost set tied itself except for sudden surprises always possible in baseball. Owens and Ott will do the early catching. OLeary. who has been used as an um- pire. has been touched with aches in his throwing arm, but the work of this backstop in Rock Island last year, when he caught all but ten games for the pennant winning aggregation of the Three League, Is enough for Man ager Babb to bank on and in the event of Hurlburt not donning the clothes of activity. oLeary and Owens are probab bly, tabled for regular mitt and mask duty.
 The infeld has developed into it's normal appearance by the release of Redmond to Vicksburg and now ap- pears like this: Carey, Babb. Cranston and Vogel.
 Manager Babb has returned to the contest He has stimulated the players with his presence and the good show ing in the last series against the worlds best team from Chicago and the next best from Detroit, was in way attributed to his cheers and words of encouragement whispered and hol- lered to his inheld and outfield com- rades.
 The exhibition season ends here with games the latter part of this week with Milwaukee's American Associa> tion outfit