The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-26
Contracts Will Be Signed Without
 Trouble, However.
Just How Climber Aggregation Were Treated Last Season by Man.
 agement With Regard to Road TripsH

The trite saying of shrewd old David Harum, "Do others or they'll do you, is being lived up to to the very letter by present-day ball tossers. Of course 1t is natural for everybody to be out for the best of it. but sometimes the limit is showed just notch too Tar and that Is the case at the present
 Every mall that comes to President Chambers at baseball headquarters brings either a plea or in some cases, a demand from the members of last years Climbers for 2 raise in salary, anywhere fom $50 to $25 a month; Nov 1t is possible that there Is not puncn of ball tossers anywhere Tn Dlxie that get better stipends tnan !ne t4csi t9 is nas- sible that the ball players get better treatment in Montgomery than any where else in the Southern League. ken care of both at home and on the road. d case in point during the hot weather of last June
 The regular Pullman on the Louls- vile and Nashville train leaving Mont gomery for the north at night goes on to Cincinnati, and Montgomery passen- gers that take that car here nave to crawl out of their bertns soouS s she she vile. Now there is regular local sleeper from Montgomery to Nashville that is cut out of the train at that place, but last summer this was not the case. On the night that the local team left Montgomery for NasnVlIle last June Road Secretary Bill SticKney, had arranged with Passenger AgenI Bliss of the Louisville and Nashville for a special Pullman out of Mont gomery, and the Climbers made the trip to Nashville as luxurious1y as IT they were miliionaires, or owned most of the stock in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
 On the morning that the bunch start ed from Nashville to drop down 10 Birmingham, the train was unusually crowded in the Nashville station. Ev- ery-coach, Pullman and all. was tlled and people were standing Tn tne aisies 7 of the coaches. The weather was III, tie bit like ones idea of Hades and after taking in the situation Bi!l Stick uey and Jimmy Ryan succeeded In nay ing an extra Pullman put on me train and the triR down 3 to Hirmlnshha@a rbnY man iust lost the three straight games up in Nashville. and the gang was feeIing pretty sore. we'll travel ike cham, -pions whether we are or not sald
 This is just one Instance of the man ner in which the. local ball players arc looked after. and 1t Is doubtful IT men the same consideration. The kicks that have been coming in for the past few weeks in regard to salary boosting are mild. however; an4 h none tIe Gt tnH tima comes around for the 1909 contracts to be signed, the chances are that every one of last years men will come across without a struggle.
 There Is one man on last years team who Is not making any fuss about more money. and that is Spike sHlan- non. As was stated in The Advertiser some days ago the catcher has written to President Chambers that he not only wants to come back to Montgomery, but that he will cut out the habits that proved such a handicap to him last year. Shannon is without doubt about inc hest backstop that ever struck this ieaRue. and with Hub Hart and shan non during the coming season Grem finger will have a catching staff that will be the equal. if not the peer Of l anything in the South.