The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-24
NEWS NOTES OF SPORT


Birmingham News.
All managers in the circuit have had
ample time to discover the weak spots
on their teams by this time and some
Of the leaders around the path are be-
ginning to- get rid Of material too
s as s Scr thi Ts than teams Sns
longer than this for any man to show
what he can DO. Charlie Babb has dis.
to star, the League race was a little
shy and he Immediately began get
has decided that he needs some new
sN dns. ao os s has s sh Of A
ianta, after the loss OF Castieton went
out and H. about to get Savidge. The
Nashville and Little Rock clubs have
maze ge1d run oa ana OF .S course f.am nS
while they are going so well. The
Montgomery team has gotten Osteen
since the season began and Ii trying
70 strengthen more Molesworth. OF
weakness OF the Barons lies as well
as anyone in this world. He still has
confidence In his pitchers. and In some
instances thia confidence is not mis-
placed. In others II is MoleswoFth
has eontended all along that Fieharty
was going to make an Al man this
season. but the form sho.wn by this
boy has been contrary TO the expecta-
tions OF the manager. All the man:
ayers know where they are now and
they are going with their eyes open.
The local baseball association was
offered Chic Fraser n the Chicago Ma
Frank Of New Orleans bought this ex-
esg ieagrVsEa the PEscs st4 Re- RaiS f S5
Charlie Ssrss Murp ni Il s2s ghisgao club club
toid local officials that at present Fra
ser had a bad arm bat II he came
around would be . great man for any
s srn c mSSh xxo sieyss sss the Il sG Sao
condition, but with such dope before
at 20 turn loose $1,000 for Chic.
more successful from a Baron viewpoint
than any week gone before. Starting
out Monday the Barons tied q game
with Memphis, and on the following
day double header was played. The
the following day the locals snatched
another victory from Memphis and on
Thursday they won game from Mo-
bile. On Friday they lost nice game
victories and two. defeats. the best yet
made ID single week. After the
game today the Barons meet New Or
leans on Monday Three games down
there and the team win be at home
beginning the fstter part Of next
week the Barons will begin an at home
series which will end June with New
Orleans. They will then hit the road
The passing Of Scoops Carey from
the Southern League will mark the
exit Of what has been one of the coun-
been IN the game for many years and
IL an old big Lacquer. He ls fast plays
ing out and his place will be hiled
by q younger man. Carey during the
s rSSsS tSat he, wasn't ns the player ny
was last season, and his falling of was
noticeable. Carey win most probably
be succeeded by Jake Daubert. who
played with the Nashville club last
season. Carey no doubt will get out
OF the game when he leaves Memphis.
He belongs to the old Breitenstein and
That Nashville club has started in
a stride where it eft of last season
when a rag was won. The other
teams better be watching that coll
lection of talent for 1t certainly II
going some. Nashville IL going TO be
IL the other team In question wants
a pennant. Bernhard has a good coll
lection and the pitchers ere working
fine. Perdue developed INTO one OF the
great asset to Bernhard. The Nash
Vile team is hard to beat at any stage
of the game The boys play like the
dickens and are able to deliver the
goods. Harry Bay Is playing as good
a game as he ever played with Cieve-
land and Is q factor In the winning
Of many games. That Nashville club
is going to be in the fight until the
gong sounds.
Another thing that might be men
toned right here-Mefnphis rs not go
ing to end last in this race. That's
almost certainty. Babb is strengthen
Ing now and he will continue this
until he gets a team that can get up
with the big fellows. Memphis is
going to come out all right unless
many person misses a guess.