The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-02
WTTHDlXIE DOPES7ERS
Birmingham Dope.


Dyed In the-wool Atlanta baseball
fans who visit Birmingham are not
tickled to death over. the showing of
the Atlanta team so far. There H.
disposition among these fans to praise
the team but at the same time to quail
ify by saying that Our men are COM
ers." The fact is that they will have
to be Corners" over there to do any
good for SO far this season the team
has not showed as world-beaters. Cas-.
Teton and Tom Fisher can't win ali
the games. In fact, Fisher IL only
800 pitcher. He usually wins about
half his games and 1t is unreasonable
10 expect him to do better this season.
Castleton, OF course, Is the best twirler
in the league, while Sid Smith. t1as the
call on all league backstops. Atlanta
may have a pennant-winner, but SO far
the team has not SHOWN pennant-win-
ming proclivities.
Nashville Tennesseean, interviewed the
youngsters of Connie Mack. the same
bunch that so badly trouneed the Ba-
ronk, and these youngsters say that
this season. All this makes US laugh.
The Barons played against the Ath-
letics and not a single man was In any
kind of condition. The majority of the
ty-four hours. The Athletics mad been
playing Mobile, Montgomery and New
Orleans. all of which had had three
times as much work as birmingham.
and because Birmingham failed to show
what the other fellows did, the young
sters hastily arrive at the conclusion
that the Barons can't play: Well, let
the boys talk. Let the other fellows
ening will be all the sadder when. 1t
does come, for the Barons nre going
to make a showing this season If q
willing spirit, fast base-running. good
hitting and good fielding can do 1T. You
inst watch this,
Rudy schwenk, the German brewer,
formerly Babb's iron man and star
pitcher Of last season, has ,, dSs: .ss, the
mourning. fBabb has collected a great
infield in Carey, Cranston, Babb and
Lindsey, .bul his outfeld and pitching
stan are rlnknoWn auantities' Gnarisy
pitching staff and he can be depended
on. Whether or not the others will do
remains to be seen. Howeyer Babb
has a faculty for picking up young
and he may turn the trick again this
year. Sufffre Il to say that II he doesn't
have them. at the beginning he will
News from New Orleans is to the
effect that Gene Demont IS. setting the
woods afire around secon! base The
old Baron Is wonder at the second
anyone else has anything on Gene at
this position and there Is not another
man in the Southern League today who
Is In Genes ella IS as a base-runner. The
fans are watching to see what place
Gene will make on the Pelican infield.
Frank lucky as usual. reached
his zenith of good fortune when he
picked up Dsmontreviile just at the
surgeons knife. 49,
There are but Just a bit over two
more weeks before the season opens.
will crack the season over
In Atlanta and ny that time the Barons
will be going some. Watch Atlanta
howl II the Barons get the series.
The Utility King.
The greatest utility baseball player
In the world wants to Join the Atlanta
baseball team-or so he says.
His name Is Frank oakley, better
known as Slfvers, and his greatest
claim to distinction lies in the fact
that he is the only baseball player IN
the world who can play every position
on the diamond. Including the umpire,
and the policeman, at one and the same
time.
Siivers has written Billy Smith, ask
Ing for a chance to play with the At
lafita team In an exhibition game. and
he IL SO serious about II that Billy is
thinking Of allowing the great clown,
appearing rat the Orpheum this week
a chance to show his ability In real
game.
playing baseball game-one every
during all that time he has not had a
baseball in hts hand. but he swears by
all that is good that he can play real
baseball; that he has played real base