The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
With the Players of Dixie

that's too far back to talk about The fact is the Crackers won and the PsIs finished third: And ..facts is facts. !" w ss. shs rs.s nsys to Ess,ss th,5y the Vols or the Pretssis or ths Crack. ers or the Egyptians.
 No donbt there is something In the hs xh,s. aS0s spss Rlsysas na ess sSos is%s E not where thy bisssst' trouble lies lies. cha Ths goSd n dsms; Fortune ha,n's some Of the other ciubs. en-up team at critical periods in the or ha re. hss ssa: sssn Like ss fUuSs S NsD fS1 the American League. the Pellcans have been able to keep their whole team intact only q short time each
 But. let that rule hold good this sea preparing to be about fifty. per cent stronger than the other clubs. Maybe hodoo that has hung over Us since the good year 1sos.--New Orleans Item.
 Atlanta Journal.
 Two members of the Atlanta ball ceived in battle and are out of the game for few more days at least. The two valiant warriors to fall by the wayside this early in the diamond @ @wnrfare are Dick Rohn and Ginger Rohn cut a digit on his right hand several weeks ago and since then it has insisted every few days on split times. Just before the game Serins is one of its favorite members for part. Ing company with itself and yaWnina like deep cavity on . mountain side. One afternoon when 1t looked like an | ocean gate Rnhn want rf 4n s,ea f<,a and got the cut filled with sand. That did not improve things.
 1T he had used cement matters might apparent to the naked eye. as society rules rules re1yre him to keep his hurts ", wInssrs ter . s.sssnpssl t0 slias on. after. large place minus skin. The injury declines to heal and instead of getting better appears to be on the increase all the time. This has made 1t almost is able to stand still and catch. Any running exertion puts him in pain and makes the skinned surface become ih- I Both men expect to be all right in q few days but just at present they are suffering the inconvenience that comes to all warriors sooner or later.
 George Leidy. who was once a mem. Der of the Atlanta ball club, who fs now
 manager of the team in San Antonio arTived In town Wednesday afternoon Leidy came to see about signing UT
 sastain to play first bose for sai
 BilI smith thinks well of Bas.ain put is wiling to let him go for 2 make the trip. And says he does no, care to play in Texas.
 Bastsin has an iiea that the place ls not healthy. and for that reason 1 All this talk about going to Texas and dying is . nnistake,s says Leldy when he played ball for Atlanta.
 The population of the town is increas. ing wonderfully all the time The neeitnfulness of the place Is what is to Atlsnta and meet W with Smith sslai anu Bastatn. He was somewhat disap- pointed over his failure to get Bastain | Expect Great seasen.
 Shnss Ss ss ss ssaso sspsGs:S fnS to a Cleveland scribe with the team. The man who uses the splitter" ex- tensively is making preparations to ana sariy i Sa ms 1sins Sassei s6
 Last season he had a bad start
 Early In the year things did not break well. He contributed to his own de- feat on a couple of occasions by held Ing. but later tn the year more than l atoned by his sterling work In the box. If he had done as well before July { as he did after that date he would have had Q high ratins in the | Liebhardt has a "spit' bali that is classy. He also has curves and his desire to use them has more than once | paved the way to defeat. Hie friends have urged him to stick. to the moist and he Is convinced their advice is | good.
 He has developed slow bsil that Is something 6ew He doesn't know | lust what to call it. The Ball is a serni-fast one and combines the "spit- | ter. and the "hoater." Liebhardt can make tt break In one direction, and | with q little practice hopes to make tt l 70 either way.--New. Orleans States. | After q Dead One.
 | This Is the season of the year when
 the air is filled with rumors of all kinds, Just ct present. local fans are busy trying to figure ont who is slat- ca for the tin can. and who will re-
 main on the team when the season opens. It is difficuit prob bIem to l dope Otlt Many thfhHa snav hanrYau