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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
AUBURN TRIP CUT OUT
GREMHN0ER WILL NOT RUN ANY
 CHANGES.
College Grounds Not in Geod Cenai- ton and Big Ed Wants Men in Perfect Trim For Nash
 yflle Series.

By deciding not to go up to Auburn today GreminEers people will have three days to perfect their team play, signals etc.
 1t would have been foolish in the extreme to make the Auburn trip. The bunch is in splendid shape now, and t is the part of wisdom to do every thing to land them in Nashville had gone to Auburn today t would have left them only only two days be- fore the opening of the season. They ran Q big risk of getting somebody hurt up at Auburn. for the ball ths wor,s p as,s It woaisna S I have we ss looked % very nice to go up to Nashville Thurs day with one or two of the men that are depended on crippled. Of course there is the chance of 'sn accident here nothing like the chance of getting somebody hurt with foul tip. run ming bases. etc.
 Greminger and his team win leave here for Nashville Wednesday night inc men except Willis and Krebs who will be kept In shape at home for the four Birmingham games at Capitol Heights next week.. week; Thomas sss.as VIII try the games Friday or Saturday. but Jack Lively will possibly open the game Thursday with Spike shannon catching him. If Bernharde crew beats this combination. they will de- serve ati that they get
 Iast year in Nashville Archie Per sons stole nine bases in the three games, with nine hits out of twelve times up. and he says he feels like he can repeat this week. It 1t is found that the famous dump in right field Is too many for Kerwin, 1t is possible that, Whiteman will play right, hut barring changes, the lineup and bat ting order for Thursday will be:
 Daiy. L. F..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Athleties. Ne.r nan rarsr.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.

Crenshaw County Convention Cen-
 voned at Luverne. Luverne. April 1i.--(Special. )-The Crenshaw County Sunday School Con- vention convened Saturday with the Methodist Church of this place. There was a good number of delegates in attendance from the various Sunday Schools of the county.
 Crenshaw Is one of the banner counties of the State being thoroughly organized for the Sunday School work. Miss Minnie Kennedy. of Opelika. one of the State workers. was here and delivered her lecture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Memphis Wins.

Memphis, Tenn. April 11.-(SpeciaL) ) The Southern Leaguers hit often but could not score until the ninth. when with ont out. Pitcher Keibers double scored enough runs to end It.
 St. Paurs squad split tonight. the under Manager Kelly. the second for Evansville In charge of former mana ger Tim Flood.
 Score: H III. 70. St. Paul. |. ... .. 900 oo1 ooo-1 0 Memphis .. .. e. 900 OO0 002--S II
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
,:- American Opens

the fact thit Greminssr Is making frantic efforts to secure . good twiri- catching. oreminser is on first Rock enfeid ts playing second. Pope is again located at short while Manush ls the thlrd baseman. Jud Daley. Per outfieiders. Thomas and Juui, two twir.ers. will be late In reporting. both making efforts to secure sheepskins. sss As fan. sss SSsans swss tSrDlss Der bsult ouess and Bliss are still on hsno.
 Mobile r..s n1R::: R::.. Most rres't''..
 Mobile. April iO.-.oeorge RseGs Hardy and Blue will do the catching. a be tn. HssRb MsF CT tss sd while Rhoton. senteii and Benson will snd coss sas 0'sn a pss .hs whsa aoDkn' Atlants as Chesty as h Other Year..
 Atlanta. April io.--Thinks look ro- seats to the fans. castleton and Flsh- Hasw.ii. Rsdsbsush and other: should pisying arst Otto Jordan h at sec though S " Hess H might beat him out Sid Smith and McMurray will do the re- ceivinG. Winter. Moran and Bayless will probably be the outfslders. al though Becker has ( chance.
 Fans Jubslant in Mique Finn,s Home.
 Little Rock. April 1o.---The fans here are tubilant, and locally it fs believed that Manager Finn has team strong enough to finish in the first division.
 The infieid consists of Tarieton. first base; BurgI second base; Boucher,
 in the outaeld are Collins. Murdoch and sentz. all 800 hittsrs in fast com
 little Rock has the oldest battery in the worid--Hart pitcher; o'Connor. catcher. Casey is assistant receiver. Connolly. fulenwi and several of last season's stars will be on the mound. M
 Some Doubt But Much Hope at Home.
 In the mind of the fans there is still doubt as to the strength of the Barons Manager Molesworth is satisfed how ever, and the fans are getting wise to the fact that the Barons are stronger than was indicated at first. The catch ing, inneld and outfield departments are strong for q certainty. Dickson. Moore. Ffeharty. Molly and Ford look stronger than the balance of the twirlers, Robinson is coming back some of these days. and Manager Molesworth is keepipg his eye open for still otherA--Birmingham Age-Her- aid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
W7THDlxlE DoPEsTERs
LiIka Good Control.

Twirlers with control of the ball are valuable assets to team batting TOT Speed and curves are of no use unless the pitcher can serve the ball where he wants 1t to go or is asked to place it. team playing behind siaoman can depend on what the mound per former Is going to do. They know what to expect, and consequently In most cases can almost fgnre where the travel. This means lot to the sue cess of q club. Often one pitcher ls given better support than that accord ed anothsr whS is geiiswsd enss go oe smos eaSss
 This is accounted for when the play CTS are working behind pitchers with sas sas aS srratic dsiysry places hs team mates up in the air: They don't know what to expect. The c0nsequence ts the uncertain pitcher is accorded rag sss ssa ap3poGity sappGiTt contests a simest % ersor less games are furnished when a nsady slahman Is at the center Of the
 Often the players and fans win say. .Why, that pitcher has nothing. He has not speed enough to break a pane of glass.,f etc. But while he lacks Psss ana % S.sss. 5s d hss ss sonsro S TRs % result is that when the game is over the man on the firing line with control has earned victory: It is hoped that order to comnand controi of the Saii. with this asset he becomes q valuable adjunct to the club. It also inspires confidence In the players behind him and makes it easier for them to sup port him.-Louisviiie Conrier-JournaI.
 As To Atlanta's Outaela.
 The writer quite. possibly refuses to Whether NJ Becker S or W Moran is the better fielder. though he has had requests Aigsg gs,sssr tss line: Gss ., ths5 .so.,o .,.v ,n good health all of one season he ought to go to the big leagues.
 Last year Moran started out like a flash and looked like another Paskert. ns Ssn ssuyS Ss Ts' bs Ss s o n ss sn S was not again at his best
 He has started off again this year just as he did last and there IS no de- ne has started he win be q big ieaguer before very long. It is . question of Keeping 1t up.
 Becker is the steadisst hardsst- other club never had. His trick con. con. eists in doing his best every second of every minute he is in the game. saS SsS1 a s s.sSs as h9 n ssSin S $ summer and hurts his playing at other times. If Becker could keep In his best physical condition at all times he would be a big leaguer, too for he can both bat and held.
 That's the dope.
 which one Blll Smith will pick nos body knows, perhaps not even Bili himseH Perhaps he will keep them though, that he will keep the better man, for Bill does not make many mistakes in picking players.--Atlanta Georgian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Defeats New Orleans.

New Orleans, La, AprII 1I.~-The Cleveland American League baseball weeks of ante-season practice in Mo- bile and New Orleans, left here to- night for St. Louis. The team defeat ed that of New Orleans here this aft- eruoon by a score of ato 1. .f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
chnmninna Rent HIrh sehool

Saturday afternoon one-sided game of baseball was played between the inc Champtons getting the big end of the score, 9 to 9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
The PeIicanm Present Meat Powerful
 Front,

\ New orleans. April io.--It Is believed that Frank has the strongest team in Stratton will do the catching. Breft- enstsin, Hess, Pruitt, Bartley and Fritz look like the ablest pitching stan in the league Dexter seona Is glsging gsgaIg frss; ,,; probably play short. while Rohe is a tower of strength at third.
 The outfeld Is very able. Weimer, Hueisman and Reagan, formerly of Birmingham and Montgomery, are in inc gardens. The team appears a great hitting and pitching machine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

AlI-over butcher linen. embroidered in round medaIlions which may be cut out and applied separately is an ef- fective trimming for the more hand some afternoon gowns for the warmer seakon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

There is a fad just now for making the color of the hat pins contribute 60 the trimming of the hat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

John l. Taylor. owners Of the Boston Americans. says that his team will fin- ieh one. two. three. That's what they ali say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Kid Knabe is doing 6 bunch of noble cloutlnE for the Philllos in the spring practice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Acquire . Good t1abik
 It may not be your habit now to throw your shoulder back and hold your head erect but when you weas . "Leystein" Suit 1t VIII be.
 'Levystein" Suits are built on broad chested. square shouldersd. manly lines and you simply cannot fall into | care. less attitude when wearing them.
 Acquire a good habit by wearing clothes THAT ADD TO YOUR PERSONALITY. The prices arc reasonable-the values exceptional
 SIS to $35
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Played TIe Game.

Cincinnati. April 1l.--with typical Eastern weather, the Chicago Ameri- can team played the National local team to a tie in an e1even-inning game here this afternoon. The game was marked by spirited playing through out Score: R. H. 10.
 Battsries--Gasper and Mclean; Scott, Smith and Owens Umpire, Truby.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Mike welday has been slugging like A Hend with the Sox, but for all that comiskey will send him back to Mia neapolts. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Memphis Fans HOpefnlD HaRb'n Un-
 known Kauneh.

,r nther years, has & team concerninR uebich little is known. Ludwig and o'Leary Will do the catching. the form : CT having been procured from St. Louis. Tiil play short. Second Is well cared For in the person of Cranston.
 Tine pitchers are Dick. Quiesser. Kei- her sfiieldsf Emerson and, possibly, Wiilis Shields was with the squad Is at season. Keiber did good work m inc south Atlantic. The others are un- Enown to the general public. Baer- waid Is the ablest man In the outfleld. xIoutxomery Writers CIalEaanw the
 Montgomery. April i0,---f<ocal writers and fans pehexe nen.somerY nas the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Memphis, Tenn. April 11.-Memphis. tsouthern), 3; St. Paul (American As- soeiationl, O..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Columbus, O., April 11.-Columbui (American Association), 6; Washing. ton, (American), 5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

CamnitE is showing better form In the early games than any of the other Pirate pitchers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Jap Barbeau is not doing much hit- ting for the Pirates, but his feliing has been good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Larry LAjoie says that he will con tinue to play baseball until he is for ty-two years old. He says that he thinks Jim Mcclure has made great mistake to quit the game regularly. ana that the former Red sox manager will yet find himself in many of the games the Maps are scheduled to play this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Merkle Is batting as we'll as any of the Giants this spring and the unfor- tunate boy looks good 70 overcome his famous error.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Kansas City. Mo. April 1i.-Kansa City. 2; Pittsburg (National), Q.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Manager Bresnahan, of the St I.ouls Cardinals. has sold Pitcher Gaiser to the St. Paul club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

There always has been discussion ns to whether a double play fs made when, on e caught third strike. . haas runner Is thrown out trying to steal. This has been settled this year by thu rule makers. who have decided that a double play shall be scored when two men are put out between the tfine the bali leaves the pitchers hands and the time 1t Is returned to him standing n the box.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Comiskey certainly was beaten out of very promising inhelder when Cross player. last year. This collegisn n has been playing second base In fault less style since Danny Murphy has been on the hospital list. While he he can feii like a whlriwlnd and is . fairly good batter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Toledo, O., April 11.--ToIedo (Ameri. can @ AsSociaNon'' ?; oe'ro'N 'Ameri'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Z Manager Mike Kelly. of st Paul. is pretty we'll satisfied with his ball team. gencies He would like to have the Baum case settled also. If Baum comes to the Saints the pitching stan is complete Gehring. Hall, Leroy.
 -that would be sweet tot of twirt- CTS for any team
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

| Roy Thomas announces that he has
 | President Dreyfuss' permission to stay away from Pittsburg until June 1b. He
 | is coaching the University of Pennsyl- vRnia baseball squad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

It is possible that Bernhard win seni Hub Perdue to the firing line with | Doc Sebaugh catching him. The battle will be interesting, and Jack Higgins will have a pretty interested crowd of rooters at his matinee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Claude Rossman, of the Detroit team, says-that he is not going to let pitchers slip over the first ball on him this year. It was once a rule that was followed by the majority of bafters that the first ball pitched should be passed up. Ciaudius says this doesn't sound reasonable to him any moro and he is going to take the initiative when the season starts and hit out the first time 1t starts for the plate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

mond pitched twelve~innine ganae and smoked a cigarette between each innine. Notwithstanding this viciatson of the rules, he won out. allowing but three or four hits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Jesse Tannehiii is playing in the outfield for the Senators and making good. Tanney figures that his days as s pitcher are about over and is trying to make good in another department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Either Frank Smith or Doe White will have the honor of twiriine the opening game of the season for the sox, against the Tigers. IL may be white, as the teeth extractor always did have the champions bufkaloS0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Nick Altrock is showing his chana- plonship form of 1906 and seems cer- tain of a regular place in the Chicago White Sox pitching stan. The report that Nick was destined to be shipped 10 the minors undoubtedly had a whoiesome effect on the Adenis.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
The Matter of Kissing.

AK IsSING, which has become SO
Nd COMMON 4 thing in this day, was
not done at all in public in nay young
days" said an ancient dame as she wit
messed two Woruen embrace each other
at the Broad street station when they
met and again when they parted and
said "Good-by." q cannot remember
when it first began to be; l only re-
member a time when such a thing
would have been thought unseemly.
Parents were as devoted to their off
spring, at least. as they are now, But
l do not remember kissing or ever be-
ing kissed by either my father OF
mother, though | adored them both,
Except at childrer's parties. wher
we played the game Of pillows and
Keys l never saw kissing. It simply
wasn't the custom Of the people thcn
] suppose it must have been the in.
nuencc of the Puritan ancestry Of Sc
many Of that day. The practise has
crcpt in from Europe, especially from
England, where it is so commonly done
1t doesn't indicate any special fondness
for the person embraced; it is merely q
form of salutation."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
Always Has Visions of Sheriff
Approaching with Writ
of Seizure.
BY HARRY DOANE.

ET takes these quiet men to tear
things up properly. They run along
smoothly and no one thinks that
they have bombs and destruction M
their sleeves until sometime they make
a little gesture and the fireworks are
under way.
Not that Senator William J. Bradley,
of Camden, would ever entertain for a
moment the proposition of dropping ex-
plosives. real n that is. Physical
violence is as foreign TO him as TO an
oyster, W when expounding his views
to the Senate, a pastime in which no
seldom INDUCES. He treads softly as
he goes, but the weight of his foot.
when he puts if down, does not appear
to be materially lishtened by that fact.
As a slayer of pet measures carrying
appropriations which would tend to
make the promoters solid in their coun-
ties he must have enough ghosts of
bills haunting him to make his home in
Camden have tho general appearance
of a kind of filing cabinet for the spirits
of defunct legislation.
But 1t is all done SO decently. There
is new any bloodshed at the slaughter.
The deadness of most bills, when he
gets done with them, is just as com
plete as if he had used an AK, yet the
corpse preserves such a responsibility
of appearance that you might think
it died of govt or some other such
sanctioned complaint.
Ever the %introducers of bills Which
would cost the State money have a
twinge of conscience to think that they
were responsible for so much iniquity,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
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STORIES OFFACT AND FANCY :
tt4t-t9tt

ton to the problem. 1t was a decision
the bitterness of which al only be un-
dcrstood by those forced by circum-
stances to confront it.
He put on his hat and overcoat and
went out of the house, lest the eX-
precision on his telltale c~ountenanco
should betray to his loved ones his
fell intention. While he was traversing
the crowded streets he would consider
the best and least suspicious modes
Of consummating his purpose, If he
could encompass it so that the thing
looked to the world like an accident,
50 much the better. There would then
be no scandal.
As lie stepped from the curb to cross
the street ar automobile, driven by a
reckless j%oy-riding chauffeur, came
tearing around the corner at terrifying
speed.
And the energetic leap which the
would-be suicide made back to the
sidewalk out of harms way was q
caution.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
Senator Bradley's Life Struggle Is
TO Keep Wolf from Jersey Borders
Delicately Kills Every Bill That
DeIves Too Deeply Into
Public Exchequer.

apparently without n thought of
those around him he draws a word pic
ture of the poor suffering State. already
burdened with expenses, struggling &c
get along under the new loads being
imposed. until you begin to have pre-
sentiments of the sheriff suddenly
stepping in and knocking the State
down to the highest bidder.
That is why he has been a member
OF the committee ON appropriations for
three years. and why he is a member
of the special committee to investigate
ways and means of cutting down ex
penses or Increasing State If
there's d way of looping off a%ppropria-
tons Senator Bradley is the one to find
it and find at the same time a kind of
holy joy in saving the money.
Senator Bradley is a mechanical en-
gineer by profession. He began his
political work as member of the Cam
den City Council. He holds the record
for consecutive elections to the AS
sembly from his county, having five
such testimonials to his credit. Twice
he was speaker of the House.
He i~nauguratcd his custom of coming
to the Senate in 1902 and has beer al
it ever since. Once he was president OF
that body.
He has been placed IN more com
mittees than he knows what to dc
with. His latest is this special one or
finance. 1t has not reported yet, but
when it does it is probable hat There
will be evidences that a bit of lead
pipe, well mufIied, has descended will
telling effect upon some of the appro
priations that have eaten holes in thu
State funds.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
At the MOnrners' Bench.

ET RS. S., of New Orleans, has for
AVA many years been faithfully
served by two negro women who, al
though bound by the tie of a COMMON
devotion to their mistress, yet detest
each other cordially. so that the kitchen
is the scene of continuous battle.
Martha. the cook. is a leading light in
the church. At revival meetings she
was always the first to occupy the
Mourners' Bench and the first to shout
"Hallelujah."
Eliza, the maid Of all work, III the
other hand, had always been an UNI
regenerate heather, soothing at religion
jeering at Martha and declaring no
power ON earth could induce her to go
inside a church. Great, therefore, was
Mrs. SIS surprise ON the occasion Of the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
Poetic Justice.

A CERTAIN couple in a New Eng
IA land village, each the parent OF
six children, recently had meted out to
them a kind of poetic Justice in which
they failed to see the poetry.
The a widow, pleading that
she had no home, and was, therefore,
unable to care for her children, induced
the local authorities to admit them TO
an orphan asylum. The man, a wild
over, pleading he had no housekeepers
and, therefore, no one to care for his
children, induced the authorities to adj
NIT his six also. Thereupon, being
freed from all membranes, these two
married. ~
All went well for a few months. when
the authorities, learning of the situ-
alton, promptly dispatched the twelve
children back to their parents, and the
woman, no longer able to represent her.
self as homeless or the nan without a
housekeeper, they were forced to 70.
ceive them.-New York Times. n.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-04
No Growing Glory.

ssTHERE is just one thing I pity a
Chinaman for said the city
salesman. "He is denied that browning
glory of old & a head of nice gray
hair. | have seen a good many Ccles-
tials in my time, and have yet to
see the first really gray queue. Men
who, according to every other indica-
ton, are long past the gray-headed
stage, will sport pigtails as black and
glossy as any youth in Chinatown.
Whether gray hairs have been de-
MED the Chinese by nature or whether
they have been fought off by means
of some secret formula. | cannot find
out. If the Chinese owe their imml-
nifty from sray hair to artiflce they
would do themselves and the public a
good turn by putting their tonic on the
market, for there is many a frosty
headed Caucasian who would pay a
good round sum to keep his locks as