The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-14
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 I world looks. like cue of the rousta- bouts that do things when one of the l Alabama River boats land at the Mont age baseball manipniator. The most stfingent rules have. been framed up by the National Commission and the National Association for the govern mcnt of the leagues that belong to or- To th1 baseball managers and pres idents that might be somewhat ernbaf. rassed ey Aarrying out the spirit BIT ~,s,aa snd are like a cream pun-jnst about as the -strtcts rules Is the one against in this Sountry of ours have farms 50 big that the people over at Grand Junction would be delighted te get 10 hold their field trials on; Down in this Dixie League these "understand- ings" with the big league clubs have been in force for some years, and the mysterious way In which certain clubs in the Ksvanaugh domain can get hold ute they are needed is admirable, to The favorite plan Is, for one of the the Southern clubs as . training camp have an arrangement like. that with Clark Grinith when the, Old Fox was CTS. Grifith is now at the head of the Cincinnati outfit in the National League and it remains to be seen what will happen. Smith used to set bunch Neal Ball was sold by the local club to the Highland Chieftain the only thing that kept Grifith from turning was the fact that the former Mont gomery shortstop proved to be one Of the fastest neE that ever broke into the big leagues
 a~lG alr Ia nNYA has had this arrangement with Comis- key of the White Sox, Jakey Atz. George RoheE .Dundon and others being the result of the understanding. Down in Mobile George Reed don't seem to be in on that-but he will get there in time, and as to Montgomery-well Montgomery won't be hurt. Up in Nashville Bill Bernhard. the old Nap his way, and if he never got anything else out of the Cleveland club he did rattling good day's work last year
 Right now there appears to be . lot more scheming with tho Nashville and Cleveland clubs as parties of the first part and Bill Armour of the Toledo club as a runner up. Just listen to this and try and figure 1t all out. Dau- bert on first base for the Volunteers last season hit like good fellow 'sss. S Nothing officiai has been s starts ed, but it won't be a surprise to see Daubert go to Cleveland.
 A year or so ago Pete Lister went turned over by Lajoie to Toledo. Down in New Orleans Charlie Frank has an- other ex-Cleveland man. George Mil, and the deal thatsis under way now New Orleans for George NH. Whether Frank will agree to this or not will come out later, but that foxy Dutch man seeHIs to be as strong with the Cleveland " White Sox.
 Bill Armour has the promise" of a first sacker in Jake Daubert-and we hard sends him to Lajoie who will turn him over to Toledo if he can't use him. Tie landing of Daubert but Armour wants a shortstop to. re. place Jap" Barbeau who has been yanked up to the big league. It may turn out that Armour will take a Daubert and send Lister down to the Pelicans in return for NH.
 Lister did not show so well with Nashville year or SO ago but as soon Dobbs-who was at the head of the Nashville bunch then-Saw what a huge blunder he had made. for Lister be altogether satisfed with his pres- ent arrangement for first base-last year after Moose Baxter left Mont gOmery Frank put nm on nrSp m N0W Orleans. Then Dexter beat the Moose out of the job and when Bill Phillips, carried most of his East Liverpool to New. Orleans Bobby Tarleton beat both Sof them out of the sack.
 Lister however, will be pretty sure to go to New Orleans if Frank will make the Mil deal. and if Armour don't get Daubert he still has Hickman Cleveland is 1nakingSa regard to their Toledo farm-and it now looks like the New Orleans farm, tools the landing by Charlie Frank of Charlie Pruitt.
 Pruitt was in 1906 and 1907 on the pitching stan of the New York Amer leans and last year Cleveland got him in exchange for Jake Thielman. Pruitt was then sent to Toledo with the customary string attached. At the end of the American League season he was yanked back to Cleveland, and now he is .'sold" to the New Orleans Club. Pruitt@ was drafted by McAleef of the St. Louis Browns in 1906. but was sent straight from St. Louis to St Paul of the American Association and after a years work there was drafted by Boston.
 There is a world of scheming going on now among the clubs down in this league and when the big fellows ask for waivers in a few weeks the scrarn- ble will be something fierce. Perry's place has got to be filled at third base, but the local club is pretty well fixed in this line as they have the prom isG" of one or two good youngsters from certain big league clubs.