The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25

seen in Macon uniform from now on.
 Manager smith has ,,., turned Sr1 e!,d RolSn iSn consideration was Is not known. Do Ion should make Macon a good Aaan. Hesis a good hitter. but like the old for him to work the kinks of the pre- ceding winter out of his system.-At- lanta Constitution.
 Another week or oftraining passes and finds the Mobile Southern Leaguers with stronger muscle and quicker eye. Their constant exercise has already produced good results and by the time the first official indicator begins to shoot joy and misery into the hearts of local fandom. we should come in for a majority of the former If systematic work. pluck and energy counts for anything in the national game. Yes, the Seagulls are hard at work on the grassy lot and they are doing things.
 Their several exhibitions with the Maps and close association with the vis- itors on the field have taught the locals many tricks of the trade which will no doubt aid them In their coming fight CT lot of players and made good with the Mobile people Local fans appre. ctated their coming here and many will be disappointed should they fail to report for practice again next spring. / Among the latest arrivals on the several seasons with Gulfport in the Cotton States. Holland Is a big fel- low and handles the willow with a vengeance. One of his first stunts this the fence. Such performances are not | slow in fngratiating one in the hearts | of the fans. for who does not, love a
 Should Miller make good with the Naps-he certainly must have the goods to be bounced upon by a major league in SO short time-his loss will be hard to replace. but judging from the better pitching staff than the Seagulls this season Is the one we have to beat Scraps" Hickman. who Is coaching Marion has has nc not get EGep0rted but up in form. Bittroh. a new conner, | showed up well in his try-out against the Maps. His splitter" was working fine and puzzled the Cleveland swat 'e7Thht0sKH; Ths Showing made by Mobiles 2 Ditch CTS against the Maps Is fiattering for hatsmen in the American League. There was every reason to anticipate that they would slam the ball all over the lot, but they didn't. They barely outhit the locals. and at no time dur ing the exhibitions was there much of a swatfest. The scores were close and despite the fact that errors were fre- quent it speaks we'll for the locals.
 The majors elsewhere in Southern fields have administered severe drub- pings to clubs in this circuit-Atlanta, Memphis and New Orleans. The Reds at Atlanta have disheartehed several of Billy Smiths pitchers: the Athlet- ics at New Orleans have circled the bases frequently during contests in that city, and Charley Babb's men have received theirs on the turtle back" Of course. one can hardly get a line as to the relative strength of teams in these performances. but new ertheless it Is encouraging to local fans to know that we didn't get ours
 Should Manager Reed succeed in landing Catcher Blue from the Ath- letics. whose experience and ability would put the locals on still frmer footing in the pennant race. our re- ceiving department would be gilt-edg Jack Hardly Is an old head. a good catcher and has been considered good batsman. This spring he has shown that he still has his eye on the ball.
 The felders and infielders are speedy. Fast plays have been pulled off with regularity by them and later on, when they have had reasonable time to get conditioned. or at least refover from their soreness the fans may see many surprises Mobile Register.