The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-16
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| s O K TS | Mike Martin. who used to serve as Americans. viii serve in like capacity Nike Nike is a great friesd of clarke. and Fss loss oss with ss0Trssy rsyTrs atsr the
 As. yet the. Highlanders have not found trainer for 1909. Chris csR tSs nnt nsn,ss ,sss Rs sss sssS highly recommended. clune is at long experience. having handled ath- we'll as a number of well known pu- gilists within the past fifteen years Harry ruthill. trainer of the De-
 Tank EsH sGits aSsAs sss White ss lass psehsr name at least dye Basebsii players than can knock smith. block off.s Arthur Devlin, George Moriarity or John Anderson could knock him down up. Yes. and I honestly believe that old Kid Gleason could still take his measure."
 Colonel Pulliam says that outside 1the National League that is) know the least thing about the playing rules ras These" says ss s Puliia1m; 1ns. Iars nr Graw. of the Giants; Tommy Leach. of Pittsburg; Kid Gleason. of Philadel- phia. and Miller Huggins. of Cincin. continued. cont @ Puliiam. ahas M any W more s idea of the rules. than if they were written the fact that the National commis- sion sion so aaise give sllS,oeS to u the cgbs as 2 bonus for winning the pennant;; them ss5.oOo if they would repeat last year, with s5.000 additional for every game won from the Cubs: This snti-bonus clause. The Tigers ridi- cule the circumstance that permits an owner running second, like John T. Brush. giving bonus. while thes owner st sisd f ehampionsAip nine has his hands
 With Rudy Baerwald to look after the right garden and an abundance of material, including some star stick CTS from the minors, eligible to enter the race for vacated positions in left and center fields, Manager Babb is AL peace WlIn AAluHGik over LuG VEQH~ pects for a trio of players who can hustle for flies and heave when the opportunity presents itself for a death on the bases or at the home plate.
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 George C. Sttnson, a heavyweight from the Virginia League, Is among the promising newcomers signed for next season. He played with Rich monds pennant winners in the Vtr- ginia circuit last season and his fifty ave games enabled him % show what him in possession of ss hits for 1ss times at bat,s or grand average of 1888. which represents the ratio of tu.cy ningie every Ss nil third tim time 9P. Ps,,aa youngster. He hangs his hat up when at home in the Monticello Hotel at Monticello, Ga where his relative, c. ". Stinson, caters to-all hungry and
 Stinson Is a left handler when ham, mering from the plate. Ills hits, so eye witnesses have said: travel as low major leaguer's bats.
 His nearest rival for stick supre- macy in old Virginia last season was lars. who finished with .2sO for l15 contests.
 Stinson made twenty-six runs in his he erpes on bSs three s we he accepted 106 chances, an even hum dred flies or liners being gobbied up
 He weighs 1se odd pounds and stands almost six feet tall when en- cased in his spiked shoes. With stin- son, Wagner from Decatur, H.; Soul East Liverpool, Ohio and the Baer- wald "Bearcat" to look after the out field Manager Babb pretends to care not now soon the fray begins.-Mem. phis Commercial-Appe
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 It Is rlmored around Camp Conis- key that the Old Roman had at last heard from Fielder Jones. and that the White Sox manager, while again declaring that he would not come back to the fold. was willing to cor even come fin from the coast next month for 8 confernce. It Is hinted that Comiskey will offer Jones the fattest sum anybody ever showed the timber merchant--namely, S15,0O0 cash--to come back, and this offer, 1t Is believed, will sway him nightly.
 If Bresnahan is worth s15,000~I from the Cardinals-Jones should be worth at least the same.
 Robbie Tarleton has lost out in his efforts to be declared a free agent, retary Farrell of the National Asso- ciation. MT FarrelPs first ruling was that Tarleton was free in so far as East Liverpool was concerned. but he followed this with another letter ex- plaining that his sale to New Orleans September 5 cancelled the East Liver pool contract, and that title to his