The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

practice 1t daily. but they don't know it thoroughly when they leave.
 Huelsman is probably not the sensa- and he may not hit 1900 the first three weeks of the season. but he'll prove more consistent ball player than Rfckert was and will wind up ting average. Huelsman never did drop far below the 1900 mark.-New Orleans Item.
 A. fast diamond and good ball wealth teers Tuesday. and every player took to the practice like a duck does to wa. ter. Four hours were consumed dur. ing the two sessions, morning and af-
 After getting loosened up bit all the infielders took a try at picking up grouQders. In the outer garden Bay, ping flies batted all over the lot by Manager Bernhard. Robertson was stationed at first. East at second. But Ter and Crafts at short and Moves at third. The catchers, seabaugh. Tom neman. Bartlett and Pratt. took turns at the plate. each throwing from this to that bese.
 The pitchers were along the side lines warming up their whips. an infelder wanted the ball. They were lively as so many kittens. every
 single ss sserSt ss ben enoyn dn e, t prstS Bernhard. "They are eating 1t up. " And so they were. for not once. espe- cially In the afternoon. was there any signs of a iet-up. From the time the players took to the field until the stop ping hour arrived, 1t was hustle. hus- the Initial sack. He is very quick actor fielding grounders nicely In pulling in bad throws he's right there. Of course at second Walter East was ing fine Butler was very much in evil dence at short. mailing a number of difficult grounders. Crafts took care of the balls hit to him and threw well go after 'em." said A fan. "IIe's az fast as any man I have seen at the last turn recently" Moves Is a fin- ished player very quick in accepting e grounder and Is unusually fast in get- ting to first.
 It was g lively practice. easily the best the Volunteers have had since re- porting Nashville American.
 New Orleans fans are in dilemma. and a dilemma of the worst kind They can't figure out just now how the Pel- ican team will line up regularly for the will "Appendictis" Dundon be we'll enough to get back fin the game. an| will he be as good as he-was last yea
 Will Gene Demont capture the ular job at second?
 Will Leo Huber or Ed Reagan D. short, or will Demont beat them both out?
 Who will Frank keep as utility man
 VIII Steve Reagan beat out Jack Manning for regular bfrth' In the outfeld?
 Win Breitenstein come> back again and lead the Southern League? V0l1nRer ntfChlTS. cefaiu. Nevenpara @ and Hitchcock. make good, and whom will they replace? /. Will the veteran pitchers, Breiten- stein. Bartley, Fritz, Pruitt and Hess all be kept?
 so many prospective Pelicans corralled and so many of them look good that he has the fans up in the air when 1t comes to picking team.
 The average fan likes to dope out the team early in the season and then l wrangle with someone who believes 1 differently. Then when the season is on the fan likes to tell the other fell low, 'I told you so."
 like silence. and when he Is asked about some certain player making good he says:
 can see just as much of them as I can What do you think?"
 The fan who can pick out the team today that will represent the Crescent City in the initial game will be won- fore the season opens and much can be changed in that time. The youngsters may turn out to be world heaters and the veterans may shSW bn up w has ie ;s Kew orleans fans. They have conf. Hence in c. Frank.-New Orleans Times Democrat.