The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-08
MIKE FINN
 SHOWS CARDS First Line on Travellers
 Squad. LOOKS MIGHTY GOOD ON PAPER Only Three of Last Years Faces
 Back. Clayton Perry on Third, Together With Big Bunch of Newcomers, Makes s.s Little Rock Fans 

had on the cards that Mike Finn had with their faces turned down. Is given by The Arkansas Gazette. and on the face of 1t. the showing looks pretty good. In all there are twenty-four spring offerings from the camp ot Finn. Ten pitchers one southpaw and one amateur; five catchers; five tn- helders (among them Clayton Perry and Bobby Tariton). and four outheld-
 The Gazette has the following aneut
 With the mailing of transportation to- the players yesterday, Manager Finn took the first steps toward assembling tie Rock in the, Southern League for 1909. Next week the battery players will report. and at the beginning of the following week the Travellers will start preparation for the 1909 cam
 While refraining from making. any predictions, Manager Finn is fairly well satisfied with the talent which he
 Little Rock fans will see lot of new faces when the Travellers open the home season here with Mobile, April be back, those being Hart and Buc- hanan, pitchers. and Joe Collins. who will again cavort in the left gar- I den.
 In addition. Pitcher Joe Connolly and Catcher Claude Stark. who started the. season with Little Rock last year. wall | be back this spring.
 Two Veteran Twirlers.
 Bill Hart. who IS to the Southern | League what Cy 2oungIs 10 :hs Airer- | ican, has been one 3f the natnstays df years. Biii probably isn't the speediest pitcher in the league. but his wise old head. his coolness and his serpensihs curves render him invaluable ana oe, for several more seasons In tfe Sunny South.
 As for Buchanan. Manager rinn ex- baseball career during the coming sea- son. "Buck" was pitching great bail in 1907 when he was stricken with appen- aiess and SSmPeedd to bis na 10 pay an ing for the year. Last year he was back on the diamond. but still showed the effects of his long illness Now nc Is in fine physical condition.
 The announcement that Connolly Will be back will be hailed with joy by 10, cal fandom. Joe was the original nara bali. but was so unfortunate that at last the other members of the team began to lose confidence in him and Manager Finn.Teluctantiy let det.nii5. nim sI; 9n the Central League. where he made made good with a vengeance With elun that finished sixth; he won ss1,,da fifteen sa batted asa for tie season. and if the other pitchers come up to expectations 1t Is possible that he may be used in '"e Expect Much From FuIIenwider.
 The colt pitcher from whom the most Is expected, however. Is Philip Fullen- wider, last year with chartSise' tSs youna m ase sfsr is not one of the stars of the Southern League this summer, then some of the wisest propheetts hets, in base, 3as e, that finished fifth in six-club league l FullenwIder was the leading pitcher or the league. He won thirteen games. .765. while that of his club was but | .460. He is only 20 years old and is student at the University of North
 A seasoned twirler who should be of great value to the team Is Roy loren. who two years ago was with Baltimore in the Eastern League. lie IS now now that he is In better condition than ever Another promising twirler is Charles | Hayerhili club of the New England League. He won twenty-two and lost 1 sixteen games,
 | A former big leaguer is H. l.. Comp ton. a pitcher whom Little Rock pur- chased from Youngstown in the Ohio and Pennsylvania League and who , two Browns. Jimmy McAleer sent the youngster to Youngstown. which is Jimmy's home. There he ranked third twelve and losing five games. which his club finished with a percentage of .49s. Heine Steiger. a southpaw, who was with the champion Springfield team in | the Three-I League last year. is an l other youngster upon whom Manager Finn is banking heavily to build up his twirling stan. Steiger was purchasso the Southern Michigan League tWo years ago, but was sold to Springfield without being given trial: Ills record with Springfield was twenty-one won and fifteen lost. a percentage of .6SJ.
 Pat Folbre. whom Little Rock took from Hot Springs last year and then | farmed out to Oklahoma City. in the Western Association, will also be back | Tn the Western Association Folbre wop twenty-two James and lost ten.
 erable reputation as a pitcher with the Clark, (Mo.). Independents last wear will also be given a try-out.
 | Five Catchers Signed. 1 Besides the veteran Jack OConnor. who will act as assistant manager and have charge of the team on the field, four catchers have been signed by the 1 Travellers One of these is Claude Starke, who made a great hit with the local fans in 1907. and who was sent to the Three-I Legaue last year at his
 The most promising of the new back stops is Joseph Casey. last year with Hartford. in the Connecticut League. where he hit .273 and fielded .986. He Is recommended by the veteran Tom my Dowd. last year manager at Hart ford. who declares that Casey will be the best catcher in Dixie this season.
 The other two backstops are w. R . | Woodward. last year w!rn the Win chester (W. va) Independents. and Ed Moves. who comes from the Joplin team of the Western Association.
 At first base Little Rock will have Robert Tarieton. who finished last SC, son with New Orleans. In the sixteen games which he played w:ta oa the t,.s I:li- East Liverpool. In the ohio and Pam sylvania League last year. he Lated .a16 and led the league In stole n
 KnhI 6 Former Big LeaKu.r.
 For the position of custodian of the second sack there will be a fight be- tween Nick Kahl. who was secured trom Columbus in the American Asso- citation, and Joe Burg, last year with Burlington, In the Iowa State League Kahl two years ago was with Cleve~
 Al third will be Clayton Perry. last year admittedly the best third sacker in the South. He was purchased hv Detroit before the close of the season was sent back to little Rock
 James Cockman, who last year held down the third sack for Toronto in the Eastern league. has also been sign a thorough trial. It is scarcely like | iv that he will be able to beat Perry out. but he may land in some other DO sItion.
 with Holyoke, in the Connecticut Boucher was drafted by the Boston l Americans at the close of last season