The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-27
Hns OutfeId Problem.

It is one thing to try and dope out what a baseball manager Is going to do in the spring, and 1t Is another to hit it right.
 What looks good to one man may look entirely different to another
 The public may like the looks of one ball player. and yet the manager with a well seasoned eye may see things in an entirely different nsht. He may be able to look into tne eo fI. playing so fast in the spring Will be hetter able to last through the summer than the cold weather performer' o,sor
 But there are often things so clear to the human eye that the wayfarer. though a fool, may understand.
 So. taking that as being correct; M predictions as to what Is going to come with the Atlanta club.
 In the first place, 1t Is dollars ana pennies that Bill smith IS no not nD,u gIiuns the ae last days of the cutting down period
 He is going to hang onto them just as long as he can In order to see "n"
 At third he has a problem in Hess
 Both men are playing the best sort of bail. Both are hitting and both arc felding well. They are throwing good to first and running, bases.
 So, what can a man do in case "A At short it would seem Newton. right now has, the call on the 3on;; for
 Three men have been tried our TOT ton. Hale Is out, and Kirkpatrick has a bad ankle. It was unfortunate that he should have met with an accident just at a time when he was sty,e eeins
 The injury Is temporary but 1t has given the other man plenty, of time to make great inroads into the nearts I of the fans who have seen him work Kirkpatrick, however. has not lost his chances on the job and will be back in the game pretty soon.
 At second there Is no argument.
 That place seems to belong to Otto
 At first Dick Rohn. the human cali ope, will most likely be founS on a, aae
 In the outheld there is more trouble for the man who has to make the pick:
 In fact. that Is where the haroest work seems to be.
 Rayless, Moran and Hem. there IS no easy thing 10 say who shall go and
 Kenn has been unfortunate in hay ing the grippe ever since he arrived
 But he has stuck game'y game est tS ms man p1S could do under the circumstances.
 Bayless has decided the question Of his staying. - .,, in the field and on the paths. With such ability as he has snown. Bayless cinched a job in the outheld.
 That he will stick there Is no doubt but 1t is likely that he will be chang- ed to one of the other stations In the
 Moran is playing the best sort of ball He has been hitting like a house aflre, has been running bases like a deer and fielding accurately.
 So Moran Is going to be looked on A lot of times before anyone telIs him to pack bis trunk and go to some
 'Ce George ' Winters took strangle hold on a job in the ouheld about ten years ago, and has never loosened his grip. , .o
 me fourth man on the field works Is Jesse Becker.
 In good health there Is not better man fin the Southern association.
 Fis health now Is acting admirably and Jess Is going to be hard propo- sition when It comes to busting him. Becker Is one of the most consistent players Atlanta has ever had. There are no more conscientious men in the game for he does the best he can every day in the year and never
 Ali of these things are renembered about him and go to making the weed ing out process that much more dit- hoult