The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18
 MEMPHII
 TRAINING Manager Babb Insists on Early Hours. CLASSY ARRAY OF MATERIAL Few Changes in lnfield Are Con-
 templated. Much is Expected From New Pitchers Signed-Exibition Games With Big Lesguers BeEiss
 Next saturday.

Memphis Tenn. Mch. l7-Besuty
 sleep has been prescribed by Manager Babb for the good of the 1909 Memphii.
 The local leader is firm believer in the old policy that early to bed and
 early to rise makes baseball players
 as well as other. men quite healthy
 and wise. Therefore during, the pre-
 pionship csnps.sn " starts s in r"' earnest
 the fourteen Turtles to be selected
 from squad of over twenty training
 each night for II D. ID. beds.
 The exhibition season starts Saturday
 next with the Boston Americans play
 ing series; The Worlds Champion
 with Saturday and Sunday game.
 and after that Manager Babb will be busy with the Pittsburg Pirates; the nals. St. Paul and others.
 Enough has been seen of the talent gathered by Manager Babb and enough Is known of their past performances the Memphii of 1909 will be in the race as they have been each season for the past three years when Babb has hand led the managerial reigns.
 The list from which will be uIti- mately selected the fourteen regulars to conform with the requirements of the Southern salary limit follows
 Pitchers-Sch wenck. Shields. Keibsr. Willis, Emerson. Quiesser., Wickard.
 infieidersMcsrey. cranston. Lindsay. Babb.
 outnelders-Baerwald. Woodruff. Wagner. Coulcon. Stinson.
 men who led the Class B and c circles in hitting in their respective leagues. stinson for instance set a merry pace ed at the top as Its pereentase SaS SHe of aver oYer 300. Woodruff hit hard In the Ohio Pennsylvsnia League. Wagner landed almost in the Three Hundred set in hammered hard In the West. These four outfielders with Rudy Baerwald, the hsTd @ ;, working t,nn, member of, of last sst ihe three positions in the outside ter ritory.
 With Dan OLeary. last seasons utility catcher. in possession of a. weak Frank Owens, lost by draft and with Daily Michigan younsstsf holding recently for a backstop to succeed to owens shoes He finally solved the angle by buying Bill Ludwig, a catcher Wao tha worked in Nst'ag si1ty 1dd games from
 Fewer changes will be made in the infield probably than on any other club in the circuit. Veteran in condition for the start. He will return to first and Cranston will be at second again. Lindsay, a Carolina League youngster who flashed bril- liant form in few autumn games here last season will be entrusted with short field in the getaway games. Babb will be at third thus completing the same infield that fin ished the last pennant race.
 Babb is proud of his pitchers. Iron Man Schwenck, who shut out Mont. gomery in a double header last season m the aarna aftNrnOOn Shi0ldR K oi- Der. and Willis viii be the vets to re- turn 10 local harness. Of the new tall ent much is expected of Emerson. the Tri-State star, who held a better re- cord In games won than Covaleski from the same league. Good news is also heard from others including Qui- esser Dick, Wickard and Withsrs from the Western Association. Kill a giant from Canada who finished with Albany in the New York State League last season, has an ailing arm but thinks he can round to in the Southern sun.