The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-10
r,o.ra ur.~ Guese.

CouId Use GueRe.
 Here's Rornething for the fans who / knocked Whitey Quese last spring 10 f If wiitey Cues. had been n n .tA the tember l9 at Nashville the Pelicans wSais Thsts avi wsas T0h the 'as fsns a snd Msnass Frank got for not seeing any further in front of thsm than their noses: They should have looked as far ahead " Ali last season "whitey" had t on the Vols going and coming. He was perhaps the hardest pitching proposl. In fact. if Guese. had been pitching for the Birds 1t might not have been necessary to play that last thrilling se-, number of games won. but this would not have been the case If Guese nad pitched some of those games for the Manager Frank thought he was making mistake when he let Guese go. He didn't like to at all, but had got ,sas Sad tss ssars Sis afe felo% was going to lose his nerve.
 Guese Is now rated Montgomerys star twirler. There's no douht that bs has as much natural ability as any man in the Ieague.--New Orleans Item. Catches Sitting Down.
 Sid Smith amused the representatives lanta with the Cubs fast week by Nt- ting in 8 chair and catching Rogers sid T got a high.backed chair. placed it in front of the grand stand ana told Rogers to get busy. The tall boy did not know exactly how to take this: really meant what he said. or was just trying to show contempt for his speed. But Sid was very serious. He got on lack sis of mf pSsaso pSsas ana ni then a Rogers For half an hour Sid warmed up the elongated twirler without so much ss ss began to go stronger, fairly steamea the balls over, but the South Carolina catcher remained comfortably seated ns Ha nG spPsar sy the s me s efforts of the man who was doing the throwing.
 collection of Atlanta pitchers when " comes to delivering the ball. He taxes his time. never appears to De n hurry. and moves as though ne naa one delivery. But Rogers is not talk ing things as easy as one might sup pose. All the time he Is very busy. m ins faA to do f fully s a min minate before the thought is put into execution.
 The delay is caused by the tallness 7 of the ,s,y young pi5snsnr' nncn longer for . thought to travel from his head to his arms because the route is so much That is 1why he appears to be work ing So slowly.--Atlanta Journal.
 Duggan Arrives.
 m The tse sT5iysi p.ch,na Sf stuasio Johnny is one of the best around the circuit. always reliable and good for small score game and more thsn h wporrs pasrs weii against every club in the league. Not a member of the circuit has his goat and he can always pc dependsd Duggan and Perdue, if the dope breaks correctly will be two right and and with two two good sidswheeiers ike Keiium and Gilroy to help them along. should be even more effective 'nSR Win aas KeIiam isnO was only faint shade back of Duggan last season. The vet eran southpaw finished with 6, .s25 Av.. craze against .sSs TOT a yTnnnsa nrannsa nins hsi while Duggan won nineteen and drop ped twelve. Hub broke into 6 mottled start. but finished like a prairie Ire in Taking 1t all together the pitching stan looks to be the strongest featne of the squad, and this Is easily the ostiook.snNasRviile OStt sn sShSfi fennsssesn,
 
 The PeIieans Luck.
 win the Pelicans have to be thirty per cent. stronger than any other Southern League club to get the money this season?
 That,s.the one bit of consolation that fans around the circuit squeeze out of the dope which makes New Orleans hot favortte in the, race.
 They say: Sure New Orleans is the strongest teams but she has to be a whole lot stronger to win out. The luck is not with her"
 Based on past performances" says Grantiand Rice, New Orleans needs a ball club at least thirty per cent. stronger than any rival to stick around the top of the pennant ladder. This may be due to the midsummer climate tapping some of the vitality from the system of the athletes or may come from other causes, the only. answer being that 1t Is q piece of dope that so far has always carried true"
 The dope Of the last couple of years bears that out pretty we'll. Tho Pets were undoubtedly the class of the league last year. Whether they were S0 per cent. stronger than their oppo- nents is a question that will S-carry some wide discussion.
 In 1907 the Birds looked like bet fer aaRregation than that with which