The age-herald., 1901-03-10
MEN ORDERED TO
 REPORT APRIL 8 Ball Players VIII Come To-
 gether for Practice SEASON PROMISES WELL A Number of Exhibition Games To Be Played Before the Regular sched- ule 6egins-seIma Will Hold
 Up Her End of the Game.
SEASON PROMISES WELL

The men signed to play on the Birming- ham baseball team this year have been notified by Manager Mills to report hero on April for practice. As soon as they report for duty they will be put in train ing, and by the opening day of the season every man is expected to be in flrst-class condition
 Manager Mills has signed thirteen mon, all that he will start in the season with, anl one of these will be released as soon as he can get line on their playing abh- ity Each team is given until May 15 to get within the salary limit of SLIGO per month.
 It is probable that number of exhibit ton games will be played with amateur or semi-professionai teams before the season opens, Arrangements have been made for game with a team made up of employees of the Birmingham rolling mill for about the middle of April, and it Is probable that other teams from a distance will come for games the latter part of the month.
 In the schedule adopted at the meeting of the Southern Association in Memphis a week ago Birmingham was given a number of good dates. Strong teams will be here for the holidays-New Orleans for July and Memphis for Labor Day, Sep tember B.
 Uniforms Ordered.
 Rawlins Bros. of St. Louis have been given the contract for twenty-four uni forms for the Birmingham team and these will be delivered the latter part of April Each club in the association will have two sets of uniforms, one to be worn on the home grounds and one on the road. The home uniform will be white, with the initial letter of the home city on the shirt front
 The opening games here will be played during the Street Fair and as there will be large number of visitors in the city at that time they will no doubt be we'll attended. The Selma team, which comes here for those games, will be composed of lot of fine ball players, most of whom have had several seasons training in minor leagues and on semi-professional teams. A number of the men who were with the Selma team when 1t played local amateur team here last summer have been signed by Manager Peters for this season. Among these are Pitchers Mc- Afee Sutch and Bailey. Bailey is the same King Bailey that has been play ing in the South for several years and whose record as a slab artist ranks with the best that ever tossed a ball on a ,AoI. are both splendid pitchers and will do their part towards landing the Selma team high up in the percentage column.
 Selma Good Ball Town.
 There has been more or less unfavor- able comment on the admission of Selma to the association, but the magnates did a wise thing when they took this action at the Memphis meeting. Selma is a bet ter ball town every day in the week than Atlanta, whose policy has always been to rule or ruin the game. The people of Selma, the business and professional men take a deep interest in the sport >rd when a game is scheduled for that city excursions will be run from all nearby towns, thus bringing several hundred fans who will contribute their quarters toward swelling the box office receipts. Amateur and professional teams have always drawn well in Selma, the average attendance being something like 600 to TOO at each game. With profes- sional ball and a winning team, which Manager Peters says he will have, there Is no reason why Selma should not draw much better this year than ever before. With daily attendance of 800 paid ad- missions every club in the association will make money.
 Work on the park at Seventh street will begin the early part of this week and by the first of April everything will be ready for ball playing. The fence will be practically rebuilt and the grand stand and bleachers put In first-class condi- ton. As soon as this is done Manager Mills will have the park cleaDss. off and the diamond leveled and rollrGs