The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-11
Food for the Fans.

Manager Halter has experienced the
hardest run of luck OF any manager in
the Southern League in failing to secure
players that he had signed. The first two
men o'"lay down" as baseball players
term 1t, was McChesney and Elmer Davis.
two crack outfielders. These men signed
a Birmingham contract, and it is said
were advanced some money. They deliber-
ately went back on their contracts, and
one of them, Davis, is now playing with
an independent team at Altoona, Pa. 1t
is said he preferred to stay in his ma
tive state, though he suffered considera BILE
financial loss The next man to be unfor-
tunate was Joe Veitch, the hard hitting
second baseman, who is now i'll of pneu-
monia. Halter says, however, he will have
Veitch just as soon as he RECEIVERS.
On account of his mothers illness,
Catcher La Porte has failed to show up.
and Outfielder Mckinley is detained at
home for similar reason. 1t can readily
be seen what hole this has cut in Hal
ler's available material. The Birmingham
manager has no fears, however, as to the
| final result, as he has several good ones
| in tow in case the present aggregation
does not make good The present team is
| considered very strong, and all of them
have shown ability to stick in fast COM
pany. OHair is having a hard time get
|
long as he handles the stick as he has
| In the past two games he will always
| have good berth in Birmingham. Will
| helm at second is also a trif1e sore, but is
rapidly rounding INTO shape. AS to the
strength of the pitching corps there is no
room for argument.
Chattanooga will reach her home
| grounds April Is and Immediately begin
work. The team is now in Terre Haute
under the care of Manager Kreig who
| has recently mailed the following letter
south:
Terre Haute Ind, April 6. 1902
| We wen today to a. Dougherty and
Peas and Shocks are showing up fine
Mike Lawrence is great addition to our
utfield; good hitter fast base runner
and very fast fielder. Peas will sure stick
End l think will play Spratt at second.
The way things look row Taylor Is plav-
ing fine ball. Shocks is catching and Gre
ating talk. Durrctt Is also rounding in
form ana from what little 1 have seen
of Brennan. Drummer and Dolan our pitch
Ing STAFF Is sure to be hummer with
three mere to see. Dougherty is q fine
hitter and is playing first fine. The boys
will play together. and that means much.
Yours truly. W. F. KREIG.
Steele proved the bright shining star of
the Admission aggregation yesterday. He
set all the fans of the town talking by
the manner in which he covered all the
territory on the diamond. At different
times he really backed up second, third
and played in left field. all the time COW
ering the territory usually accorded the
shortstop in brilliant manner. His two
errors were made in the last inning when
he could not but be disheartened in the
extreme. When lie is able to hit he will
become great player,
Moss did not do his usual work at the
bat yesterday. He did not get a single
hit. nor was he able to pull out but one
walk. He also made one error in the
field. 1t evidently must have been an off
day with the fast and clever shortstop
All players must learn even before the
season begins that the fans of Birming-
ham will not tolerate anything bordering
on rough or rowdy playing. With all
other baseball writer's the sporting editor
of The Age-Herald will not hesitate to
give full facts and criticise In all cases
where it is thought the game in the city
may be injured by any attempt at other
than gentlemanly playing. If a player
Yesterday made the assertion that he
would use his spikes today. as was stated
by a reputable fan, he should be given
release if any attempt is made to carry
Tito effect such an intention. II. @.