The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-20
Food for the Fans.

The Little Rock baseball club left yes
terday for a tour through Texas which
will last until the opening of the season.
Pitchers Skopec, Guese, Alemang, Watts;
catcher, Lynch; first base, Hardesty; Sec
ond base, Martin; third base Walters;
shortstop, Clayton; outfelders, Gilbert
Uhler, Clarke, Murphy and Shipke were
carried along. The makeup of the team
has not yet been decided. Uhler. Shipke
and Clark are candidates for right field
and change catcher, with Murphy as util-
ity man. Crozier is expected to join the
team here May 5.
The Memphis Scimitar says: The South
ern League fans outside of Memphis are
solacing them selves with the belief that
Charlie Frank possessed himself of a
brace OF gold bricks when he secured
Theo. Brietenstein and Red Ehret. They
profess to believe that these once IA
nous stars Of the big league have lost
their skill and will not be able to deliver
the goods. The trouble with a whole lot
OF baseball quid nuncs is that they have
toyed with the tnseled goods so often
that they no longer enjoy the faculty of
discerning the real article. There Is no
way of finally judging the ability of a ball
game for blood, and so 1t is impossible
to say just how Ehret and Brietenstein
Will play this year. But it Is certain that
all who have watched them at practice
are confident that both will make good
and that they will easily come out at
the head of the procession Of Southern
League pitchers. Both men are In good
physical condition. They have the pow
er behind their delivery. They have the
ha
gray matter. In fact they have all the
goods on their person ready for delivery
according to contract In addition to
their pitching ability they are tower
of strength.
Here's a bit of consolation for Newt
Fisher from the Nashville News:
"A big surprise Is in store for the IA
natics in this city by the announcement
that Kennedy and Sample will probably
report within the next two weeks. Yes
terday letter was received in this city
from Kennedy, In which he said that
both he and Sample wanted to come
back. and that IL Manager Fisher would
take them they would be on hand sure.
Following close upon the letter a telegram
was received by the same party stating
that they had wired Manager Fisher to
see II he could use them, and that he had
wired for them to come In the telegram
they stated that they would both be on
hand.
This is the most joyful news that local
fandom has received in many moons
Manager Fisher stated that If Kennedy
came back he would put him in the out
neld, as he believed he would make the
best In the country.
Following close upon this Cooper tele-
graphed Fisher that he would be on hand
Monday, and with this aggregation the
local team will be one of the fastest that
ever played ball In a minor league With
Wiseman. Cooper, Kennedy, Knoll and
Goodenough as an outfield SQUAD and
with big Guy Sample working overtime
IN the box. In addition to Sanders. Hill
anu Mcfarland, the baseball sky is as
clear as the most weird ranatic could
wish" Nie
rms announcement is made under a
cincinnati date line: Bill Bradley. tbe
crack third baseman of the CLEVELAND
team, now playing in Nashville. will
come over to the Cincinnati Reds. Man
aser Bid McPhee and President Bancroft
have had special agent after RradIev
Tor some time. and the announcement
was made here last night that he had
consented to come at once.
The agent of the Cincinnati club mot
Bradley In Nashville Wednesday and had
lengthy conference with him. Late last
night President Bancroft received the
tollowing telegram from his agent at
Nashville:
President Bancroft, Cincinnati Base
ball Club: Bradley has accented our
terms of $4,000 for three years. Will ioin
the team at once. Please send ticket
Matthews. the negro ball player at Har
vard' Is an Alabama negro and once at
at
school. 1t is said of him:
Matthews himself is an active. stock
ily-built, kinky- haired, dark skinned
young negro with brains and unusual abil-
ity as a ball player. He is a native of
Alabama and a former pupil of Booker
Washington.
THE entire Harvard team has been
quartered this week at the Maryland no.
tel In Annapolis. Here Matthews eats at
the same table lounges about the hotel
and enjoys all the privileges of any other
member of the team. His team mates
call him Matt" and he in turn calls
them by their first names, Henry"
Edward or Billy" as the case may
be. Absolutely no distinction is made.
On the ball field. where he has been
steadily practicing all the week. it is not
unusual to see him with his arm across
the shoulders Of one of the other Har-
ward boys, or vice versa.
AT the hotel and on the streets Mat
thews has been an object Of great admi-
ration to the colored population of An
napolis. The walters rival each other in
waiting on him at meals and large crowds
of them have gathered each day at the
academy to see him practice"
Brown, who is laid up with q bad leg,
will be in the game before the opening.
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forces and propose to put up the best
game of ball seen here this season with