The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
BASEBALL DAYS
CLOSE AT HAND
George Leidy Says 0'Brien is
There With the Goods
WILL PRACTICE IN TEN DAYS
Jimmy o'5rlen, Who is III With Ton
sllItls Is Expected to Be Ready
for Work by Time the
Players Arrive.
WILL PRACTICE IN TEN DAYS

George Leidy a former Birmingham pan
player. has arrived at Marion, and VIII
Immediately begin coaching the team Oh
the Marion Military institute for the com
ing season. Upon his arrival today Leldy
had the following to say about the pros
poets for the Coal Barons this year:
Tom OBrien, Birmingham new man
ager, is one of the best baseball men IN
the business and will certainly land the
Coal Barons somewhere near the top. lie
knows the game from top to bottom and
is personally acquainted with nearly
every baseball player of any note in the
United States
Leidy is another expert at the game
and his friends here are looking with in
| terest TO his work in making ball players
out Of the college boys. When he has nm
ished his training work he will report to
! New Orleans, where he has been signed
as a fielder
Within ten days all the members of the
Birmingham team will have arrived In
the city, and active practice will begin
the latter part of next week. After a
weeks hard work the Coal Barons will
| give their first exhibition against the
New Workers.. For fifteen days the big
league players will see what they can do
with o'Brien's aggregation, and on April
q the flag drops for the real race
Jimmy o'Brien Has TonsiIitis.
So far Jimmy O'Brien, the third base
man, is the only Coal Baron to show up,
and he has been quite i'll for two or three
days with tonsiitis. A specialist has been
treating him, and he is expected to he
we'll enough to start in practice within
ten days.
Manager OBrien Is in communication
with a flrst-class pitcher whom he ex-
poets to have here at the time active
practice begins. He has several men in
view, but he wants to get a man fully
competent to take the place made vacant
by Wilhelm before definitely closing
contract The staff of pitchers so far
signed are Campbell, Beaver, Frank
Smith and Jack Keenan,. With another
strAng man this will make a formidable
pitching crew, and with the infield to
back them up the fans need have no
fears about results.
Dullyf lne last little OulIelueTt Is IN
fine shape for early work. and he will
probably be the best outhelder in the
league. He Is not only a good outfielder,
but a hard hitter and one of the best
base runners In the business.
| letter has been received from Frank
Smith saying he would be on hand in
! plenty time to eat up the big leaguers.
Ladies' Tickets 81 for Season.
There will be no season tickets sold this
year. but the ladies' grandstand tickets
which proved very popular last season.
are being put on sale at Venable's. This
ticket costs 81 and admits ladies to the
grandstand every day in the year. On
Tuesdays and Fridays it will also admit
them at the gate. On other days they
will have to pay % cents at the gate, but
with a season ticket they will never have
to pay at the grandstand. Several hun
bred of these combination tickets were
sold last year, and are already In demand
for the coming season. The local man.
agement Is anxious to have as many
ladies as possible at the games. and Of
fered the grandstand ticket for 81 as an
indueement