The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-07
BASEBALL PARK
BEING REPAIRED
Entirely New Bleachers Being
Built at West End
LINE UP OF TEAM is GIVEN
Local Management Greatly Amused
Over the Boosting of Atlanta About
"Thelr" Pitcher sitton, Who
Is With Birmingham.
LINE UP OF TEAM is GIVEN

| When the battle cry is sounded next
April the denizens of Slagtown will be
treated to some sights new and pleasant
to the eye Outside of the pure white
uniforms worn by the Coal Barons they
will gaze on a long stretch of seats made
out OF new dressed lumber. The bleach
ers will be built entirely new and will
reach several yards further towards left
field
After an expert had looked over the
! grounds 1t was decided to tear away the
/ present bleachers and construct new
ones. This morning not vestige OF the
old bleachers Is to be seen at West End
and in few days carpenters will be al
work on the new structure. Two more
rows of seats will be added and all OF
them will be built of dressed lumber. The
bleachers will also be extended several
yards and this will give additional
seating capacity of about 500 The new
structure will be constructed of the
strongest material and will be absolute
! ly safe.
The local mana cement is also having
the field levelled and all of the low
places are being filled in with loan
which will be covered with grass within
six weeks Few changes are necessary
on the diamond
viii Have Strong Team.
AS to the players Birmingham will have
strong team and the club which gets
off with the pennant will have foeman
worthy of its steel to contend with at
Gil ia araaticallV
complete with the exception of second
base Two men have been signed for this
position but as one of the contracts has
not been secured the management desires
that their names be withheld for a week
or more.
| Following is the line up with the ex-
ception of second base;
| First base, Vaughan.
| Shortstop, Tamsett.
| Third base, o. Brien.'
| Right field, Brown.
Center field, Smith.
| Left field, Lynch.
| Catchers Millerick and Brown.
Pitchers. Clark. Sitton, Burnham, Black
burn, Triton, Hopkins, Mclaughlin,
Dorm and probably Crabill.
BCCoIuiIB 10 pdSA itCOtdS ~ 10 pShSNtN
that Vaughan, Lynch, Smith Brown and
ramsett will all hit over 300. They all
have done so in the past. Tamsett is con-
sdered one of the fastest shortstops in
the league and Lynch and Brown the new
f1elders are as good as any Of them. Com
ment about Billy Smith is unnecessary.
Atlanta Disappointed.
The local mana 6 ment has been great
ly amused for more than month past
over the great blow which has been made
in the Atlanta papers about Sitton, the
pitcher they thought they had signed. Sit
ton had been signed by Birmingham
more than a month when Atlanta dis
covered HIM and it is said the disappoint-
| ment over in Alb Powelrs town Is great
rhe Atlanta papers say sitton is a bet
ter man than Weldon Henley and will
probably be the star of the league. He
played at Clemson college last year and
Hesman, the celebrated coach, says he is
one of the coming men of the country.
The Other Pitchers.
Blackburn comes from the Texas league
| and was the star of that organization
while playing with Galveston. He is not
only great pitcher but a heavy hitter
having made a record of over 800 last
year. The Galveston newspapers predict
that he will DC the star Of the Southern
| league
| Burnham comes from Culman, Ala,
| and made a great record last year. lie Is
also signed by Nashville and the national
! board has awarded him to both teams
There will probably be big contest over
this man as Birmingham and Nashville
both hold his contract
Dorm comes from Toledo and Billy
Smith says he is a bird" He pitched six
games for Toledo at the close of last sea-
son and won FIVE of them. No further
record of him can be secured.
Mclaughlin played In the Eastern
league last year and Tom OBrien writes
that he will certainly make good. He has
wonderful speed and is very heady. He
won three games for Newark at the close
| of last season and all OF the bali players
speak of him in glowing terms.
The work of Crabill and Sis Hopkins
has been seen here and further comment
| Is unnecessary.
| Under the schedule which will probably
be adopted by the Southern league Bir-
mingham gets the opening game. Fourth
oil July, Labor Day and the closing day.
The magnates are still undecided about
increasing the number of games as a
schedule is very difficult to arrange.
Dakota Successfully Launched.
Groton. Conn, February e.-The steam-