The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-14
NEW YORK TEAM
 READY FOR WORK
Mugg8y McGraw'S Giants Ar-
 rive from Savannah.
LOCAL PLAYERS EN ROUTE
Duffy, Tomsett and MilIerlck Have Left Home and Believed to be
 Cincinnati or Louisville.

With visions of storms at sea and mem- ories of that feeling which comes when thought of fat meat would cause suicide the New York baseball club chaperoned. by posse of newspaper men, arrived from Savannah yesterday at noon and will begin trouble for the groundkeeper ! at West End park this morning
 Every mention of that trip to Savannah by sea brings painful expressions to the faces of the Gotham pennant chasers and they immediately grab a chair for sup port One of the party says that on the first two days out from New York he was afraid he would be drowned and on the last two he was afraid he wouldn't. Muggsy McGraw expects to trim the lanrels off Pittsburg this coming season, and 1t is whispered among the players that he already has the rag done up in moth balls awaiting the end of the sea- son. He feels certain of his bunch but every manager in the country has this same feeling once every year and the uncertainty is what makes baseball the national sport:
 Here is a list of the big leaguers who arrived yesterday for the purpose of showing up O'Brien and his Coal Barons:
 The Visitors.
 Bowerman, Warner, catchers; McGin- nity Matthewson. Taylor, Ames Milligan. Wiltse. Minnehan pitchers; McGann, first baseman; Gilbert second baseman; Dah- len, shortstop; Breshahan. third baseman; Jack Dunn and Devlln, infielders; Mertes, Mccormick. Brown, Lynch, outflelders; Gus Guerrero, long distance rubber; Me Graw, manager,
 The newspaper men with the party are Sam Crane, New York Journal; Zip Ham, mond. Arthur James, Evening Mall; Allen sangree, New York Globe.
 McGraw announces that the games this week will be played on Wednesday and Saturday and the other time will be de- voted to hard practice It is expected that the crowd on Wednesday will, if any thing, outnumber the gathering which greeted McGraw on his former trip to | sagtown.
 Manager McGraw was shown over the city by local baseball enthusiasts yester- day and expressed himself as believing the town will do. He was taken to the Birmingham Athlete club building and says 1t is one of the most modern lnstitu- lions of this kind anywhere In the coun- try. And he didn't mean 1t for con either.
 A telegram was received from Albany, N. Y., yesterday announcing that Duffy' Tamsett and Millerick had left there and were on their way south. They are ex- pected to reach here today. Jimmy o'Brien and the other players are ex- pected tonight or tomorrow
 Ginger Clark Has Goat. A goat was presented to Ginger Clark yesterday and will be the official mascot for the Birmingham team Ginger champ ed his bits yesterday and could hardly contain himself so great was his desire to get to work He managed to let him. self down. however by working four hours with the dumb bells and back ma chine in his room
 No practice was held yesterday and the youngsters who are here looking for JODS LOOK auVantdBe ol lHe oppoIluHltS to attend church services. A majority of the men are catholics, though Harry Vaughan is a Primitive Baptist. He in- ssts on calling himself "A Hard She'll"
 The newspaper men along with the Giants are working. They are grinding dope out of a sausage machine, and claim to believe that Gotham has world beat ing team this season. They say that there is more interest in baseball in New York this year than ever before in the history of the game. All of them step ped forward on arriving and gave the title of the paper for which they worked ex- cept MT. Hammond. He sends a continu- ous stream of fan food over the wires, but refuses to disclose his identity. Sev eral of the players are thinking of nego- tiating with Nick Carter or old Sleuth l to locate him.
 l The working hours will be announced by | McGraw tomorrow.
 
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