The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-10
MANAGER VAUGHAN
To HAVE HARD JOB
Must Decide Which Players
Are TO Remain
DECISIONS NOT ClNcHtS
Manager of Barons Says That Boys
Have Shown Up Well in the
Practice That He Dislikes
to Start Wedding.
NOT CINcHEs

THE boys l have here have shown up
so well in practice that | am going 10
have a hard job wedding them out
said Manager Vaughan last night as ne
scratched his head and puzzled over the
question of who will go to make up the
regular team
IF anyone will stop to consider the
question they will see that have
mighty hard job on my hands. we nave
about twenty-five men training at west
End, and we expect to carry only about
sixteen men, so there are about six who
have TO go.
Its no cinch to be sure, and dis
like it, The best players in my judg-
ment. will stay, but VINO are the men
who will play the best ball during the
entire season is the question that | nave
to decide If l could only look into the
future a little, but that's not possible.
Manager is Right.
The managers job is a hard one. Any
one who has been at the park and Wateh-
ed the team work will agree on this. lie
will have a particularly hard time In
choosing his pitchers. Raglan and Gln-
'~---
of these old twirlers have seemingly i'm
proved since last season, and they made
good last year.
Cowboy" Clark has worked very lit
tie but he has worked well. His arm is
Just coming around into condition, ana
he is feeling much better than he did at
any time last year. With those condi-
tions existing, it looks as If he ought
to be a regular this season, just as he
IL ..tta
season that showed he had the goods In
unlimited packages.
Pylant seemed to have had everything
necessary in Saturdays game against the
college boys. He will probably go in the
box against Meridian in one of the
games the last of this week, and bet
ter line on his work can then be Sc
cured. His condition is only now begin
ming to get SO that ..e is at his best
The Recruits.
Sallee, the other southpaw, has won
many people over to his side by his show
ing against the Clevelanders. With a
little more experience he will make a
star performer I'm the box, and many are
looking for him to be one of the regu-
lars.
Fitzpatrick has pitched two good games,
and won them both. He pitched for the
White Sox and defeated Birmingham, and
then he turned around and pitched for
Birmingham and defeated the Cincinnati
Reds. Such work demands that he be
given a tryout at least in the Southern
league when the regular season opens.
Many believe that Dessau will be one
of the best of the Baron's pitchers before
this season closes If he remains He has
met with a little hard luck in two of
the games he pitched, and was hammer
ed heavily. In one of them at least he
was scarcely in condition, so the next
week or two will probably decide some-
thing about him.
Wagner came to try out as a pitcher.
but he has developed into such good
outfielder and hitter that he seems to
have pretty good chances of remaining in
the position of a utility man. Tommy
Matthews is a good pitcher, but he looks
a little light for this league this year,
but he would easily be a star in the
South Atlantic league or the Cotton
States league. However Manager Vaughan
may think that he is good for this league
this year and keep him No one knows
but the manager himself.
other Players.
Schiap has developed more and mere
every game and he is attracting great
deal of favorable attention among the
fans. He is rapidly learning the fine
points of the game that he has never
been able to learn before, and each game
raises him in the estimation of the man
ager and the public He looks pretty good
for utility, as he plays the outfeld or
the intield. and also bats well.
Moore has shown every bit as fast field
I'M ability as was claimed for him, even
by his friend George Leidy. He has been
out OF the game recently on account of
his finger but he showed that he had the
goods before he hurt his finger He was
batting pretty well also. which was sup
posed to be his weakness.
No one doubts the ability of Murdoch
or Hafford, two of the other recruits. and
all know what Dusty Miller, Delehanty
and Joe Hennessy can do. Behind the
bat Birmingham would not swap with
any team in the league. and there is no
doubt about these two trusty baclsstops.
So Manager Harry has a hard job In
front of him.