The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-09
PAST PERFORMANCES

Dessau the young slabman who Harry Vaughan has secured for this year, is college pitcher, and last year for about two months he was with Akron, Ohio, in an Independent league.
 Dessau started out with Geneva college at Beaver Falls and pitched a number of winning games for that college against other colleges. He attracted the attention of the Akron manager and was signed
 Last year he pitched twenty-four games for Akron and won all but nine of them While he was with the team he batted something over .265 and fielded 967 He has the clean cut build of a college player and is a hard worker. He Is liked by all those whothave been watching the prae- tice.
 The Richmond papers seem to think mighty well of J. c. Fitzpatrick who has been signed by Harry Vaughan. and who arrived yesterday morning He is d heavy built, athletic looking fellow and has strong arm. He did not practice any yesterday, but will be out today. One of the Richmond papers said:
 In the Twin City league last season Fitzpatrick carried off the honors. He played with Barton Heights and took part in nearly every game that was played, winning most of them. He proved himself not only a pitcher but good hit ter also
 'Fitz began,playing ball in 1902 with the 11lks winning the championship of the Tri-City league. In 1903 he rlayed with Locust Dale academy, winning seven out of ten games, and after inc college sea- son closed he played with the strong in- dependent team of Columbia, S. C., where he pitched eighteen games. losing one. Last spring he played at V. P. l., win ming five out of six games pitched.
 With the Barton Heights he pitched twenty-one games, won fifteen. lost six up to the last series for the championship of these games Three were sh-it-outs for the Brownies the Twin City cham pions by the score of 1 to 0, to 9 to 0,
 !" 'Fitz has big 1eague material in his makeup, and if he' keeps up lis pace he will land high"
 Tom Matthews, a youngster who was with Macon in the South Atlantic league last year and also with Decatur in the Tri-State league, arrived yesterday and will be given a try-out with Brming ham.
 The youngster won six out of nine games for Macon last year and Macon was an easy winner in the league. He pitches with an easy swing of the arm. Harry had him in the box yesterday and he will do more work every cay until an opportunity presents itself for Harry to try him out in a game.
 With Decatur the recruit did some pretty good work. He and Fitzpatrick, who comes from Richmond, were pitching mates at St. Albany college in Vir- ginia. Both players Know Viola, who will probably come to Birmingham from the South Atlantic league. and they speak well of him, especially his ability to throw ball to the plate from the outfield.
 Wagner and Pylant. both of whom were on the Barons pitching stan last season arrived yesterday morning, and were out at the grounds yesterday afternoon warm ing up. The youngsters arc looking well and will soon round into condition. Harry would not allow them to work hard yes- terday. but by the first of next week they will all be In condition to do a little fast work.
 Manager Vaughan telegraphed to At lanta last night for Catcher Matthews to report in Birmingham at once, as he wanted him here to work out some ot the pitchers. Matty has been in Atlanta tt