The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09


 Texan is a difficult man to fool Gukes has already slated his recruit to handle 'iino' ana there'll be no change during the year. After leaving Texas university MOTHS signed with Corslcana, working at third the same season Mig Clarke debut tea as back stopper. He is ranked as the best performer of the past two years in Rangerdom.
 Fo"eis slab corps is already in good conoitlon' says an Atlanta exchange. His latest immigrant from the delta country, Baxter Sparks. ranks with the star finds or iSO4 Young Sparks performed bril- hantiy all the year in the Delta League outpointing such people as Frickie and Niekens of Nashville and Harry Kane or Memphis. In addition to this latest member of the local colony, Dexter is an- other good slabman, as well as first base man. Jack Ely and John MeMakin are certainties, while Charley Smith is not yet lost Alb Powell says Bayne may yet come his way. but where he bases his clam for this statement is hard to see.
 Baseball Next Century.
 The Pittsburg Press has dope artist who evidently has the gift of second sight, says the Nashville News.
 He cast himself into the invisible few days ago. and evolved a whole page of news as it will appear in the joyous year of 2OO5. Some of his dreams are wild and weird, but they may come true At any rate, none of us may call the Press scribe liar, for we shall not be here to 0b ba of his dreams, as printed in the Press and dated 2OO5:
 National League Circuit
 New York. Philadelphia Boston, Pitts burg, Chicago. Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland. New Orleans, San Francisco. Kansas City. Denver.
 Each of the 12 cities has a baseball park maintained by the municipality.
 "fhe massive concrete stands have a seating capacity of 50,0Oo
 Instead of the unsightly wooden fences of the olden days there is only hand some iron barrier back of the outheld to prevent the overflow crowds on holi- days from invading the playing field.
 ''The national sport is free to the peo- pie, the expenses of the teams being paid by appropriations from the cities they represent.
 ''The game is under control of com mission appointed by the Presldent of the United States of America, and is com posed of representative citizens who prize the honor highly
 Umpire are appointed for life, and each receives a salary of $10,000 To dis pute decision by the umpire is a trea- sonable act
 At the entrance to each park is a mon ui ant erected in honor of Henry Clay Pullam, who saved the National league by his wise and courag geous actions while president of the organization ir the twentieth century.
 Each club has its own airship These flyers solved the transportation problem, and sectional lines have been wiped up. A team can play in Boston one day and in San Francisco the next
 "One of the rules of the National league Is that every player must be born in the city he represents.
 Each city appoints its own manager. The manager of the Pittsburg team was chosen from the graduating class of 2O0O of the great University of Pittsburg. and succeeded in breaking the National record by winning four successive cham i pionships
 Each fall the winner of the National league pennant plays the winner of the Great Britain pennant for the cham l pionship of the world"
 Joe Burke the Birmingham boy who was recently appointed a regular umpire in the Southern league by President Kav- anaugh, will make a good official He worked last season in the South Atlantic 1 league and was well liked by the associa- tion. The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent date says that the South Atlantic con tingent residing in the Queen City, say that Burke has the goods