The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-16

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 mingham team, for there has been no loud-mouthed praying of what will be done, the dope fixers have only had 1 guess work al the best, while Harry
 Vaughan has kept his own council and went after winning team preferring to let their practice work speak for their cleverness, rather than blow about what can be done but is never accomplished.
 The Rustler man has known Harry
 Vaughan for years and knows that there Is not a more painstaking and conscien-
 tious man in the game. and we believe l him to be the best manager in the South
 ern league. If the Birmingham directors will let Harry Vaughan have full con-
 trol and give him the money to get the
 men, he will lead the percentage column
 at the close of the season.
 Fitzpatrick, big pitcher and fielder,
 has been added to the Baron lineup, and
 he will show up here about the first of
 next month. The new Baron is a little
 over 6 feet inches, and according to
 the dope secured he has a volume of speed that is something wonderful to be- hold.
 He halls from Richmond- -on- -the-James, and gained his speed so. the dopists say, | n try ire to thlow c To k across sect ions of the river there.
 The big boy promises to hit well, and he can camp in any garden and pull down
 all the long flies from the bats of the other teams crack swingers of the wagon tongue
 l Anyway. he Is to be given a try-out,
 and if he makes good his berth for the
 season is assured, and with 1t a nice sai-
 ary. His contract was received yester- day
 The Cleveland team has sent out adver- | Using matter concerning it's team for this
 year, and Lajoie, the master batter of the globe is to have his picture on the | bill boards just before the team reaches
 Birmingham early in April.
 The team is advertising literally this
 season, and making feature of It's
 practice games with the Southern league
 teams. It is out after the rag, and the
 great second baseman and batsman says | | make its mark.
 Secretary Sheppard of the local Baseball
 association will attend the meeting of the
 baseball moguls in Montgomery on Feb ruary 25, and it is possible that others
 interested in the association may go. l At this meeting the Southern league schedule for 1905 will be adopted. There | will be two or three recommended among
 them one which has been prepared by 1 President Kavanaugh. Charlie Frank and
 others will also submit schedule. | The Montgomery Journal says: The Southern league will meet in Mont l gomery on Saturday, February 25. This | news was scontained in a letter which Major E. E. Winters received from | Judge Kavanaugh. Arrangements have already been made to rent two spacious | front rooms in the New Mabson hotel for | the meeting. It is more than likely that I the magnates will be rendered a banquet | while they are here. In speaking of this
 feature this morning, Major Wisters said that the affair would probably have to | be given in the day time, as the moguls l would have to catch their home trains | by night "A majority of the men who will attend the meeting" he said ''are | men of large business interests and they | will want to get back home as quickly | as possible. It was the same way when we were at the Memphis meeting. We were given an elegant spread on the night of the meeting day Mir Holt and myself had hardly sat down to the table when we had to get up and leave so as to catch our 9:10 p. m. train for Montgom- cry.