The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-20
MANAGERS THINK
 BARONS ARE GOOD What McGraw and Vaughan
 Say of the Team MADE "A GOOD SHOWING Pitchers Were Up Against Hardest Hltters In the Country, and the
 Players Had Never Been
 Together Before.
MADE "A GOOD SHOWING


 John J. McGraw. manager of. the Giants. and Harry Vaughan, manager of the Barons, have both expressed themselves on what they thought of the showing of the Birmingham team in the first two practice games. Both moguls believe that the boys made a very fine showing. taking all the conditions into consideration, and Manager Vaughan Is well pleased with what his team did.
 Before leaving the city Saturday night McGraw said:
 T like the playing of the Birmingham team. They showed up mighty well against the Giants, and taking everything into consideration think that Harry has gotten together a very likely looking bunch of ball players.
 Little Stage Fright.
 You see most of them are youngsters and they naturally have a little attack of stage fright when they meet team like the New Workers. We are supposed to be the greatest team in America. but still your team did mighty well.
 Another thing that should be consid- cred. The Barons played us with a patch ed up team. You did not have your regu- lar short stop nor your regular fielders You had in some young pitchers in both games who have never pitched league ball, and their maiden performance was against the heaviest hitting aggregation in this country. Against team of minor league players, you would have won both
  prised by your showing in that first game.'A
 What Vaughan Thinks. Harry Vaughan says he has no cause to complain of any of the playing in either game.
 That first game was as pretty as a man wants to see up to the last inning" said the big manager. 'Ail of the boys showed up well, and we made a fine show ing. I was pleased with their work, and think that the play of the Barons in the first game was fast and clever.
 Tn the second game McGipnity was pitching in championship form for the first innings and we could not find him. We were only sharing the fate of seven big league teams in the National league. They have the same trouble in finding him. The team was sore from the first game, and Schiappacasse was not able to raise his right arm above his shoulder. He worked so hard in the first game that he was sore and stiff.
 Pitchers Worked We'll. My pitchers worked well against New York. Reagan showed great form. and Salee was in good condition. Dessau was working under disadvantages in the last innings Friday For he could not use but two balls and the Giants were just getting their eye on the ball when ne went in the box. Saturday Pylant Tom my Mathews and Wagner divided the honors and the Giants evidently had on their hitting clothes, but two of these three had never pitched any ball against big leaguers before, and they showed up nightly well.
 T believe that the team is showing up mighty well, and when we get the entire team together we will be much stronger. In these two games the team came to- gether for the first time. They did not understand each others plays and were not able to take hold of the fine points of the game and work them for runs. We will be in better shape by Wednes- days game, and I believe that we will show to even better advantage"