The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-30

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The Barons open with. Shreveport this
afternoon. The series will consist of four
games, and the opening contest will prob
ably be pitched by Ginger Clarke or Py-
liant. Fisher is apt to work against the
Barons. and If the home team plays any
thing like the ball it did in the game he
pitched against them in Shreveport a
victory will come this way.
The team arrived yesterday morning
over the Frisco from Memphis, and yes
terday afternoon worked out at the park
for a couple of hours. Dusty" Miller
was the only member of the team who
did not arrive and Manager Vaughan
gave him permission to stay in Memphis
until last night.
If the Barons play the same game of
ball on their home grounds for the next
month that they did on the road a large
majority of the games will be annexed.
All the conditions are favorable and the
team can be expected to take more than
one-half of the contests.
About the Umpires.
The umplres will hardly give the Bar
ons the wrong end of decisions here as
they did on the road. On the trip it is
safe to say that the Barons had the hard
end of at least IS per cent of the close
decisions.
Among others, Manager Vaughan says;
bill" Evans, Shreveport player,
while umpiring in Shreveport, gave his
team the game on a decision which was
evidently wrong Hafford caught a
Shreveport runner six feet off base, but
he was called safe and afterwards scored
on a long fly, winning the game by a
score of to O. The people of Shreveport
were practically unanimous in stating
that the runner was out.
Regarding the Nashville episode, Mana
ger Vaughan said:
Il will win my protest on that game.
Nashville had men not in uniform on the
bench and l protested. What | said was
said in a quiet manner and there was no
cause for Burke to put me out of the
game. He had it in for us and took this
occasion to hand it to me. My protest
was made In quiet manner, and have
the right to ask that he prevent men
not in uniform from sitting on the
bench
It is probable that Burke and Black
will officlate in Birmingham for some
time to come An even break is all the
Barons ask, and if they cannot do the
rest 1t is nobodys fault but their own.
The game will be called at o'clock
and If the weather is favorable an inf
mense crowd is expected. 1t Isl ladies'
day and that always brings a thousand
or more of the fair sex to the park,
Vauehan's Letter.
The following letter was sent to Presi-
dent l>avanaugh by Manager Vaughan
regarding the Nashville game:
wv. Nj. Kavanaugh, President Southern
League:
Dear Sir-I wish to protest the game
played between the Birmingham baseball
club and the Nashville baseball club in
Nashville on May II, on the grounds that
Umpire Burke did not enforce the rules.
His decisions were so unjust on balls and
strikes that he put me out of the game
for protesting. After | was put out | went
to the coaching line to coach my men,
and was ordered back to the bench by Mr..
Burke. Mr.. Fisher notifying him that 1
had no right to coach. As | went to
the bench l stopped where Mr.. Burke was
standing and asked him to put the spec
tators off Fishers bench. where three
men and one boy were sitting. Mr.. Burke
went over to have them leave the bench
and after a short talk with Mr. Fisher
he returned and said they were Mr.. Fish
ers help. l insisted on having them re-
moved and he called two officers and had
me elected from the park This so weak
ened and demoralized our team THAT 1t
greatly reduced our chances to win. 1t was
humilitating to me to be eJected from
the grounds for wanting the rules en-
forced. l protest the game. Trusting that
this will meet with prompt consideration,
l am, yours very truly.
''HARRY VAUGHAN,
Manager Birmingham Baseball Club"
"P. S.-The spectators referred to in this
protest were in citizens clothing and not
members of the Nashville club. II. ""