The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-01
SOUTHERN LEAGUE IS
 25 PER GENT STRONGER

scheme wherein all will have an equal chance"
 When asked what he thought about twelve-club league. Jennings said:
 T am not in favor of a twelve-club league. While few clubs In the first division make money, there must be a number in the second division which would have no chance and would lose much money.
 "A schedule for twelve-club league is naturally a bad one. It means stretches of absence from the home city that are too long for the good of any club. It also opens up big chance for opposition leagues"
 Manager McGraw of the New York Giants. anent 1905 prospects, says: T have nothing to worry about. Pittsburg, Chicago and Cincinnati clubmen can do all the talking they want. Games are only won on the diamond. My club should be, barring accident, stronger than the championship club of 1904, which was about as good club as New York city ever had Of the old men, all except Matthewson. McGann and Marshall have signed. and every man who was Giant at the close of last season, with the ex- ception of Pop" Warner, will be in the ranks again. Among the four new men, there looms up Ona Neal. star of the Three league. Neal was purchased out right from the Springfield Gll) club be- cause of his fast work in the infield and his reputation as clever youngster In college ball. The other three new ones are Sammy Strang, who was secured for nfield work at the close of the last sea- son from Brooklyn; Pitcher Lindeman, drafted from Toronto, and known for his work in pitching for Hoboken, and Out fielder Graham, drafted from the Man chester (N. H) club of the New England league. Neal is young, only 21, full of ginger and especially speedy in handling infield hits. Iintend to give him thor ough trying out on the southern trip He has chance to be the star of 1905, just as Devlin was last season. Warner, who goes to brace up St. Louis. will be sue ceeded behind the bat by Breshnahan. Donlin stays in the outfield'
 On March 15 Newt Fisher and his band of 1905 horsehide chasers and swatters will proceed to get busy In Sulphur Spring bottom. The Nashville mogul has issued a call for his men to assemble on that day and he is busying himself in getting up the coin for railroad tickets, expenses. etc In the near future, there fore. things will take on their old time appearance at Athletic park. The crack of the bat will be heard and the large squad singed for 1905 will get busy, each man trying to root his neighbor out of the place. The race for survivorship will. of course, be friendly one, but will be nevertheless earnest
 The following is Manager Fishers com plete list of players signed to date. and he will stop with these unless he gets a chance to land an awfully good one at advantageous terms:
 catchers. Fisher, Accorsini and Reislng- CT. Qknoll if the latter does not make good with Washington; pitchers, Titus, Herman. Russell. Frckle, Bruner. Adams. Bailey; first base. Bussey. LaIly and FL sey: second base, Pug Bennett; third base. Jensing, Tilford and Granville; shortstop. Bruyette (some of the third base candi- dates may also be tried at short): outfeld- CTS. Lally Russell Nlrcum. weiseman and Friedhaus