The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-08
ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR PLAYERS Will All Live At 1900 Fifth
 Avenue VAUGHAN WILL GO BACK Returns to Cincinnati Today to See About Some Players Who May Wear the Baron Uniform
 Thls 0oason.
VAUGHAN WILL GO BACK

Harry Vaughan, mogul for the Barons, yesterday made arrangements to house all the members of tho Birmingham base ball team during this season. He has se- cured six or eight large rooms in the residence at 1500 Fifth avenue, and the entire flock will be corralled there when in the city.
 Harry says that the rooms are in good condition and that they will be fitted up much better before the first of next month, when the team will report for the spring practice. By having the team all together 1t will be much better and Man ager Vaughan can keep a weather eye on them all the time.
 Yesterday afternoon Harry took a trip to West End to look over the ball park and see what additional changes were necessary, and he will see Secretary Sheppard this morning and confer with him relative to making the changes at once. As has been stated before, he in- tends enlarging the dressing rooms for the players and making some additional bath facilities.
 It is probable that Harry will return to Cincinnati tonight on the Queen and Crescent He expects to start on a round of the towns where baseball players are to be found in the winter time and sign up a couple of good players. He has sufficient number of colts on the team now and he desires a couple of fast, heavy hitting, experienced men, and the only way to get them Is to visit their winter haunts and talk to them personally.
 q have a dozen offers of men," said Harry yesterday afternoon. Some of the clubs want to swap. some want to sell me men, and others have men that they would practically turn loose for nothing But l. hope to get hold of some better men than any of those which have been offered me yet I know of several men, experienced ball players, good ielders and god hitters, who are in their winter quar- ters and who have as yet not signed any contract for this season. l intend visit ing them and talking the,matter over and see if cannot land them. It ought to be easy to pick up a couple of them, and will get more of them If I think that can strengthen the team by doing so.
 q will be back in Birmingham by the 2Oth or 18th of this month, and the boys should commence reporting about that time.
 Now that the big leagues are getting ready to turn men adrift on account or being overloaded, it is an easy matter to pick up several who will make good in the south. I will be on the ground and able to pick the best of these."
 Grantland Rice has decided that the popular name of the Atlanta team must be changed. For the past two years the team has been called "The Colonels," but now 1t is to be known as the "Firemen," and already the Journal is predicting that they will climb the scaling ladders to the top rung.
 The "Firemen'' are playing streams of water on the hot time around the ball park in the Gate City, and they are pre- dieting that the streams of water will knock out the other teams in little or no time.
 The fire is being built in the steamer for the "Flremen" and by the opening of the season the boiler will be producing the heaviest amount of steam, or hot air. as some call it, of any fire fighting ap- paratus in the league.
 But nevertheless, Cap. Joyner is one of the finest fellows In the land and he will do wonders with team, and Atlanta seems to have some excellent material.
 The name of "Firemen" was, of course, given in honor of the new head of the Atlanta association. Captain Joyner, who is chief of Atlantas fire department