The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-21
BASEBALL GOSSIP

telegram was received by Manager
 Naushan yesterday from Piggy" Ward lh scranton, Pa, stating that he left that berg yesterday morning and would report for practice Wednesday morning. He will arrive tonight over the ouean and Crescent
 Fred Moore is anxiously looking for the arrival of Piggy" as he used to car ry bats for the second baseman when he was at the head of the Scranton team in the Atlantic league. At that time Moore's brother was catching for the Scranton team and Ward was the big mogul.
 It has been a long time since Moore, who is youngster compared with Ward, has seen the Barons' second baseman. and the meeting will be something of an | incident.
 Jimmy Smith, the diminutive shortstop
 of Shreveport and Koehier, Atlantas center fielder. failed to make good with St. Louis. so the papers in that town state, and they will wear Southern lea que uniforms this year.
 smith will be with Shreveport again tEis year and he will strengthen that az.
 gregation materially. There is not a
 better short to be found around this neck of the woods. but he was hardly ripe for the big leagues this season.
 koehler was not mp to the batting re- quired by the big boys. but he was there on the fielding. In fact, he was consid- cred the fastest fielder with the team 
 Manager Vaughan has not heard from Long Miller or Dusty" Miller but expects to hear from both of these field CTS within the next day or two It is about time that the two men are re- porting and Manager Vaughan Is anxious to know if Dusty intends coming to Birmingham.
 The Barons had a fairly good practice yesterday at the ball grounds and sever al of the players who are a little sore and stiff a result of Friday and Sat- urdays games began limbering up. Moore and Hafford suffered very little from the two games, and were in pretty good con- dition yesterday. Schiap suffered more than any one else, but his throwing arm was better yesterday than 1t has been for several days. Old Father Vaughan has taken things pretty easy all along and Is neither sore nor stiff. The outfield- CTS are not suffering any from glass wings.
 Reagan and Hennessy got a nice prac- tce yesterday. Neither of them thought there would be any practice and failed to show up at the park. They are prom ising to do better today. The weather yesterday was not very encouraging for ball players. but the vaughanites man. aged to get couple of hours nice work between showers. The grounds dried comparatively quickly.
 If Minahan makes good wl,n the Reds he will have to get the Job of one of | the old pichers. for Overall and Chech | look as if they were going to land all | right. Overall has impressed the Gin cinnati bunch as being the great pitch | ing find of the season. He comes from . the Pacific coast and Saturday for the | first time he turned loose. and he made the glove of Cliff Blankenship, the Co., lumbus. Ga, boy. who has developed | into another find, burn with his speed
 Minahan will have to beat Long Bob Ewing out if he gets a berth. Big Smitty." also known here as
 Frank Smith is showing great form with Comiskey's White Sox this year. | The Sox may come to Birmingham for game, and if they do Smitty will be a | great drawing card.
 | A telegram was received from Frank Delehanty last night accepting the terms of Birmingham. and the deal between Bir- mingham and Montgomery has gone | through. Oelehs ntys ticket has been sent | him already Henry Lynch has been swapped for this little heavy hitter. who can play either outfield or intield. and Birmingham also gave a cash considera- | tion.
 Lynch was worth very little to Birming- l ham, while Delehanty promises to make a l good man. His batting will be a feature | this year if he shows the improvement | he she wed last year. He refused to play
 with Montgomery, and Tom O'Brien was anxious to get Lynch, so the deal was
 easily made