The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-13
ANOTHER IS ADDED
 ID BARON LINEUP SchiappiaSse of Jacksonville Will be Given a Try Out HAFFORD SIGNS CON NTRACT Harry Now Has the Contracts of Nine teen Men, With Two Others
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 After Others.
HAfFORO SIGNS CONTRACT

short stop who was signed by Jackson vile this season, has been released to Birmingham and will report here to com mence work early. He is now located in Ann Arbor, Mich, and within the next few days will start on his southern trip so as to be here few days in advance of the time for practice to commence.
 Frank Hafford, the third baseman who played such good ball last year with Lowell Mass, has sent his contract back, signed and sealed. and promises to show up in Birmingham on March ?. He wrote Secretary Sheppard a nice letter, stating that he would like very much to make good in Birmingham and thought this team was the best place in a minor league for player
 It is understood that Harry has signed another Lynch, an infelder who the big first baseman thinks will make mighty good in Birmingham. He can handle third, short or second with equal ease. according to the dope, and was turned over to the Barons from one of the Nat ional league teams.
 The Lineup.
 With his contract Birmingham will have seven men for the infield, Vaughan,
 
 shortstops; Hafford and Lynch, tnird; and Henry Lynch, utility. Out of this bunch he should get at least two good men, equal to anything in the south, and he may get three or even four men. All of them come well recommended, es- pecally Hafford and "Schiap."
 In the outhelder there is Hennessy. Billy Smith, Big Miller and another man who will probably be signed within the next few days. one highly recommended as fielder and hitter. The pitchers will be the two ClarSes Reagan, Pylant. Dessau, Selee, Wagner and another man for whom Vaughan is negotiating now.
 The two catchers will be Clarke and Matthews. This makes nineteen men signed and two more who will probably wear the Baron uniform, giving Harry more than two teams which he can use one against the other in the practice season.
 Making Repairs.
 Daddy" Cook has already commenced his work on the grand stand and bleach CTS, making the necessary repairs. He has been at work for several days repair ing seats where they were broken, the roof where 1t needed a shingle and the fence wherever a plank had come off, or new one was needed.
 Just as soon as the weather settles work Will commence OH lflo 6lOuhdSs anu ~ will probably require week 10 put them into such condition as will do for practice. By the time the first team arrives, the New York on March 15. the grounds will be in fine shape.
 The Montgomery Advertiser says;
 Unless Brandt and Gardner show up a lot better than they did last summer it is pretty sure that neither of them will be in the Pretzel pitching department this summer. Brandt has pitched some bril- liant games here, but he is cratic, and 1t Is lots the best policy to have man who can be depended on to go a certain gait all the time. The big fellow and Gard ner are both good hitters, however, but 1t Is going to take some swift pitching to land games in this league this summer. And Tom O'Brien is most assuredly go- ing to have a bunch of slab artists that can run with anything in the circuit.
 George W. Kelley. in Sporting News. says of some Southern league timber from the South Atlantic league;
 q was manager of the Jacksonville. Fla, South Atlantic League club last year and was in a position to justify my remarks am well pleased at President Boyers reelection. I consider him one  been personally acquainted with him for years, and I also consider him as capa- ble a baseball man as the South Atlantic league could have secured. I secured two good men in Shea and Dexter. However, I can't agree with some of my friends when they say Shea is a better man than Mig Clarke. but he is good first class, hard-hitting catcher and has a cool head and will make Atlanta first class man. Dexter is a good, fast young man and will make a good man, but think Stafford will win out on first base. Bob Is a good man. l am sorry Atlanta did not secure Bayne from Macon. He is one of the best and will make good wherever he goes. So will Suggs. I also consider Childs of Charleston a good man. Here Is a tip. O. F. Violata of Jackson vile is a peach and if Atlanta can se- cure him she will never regret 1t. He can hit, field and has the best arm l ever saw, and can be made to pitch fine ball. Now, as to myself, l don't know lust at present where I will go or what will do I have had good many of- fers both to manage and to umpire. will decide in a couple of weeks. Any how, you will please extend my good wishes to the Southern league and South Atlantic and I am liable to be found in one or the other. North Carolina IS not for ball and I think there will be a league here"
 Frank Bancroft was lunohinC with a party of friends at a downtown cafe yes terday and talking baseball betwo en bites. ''The quickest lunch l ever saw, said the genial manager, was at Syra- cuse several years ago The Reds were en route over the New York Central from Boston to Cincinnati, and the train was delayed several hours by washout ,--e