The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-13
SLAGPILE NOTES.

The baseball management has annouhc- ed an admission of only 25 cents to eaeh Of the Meridian games. This reduction should mean a much larger crowd at all of the contests
 Cliff Blankenship and Ed. Minahan nave been sold to Toledo by the Reds me two boys showed up we'll but they were hardly equal to the pace of the heus this year. as they had a number or oIder men to buck against
 Minahan will have to come back 10 BIT mingham according to the contract oe- tween the management of the Barons and the Reds. Manager Kelley did not have the right to dispose of Minahan' and if he does not play with the heos he will probably wear "B' on his left breast. Just as a matter of fact Mana ger Vaughan would like to have tnls old favorite back in Birmingham. Ihe matter has been taken up with the right officials.
 "Tacks' Parrott looked on yesterday and he was greatly impressed with the show ing of the Barons, although 1t was only a slow game. Tacks is of the opinion that Birmingham will make things rather interesting for the team which wins the rag in the Southern Leaugue. and he | seems to have the general opinion of the people all over the circuit. He joins Me- ridian in Birmingham today. ATona IE EnlI Ha- lowing line up for the Reds this season:
 Catehers-Phelps, schiel,
 Pitchers-Harper, Hahn, Ewing, Wal ker, Chech, Overall.
 In1elders-Keley, Huggins. Corcoran, steinfeldt Bridwell. Hoelskoetter Outfielders-Odwell, Seymour, Sebring Dolan.
 The Birmingham fans had an opportu- nifty to see all of them work out this season, and to all appearances the Gin cinnati team is good for third or fourth l place in the big league despite the fact that the Barons trimmed them in three straight games.
 The Baltimore News says of Welch, a Birmingham boy, who is making good with that aggregation this year:
 "Con Welch's debut was the most strik- 1 ing among the new men He was the only 1 player clad entirely in white and 1t gave the spectators the cold shivers merely ] to look at him. But they forgot the chilly atmosphere in watching his work. Old timers noted at once that he IS a con- stant reminder of Clarke Griffith In oe- r In nd In little nerlsms. All he needs to exhibit to make the study complete is Griffith's trick of knocking the ball against his spikes. He | tits his hat at Grlffth's angle he winds up like Griffith, he stands like Griffith and he sends in the ball with the same wonderful ease that has made Griffith famous. In fact, he appears to have an even more easy delivery. He pitches a ball with a most deceptive jump, and what is most commendable. he keeps it 1 up around the batters neck.
 Tn his first two innings he struck out two men, allowed no hit and re- tired his opponents in one-two-three or der. In his last two he allowed two hits (one in each lnnlng) and gave a base on balls, but no run scored On first ac- quaintance he looks like a decided find, end will bear watching. He Is rather smaller than most players, but Is very 1 fast on his feet, evidenced when he ac- tually made a nice hit--one of the very few made off of Mitchell-and stole third base, negotiating the forward end of a double steal with Hayden
 "He fielded bunt very cleverly, though | l,a ,t.t ner at second base, and moment later ceverly picked up and threw a scratch attempt Both chances were difficult to handle. He was dubbed "Snowbird" and White Sox" the rooters, but he had ev- cry man of them right with him. By the way, the report that Welch has not yet signed is incorrect AS has been told in The News, Welch was drafted by Balti- more from a Southern league team, which bought him a month or so before the close of last season. The payment of the other half of the drafting price will make him the permanent property of the Balti- more club, and he signed his contract long ago."
 Nashville's chances of finishing in the first division are rapidly growing less. a combination of bad luck and a bad team. Another blow, and one that is re- gretted by all baseball players and fans, came Tuesday afteronon, when Reisinger had his leg badly fractured in a game with the world beating Bostons. The fol- lowing is an account of the accident:
 Even this early in the baseball season bad luck has overtaSen the Nashville team. Probably the most serious accident | that ever occurred on a local diamond happened Tuesday afternoon when the l Fishermen were opposing the Boston Il American league club. Reisinger, the i crack backstop, and a man whom all | fandom pronounced the best youngster | that ever came from the smaller leagues. had his left leg broken just when he Charlie Elsey had caught foul fly down the right field line hit by Jimmy Collins. | Unglab who was on third, attempted to score on this pop-up. The local first base man sent the ball to the plate and Reis- l finger received the sphere. Unglab was on head run for home and just when he was In a few feet of the local catcher he made an attempt to dodge Reisinger | stepped back and when he went to touch | the runner Unglab tired for slide. His left knee struck Reisinger just above the l left ankle and both bones in his leg were badly broken. The accident was so serious that the breaking of the bones could be