The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-08
SLAGPILE NOTES.

Manager Vaughan and Secretary shep-
pard decided yesterday afternoon after
conference with the manager of the
Castle Heights team to make the adj
mission to the grand stand or any other
part of the grounds except the reserved
seats, rs cents this afternoon.
IL Is believed that the Castle Heights
boys Will put up better game this after
noon, and that it will be more interest
ing from a spectators standpoint
Secretary Sheppard and Manager
Vaughan both denied most positively yes
terday afternoon that the Barons had
bought Harry Gleason who was untity
infielder for the st. Louis Browns last
season. A deal was on for the little
fielder, but it fell through and he will
hardly wear Baron uniform this year.
Could he have been secured, he would
nave made an excellent man for the team
and the price offered for his release was
In the neighborhood of $1,000, about the
largest any Southern league team has Of
fered for player in a long time.
Manager Vaughan was very emphatic
in his denial. He said:
The report is absolutely false. and [
want 1t denied as strongly as possible.
don't mind giving out the deals when
we make them. but there is no use pub
fishing senseless rumors and spreading
them around the city As far as I know
now the lineup of the team wher the
season opens will practically include the
present men composing the team"
Miller, the boy who pitched for the
Castle Heights team yesterday, evident
ly had the stage fright, for he has never
before been so wild, nor hit batters. The
youngster has never met a professional
team before, and naturally suffered some
from that reason
Miller is anxious to get into a minor
league team, and he promises to be q
wonder when he receives sufficient ex-
perience. He allowed more hits yestey-
DAY than he has ever allowed in a game
before, and he usually uses his under
hand ball with great effect, but was not
able to control 1t yesterday.
The Barons did not secure but nine
/ - NtAJf Jul Aity StCuTeQ as MANY
as they wanted. After the third the play
ers did not try very hard to hit the ball,
nor to run out inhed hits Several of
them could have reached first safely 1,
they had tried very hard.
Bobby Gilks and fifteen others including
Harry Ehrlch, business manager of the
Pirates, are touring Texas on the pre-
season transforming trip. They will
| spend April in Shreveport resting. and
Will not be seen there again until May
4. when Little Rock opens the regular
Southern league season at League park
The personnel of the party of tourist IL
as follows:
Harry Ehrlich, manager of finances;
Robert j. Gilks, manager; Leslie and
Graffius, catchers; Barley. Walker
Swami, Breitenstein, pitchers; Welkart
first base and captain Evans, second
Morris short; Hess, third; Hanley, Ken
nedy, Miller, Abstein, outfield Fritz
catcher and McGlynn and Fisher, pitch.
ers are yet to report.
The schedule of the exhibition games Is
as follows:
April 4, 5, 6, Austin; April Z, s, 9, Sar
Antonio; April 10, H. Houston; April H. 10
Galveston April H. 10, 16. Beaumont
April II, Shreveport, no game; April IS
10, Vicksburg, Miss. New Orleans, t.
open regular season. Thursday, April 20
Two Sunday games are included in the
above schedule.
w. A. Phelon, in the Sporting News OF
this week, writes as follows from Chi
cago about the game here of the Whit,
Sox:
"Comiskey has been playing his team
as he intends to show 1t In the regular
campaign, and the lineup looks danger
Gus. The team. as it now goes into bat
tie, has Callahan on first, Dundon second
Tannehill third, Davis at short. Jones
Green and Holmes In the gardens. TIL,
men are, to judge by the scores. doine
some awfully heavy hitting. Commy CAV,
| an ambitious youngster quite chance
few days ago.
$50 many of the pitchers are lame tina
the team struck Birmingham without
! twirler fit to work Harry Vaughan cheer
| fully loaned the Sox youth named Fitz
patrick, who was merely on trial with Bir
mingham and r-as not supposed to b.
any good at all. Vaughan and his mer
then prepared to lambast the youth, ant