The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
NEW WORKERS ARE AT STATE CAPITAL Griffth's Boys Have Come Down to Warm Up NEW PLAN FOR PITCHERS Tom O'Brien Has His Eye on the Bunch and May Land Couple If
 New York Company Is
 Too Fast.
NEW PLAN FOR PITCHERS

Montgomery March 2.-(Special.) l.)-The Hon. Clark Griffith. from the great city of New York, with the advance guard of his American league team of ball players, hit the town last night and will stay with the loyal fans of the Grade of the Confectionery for a few days get ting warmed up. They made a bed down at the Glenmore for them and handed them water and towels this morning, just ahead of a good old country break fast, after which the visitors allowed themselves to be exhibited over the city Along with the crowd were number of newspaper boys who do not seem any different from the craft down this way, save that they look |. little better fed and somewhat more comfortably cloth ed than few of those who do ''stunts' down in the south. This is no doubt ac- counted for in the fact that they are away from home and are consequently clad in their company best.
 Shortly after breakfast Bozeman Bull ger who Is doing the country for the New York World, started out with Ar thur James, the Evening Mail man, to show him something of my native state." Bulger was raised in Tallapoosa The last seen of them they were rub bering'' at the dome of the old capitol and wondering of the could get few Jeff Davis home spinters to take back with them. It would have been worth the price of admisson to have heard Bull ger telling all the things he does not remember about the old Confederate capitol
 Fortunately Sam Crane of the Jour nal Walter St. Dennis of the Globe, and William Hanna of the Sun, escaped from the tour of observation planned and Bull ger and James were the only victims. Bulger took the bunch out to Athletic park in the afternoon, however, and had n good time with them.
 Griffith's New Plan.
 Manager Griffith has fallen onto new plan for the limbering up of pitchers and will try 1t out here. He has brought with him Pitchers Orth, Metcalf, Put mann, Whitney and Holycross. and will Tut in much of the time from now until the full team gets here in getting arms on them His idea is to have them in such condition when the batters come that they will be like well developed men and capable of putting over the plate the article of balls they should deliver
  batters also some fine practice. They will have to hit the same kind of bend CTS that will be sent in to them when the real business opens up and they will be getting real instruction. whiie the fact that the batters are doing their best will jolly up the pitchers also
 O'srien Gets Busy.
 Tom O'Brien. manager of the Mont gomery team. was down at the Glenmore early to greet the New York bunch. and almost fell on the neck of Bulger and some of his old friends in the list. Tom was looking slyly out of his off-eye and sizing up the men in the crowd with q view of landing on one or two of them if they do not prove fast enough for New York company. Tom looked wise when asked if he was going to get any of them and said he was not sure, but one could never tell what would happen in the baseball world. While the local pitching staff looks pretty good. 1t Is well known that Tommy is looking for a couple of good youngsters with ambi- fions to following in the footsteps of Chesbro and some of the others.