The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-25
SECOND BASEMAN
IS BEING COAXED
Tempting Necessary to Get
This Good Player
NILES MAY STILL COME
Vaughan and Montgomery Busy Look.
ing After Many Minor Details of
Opening season-Gossip
From Southern Circuit.

Manager Vaughan was difficult to To-
cate yesterday He was in and out of
his office like a squirrel on a tree, and
for all the world resembled the SPUR
rel In the rapidty and results of his
work. There are so many little things to
be looked after that the big mogul finds
it necessary to keep the go all the
time
He answered a lot of mail in the morn
ing, and later found it necessary to visit
the grounds to discuss the work out there.
rhe letters brought by the postman were
all of an important nature, but nothing
was contained in any of them that had
not already been discussed with and
by the fans.
A letter from Big Pat Newman is ex-
pected today Carlos Smith is also due to
write. Several of the players have al
ready sent in their signed contracts, and
Others are due now. They will most likely
start coming in by every train from the
north, and will continue to arrive until
the whole bunch has been slowed away
in the safety deposit boxes in the Of
flee.
Second Base News.
Vaughan is not saying much on that
half way house proposition of his. He
has signed Bruce Hayes to cover the
section indicated but at the same time
Is diligently striving to bring about an
arrangement which will result in the COM
ing south of one of the finest and fastest
second sack artists outside the major
organization.
Vaughan can get the man all right, and
has that part of it fixed solidly. The one
trouble is that the player does not want
n n of ba
because of alleged climatic conditions.
Vaughan is tempting him in all sorts of
ways mentioning that this is the district
which exports pretty girls, coal. iron,
steel and all sorts of finished products,
telling him that there are two theatres
here, third building, and not forgetting
to mention that Birmingham fans are the
most enthusiastic and loyal in the entire
| country.
Some of the players friends have writ
| ten him about this beautiful and balmy
climate, and even Roy Montgomery Joined
the epistolary brigade Roy has already
sent three or four letters to the player,
and daily expects to be joined by the
man from the north who fears the sunny
! southern weather.
Short Field information.
Seriously speaking, it looks as il
Vaughan Is going to get the chary second
baseman and Niles both. The latter Is
not expected to be rubbed off the big
! league map until after the league starts
! its work. but shortly thereafter he is due
| to alight from a train In the Union Pas
senger station, Birmingham.
| There Is not a great deal of difference
! between short field and secondbase, and
| Vaughan would find himself aided ma
! terlally In strengthening his infield II
/ both men should come. Niles could play
second. the other short. He would soon
! become accustomed to the change.
| The fans know Niles Is good. Were the
| other fellows name mentioned they would
! know also that he Is good They will
! be satisfied that the infield is as strong
and solid the outfield, when Vaughan
gives out the information that both men
have started for this city. The Texas
Businessman, Niles on second, the new
player at short, Montgomery at third,
Gear In left Wordsworth in center and
Smith In right, and the club will be ready
for any and every aggregation. There Is
no need to worry about the pitchers and
catchers.
Montgomery Is Busy.
Montgomery is putting in all kinds of
time now talking to printers about union
cards, three insertions, discount for cash,
and things of that nature about which
a ball player Is supposed to know very
little.
Yesterday he finally completed his ar
rangements for the scorecards for the
season, and today he will start at the
outside work. The printers promised
something unusually fine and Monty clos
ed a deal by means of which the patrons
of the game will obtain the correct line
up of each team in the scorecard each |
game. This is feature never properly |
worked in Birmingham.
Around the Circuit.
Matty Matthews is playing basketball in
Atlanta, on Billy Smiths team Matty
is almost ready to start baseball tomor-
row.
Joe Rickert has removed Atlanta's wor-
ry by signing his contract to play left
field
Almost the entire Atlanta team is coach
ing some college baseball team for pin
money
being made to sell all the stock in the
new club management. The club is to
be capitalized at $4,000 and only about
thus far,
this year. will have the following play
ers:
Catchers-Harry Bemis, Fred Buelow. J.
Pitchers-Adrian Joss, Otto Hess, James
West, Monte Wood. John Townsend. Har-
ry A. Eells, Ralph Cadwallader.
Inhelders-N Napoleon Lajoie. William ].
Bradley, T. L. Turner, George Stovall,
l'Claud Rossman, w. j. Barbeau, H. Bate
man. William Shipke, w. ]. Ingerton.
Outhelders-Elmer Flick, Harry Bay.
James jackson, w. M. Congalton.