The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
.HIGHLANDERS COME
FOR SPRING SERIES
Several New York Players Al
ready on Ground
NEW MAN NAMED BILLIARD
Ed Hurburt Assaults One of Mccraw's
Men-Jacksonville Has Red-Hot
Fan Who Uses Long
Distance Phone.
NEW MAN NAMED BILLIARD

The day has at last arrived. Before
the sun casts its last departing rays over
the slagpile ball grounds this evening,
the New York Highlanders will have ar
rived and made their appearance on the
grounds to hunt the soft and easy spots
and to get acquainted with the angles.
The advance guard is already on the
scene. Eddie Hahn and Joe Mcclure
formed a scouting party which sauntered
into the Morris hotel yesterday, and dur
ing the afternoon made their way to
the PARK Although attired in ordinary
wearing apparel they We're recognized
at once and the local players on the
spot showed them around. Hahn had
been mixed up in several affairs at the
park while with the Peicans, however,
and needed no guides
Close watch was kept on every inbouh
train last evening and night by willing
and devoted bunch of fans. The watch
was maintained carefully and unremit-
tingly. Reports were made hourly TO
other fans, by phone and otherwise one
very kind member of the committee Kept
The Age-Herald informed. The last bull
letin was received just two minutes be-
fore the paper went to press this morn
ing. and was to the effect that there was
nothing doing and that the speaker in
tended to "skdoo" to his home for few
hours rest.
Six Men Are Here.
So far. six of the Highlanders have
appeared and taken their quarters at
the Morris. These are j. T. Mcclure.
f.. w. Hahn, Joe Yeager, II. II. Chase,
r. F. Keefe and Tom Hughes.
Today the others of the club will reach
the city and will Immediately start active
spring training. 1t is expected Manager
Griffith will make no changes in the plans
adopted some time ago, which were to
the effect that the first exhibition game
was to be played Saturday.
Manager Vaughan will spend some time
this morning in consultation with Mana
ger Griffith. They will form a ways and
means committee and after the doors are
opened 1t is expected a lot of good, fresh
dope will be handed out and passed
around for all to nibbe at.
His Name Is Billiard.
Already the fun has started, Any time
two ball players get together more than
once there is either going to be joke
or two or a fight. One of Manager
Vaughan's new pitchers has started the
iollity of the season of 1905, and 1t is time
for the funny fans food writer's to get
busy with him.
The man has been called Ballard by
everybody so far. but when he signed his
name to the register at the Hollenden
hotel he spelled it Billiard. At the ball
park somebody asked him what his name
was and he answered. Billiard"
1 As a guide to the funny writers, it is
! suggested that when Billiard makes foul
! he be advised to chalk his cue; that when
! he goes up to try for the needed hit
/ somebody coach him to play carom
/ off the cushion; and that he be told. to
play combination when it is possible
to complete nice double play.
Giants Have Started.
The New York Giants have started
( their spring practice in Memphis. They
have been working about three days.
and already Big Ed Hurlburt known and
| liked all over the south, has found 1t
necessary to wipe up Main street with
| one of McGraw's players. 1t is good
! start. There being no limit to the game,
| it is difficult to tell where it will finish.
/ Hurlburt is a resident of Memphis, and
| operates a big dye shop and cleaning
house there. He was on Main street a day
| or two ago, when a young man passed
with two ladies'. leaving a theatre per
| formance One of the Giants, named sup
| pressed by everybody so far, stepped up
and leered at one of the ladies. Hurlburt
rushed TO the front and grabbed the man.
do you know that lady?' he asked
accordngto the reports.
Nav, | don't and what's more l don't
care to-" was the reply.
Hurlburt is big and brawny, and 1t Is
not necessary to again tell the sad. pain
full story of what happened to the New
York player 1t was also said that Nc
Graw was indignant over the AFFAIR and
announced he would take summary action
las soon as he could discover which of
his players acted that way"
Som. Red-Hot Fans.
Probably the hottest fans in the south
live in Alabama and in the Birmingham
district at that. Yesterday afternoon the
sporting editor was called to the long
distance telephone. He inferred that some
bid deal among wrestlers, prize fighters
or race horses was ON the tapis. and
took a pencil and pad of paper with him