The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-02
NAPOLEONS ID PLAY
 BIRMINGHAM TODAY The Mighty Lajoie and His
 Cohorts Here
 GREAT BASEBALL TEAM Pitchers Wood, West and cadwaIeder
Pitchers Wood, West and cadwaIeder for Cleveland, with Hickman and "GInaer' Clark for Barons.
 Diamond Notes.
FOR LAJolE's IN TOWN.

W eve lOOked uI CArIle NdllDn,
 And shook Jim Corbetts hand.
 We've eaten bread with Robert Fitz
 And chummed with George Tebeau We've drank our beer with MT. Schlitz.
 Great notables we know.
 We've interviewed Friend Morgan,
 Thrown talk at old John D.
 We've opened wine with Sullivan
 And seen Prince Hennery.
 King Edward is a bosom pal.
 Langtry our school-day girl
 Dick Croker smiles into our face
 We'll give Boss Fame a whirl.
 Around the shrine.of heroes
 There's little we've not seen.
 We've talked to all both great and small,
 Of high and lowly mien.
 But this group pales beneath the looks
 Of one of far renown,
 Hats off The greatest comes today,
 For Lajoie's in town.
 T. Roosevelt's backed off the boards.
 A platter is King Ed.
 Langtry a chorus lady now,
 The others are all dead.
 For Lajoe pride of several leagues!
 Laioie, the mighty man!
 Lajoie. his bat and fielding glove
 Knocks out the whole blamed clan.
 
 Napoleon I.ajoie and his husky bunch of ball tossers, who are billed for two performances on the local lot with Bir- mingham commencing today arrived in the city yesterday afternoon from At lanta.
 The party consists of twenty-eight per sons, including the secretary, E. $. Ser nard, and two newspaper men, Elmer Bates of the Cleveland Press and Grant land Rice of the Cleveland News. The personnel of the players is as follows: Catchers, Bemis. Benlow, Clark and Wakefield; pitchers, Joss, Wood, Bern hardt Rhodes, West. Cadwaleder Hess and Fills; infielders, Rossman, Stoval, La 1oie, Bradley Ingerton, Turner, Barbeau and Shipke; outfelders, Bay, Flick, Jack son and Congalton.
 Cleveland is doped at present by the knowing ones as the strongest aggrega- ton in the American league with the best inside chance of capturing the cov- eted flag in that circuit this season. On the pay roll of this club, some of most celebrated opponents of baseball play are numbered. Monsieur Lajoie, the great team leader, hardly needs an introduction to the general run of fans. The big Frenchman is known as the greatest of players. wherever the game Is known: {: his name being almost a household word. Bay, the 1eet-footed centerfielder. and premier baserunner of tue country; Brad ley. the great guardian of the third corner; Cotton Turner, the wonderful shortstop; Bems catcher. and Joss sur named Addison, by those of a. classic turn of mind, but known to balldom as the human slat, are among the many cele- brities connected with the Cleveland club. Bob Rhodes, known to Southern diamonds when with Memphis in 1901 is now con- sidered Q star performer with the visitors.
 Among the recruits with Cleveland on trial for the coming season. are numbered Claude Rossman, who led the Western league in batting last season while with Desmoines Iowa the flag winners in that league. The exWestern star is putting up a great game around the initial sack and bids fair to beat Stoval out of his job; Barbeau, the lightning young in fielder. last season with Columbus in the American association; Congalton also from Columbus, who finished with the Clevelands last season. and who proved himself valuable batsman in select company. Shipke, last year third base for Omaha. in the Western league; Wake field, catcher from the Desmoines club in the same circuit, and Pitchers Cad walader, West, Wood and Els constitute the list.
 Cleveland-Bay. center field; Bradley. Shipke, third base; Flick, Congalton. right field; Lajoie, second base: Turner. Bar beau, short stop; Jackson, left field {: Stoval, Rossman, first base: Clark. Wakefield, catchers; Woods, Cadwaleder, West, Els. pitchers.
 Birmingham-Mol center field : Montgomery. third base; Smith, right field; Walters, second base; Oyler, Atcock. short stop; Gear. left field Elsey. first base; Matthews. Vaughan, catchers; Hickman, Ginger Clark. pitchers
 Umpire-Wilson Matthews.
 The above list Is the correct batting order for the Cleveland club this after noon and the lineup but not the batting order of the Barons. It can be seen tha { Manager Lajoie is taking no chances yet, with his high priced slabmen, as the pitchers billed to pitch today and to- morrow against the locals are all re- cruits.
 Justin Clark, well known and favorably remembered throughout the Southern cir cult as Mig Is with the Blues; this season making his second in fast com pany. Clark is about the best throwing pad and init artist ever graduated from the Southern league. He has a host of friends here who will watch his work with interest.
 The weather seems to have let up at last and as Vaughan's bunch is in nice shape cracking good game may be ex- pected Harry Is billed to don the mask and big init today for a part of the game and there should be something doing in the stellar stunt line as the big fellow is in mighty good condition. Hickman will in all proba bility begin the game on the rubber this afternoon, and as this young speed merchant was once drafted by Cleveland. and turned over to Denver la st season without a trial. fans may look for a sizzling exhibition on his part; as this sterling youngster is going to demon strate that size is not everything even in major league circles. Ginger clark, looked upon as Birmingham's mainstay on the slab. will essay the final innings, and if he is in good condition the visitors will have bunch of work cut out to make much headway.
 Manager Lajoie stated last night that he has had exactly three good days for workouts, during his team's three weeks stay in Atlanta. The bad weather has cost the visiting big league clubs small fortune this spring and will doubtless tend to make the clubs start their train ing season in the south bit later next year. In former seasons the major or ganlzations have had excellent picking In the south, some of the clubs easily making the expenses of the entire period and in some instances going back up north with a comfortable margin to the good. The big clubs have left a good sized wad in the southland this spring.
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