The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-19
REAGAN ARRIVES
READY FOR DUTY
Garvin Has Not Yet Made His
Appearance
CLARKE GRIFFITH SPEAKS
Satisfied With Condition of His Men.
Moriarity Due Today-Will Use
Three New Pitchers in
Tuesdays Game.
CLARKE GRIFFITH SPEAKS
BY ARTHUR E. eApMER.


the other in order that the falling waters
might cool his high brow.
rip directed his steps toward the
Colonial hotel, where his name was
placed on the big book and his carpet
bag sent upstairs in care of porter.
Then rip" dined Following the noon
day meal rip" ioated around carefully
so that he would not get wet He met
number Of the other members of the Biz
nlingham club and during the afternoon
and evening there was quite tanning
bee, in subdued sort of way. Then
Rip went to bed, climbing into the
downy couch along about S:52A p. m.
The arrival of Reagan was not unex-
pected He and Garvin were both due
to reach the city yesterday, but up to
late hour last night the catcher had not
been discovered anywhere about town and
1t is supposed his train has not yet en-
tered the union passenger station. Car
vim will certainly be here today, and II
the weather is seasonable and Barkis is
willn he will be at the ball yard this
afternoon to help move things around
some
Garvn's arrival will make the Coal
Barons the first team in the league with
all the signed players actually on the
ground. All the other clubs have started
training, but in not single instance have
all the players reported yet for duty, and
II is lust about a twenty to one shot,
even in a future book, that the Barons
will have to claim the honor of being the
81, lie n
have everybody at actual work.
When the ball players awoke yesterday
there was every reason to believe that
the weather was going to be of the finest
sort. 1t was but an hour or two. how
ever before the clouds began to gather
and in a very short while the rain began
to fall The players were all kept In
doors, and 1t was probably the dullest
Sunday any of them has experienced in
many months.
Some of Clarke Griffith's men visited the
athletic club during the day and had
little work In the gymnasium, but these
were few in number. The Barons re-
NAMED about their headquarters at the
Hollenden hotel throughout the day and
| one long discussion of baseball, inter-
spersed with old and time-worn anecdotes
of the game, was the result o ftheir mac
tivity.
Weather like that of yesterday Is even
more disagreeable TO ball players in the
| springtme in all probability than to any
| other class of people. They cannot take
i chances at getting wet, which an ordinary
/ person might take. A ball player just
about now values his physical condition
! at great sum. II he gets i'll or is injur-
! ed In any way 1t is likely his position
| is gone for an entire season. AS re-
suit, they will not take any sort of
risks. They stay indoors, particularly
| in cases when there is nothing on the
| outside to attract them.
| II am going to use a lot of players
! Tuesday who have not yet been seen
at play in Birmingham" said Clarke
Griffith last night. 1.-TWO of them are new
men, who have Joined the club for the
first time this season, Whalen and
Hughes Hogg will also pitch. He was
with us last season, but so far the
Birmingham fans have not seen him work.
! ing
THE men are all In fine physical con-
| dition," he continued, referring to the
Highlanders. They have not had enough
real work yet to put them into as good
| playing form as might have been de-
| sired, but a couple of weeks of bright,
sunshiny weather. will turn the trick all
| ltEnl. iNOt d siIlSit man IL Ou lHt Slth
list, and that is good thing in itself.
We are all feeling fine in every way.
! .Moriarity will arrive tomorrow. / have
received a wire from him to that effect.
| With him on the field, all the men signed
to play with me this season will be here
except Delehanty. l have heard nothing
| from him, and do not know what he in
tends TO do. Moriarity played In Califor-
la last season, and Is very highly spoken
| of by the critics of that section of the
! county.
III tht weather Is good in the morn
| ing and the roads are in half way good
shape, / am going to send my men out
| on the roads 1 am of the opinion. how
ever. that 1t will not be possible to do
this Judging from present indications. In
that event, l win have the entire bunch
up at the Athletic club, playing basketball
or indoor Baseball and doing other work
| of that nature. Well be doing something
somewhere, all right. we do not intend
to lose any time whatever
| Manager Vaughan will use Pylant, Sal
lee and in all probability Wilhelm. In the
game against the Highlanders Tuesday.
| Garvin is expected to catch, a portion of
| the contest. If not all of it, This will
| give Matty cnance 10 work with some
/ of the other pitchers.
| The impression prevails that the rain
| will pass away soon enough to allow the
park to dry out nicely for Tuesdays con-
! test, and that warm weather will fol-
| low This Is what the players on both
teams are hoping for with all sorts of
| vim.
| The weather sharps at Washington,
| however predict more rain for today.
Just at this season of the year, when
It starts TO rain, there is no telling when
the end will come, so that when things
are brought right down to rock bottom
| facts, there seems little chance for any
thing but rain for some days yet to come.
| However the fans and the players will
| all pull together and If wishing and hoping
| will do any good. clear skies and balmy
| breezes will soon prevail.
! There are thousand of people who pose
as baseball critics but who know moth
| ing much about the fielding records of
| the men who are known as the hardest
hitters In the game. The impression pre-
| walls generally that If man can clout
the ball hard and often and put it in
| safe places. he will make successful
| player irrespective of his fielding records.
| There never was a greater mistake, as
any ball player outside the brush leagues
| can testify.
| A few nights ago lot of old time fans
| were discussing baseball players of re-
nown, and when somebody mentioned that
Lajoie was as good at fielding as he is at
batting. there was one chorus of dissent.
| The dopebook was procured and the fol-
| lowing figures. showing batting and field
ing Averages of men who have the ten