The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-02


 It was happy, though tired and sleepy bunch of Barons that stepped from the Southern yesterday morning
 After an absence of three days. they were glad to get back home, and were especially glad to exhibit the bloody scalp of Atlanta hanging to their belts.
 They immediately repaired to their re- spectve homes. and slept the greater part of the morning. In the afternoon they spread about the city, and talked base ball.
 The team Is in an excellent shape. Gear is in good form. as was demon- strated by the excellent work that he performed in Atlanta. The injured hand of Garvin is fast healing, and he will ap- pear in one of the games against Mont gomery, Mentally and morally. every thing is well night perfect The men are enthusiastic. and are confident of stepping into and handling the Pretzels roughly.
 Vaughn Talks.
 The big manager of the Barons was exceedingly happy as he talked the mat ter over to a number of fans yesterday afternoon. He smiled continually. We have just performed neat stunt" said he "and all of us feel a little proud. The games were red hot, every one of them, and in each we had to play splendid ball 10 win out. The Bremen were out after our scalps, and although we brought them home with us. we had to hurry. We were excellently treated while on this trip. The fans in Atlanta did everything to make things pleasant for us, and the press was unusually kind. Some of the fans rooted for the Barons. and the en- thusiasm on both sides ran high. We have no kick to make concerning any thing. No umpires robbed us Manager Smith did not introduce into the game any rubber" or punk balls. Every thing ran as smoothly as marriage bell. The men played excellent ball. I feel proud of every one of them.'
 Manager Vaughn was asked concerning the decision in the first game, whereby Oyler was called out at the plate on d "squeeze" play, and concerning which so much has recently been heard. Man ager Vaughn stated that the decision was a close one, but that he thought the um- pire decided to the best of his ability. He made no complaint whatever.
 To Rest Tuesday.
 According to the schedule. Tuesday will played this afternoon, and there will be a double-header Wednesday. The first game Wednesday will be called shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning, and the second will commence at the usual hour in the afternoon, o'clock
 On account of the fact that there are no postponed or tied games to be played off in Birmingham between the Pretzels and the Barons. no special game can be played Tuesday. One of the regular scheduled games between the Barons and Pretzels to be played in Montgomery. was rained out but this will eventually be pulled off in the Capital City. It is a pity that no game can be played Tues day. as it is certain that a large crowd would be In attendance, a larger crowd, 1t is believed than will attend the morn ing game Wednesday.
 No Change.
 There will hardly be a change in the lineup this afternoon, although Mont gomery will probably be able to appear in the game within the next few days. Alcock has performed brilliantly since his service began, and if Montgomery is again put in play, Roy cannot make errors without causing a howl from the fans.
 If is pointed out that it might be bet ter to change the batting order just trine. Smith is not the best man for a bunt on the team, and it might be well to switch him to the top Molesworth or Gear either is his superior in placing a bunt.