The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-05
CHARLEY ELSEY IS
FIRST To REPORT
First BaSenan Reaches the
City from Nashville
MORE PLAYERS DUE TODAY
Delehanty Demands Money From Lo-
cal Club Before He Will Report
for Duty With Griffith's
Hiqhlanders.
BY ARTHUR GARDNER.


Elsey is looking fine and dandy, and
appears almost ready to don the uniform
and padded mitt for active duty. He said
last night that he is in fine fettle. and
intends to show the fans all over the cir
cult that the records of last year did
not do him full justice.
Elsey hunted up Daddy" Vaughan,
"Matty," Monty and all the other men
he had ever heard about as being inter-
ested in the game in Birmingham and
within a short time there was a real.
life-sized tanning bee in progress. Elsey
talked modestly of his desires and am
billions, and all in all impressed every
one of the fans who met him as a valu-
able acquisition to the local playing squad.
More Men Coming.
number of other players are due in
today, in fact, Manager Vaughan expects
that by tonight a half dozen or more will
have made their appearance on the scene,
and by tomorrow night or Wednesday
| morning nearly the entire bunch will be
here.
Everything is in readiness for the for
NAL opening of the baseball season now.
the condition of the Georgia peach crop,
and even the chorus ladies have been ut
terly overlooked. Nothing is doing now
but baseball and the kid" clubs of the
mineral belt are beginning to pitch and
catch the regular league ball the
streets and in the corner lots.
The Highlanders are coming in from
the north east and the west Tuesday.
The management of the Morris hotel has
received notice to that effect, and things
have been prepared for the star players
Sam Crane, the New York newspaper
man and one of the best known sporting
writer's anywhere, who is now in Memphis
with the Giants, is coming over and will
stay here as long the Highlanders re-
main. Bozeman c. Bulger, of the New
York Evening World and former sport
ing editor of The Age-Herald is also in
Memphis, but he will be back in time
to meet Griffith and his bunch.
The Atlanta Bunch.
These are the players Smith has signed
for the Atlanta team, minus all his recent
! releases:
First Base-Jm Fox, Randleman, N. c.
Second Base-Otto Jordan, Milledge-
vile, Ga.
shortstop-Frank (whtey) Morse, Gin
cinnati
Other Infelders-Larry Hoffman, Chica-
GO Bert Noblett, Starkville Miss; Henry
Gettig, Baltimore; Pete Tibald. Grand
Rapids; Mike Jacobs, Corydon Ind
Outfielders-Eusene Curtis, Bethany, w.
!
s. c.; George Winters. st. Louis, Mo;
George Stinson Miedgeville, Ga; w Il.
Murdoch, Caledonia N. Y.
/ Catchers-Jack Evers, Troy, N. Y; Sid
ney Smith, Camden. s. C.: George Kalk-
hon, Louisville; Phil Ketter. st. Louis
! Pitchers-F. b. Burnum, Canton, Miss:
A. l.. Bugs Raymond, Chicago; p. w.
Zeller Beaver Falls, Pa; L. B. Chlds,
Jenkinsburg, Ga; F. A. Shaffer, Philadel-
phia; II. r. Harley, Springfield, o..
jerome Utley, Detroit; Baxter Sparks,
Oxford, Miss.
Delehanty Acts Bad.
| Frank Delahanty is acting bad and talk
ing saucily nowadays, but 1t is an even-
money proposition he will report for duty
with Griffith when the time comes.
Delahanty is in a peculiar position
Should he fail to make good with the
Highlanders, it is more than probable
! that as Manager Vaughan has good
man now to take his place. several of
them, in fact, the former star of the
local bunch might not even be wanted in
Birmingham.
Del is making "holler' for the
money he claims is due him for that period
of last season intervening between the
! time he went on strike and the close of
the regular playing season. This is what
, the Detroit Free Press had some DAYS
ago on the subject;
Frank Delahanty denies stories that he
! is dissatisfied with his treatment by Grif
I fifth or with the contract offered to him.
He has no grievance against New York.
The Birmingham club by which he was
I sold, is the party that he is after. Ae-
cordlng to Delahanty New York paid
$1,000 for his release. The player thinks
that he is entitled to bit of this money.
Until get part of the purchase money
he said yesterday will not play a
game of ball as a member of the New
York club If Birmingham doesn't give
me share / will go back to Cleveland.
remaining at home and possibly playing
q little Independent ball for spending
money. According to Deahanty, Bir-
mingham owes him some money. in addi-
tion TO this claim. He was one of the
six players who went ON a strike in Au-
gust last, refusing to play because they
had been fined IS each for failing to re-
port at morning practice. Three infielders,
/ two outfielders and pitcher made up
| the rebel host Their detection dropped
/ Birmingham from an almost sure PEN
! nant to fifth place. Delahanty claims
! that he is still owed 800 on unpaid salary
and money withheld rs fines. That is why
| he is so sore on the Birmingham man
! agement"
! Gossip of the Game.
! Memphis will in all probability sell
| phyle TO the Syracuse club. Babb does
not need or want the player who asked
that he be released to Youngstown The
! syracuse club has offered to buy him, and
The offer will doubtless be accepted.
Bow Bill Cannon has a grievance
against the Memphis club and announces
| rhat he may accept an offer to play with
| the Altoona outlaw aggregation rather
tban remain with the Babbites
| Third Baseman lansing will be with
Nashville again, Detroit having returned