The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-01
BARONS ARE READY
BIRMINGHAM LOOKING FORWARI
 TO OPENING GAME.
oyIer and Roy Montgomery stilI On Sick List-Lister Is Not Showing Form On
 First,

Birmingham. March 31.-tSpecial)- With one more week of practice Man ager Harry Vaughn believes that the Birmingham Southern League ball players will be in shape for the open
 If the weather is only half as good during the present week as 1t was last,
 era oyler % the 0s sH sopa Who Mas a0h n jured in a game with the Chicago Cubs recently is mending slowly and while he believes that he will be all right who do not believe that he will be able to play for a month yet. if that soon. The local management would be pleased to annex the first game of the in that direction Who will do the twirling in the game with Atlanta on the 9th of April has not yet been de- cided on and there is no telling wheth- CT 1t will be Clark, Ragan or Will helm.
 Sunday before last Clark stated that he would ask and to be put in 5hs 5e 6a tna day st as he sSan dd not then. however. Clark has been doing moderate work and by the end of this week will have worked out consid- showing good form tn the practice games and Manager Vaughn will use the man who appears in the better form on the day of the opening.
 While the patronage at the practice games has not been what might have been expected, there Is no doubt but that as much enthusiasm as ever ex- isted in Birmin gham over baseball will be found here before the expiration of another fortnight.
 Montgomery, who will play third base, is still troubled with his eyes
 be in readiness for the opening of the season next week.
 As to who will be dropped by Man ager Vaughn of the eighteen players
 diamond is hard to tell right now | Five pitchers are here, Wilhelm, Ra. i gan, Clark, Turner and Bruner. It i. I known that Vaughn does not wan between Turner and Bruner as to who | will go. Meek. Garvin and Mtze art | three men for the. catching position
 and 1t Is certain that only two will Carlos smith Molesworth. Gardner
 and Woodruff are outhelders and i
 Is a certainty also that not more thar
 three will be carried. Alcock anC as utility men and one or both vii | probably go,
 Lister on first base will be a cer | tainty for a while at least-until sucI
 time that it is seen that he Is no the man wanted He is far from be | ing the. man that Meek turned out tC be. Oyler Will play SnOTISJo@ ana Lew | Walters will hold down second. Ro, l Montgomery has the job of protectins | third base. Manager Vaughn believes l in holding the men who won the pen | nant last season and as far as the! | are concerned they are fair1- safe pro vided. of course, they deliver the good l or even make the effort In that direc l tion.
 | No word has been uttered as yet il | Birmin gham looking winning tn, | pennant again ths wear. However | the opinion is held down that if tn, | team does not make a 'ood showfns
 there will be public demonstration Publication has been made here tha | there will he no swell head" allowed | in Birmingham. and the strictest rule | will be enforced. All nlayers have al | ready had evidence that business will | be the watchword in the conduct o | the club this year; babYs play sulk | ing and all that will have to be ban | ished. Vaughn has give- signs of in | tending to show his authority. He i l to be manager of the team and tn | team will find out early in the gam | that as long as they do their dut, | half way he will meet them but whei
 there are no excuses there will be som | benching good and strong.
 The present week wilt be given owe
 to hard practice. While the weathe l will not start off with as much warr
 weather as last week still condition l promise to be favorable and by ADri l 3 the team will have had chance {
 train down considerably.