The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-08
READY FOR OPENING
BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA pLAY
 TUESDAY.
Pennant Raising Ceremony at the Slag City to Re Made Great Occas-
 sion for the Fans
 THF There.

Birmingham. April 7th,-(Special. Great festivities will attend the op- ening of the baseball season in Birm- ingham Tuesday, when Atlanta comes here for one game with the Champions. The Birmingham team will be ready for the visitors and the prospects are ripe for a record breaking crowd
 Of course, the weather is to be reck- oned on in the prospects. If the pres ent cool atmosphere prevails Birming- ham might not show up 50 well. If find they are up against the real things for the season.
 Appropriate exercises will attend the opening game in Birmingham The Governor of the State was invited to participate in the game. The Mayor of the city. George B. Ward. has also been invited to be on hand and if he will consent he may be induced to toss the first ball. The raising of the pennant won last year will be a feature of the great day. It is not improbable that a parade through the streets and av- enues will be a feature also, besides a big, brass band.
 No little attention has been given during the past few days by Manager Harry Vaughn to the team of Birming- ham, Vaughn is not very talkative as to the future prospects, beyond say ing that the game will be played for ali there is in it and that the fans can be assured of some good sport. He is not>boasting any as yet beyond say ing that indications are that the team Is twenty per cent stronger than it was last season.
 It Is reported, and no denial can be heard. that Vaughn has given the play CTS a sound talking to, in other words will be expected to play bill and to give very effort they possess, to be as the old woman who lived in a shoe, the men must deliver the goods or go. For few days there reDOrtH that all was not we'll among the mem- bers of the team, that for some reasons there was a little i'll feeling and ob- stinacy in the ranks. Not going to stand for anything of that kind" is said to have emanated from Manager Vaughn and with the rules as strict as they are in the baseball world to- day. the outlaw not so promising as before, it is very probable that every contract is going to be lived up to.
 Who will pitch the first game IS not yet positively decided on. Bir- Reports come from Atlanta that num- Der of enthusiasts in that city will journey to Birmingha and witness the game Tuesday.
 battery composed of Mayor Ward of Birmingham, pitcher, and Mayor Joy ner, of Atlanta, as catcher. The At lanta end of the battery could not come to Birmingham for the game because of some municipal matters up and the program has been changed some. Ex- actly what arrangements will pc brought about cannot be stated right now but Manager Vaughn says there will be some feature injected.
 Oyler. the short stop, is improving from the injury to his ankle received in one of the practice games couple of weeks ago. Montgomerys eyes are again in good shape and he is ready for the sum and other ills of the To- cal diamond. Two or three of the oth- CT players who were getting acclimat- ed are rounding into condition rapidly.
 Lister has had some boils but they are disappearing right along. Wal ters, Mofesworth, Carlos Smith and the others have been working out well and all claim that they are in readiness for the season except having a little soreness yet in their bones. This will be eliminated rapidly with weather conditions to the liking.
 be worn at home and those to be seen while the players are on tour, are here and have been on exhibition. The passes will be distributed tomorrow to the newspapers and others entitled 10 them. The tickets have been packed for use and nothing remains to be done save to open the gates, take up the tickets, cry out play bali ana while fans in Birmingham are hop ing for another victorv. it is admitted here that Atlanta, New Orleans, Mem phis and Nashville have strong teams and must be watched. Montgomery IS also respected here, though being neiphboriy city the Birmingham fans do 1ot look upon the Capital city team as intense rivals as the others.