The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
HAPPY SMITH is
TO ARRIVE TODAY
MeekS Is First Man to Sign
New Contract
PARR TO WRESTLE BURNS
Is Willing to Come Down Eight Pounds
and Is Sure He Can Defeat Br-
mingham's Favorite
Wrestler.

Carlos Smith, the elongated right fielder
of the pennant winning Barons last sea
son, will be in Birmingham this morn
ing.
Manager Vaughn received a telegram
from the Mississippian to that effect yes
terday morning and Immediately gave the
notification to fandom.
Why Carlos leaves Brookhaven for Biz
ming'ham IL unknown, unless he comes
to attend the meeting of the cotton grow
ers. 1t is probable that he is a delegate to
the convention. and comes ahead of time
to see something of his old cronies.
Few ball players who have worn the
Baron uniform are more popular than
Carlos, and that he Will be given a well
| come goes without saying
! Yesterday Manager Vaughn received a
letter from Charlie Frank of New Orleans,
asking something about the rumored de-
sire on the part of Birmingham to part
with the services of Harry Matthews,
catcher. Frank offered to exchange
O'Brien, first baseman Cargo. second
! ba seman, and one of several others for
Matthews.
| Manager Vaughn Immediately replied
that Matthews had been disposed of, and
that now he was the property of Port
land. 1t is remembered that The Age-Her-
aid sometime ago contained the story of
the trading of Matthews to Portland for
Lister, valuable frs. baseman.
The first Baron to attach his signature
to a new contract was Henry Meeks.
Meelxs signed up yesterday AS has been
stated, Meeks will assist Lee Garvin be-
hind the bat this season, and Lister will
play first. Meeks has promised the fans
to go beyond the 300 mark with the
willow during the coming season. His adj
mirers believe that he will fulfill this
promise.
Garvin communicated with the local
management yesterday, stating that he
would like to defer his reporting for duty
until April l. AS is generally known, Car
win will coach Howard college in the
spring.
/ While the contract has not been drawn
up, 1t is almost certain that there will
be match In Birmingham some of these
days between Farmer Burns and James
Psrr, the English champion who night
before last took all the honors that Wes-
tergaard had gained here.
Burns is willing to meet Parr If the
latter will train down to 10 pounds. This
Parr agrees to do. He thinks that 1t will
require little effort to lose eight pounds
/ OF flesh.
Parr opened the eyes of the wrestling
fanatic in his encounter with Wester-
/ guard. He unquestionably possesses great
/ skill and a knowledge of the game UNI
surpassed. But those who are after the
money will bet on the Farmer"
Parr enjoys quite a reputation as
wrestler in the east. He stated last night
| that on one occasion he met and defeat
ed Tom Jenkins.
AS is known, Jenkins was for a long
time the rival of Frank Gotch for the
championship of America. Jenkins, an
other of Farmer Burns pupils has the
distinction of having turned on and beaten
his old master, as has Gotch.
There is one thing certain. The match
between Parr and Burns will be a great
deal more interesting than that between
Burns and Stone. Parr is certainly fun of
nerve 1t is readily seen that he is not
afraid.
lie says that if Burns beats him he will
walk out of town, meaning thereby that
he is willing to bet his every cent on the
outcome of the match