The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-15

beer completely patched up. and he ex- poets to cut up considerably around the keystone sack this season.
 Bauer, the twirler who rendered serv- ice for the Barons last year, stepped off the train yesterday afternoon, and he will go into training this morning.
 With the arrival of Newton, the infeld will be completed and the boys will get down to business. Molesworth has 21 Ii en on his slate, and between now and April IA at least seven of them will have to go, inasmuch as a limit of IA men is placed upon all teams by the rules of the association. So, from now on it will be battle for proof of the best men trying for the various positions. The real fight for permanent positions on the 1910 Baron team will soon be on in earnest, and in a short time Manager Molesworth will be in a position to know what men he will desire to retain, and a permanent lineup will be worked out.
 Moley is putting his men through hard practice twice daily, and he states that he is pleased with results
 The fans will have an opportunity to see Molesworth's pennant chasers work day after tomorrow. for Thursday is the day set for the reception of Connie Macks Philadelphia Athletics at West End This aggregation of American leaguers has been in training in Atlanta for week or ten days and should show considerable form when they arrive in the Magic City The locals expect to have lots of fun with Mack's team. The Philadelphians will be hers for two days. Thursday and Friday. and Manager Molesworth and his bunch of colts expect to show the Quakers how sure enough baseball is played.
 In connection with the coming or the Athletics it might be interesting to the fans to know that six big league clubs will be here before the Southern league SC son opens, the Athletics from Philadel- phia being included.
 The Chicago Cubs will be here for two games en route to the Windy City from New Orleans. where they have been in training. They are scheduled for action at West End park on March 24-25.
 On March 27-2s the Cleveland crowd will be here for two games.
 The Boston Nationals will be here for one game.
 Ichn "Mugsy" McGraw and his New York Giants, National leaguers, will be here for one game on March 90.
 On April 6. and Billie Smith, the old Atlanta manager, will lead his Buff falo team to West End to try a hand with the BarOns.
 The games with the Buffalo team will be the last of the exhibition contests here. On April Manager Molesworth vii ltake his team to Tuscaloosa (ne expects to bring them all back for a game with the University of Alabama outfit. The Tuscaloosa and University fans made a hard fight to secure this game with the Barops and are deter mined that the Slagtown artists shall be beaten even if 1t be necessary to outcount them.
 The last exhibition game being on April 8, six days will be left before the sea- son opens. Moleswortn has a lot of se- crets about ball playing which he wants to tell his men and he says it will take hir1 about six days to do the job.
 It begins to appear that Birming- ham may not get Smith, the Three r. league third baseman. Manager Molesworth bought Smith, who has a fine record, from Indianapolis. but ii seems that the purchase was condi- tional. The Indianapolis association drafted Smith from Peoria, Three I" league club, but found that the third baseman was needed Manager Moiesworth bou the man but if seems that when Indianapolis got ready to turn him loose Peoria laid claim to him. The case was put up to the national commission. which is now con sidering it and which should give ou. its decision in a day or two. If the commission decides against the Indian apolis club Birmingham will lose Smith, and he will go back to Peoria to play this season.
 Tn the practice yesterday Manages