The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-21
FOUR MAJOR CLUBS
 ID EXHIBIT HERE Phillies, Giants, Highlanders and Detroit Coming CONTRACTS ARE CLOSED Noah Henline, Former Baron, Who Played Last Season fin Buffalo,
 on Visit Here-RicIxwOod
 Field Sodded
CONTRACTS ARE CLOSED

1 During the spring Birmingham fan; will see the Philadelphia Nationals, tho ifDetroit Americans, the New York Giants and the New York Highland CTS for sure and there is strong prob ability that other games will be ar ranged.
 The Phillies will train on Redwood Field and will reach the city during the last week of February. President Horace Fogel, while here some time ago, stated that inclusive of the off cials of the club, the newspaper men the players and trainers. his party will number 50. They will be here until March 20.
 | On March 25 the Detroit Tigers ap- pear President Navin states that the team to pass through Birmingham and remain here two days will be his first aggregation. This means that Birming- ham will see again Ty Cobb, Bill Don ovaa and others of that band of celeb rites which won a couple of Amer ican league pennants. On March 2S the New York Giants appear and at their head will be John J. McGraw, considered one of the greatest of man. agers. The great Christy Mathewson will be along and there will be Wiltse. Ames, tho freak, Bugs" Raymond, and Merkel, whose bone" two seasons ago decided the pennant race of the Ma tional league.
 The following day, March '29, the New York Highlanders arrive. Last season the New York Americans com posed one of the most brilliant teams of the American society. Their career was spectacular. By the pitching of Russell Ford, a former Southern leaguer. the Americans were able to remain in the race from first to last. Toward the end of the campaign, too. the Highlanders attracted attention on account of the trouble between Man ager Stallings and Hal Chase. the bril- liant first baseman. This resulted in the dismissal of Tallings and the ap- pointment of Chase as manager. It is probable that Chase will have control of the team next season, too.
 Noah Henline Here
 Noah Henline, former Memphii, Climber and Baron, is in the city. Last season Noah played under Billy Smith at Buffalo. When Smith was released to Chattanooga, which club he will manage next season, the foxy manager desired to return Henline to the South ern league. But Buffalo objected. Last season Henline hit .2S5 and led the Eastern league in base running.
 Henline Is the fastest man who has ever sprinted to first base in the South : ern league. It is probable that Messen- ger can beat him in race around the bases, but he can't go to first as rap idly Henline was a conscientious play CT for Birmingham, a good outfielder, hard hitter and in 1909 led the league in base stealing.
 During the winter months Henline follows the vocation of photography in which he is an expert. He is display ing a fine line of baseball players ac- tion photographs He states that while he likes the Eeastern league he re- tains a fondness for the Southern. In a bulletin to President Baugh of Birmingham. President Kavanaugh mo- tifies that official that the tickets for all Southern league clubs will be print ed for next season by Toof & Co.,, of Memphis.
 Work on sodding Redwood Field has been completed and by next spring the diamond will have a carpcting oi grass.