The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-19
MOLEY GIVES JIMMY MAGEE
 HIS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE
Red Smith and Black Sign. Bob Tyson Arrives in the Oity-Battery Candidates to Report March 10

Jimmy. Magee, the diminutive center gardener of the Baron team last year. will not appear on the roster during the coming season That was made certain yesterday when Manager Molesworth tel- egraphed him his unconditional release at Clarendon, Pa.
 Magee, it is said had baked at the salary offered and rather than have a man dissatisfied on the club Molesworth thought 1t best to release him This has been the Molesworth policy since he has been manager and it has been uniformly successful Magee had many friends here who will regret his passing, but no player is so good that he cannot be replaced. Magee was esteemed a clever gardener last year. but his weakness lay in bat ting. In these days and times an out fielder who cannot bat gets small shrfft from the managers. Magee's club was not heavy enough and did not often enough connect with the pellet to suit the Baron boss. Then, too, reports have been heard that Magee's health was not the best in the world, and for 8 number of reasons Moley thought best to let him go
 There were other developments at base ball headquarters of both the Birming-
 
 terday that will be of interest to the fans.
 TWO CONTRACTS RECEIVED In the association headquarters the signed contracts of Red Smith, first catcher and Karl Black, the eccentric southpaw were received. Both took the salary cuts philosophically Smith wrote President Smith as follows, under Lo- gansport, Ind, date line.
 MT W. D. Smith, President Birming-
 ham Baseball club.
 Received your letter and contract and the contents noted.
 You have stated that the sum named in the contract is absolutely the best you can offer me. Well, absolutely means final and of course, I am sending in my contract signed, which is of course, and has to be, satisfactory to me. Although 1t isn't the average, [ realize the enforce ment of the salary limit and will give the Birmingham fans the very best there is In me which is more than could do for the Nashville crowd under the conditions I was placed In last season.
 T am certainly very well pleased to be with Birmingham and look Tor ward to a banner year..
 All I need is chance to show my goods and if I don't produce I will 
 have no comeback.
 Have been working part of the win ter and enjoying splendid health and can hardly wait for that honest bark of the umpire.
 T think we will have a ball club that can compete with any of the rest and with Mr Molesworth at the helm we will have a good scrappy leader.
 well, hoping this finds you all enjoying health and happiness, l re-
 ' w. J. SMITH. Fast Miami avenue, Logansport
 Ind"
 Black. didn't go quite to the length of Smith in expressing his acquiescence in the present situation but enclosed his contract and indicated he was satisfied. On the league side of the door, Presi- dent Raugh announced that the signed contracts of Jack O'Toole and Theo Breit- enstein had been. received as arbiters. This makes three dictators who have been signed for the season, as Bill Bernhard forwarded his contract during the week. Mr. Baugh still has five to hear from but, according to reports from Nashville, Hadley Williams, the grabbed bulldog after being. on the anxious seat for sew eral days, has received his contract signed it and returned it to Birnling- ham, 1t has not reached baseball head quarters here as yet but is expected daily Mir Baugh is still debating over the sue cessor to Scott Chestnut,