The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-14
BABB rs NOT DRAGGING
BEFORE SEASON OPENS

Memphis. April Especial. AFTER
month spent in private rehearsals and In
battles with big league squads, Manager
Rahh and the Turtles, tailenders of the
1863 campaign. are ready for the opening
OF another championship period IN the
Southern pennant race. .,s
All hut four of the squad that trailed
from the drop OF the flag till the returns
showed Atlanta in possession OF the lsvs
bunting, have disappeared from the l9lV
ranks. The surviving quartet embraces
Outfelder Baerwald, Pitchers Dick and
Fritz and Manager Babb himself, VINO
thus far has graced the bench as re-
tired manager. and who may continue to
remain in seclusion owing TO the nhdlhs
Of q shortstop and third baseman, both
of whom have filled the wants OF the pub
lie up to date.
Daubert, the champion batter OF the 1919
campaign, according to president KAY
anaugh's official PRONUNCIATION of the swat
figures: Cranston, who led the hitters for
half of the season; Coulson, Shields,
Schwenck, O'Leary, Ball and other lsO9
Turtles have been sold, released outright
or traded in some sort of deal.
In their places will be seen almost an
entirely new team tomorrow when the
Turtles tackle Manager Bernhards Vol
unteers from Nashville in the inaugural
though there is considerable wedding out
to be done yet, owing to the presence of
several youngsters picked up by Babb In
hopes of developing another Nichols,
Liebhardt or an Owens, the probable crew
for the start will list up like this
Catchers, Rementer and McGraw.
Pitchers, Dick, Fritz, Allen, Peters.
Steele q,
First base, Whitney
Second base, Warmer.
Shortstop. Crandall.
Third base, Altman.
Outfielders, Baerwald, Farrell, linn.
There are several cubs on the pitching
staff, and probable pitcher and outfield-
er to be added at almost any moment.
but the infeld is practically settled, and
the backstop proposition is fixture with
Rementer the first dependence and young
McGraw, a Cleveland. O., City league
product. and protege of Glenn Liebhardt,
the understudy.
OF the new crew Allen and Altman hail
from the Northwestern league. Allen led
pitchers in percentage of games won. He
wore Seattle uniform. Altman was a
favorite with Spokane fans. Peters played
with Dallas In the Texas league and
Steele was a member of the Wisconsin
Illinois circuit.
First Baseman Whitney is a seasoned
player, who has been playing in the
Tri-State and New York State leagues.
He came from Harrisburg to Memphis
through sale. Johnny Wagner leads off
| In the batting. and has made the hit of
the season in the exhibition games by
general display of ability on base, at
bat ana in the field. Farrell and Zinn.
outfield additions to Baerwald, have
shown nothing that has caused fans to
marvel at their performances and general
opinion is that this department of the
| Turtles will need the first patching after
| the real grind begins
The fun games have been played
against seven major league squads, in
| GLIDING Sundays wind-up with Pitts
burg's champions. Victories were regis
tered over the second team of the Phila-
| delphia Americans; also over q division OF
| Detroit's team. Respectable showings
were made against other teams.