The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-12

nave SHOWH eAcepllOIldl dDlllty OH lne reserve and freshman squads of last year, the prospects for a winning team for this fall are more than good.
 Head Coach Yost and Trainer Kraenzlein will be with the squad from the start while Coach Redden will probably join the team when it begins work on Ferry Field, about October 1. pr. Kraenzlein will be the only member of the coaching staff, he talk ing the place of Keene Fitzpatrick, who has already left to take up his work at Princeton.
 "The following M men will be in college next year: Captain Benbrock, Clark, Green. Freeney, Conklin, Pat tengil. Ranney, Wells, Edmunds Smith, Watkins and Linthicum. With this wealth of veteran material it only re- mains to discover a capable quarter to take the place of Wasmund. The men who have shown the best ability in this line are Pattengill, Ranney, Wells, Edmunds, Smith, Watkins and Linthicum. With this wealth of vet eran material 1t only remains to dis cover a capable quarter to take the place of Wasmund. The men who have shown the best ability in this line are Pattengil. who played offensive end, and defensive quarter in the Minnesota game; McMillan, who guided the fresh men eleven to victory in every game, and Pickard of last years freshman squad. The first two look to be the best.
 For the back field, outside of quar- terback, it will be necessary to de- velop mon to take the place of Aller- dice and Magidshon, two of the best backs in the country last year. The men who have shown the greatest promise ore Clark, Freeney, Green and George Layton of the regulars and Thomson and Hubel of the freshman team. The latter two, with Freeney and Lawton, are each nearly the equal of Allerdice as a punter. while Hou- bel and Thompson are both good place kickers.
 of the new men who will fight with the old men for place on the line are Cole, the big captain of the 1913 men; Fischer and Munson.'
 report from Maine says that the Harvard football squad Is much better satisfied now than it formerly was with the new football rules. The liar yard men have been trying out the revised statutes with the result that they now have a very fair working knowledge of them. Yale is still dis- satisfied with the new rules.
 Every follower of professional base ball knows the nicknames of the big league teams and can pronounce them backwards if necessary. But 1t takes the old-time fan to pass an examina- ton on their origin There Is not one in a thousand who could go through the list without a slip.
 The Pittsburg team, commonly called the Pirates, got the name as a result of the Kidnapping of Louis Bierbauer, a star second baseman, from the Phil adelph ia Athletics away back in 1888 or 1889. At that time there was a working agreement between the Ma tional league and the old American association by which no club in either organization was permitted to reserve more than 15 players at the close of season. The owners of the Athletics, in the American association, desired to keep 16 of their men, but as only 15 could be legally reserved the only way open was to leave one name off the list and take a chance on no other club picking up the player.
 Accordingly, the Athletic manage ment failed to name Bierbauer in its reserve list, hoping the omission would be overlook ed and that Bierbauer would be signed over as a new player But a friend of the Pittsburg club noticed that Bierbauer's name was missing g from the Athletic list and as Louis was a much sought player at that time the friend quietly told Horace Phil lips manager of the Pittsburg club. Phillips set to work at once, but fear | ing that the omission of Bierbauers name to appear was not publisher s error but the owners of the Athletic has really failed to reserve the player This made Bierbauer free agent to deal with any club he desired and Phillips proceeded to Erie, Pa, where l Louis spent the winter months at his | home. His trip was successful. Bier | bauer was willing to listen, tempting g offer was made, and when Phillips re- | turned he brought with him the play CTS signed contract for the following | season.