The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-14

Chattanooga, April 13.-(Special)-
Manager Dobbs and his Lookouts have
been impatient1y awaiting for today
when they climbed aboard the rattlers
and went to Atlanta for the opening
game of the season.
The lineup of the team is now as
follows: t+ =
Catchers: Tom Carson and Henry
Meek
Pitchers: Schlitzer, Demaree. Hart
Rhodes, Moore and Miller.
First basel Pete Lister.
Second base: Patterson.
Third base: Perry or Alcock.
Shortstop: Yerkes.
Left field, Rickert.
Center field; Dobbs.
Right field, McLaurin or Collins.
While he Is not given to Boosting,
Manager Dobbs believes that his team
Will be first division certainty, and,
with an even break of luck. a serious
pennant contender.
Southern league fans will recognize
quintet of dangerous hitters in LIS
ter, Perry, Isiokert, Dobbs and Col
Inns. Lister, Dobbs and Collins are es-
pecially reliable, while Perry and Rick
ert have long been counted as pincr
hitters, and generally swat well above
$50. tt.'s ~
Tom Carson, who will. probably do
most of the catching, and Ralph Nc
Laurin, both come from the Augusta
club of the South Atlantic league. Car
son is a thoroughly dependable man
behind the bat and McI<a,urin in ad-
dition to being a high-class fielder is
Ia demon with the swat stick.
Yerkes, the new shortstop, was in
the New England league, and. made
such a good record that he was pur-
the end of the season.
The lookout pitching staff as 1t now
stands is composed of four men who
have seen major league experience. and
who are yet high-class workers, and
two youngsters. billy" Hart, Rhodes,
Moore and Schlitzer have all been to
the higher circuits, the last two per-
forming with the majors last season.
In Demaree and Miller, both of VIII ON
made good records with tail-end South
Atlantic league clubs last year, Dobbs
has secured two men who have promise
of going higher in the next year or
two. The pitching staff consists of
four right flanders and two side-wheel-
ers.
The team as a whole seems fairly
well balanced. There may be one or
two positions which are not as well
fortified in defensive work as some
other club may boast, but taking it all
around, the Lookouts seem to be a
good fielding aggregation and will
make them all watch out for their
laurels.
| 1t is in batting that the Lookouts
sh ould excel. A careful study of the
| records will show that every player
| on the club made a good record with
| the stick and from the exhibition made
during the training season games it
| is evident that none of them has lost
his batting eye.
The club will be at home in a new
$4,000 baseball park, situated about
| two miles from the center of the city,
| and reach ed by three car lines within
seven minutes.
| A movement has been started here TO
| have an attendance of 10000 persons
at the opening game-Monday, April
1S-and If this is done 1t is said all
Southern league records will be broker
| Last year there was crowd of 1900
and over at the opening of the South
| Atlantic league season. That was a
| new attendance record for that league.
| The interest here in the coming sea :
| son is intense. Chattanooga has not
| been in the Southern league since 1902
and the fans are glad that this city
| is back in the league.