The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-14
Chapel Hill and Wake Forest will
Cross Bats This Week
COACH clancy HARDAT It
Getting Pretty Definite Idea as to
the Men Who VIII Compose the
Varsity Linc-up--Thosc Who Are
ON the Team and What They Are
Doing--A Good Dish OF Dope.

Chapel Hill, March 13.-With the
first game OF the season, in Chapel
Hill with Oak Ridge, only one week
on, Coach Clancy is getting some
pretty definite ideas as TO the men
who will compose the varsity lineup
He has been working the first and
second squads against each other in
practice games all the work. Friday
afternoon he expressed himself as
well satisfied with the progress the
men had made.
Clancy has been working four
pitchers besides Pember, Sloan, Lee,
Chambers and Winston. These men
are young. but out Of them the sec
ond and third pitchers for the var
sity will have TO come. Sloan has
pretty good curve, but at times the
varsity hitters land on him for 9
killing. He is looked upon as the
most promising of the four candi-
dates. Pemher, although Clancy il
not giving him much heavy work, il
considered as sure thing for the lead
ing pace on the pitching stan.
Clancy knew him before he took the
Job to coach the team and he has
already got line on the quality oil
Pember's work. Pember has been
hitting well in the practice in which
he plays second base for the scrubs
The outfeld positions are as YET
the most insure of the nine with the
exception of Captain Hackney al cen.
ter, where he is fielding well up to
the standard OF his work last year
when he was considered the besi
amateur outfelder in the state. Nc
Lean, for three years first basemaI
on the scrub team is getting every
opportunity TO make good in Tighi
and as yet no other man has beer
worked at this position with the frs
string. Hanes and Young are having
q lively tussle in left field. Hanel
came out the first day after the clos,
OF the basketball season and sine
then he has been used in this posi-
tion throughout every practice. Blu
despite this fact many Of the FAM
think that Young will make the place
because OF his heavier experience. b,
having worked al Oak Ridge undel
Earle Holt, manager OF the Wilson
league team. Hanes Is from Wood
berry Forest where he played goo,
ball last spring. The two men hi
about the same. IL is probable tina
one Of them will be first string mai
and the other utility. witheringtol
has a safe lead on all the candidate
for catcher.
The varsity infield is looked upo
as q settled matter so far as III
lineup Is concerned and II Is onl
q question Of how smoothly the foul
Gaines at first. Hasty at secone
Lindsay AZ short and Edwards q
third. will work together Thes
men are the four best hitters on th
squad; each one fields his posiuo
fast and is sure In his play: the
seem 10 like each other all right. .
important point; and the fans al
looking 70 this quartet to furnis
some feature work for the season.
Clancy is making the whole squa
put lot Of attention on the wor
around the bases He announced |
the first Of the seasons practice thi
be would stress base running and :
Is living W 70 his promise In n
phase Of the game be demands al
gressiye work and he Is trying hai
TO get this spirit into the men
But after the fans have hands
out 81 the dope they can spin, thel
remains that In the whole Incl
the captain Is the only player vi
has been seasoned In varsity bas
ball Clancy nor anybody eli
knows how the eight new men wi
work when they gel under Gre ii
varsity game FOR the FIRST time.