The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
GOOD FAN FEED ON THIS
 SEASONS BASEBALL TEAM
By REUBEN A. LEWIS

1 hits a game. He batted but .2o3 and
 ielded .9l9. He is looked upon 10 make Birmingham a star player.
 Another pitching recruit of promise is Randall, last year with Nieksburg, who was secured for the local team through .P1ttsburg. Randall, who was one of the leading twirlers in the Cotton States, l won IS games, lost ' and tied l. He allowed on an average of 6 hits a game, struck out an average of men and al lowed less than bases on balls per game. His batting averaged 2s7, while his fielding totaled up .956 AS he was promising enough to be secured by Pitts burg, the manager is pleased with him, and expects him 10 show up well. Chaput, another box artist, has d very fine record Tn tho Canadian league playing with the Berlin team. Chaput won 23 games and lost but 3. He hit .215. His other records are not known but Manager Moesworth be- lieYes Ie has good man. Hardgrove, pitcher, from the Monmouth club in the Central association won IS games, lost 13 and did not finish 6. He allowed an average of less than ' hits a game yielded but bases on balls, and struck out an average of batsmen per game. His hitting was 167 while he fielded .977. making but 3 errors during the season. Baker, a pitcher from the Ray mond aggregation in the Washington state league, won 13 games and lost 9. From the record, it appears that he was wild. In the 23 games he made Ii wild pitches, hit 13 batsmen, and gave on an average of bases on balls a game. He struck out an average of hitters per game, fielded but .S76, and batted but .216 This concludes the recruit twirling list. and 1t is obvious that Molesworth has gathered 8 likely bunch for the twirling staff.
 A player that looks good Is Midkiff. third baseman, from the Akron team of the Ohio ana Pennsylvania league. Last year in that circuit, Midkiff hit 302 in 126 games, stole 36 bases, and fielded .939. Both records are good. He made but 17 errors out of IFS chances. Midkiff came second in fielding among the regular second saclters.
 Wall another recruit third sacker, from the Ottumwa team in the Central association, looks promising. He hit .30t, fielded .925, and stole II bases in S5 games. Besides stealing Al bases, he secured 35 bases on balls at the bat. He is said to be very fast man, and Molesworth looks upon him as one of the most promising candidates for the third sack.
 The other candidate for the third sack is Rapp, a collegian, who played professional ball last year for his first season with the Frankfort association in the Blue Grass league. He was se- cured by Philadelphia at the end of the season and then turned over to Birmingham. He batted .232, fielded but .8S7 and was but moderately pro ficient al base stealing. In this league last season. Hogan Yancey, an old mem Der of the Barons, slugged .324. These three are the only candidates for third base, but it is thought that one will make good.
 Clarence Smith, the local boy who per- formed nicely for Anniston in the South eastern last season. will be back with Birmingham and will try out for the hurl- ing staff. Smith will probably be a strong candidate for the staff among the re- cruts.
 Ems, a first baseman who played with Galesburg in the Central association has been secured from Chicago and will try out at first. Ems fieded .973 last year with Galesburg and batted 275. He aver aged over a hit game. and was fairly good at fielding, according to his record
 The remaining recruits, excepting Mes senger who Is well known, are Cochran, who comes to Birmingham from the Bris- tol club in the Appalachian league and Dilger, who halls from the Kewanee club of the Central association. Coekran is an outfielder, while Dlger is q catcher. The latter hit .223 and 6elded .9S5 while the former hit .32i and heded ,937. Cochran sugged the ball for eight home runs, stole nine bases and made several two baggers and three-baggers
 The reserve list of the club will consist of Midkiff. Gaines. smith, Rapp, Green, Hanna, Randall, Lemon, Wall, Baker, Cochran. Chaput, Hardgrove. Boyd. Ems, Carroll, Dilger, Ellam, McGllyray. Foxen, Marcan Yantz. Messenger. Johnston, Molesworth, Mowrey and Mcbride.
 Manager Molesworth announced yester day that no deals had been completed. II is thought that he will probably get Trough back from Cincinnati and Keng from Brooklyn at an early date.