South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-31
FIRST WORK OUT
HERE TOMORROW;
FOUR MORE SIGN
Ground Keeper and Secretary
Take Up Their Duties
Smith Lands SOuthpaw, Out
fielder, Catcher, ShOrtStOp.

The arrival OF Bin Siivers. the Bend
ers ground keeper, the signing OF
Tour more BAH players by the local
team the opening OF the club house
the assumption 81 his new duties by
FRED Zimmerman. the clubs secre-
tary and the return OF the old uni
forms from the laundry. Tuesday
marked the approach OF the first prac-
tee session of the year. slated for
All Fools day. Wednesday. providing
The weather IL prOpitious.
The club house was opened Tues
day, the water turned on and "A stove
erected. The place was put in condi-
ton and Wednesday. II the weather
deity viii permit. the manager Will
lead the first Of his recruits out for a
light workout The squad that has
been lined up for the opening prac-
tlce session consist Of Smith, Arndt
Connors, Hudak Moore. Werntz and
one or two other local players. The
plan is not 10 test the ability Of the
men as much as 10 put them in con-
dition for hard tryOut later in the
month.
New Players Signed.
4 sOuthpaw pitcher. William stall
knecht. is one Of the recruits. stall
knecht's contract Tuesday from
Chicago scout who is picking up "A
half a dozen promising youngsters for
that the left handler viii be here on
April 10 do his best to land a Job
with the Benders. Little is known Of
Staiknecht but IL is understood that
he has pitched some good ball in Chi
cago and looks ripe for some real
experience
Another Of the recruits signed Tues
day is a Mishawaka boy. He is
Eugene Bauerlein. "A catcher Bauer
lein played last year in Detroit in an
automobile factory league. Bauer
lein's acquisition means that the club
has signed three catchers. They are
Bauerlein. Hudak and BONNIE All
three will get careful tryOuts as the
club IS anxious TO annex "a capable
receiver or two.
AnF - outfielder has been signed.
This IS Earl Hackett of Toledo.
lie - commended by Pitcher Mad
den OF 'Tcrre Haute and is said to
be about a capable man as the Toledo
city league last year developed Mad
den tipped off Smith that he had bet
ter sign Hackett and the local man
agement sent him a contract. The
Benders are more than well fortified
in the outfeld department as they
have COnnOrs. Dolan. Berkham. Watt.
Nutter and two=zorzzthree others to try
out here
Another state Lacquer.
William R6thS former Traverse
city shortstop is the fourth recruit.
Both played y3nv104 games last year
in this circuit ne hit but 239 and
helded 915 This latter mark is an
excellent one when the infelds OF the
league are considered and his batting
mark is eight points better than MATHS
and the latter is tOuted as "a Whirl-
wind. Roth is coming here as a sec
ond sacker and Smith has hopes that
he may develop into a second EVers
OF Collins or LajOie.
Bill Silver viii start work on the
grounds Wednesday. The park needs
careful attention and q good deal OF
grooming and Silver viii have 81 i'm
shape for n work out for the team 10y
April and will have an inield that
can be used for billiards by Apri. %.
The old grounds doctor VIII spend a
good deal OF time petting the inner
works into shape and expects to have
"A field that will make other teams
anxious TO play here.