The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

However, this was smoothly patched over and it is being hoped by Gill more and his associates that either Seaton will change his mind or an amicable settlement can be reached with the Wards of Brooklyn. whereby he can remain with the Windy City club.
 Ignoring completely the important race track meets that are scheduled in Louisville during the coming six months, the American association has not arranged its 1914 schedule so that it will not conflict with the races, and President Chiyington has stated that his league will make strong bid for the race track patronage. Should the Colonels loom up as a formidable con tender in the pennant chase and be up near the top during the racing sea- son, then the association will be able to vie successfully with the race track kings. But should the Louisville team become denizens of the cellar, buclxing the racing game will be a hard prop osition as the Kentuckians would likely lay off from the ball games for time and attend the races for a change.
 Skeptical over Bill Schwartz's con tinued failure in securing men to fill the gaping holes on his team, Nash vile fans are beginning to raise a howl and have already begun fore casting a disastrous season. In the outfield, infeld and in fact every de- partment, the Vols are woefully weak and the more the fans ponder over this, the more pessimistic they get. The fans are clamoring for new and aggressive material and the boy lead- CT is almost at his wits end trying to think of some scheme whereby dependable players may be secured from beneath the watchful gaze of Class A clubs. Schwartz is depend ing for aid on Branch Hickey of the St, Louis Browns, but as yet he has heard nothing from him and does not know whether the St. Louis pilot will be able to give him the help he needs.
 Over in Chattanooga the fans are in an entirely different frame Of mind The outlook during the coming sea- son appears roseate, as Moose Me Cormick has succeeded in gathering together a strong squad and the fans are making all kinds of predictions, so elated are they. With the excep- ton of being little weak on the mound. the I1ookouts appear to be a well-balanced. hard-hitting asgrega- ton, and one that will have to be reckoned with during the coming sea son. The slight weakness of his fling ing corps is causing Mccormick no woirN. for he is expecting aid from one or more major league outfits.
 Tagged too Inexperienced for major league company, Harry Holland, who guarded the third station for the Crackers during the final part of last season, has been shipped back to Billy Smith by Manager Clarke Griffith of the Washington club, which beckoned him upward into select society last fall. After giving him thorough trial the National boss decided that he was not quite ripe for the ma jors, and has dispatched him back to Atlanta for more training While working with Holland at Charlottes- vile Griffith discovered that the ex- Cracker could play short better than he could the hot corner and has ad- vised Smith to shift him to tbe short field this year. predicting that he will prove the best man in the circuit in that position.
 Threatened with blood poisoning through being hit in the foot by a batted ball while umpiring game between the Turtle Yannigans and Regulars Mike Finn is confined to his bed and has been forced to turn over his men to the charge of Cap tain Mullen. Besides being handi- capped through the inability of their leader to take personal charge of the work, the Turtles have been further delayed from hard work in light fall of snow.