The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
NEW FACES FEATURE
 BARONIAL LINEUP
Only Eam and Mcbride Remain of Pennant Wnners-Hem ingway, Coombs and Sloan Add Strength-Hale and Wallace Formidable Catchers-Strength Lies
 in the Pitching Staff
nv RICHARD F. LUssIER

Birmingham Is on the eve of the 1915 baseball season md 20,OO0 eager fms await the tumpire's honrse cry of .PIay ball."
 This year the Birmingham team opens the season on the roaJ--in New Orleans. The champions of the South- ern association leave Birmingham at 10 o'clock tomorrow night for inc Crescent City md play the PcIs one game Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday night the Barons surfcited with vic tory return to Birmingham where they open the local season with the Mobile club on Wednesday afternoon.
 The local fans this season will see prac- tioally a new set of Barons
 After winning his third Southern league pennant last season, Carlton to build up a new machine this year owing to the lower salary limit, and sev- eral veterans leaving the Baronial fold However the chubby one set about his asil early and by February of this year had signed up about 30 players all oi whom made the training trip to Orlando Fla.
 lE Orlando for one month under the sunny skies of Florida the process oi building up a new Baron machine was gone through and week ago the squad arrived in Birmingham in excellent form to begin the gruelling campaign of the Southern league season.
 The new Baron team has met with in different success in the exhibition games having lost the majority of them How ever, it is Molesworth's theory that ex- hibition games are practice affairs and should be subjected to numerous expert ments. In trying out the new Barons sew eral games were thrown away, but val uable experience was gained. Withal the new Baron team is a formidable aggre- gation.
 The Barons, had as a nucleus for a short fielder and Clyde Mcbride, a vet eran outfielder, and four members of last seasons pitching staff. Never, perhaps. in the history of baseball had a pennant winner been so disintergraded by sales, releases and hold-outs.
 The first problem to confront Molees- worth was his catching department. Wal ter Tragresser, the star last season, like Walter Mayer the season previous, had returned to the major leagues. Ira gresser is at present with the Boston Braves with every likelihood of being retained throughout the year.
 To make up for the los sof Tragresser Manager. Molesworth secured George Hale, a youngster from the St. Louis Americans. and Shotgun John Wallace from the Augusta team of the South At- lantic league. At Orlando in the practice games Hale at once showed that he was a find, and even a superior receiver to Tragresser and John Wallace came through with such a brand of catching and hitting that Molesworth smiled as he realized his catching staff had been fortunately established for the season. Undoubtedly Hale and Wallace will rank high amongst the catchers of the South ern association this year.
 When reporting time arrived this spring 1t was discovered that Molesworth had lost his formidable infleld of last season. Tex Covington, the slugging first sacker of last season, had been returned to the St. brains of the Baron infield, had been sold to the Oakland club. and Eddie McDon- aid, who sometimes guarded the hot cor ner last season, refused to report. owing to cut in salary. This left Molesworth with Roy Ellam at short and a nucleus for new infield.
 However, in Orlando the initial sack was guarded by Charley Carroll, formerly util- ity man. and Cecil Coombs, secured by