The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
LOOkOUTS APPEAR ID BE DARK HORSE OF 1876 CAMP PA|GN Elberfeld May Start His Twenty-Third Year at
 ShortstOp
PROSPECTS GOOD, SAYS TOBASCO KID
Pitching Staff to Be Extra Strong. lnfield Is Sure Asset and Team
 Will Be We'll Balanced in ! Every Respect
By w. G. ROSTER

Chattanooga, March 25.-(SpeciaL)-Al, though the coming season will be his 23rd on the diamond, Manager Elberfeld Of Chattanooga announces his intention of starting the flag chase as the regu- lar shortstop of his team. There is prooably no other player in the world who has been in the game that long who would attempt to play regularly at so strenuous a position as shortfield. but the kid it "all whooped up" over the prospects of his team and wants to open up at short with view of helping to get running start.
 Negotiations are now on foot for a star infielder from major league team. The kid will start the campaign and if his legs go bad he will have the new conner on hand to take his place. The manager can then usurp the utility role. The entire Lookout plan of operation was tangled up when Bisland refused to report and this plan was finally hit upon by the manager as the only solution of the teams weakness, in this most im- portant position of the infield.
 True to predictions of existing har- mony made by the local magnates, the Lookouts break all records in reporting.
 
 of the squad in camp.
 TEAM LOOKS GOOD
 The form shown by the players even in the very beginning of the training drill has set Chattanooga fans to buzzing. The outfeld startled 'em with it's speed. The infield of last year with Harris at first, Pitler at second and Graff at third was considered aN sure asset all along, but the outer works was consid- oroI dar1t,f frJ oil li,c fho ny- Vanderbilt star, Ed Kippert, the north western batting leader and Nicholson, a youth from the Western association at once set up a merry competition with Jud Daly, the veteran hold-over While the three of these four who were selected will not be 300 hitting bunch they will stack up on par with any outfield and the lowest batting mark represented by the quartet is Daly's .260. Previous to the start of training, Elberfeld had planned to secure an additional outfielder from Detroit He finds now that his real problem in the outfield Is to select the best three of the four he has.
 Although Chattanooga already boasted orfe of the heftiest pitching staffs in the league, the present week saw an influx of new pitching talent which gives Elberfeld an array of 10 pitchers from whom he will select four and three of the remainder should be claimed by waivers by other clubs in the league. Krapp was added lately, while Rudy Somers, another star major leaguer last year with the Federals, was also added Jim Allen, former Atlanta southpaw, is No on the staff. These three indicated seem sure of positions For the other berth, Charley Smith. the veteran, seems to have splendid chance as has Martina, the New Orleans speed merchant. Other pitchers in camp are Lefty" Herbert, the no-hit star of the New Orleans winter league, Ben Karr, last year with Mobile, Joe Dobbs. south paw and nephew of manager Dobbs of New Orleans, Moore, a semi-pro, and Posten, spitballer sent down by De- troit It seems that nothing short of an earthquake which might sweep the entire staff away would keep Elberfeld from developing great pitching staff from these four
 SCRIBES MISCALCULATED
 Southern league scribes have neglected the Lookouts in the preseason dope. When the roster is completed with the addi- tions to be made this week, they are not likely to be compelled to rearrange their calculations. The localsswill have star pitching staff, fast lnrleld, fair batters and will be one of the best balanced teams in the entire league.