The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-06
THREE HOLD-OUTS CAUSE WORRY ID
 NASHV|LLEFANS
Street, Kroh and Lee Re fuse to Accept Cut in Sal ary-Fans Place Hopes
 in Manager Ellam

Nashville, March 5.--(Special.)-Now that Manager EIlam is on hand to take charge of the ladle in the local baseball pot, the Jumps that have made the mixture unpalatable for the fans are expected to be smoothed out. Three rabid hold outs have attacked the vols in spite of the songs of peace that nave been sung in baseballdom and the squawks that have gone up about war time'' salaries being thing or the past. Messrs Gabby Street, Floyd Kroh and Billy Lee evidently possess no Henry Ford nature, for none of the trio are showing any signs of coming to terms with the Vol outfit, although reporting day is a few jumps away.
 It is not so much the loss of Street as catching fixture for 1916 that Wor- ries the Vol bosses, but the fact that the batch of backstopping recruits lined up by Boss Roy Ellam are pos sessed of no more experience than the flock of young hurlers under contract The difficulty of teaching the young pitching idea how to shoot the base ball down the groove could easily be mastered by Street on account of his long experience behind the platter
 Should Street be handing out straight brand of dope it will be nee essary for the Vols to go out and SCOUT the market for a capable receiver, for the swap of Red" Smith to the Barons for Roy Ellam left the Vols without t dependable second string maskman. m the meantime, Street might go along sta1ling until the harvest of receivers it for the Baugh circuit had been har- vested were it not for one thing. Roy iillam intends to have a showdown with G. Street at once. Although fel- ow statesmen, the temper of the new Vol boss was clearly shown when he announced ,on his arrival that he would call on Street immediately for final decision as to his future.
 Kroh's. case is another source Of worry to the new Vol pilot, for without the services of the crack portsider the 'ocal slabbing outfit is nothing to cheer ,ver. Ellam is high in his praise of Tom Rogers, the big right-hander who las speed to burn, but only fair con- trol and curve ball none too wide. But the new pilot is confident he can take Rogers in hand and by careful lrilling, develop him into one of the >op notch right-hander in the circuit.
 Ernie Herbert, secured from the Browns, and Wylie Taylor, a Louisville recruit, are two other slabbers in whom iIllam has great faith, particularly the latter, who was a star in the Texas circuit, and Roy believes a return to she warm southern climate will be the making of the former Colonel.
 Although he has been in Nashville out a short time, Ellam has already made for himself host of admirers by he forceful manner in which he has srabbed the pilot house. With the fans II this town, the ex-Baron won for himself great respect through his an iouncement that he would not tolerate night-owls" on the team, nor would ae waste any time on the hold-outs. To cure the first symptoms of the late aour evil, Ellam proposed to establish Il 10 o'clock morning conference and 'oll call, when the Vols are at home, o go over plays of the previous day lnd discuss new plays.
 The big league theories expounded by the new Vol pilot have set local fandom by the ears, and most cordial welcome has been extended the savior If the "night-owl' canker which played such havoc with the Vols last season. After the big slump which the Vols struck in the early part of last season, which shattered their pennant dream. cliques of players rapidly formed and many failed to keep in condition.
 Failure to send contract to Johnny Dodge, for two years regular third baseman, lops off another head from the left-overs from Bill Schwartz S regime. Contracts were sent Heine Ber- ger, Jack Frost and Tommy Sheehan, but the two former will either be traded or released outright, while the latter will be given chance to show whether or not he can beat Al BEidwell out of the job at second.