The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
CENTRAL PREPARES FOR TRIP ID MEET
 MARION INSTITUTE
Coach Pritchard Must Se- lect Varsity Men for First Game of the Season
 on Friday

The problem of cutting squad of over 5G candidates to 11players is facing Coach Pritchard at Central High school today in preparation to the trip to Marion on Friday, where the local nine will meet the Marion institute in three games. Coach Pritchard will announce the play CTS to make the trip after practice to- day.
 Practice has been in progress at Gen. tra, since last week Over 50 candidates have responded daily to the call and the team is being gradually whipped into form. Coach Pritchard has decided to have four teams at Central this year, owing to the extra large amount of ma terial at hand. The first and second teams will be under his direction, while the third and fourth teams will be un- der the supervision of Dick Richardson, who had charge of them last year, and gained remarkable results.
 Coach Pritchard made a partial di vision of his squad on Monday. Although no varsity squad will be selected un- til today and possibly tomorrow, Coach Pritchard will use the practice today to get the final line his youngsters
 HARD HITTING TEAM
 From all early indications, the team will be heavy hitting one. The largest majority of the candidates are good hit ters and rely on this feature of their game to win them a place on the team. The catching department will be one Of the strongest in several years. Berry ap- pears as a fixture behind the bat and ha ha tod tn other nOSifiOn on account of his heavy hitting. Mont gomery will be second catcher unless the dope is upset while Hall, handicapped by an injured leg. will probably be forced to hold the third string mans shoes. Hall is veteran and has a year of ex perience on the team and will probably nose Montgomery out of the second mans place.
 At first, Balsam is showing fine form, especially as a hitter, and he will prob ably be the initial sack guardian this year. Ed Baker, veteran from last years team, appears to be good for an other year on the team Baker Is a good hitter and, although slightly weak on fielding, his consistent playing will win him the berth. Moril has the edge of affairs at short over Donelson. Moril is also a member of last years team, while the latter is a product Of the Grammar School league. It will be good fight and Moril will have a contin- uous job in keeping the youngster from capturing the place in the long run.
 BERKOWITZ ON THIRD
 Berkowitz will most likely be the regu- lar third sacker. This promises to be the weak spot on the team. Berkowtz is member of last years nine and is fairly good hitter and about the same in fielding
 In the outfield, Lassiter is sure of a permanent job, while Bruner also ap- pears to be a regular. Both are from last years team and are good htters, while the former is exceptionally good in fielding. Rox had the edge on the other candidates for the remaining position, being good fielder and hitter.
 Harrell is sure of one of the pitcher berths, while Rives, Jones and Goldstein are fighting it out for the other posi- tion. The pitching staff will not be below the standard, but will still not be anything too good. Coach Pritchard has a strong schedule and will have his hands busy in developing a team that can win any good percentage of the games. Although prospects are not too rosy, Central followers are confident that winner will be produced.
 Forbes g. Gillam 8, Seals 1. Estes 1, Be- thea ?, Moore |
 Foul Goals-McGowan 13, Brooks S. St&pleton 1.
 Time of Halves-20 minutes.
 Referee Young umpire, Pritchard.