The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
HOLD
 INITIAL WORKOUT Pitching Staff Looks Good. Hemingway to Be
 Placed at First

Another team was added to the squads in training yesterday when small band of Memphis Chicks, under the guidance of Dolly Stark held the initial workout of the year. Although the number was small, it gave the assembled Chickasaws the jump on the remainder of the team.
 From the early outlook the Chicks ap- pear to have a lively collection of ball tcssers. The pitchers are especially strong and look good to Herbert Caldwell writ ing in the Commercial Appeal:
 Swathed in heavy jerseys, the small band of Chickasaws and Chick prospects already in camp braved the March breezes yesterday and under the leadership of Manager Stark had their first real round of unkinking and uncoiling in preliminary to the practice season which bids fair to be well under way at Russwood park in the next few days.
 A brief session was held starting about Il o'clock, in which fungo hitting and pepper games was the popular pastime for about two, hours. Chief Stark took care to see that none of the youngsters, especially the pitchers "overdid the thing and was continually shouting the command of take your time there's a long summer in front
 The first real call for work was an- swered yesterday by Pitcher Howard Merritt, with the Chicks last season; Kerr, a southpaw with Fort Worth last season, and Jones and Wheeler. two juveniles; Catcher Andreen. Infelders Stark and Hemingway and Outfelder Ellis, a volun- teer Chick
 Kerr joined the camp yesterday, but the dminutive southsider showed an eag- erness to jump into harness, and was one of the liveliest Chicks in the frolic. In the batting practice Mike Andreen and Kerr seemed to have a penchant of losing balls and whaled several outside the lot.
 Each of the pitchers took a turn in lob bing them up for batting practice, but Manager Stark let none of them work but a brief peried
 MERRITT LOOKS GOOD
 Howard Merritt looks in good shape, He appears to be some. pounds heavier than last season and the Tupelo south slider says he never felt more fit to start training. ,-,.-..- 5,t Mike :Andreen looks good. An injured thumb which kept Mike out of the play the latter part of the season.. is all o k, according to Mike, and like Merritt, pre- diets the coming season as his best
 For the next few days and until more players report. Chief Stark announces there will be but one practice. session a day and that. will start about Il and end about , clock
 Another addition was made to the Chick hurling staff yesterday in the parsonage of Cy Barger, former Brooklyn National, Newark, International, and ,Pittsburg Federal ihurler, who, signed a Memphis contract. Manager Stark has been after Barger for some time and announced last night that Barger had come to terms with the Memphis club.
 Barger comes to the Chicks a free agent, having been one of the many Fed eral players left in the cold when the peace agreement was signed.
 LARGER HAS SIGNED Barger. according to- Stark, should prove one of the best pitchers in the Southern circuit this season. He was a team mate of Stark with Brooklyn ir 1912 and Stark thinks exceedingly well of Barger. M a x, s Barger won nine games and lost eight for the "Pitfeds'' last season, but as evi- dence of his effectiveness he allowed an ] average, of but 2.2S runs per game. He participated in 2S games last season and
 built up a batting average of .272 which is away above par for a pitcher. In the 2S games i'm which he occupied the box he tielded 10o0s 1sss
 l l3arger experienced one of his best years l in 1913 with Newark, when he won Il
 games and lost g. It was his work with Newark that attracted the Federal scouts | and they induced him to hurdle for 8 l fancy contract offered him.
 DRAKE WILL NOT REPORT
 Del Drake, the veteran outfielder, an