The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-17
LOOKOI|T'S REPORT 1, AND START SPRING :: ::... s. TRAINING SEASON .l,;to
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M The Lookouts have started their 1916 1irlraining season. Manager Elberfe1d has fsathered together his squad, and with live exceptions if is complete.
 I The Lookouts were greeted at the ! initial practice with a snowstorm and { all kinds of cold weather Nevertheless, Pilot Elberfeld took his charges out for workout and accomplished notice- able results. Lookout scribes are an nouncing as ready for the pennant race, feeling sufficiently fortified to success fully withstand the heavy bombardment of the coming campaign.
 w. c. Foster, in the Chattanooga Times, discusses the situation on the initial reporting day as follows:
 LOOKOUT ROLL CALL
 Present-Pitchers: Jim Allen, Joe
 (Cocktai1) Martina, Ben Karr. Everett Moore L. J. Herbert, Charles Smith, Herbert Poston.
 Catchers-John Peters, Pete Powers.
 Infelders-Joe Harris, Jake Pitler,
 Fred Graf, Manager Elberfeld.
 Outnelders-Jud Daley. Joe Dibrell,
 red Nicholson.
 Absent--Outfielders Collins, Kippert Marsten. Catcher: Frank Kitchens. h. fielder: Bowen. t
 Turn loose your "dogs of war" Peli- cans, Chickasaws, ct al.
 The Lookouts are mobilized. Let 'em come.
 The Chattanooga team broke all rec ords getting into camp. Whereas, only a quartet of stagglers limbered up at Andrews Field Tuesday afternoon, near iy couple of ball clubs would have been out yesterday had the weather
 ,een favorable to diamond activities.
 The weather man was guilty of one
 the perverse freaks which he has im-
 )sed on people in this section sev
 cal times during the past month. Mon ny and Tuesday, when there weren't II tough ball players in the city to make H inoise the air was balmy and old Sol
 amed down the ball park with a
 easant geniality that made one in- stinctively listen for the sound of the cheering thousands of midsummer.
 Yesterday, there were enough ball players to have played a real ball game with two contending teams and the mercury shot down to zero at such fate that it forced everybody pell-mell back into the hot-stove league, whether they would or not.
 The players are hoping it may be diff ferent today. If the weather permits, there will be a single practice, the hour not having been announced as yet. Aft CT today, the regular training routine VIII De eSldpllSHeQ alu lHe pdIh VIII present busy scene for the greater part of six days each week. Only 25 playing days, exclusive of Sundays, re- main to the Lookouts in which they may get into condition to start the six l teenth annual pennant race in the. Southern association of professional ] baseball clubs, etc.
 PLAYERS REPORT PROMPTLY
 Advance statements from the man l agement that despite various salary | arguments the Lookouts would report l in better humor and with Old General l Harmony more thoroughly in control than ever before, were borne out thor I oughly by the rapid appearance of the l pastimers. Yesterday was official re- porting day and midnight last night | found 16 out of 21 athletes on the pay A roll in the city and all plumed for ac- tion.
 The players dropped in rapidly once they started. Jim Allen, who came late Tuesday night, was the first following the trio--Graff, Peters and Powers | who answered to roll call Tuesday. l Catcher John Peters was next. Then | Pitcher Benjamin Karr came in from his home at Jackson, Tenn. Charles Smith, the veteran boxman, was the J next arrival.
 Everett Moore, pitcher. and Joe Dib- rell, outfelder. the two youngsters from Bon Aair, Tenn. Fred Nicholson, the slugging outfeder from the Cactus circuit, was next. Then Joe Martina, alias the Cocktail Hero. blew in from New Orleans, together with l.. J. Her bert, the no-hit star from the New Or leans winter league.
 Last nights arrivals were not the least welcome of the day They were Joe Har- ris, first baseman, and Jake Pitler, sec ond baseman, two members of the famous $5a0O0 infied of last season. They had little song and dance of welcome. with ! Fred Graft as a starter. and then began l to wonder who would be selected for the l other member of the Big Four" this | year.
 GAIN IN WEIGHT Both Harris and Pitler are some 10 pounds heavier than when they left for home last fall It remains to be seen just how much of this is permanent aequisi- ton and how much must be trained off. At amy rate, the overplus is not suffi- cient to worry about, and both athletes could stand a little natural filling out"
 The list shows the seven pitchers of the club all in the city. and right likely Il looking bunch they are The advance prediction this year is that the Chatta- nooga staff will be superior to any other in the league-or, at the most, equal to any. It has an admirable mixture of X old timer cunning and youthful speed and curves.
 So far as could be ascertained yesterday | without the players donning a uniform, all of the boxmen are in fair training sea- | son condition. For fear that Herbert and