The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
Lookout Pilot Now Waiting for Other Sensations Fol-
 lowing Bisland Trouble
ELBERFELD STRONG
 FOR GOOD LETTERS
Player Limit Furnishes Big Problem for TaboscO Kid-Yeterans' Addi- tion to Club Will Strengthen
 Chances, Thinks Elbcrfeld

Chattanooga, March 1S-(Specfal.)l J Once more Manager Elberfeld announce himself ready to enter the training see son. The same announcement was mad after Bisland and Allen were elaine from Atlanta couple of months agt but one never can tell what ball player are going to spring. Retirements, salar
 wrangles and other influences hay changed the situation repeatedly. Nov according to latest details, the followin will be the Chattanooga lineup for u training grind which started Thursda,
 Pitchers, Smith, Allen, Martina, Herper Karr, Posten, Moore; catchers, Kitchen Peters, Powers; first basenlan, Harri.
 second baseman, Pitler; shortstop, Boy
 en: third baseman, Graf; outfielder Kippert, Daley, Nicholson, Collins. Dil rell, Marston.
 The past week brought its share of re; news. One of the items was the signir of the veteran, Charley Smith, formerl with the Chicago Cubs, and recently IT leased by San Francisco. Elberfeld b lieves the old-timer added to the buno of youngsters he already has will hel to make the Chattanooga pitching sta the best in the Southerns League. If becomes necessary to cut the staff { four men, which seems likely. three them, Smith, Allen and Martina, are glu tons for work.
 ELBERFELD AFTER LETTERS On the same day. that Smith was quired, Wilson Collins. the former Val derbilt University outfielder and later ! member of the Boston Braves, was sigS ed. Elberfeld wants to increase the hi, ting strength of his club and believe
 that Collins will prove winner with u bludgeon, regardless of his ability to cad the drives in the outfield.
 Suspension was handed Rivington BiI land, the former Atlanta shortstop, wh' sprang one of the stove league sensatio1 by announcing that he received a Sll bonus above his $25O a month contr. z last year in Atlanta and didn't propo} to play for a $25O salary this year. Bis land is selling tickets for a movie New York and says he nas really retir@ from the game for good.
 Rudy Somers, the southpaw who jum ed the locals to go to the Federal leagJ in 1914, was claimed by the Chattanool club and offered a contract. He refus, it so he has been suspended along wiY BislandA Southern League salary i} ducements didn't look good to Rudy. I'll pOrtsider was one of Elberfeld's "B Three" of 1913, and the Chattanooga ma ager was not unwilling to give him a ether trial.
 LIMIT MAKES PROBLEM
 Another athlete who forced himse into the suspended class was Jap hI1rs the old Washington and Lee Universis pitcher and one-time Atlantan. who WI drafted from the Virginia League. Aft q silence of many weeks, Efrd, or ratha Pa Efird, acting for him, wrote the loc1 management that the youth had decid9 to abandon his promising diamond cares and enter business. This left no alte' native but suspension. s
 Elberfeld beat all the other Southe! League clubs to a solution of sala Wrapgles and every member of the Loo3 cuts counted on is now in line. It wasA long, hard road and 1t looked at os time as if the manager was going to | forced to weather the season with 1S n1eS On the acquisition of Charley Smith, hoN ever, the Kid said hc had enough q heads on his rre-eminently youngst7 club and decided not to sign John Hu1 mel, the veteran Brooklyn utility ma Both of these veterans require top ss ary and their presence on the club wou have necessitated the omission of
 least one youngster.
 The teams three most obdurate hoI outs, Joe Harris. Jim Allen and Joe Mss tina, were brought into line by concs sions made the trio. whose demands we not unreasonable. Jake Pitler was sig ed ten days ago. Contracts have not l.een received from Allen and Martin but the club met the terms of these " players and the documents arc expect any day.
 The fans are waking up, the Andrew Frank controversy serving as 8 sort spring alarm clock, and everybody eager for the opening scramble.