The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
SOUTHERN ID MEET MARION INSTITUTE IN DOUBLE HEADER Enthusiasm High on Eve of Big Game-New Play
 ing Field Will Be
 Dedicated

Greensboro March 1S-tSpecial.) with Southerns first clash with a rival instItu-
 ton on the baseball diamond only few days away. athletic enthusiasm at the Greensboro institution is now at its height The student body and the base
 ball enthusiasts in the town are looking
 forward with the keenest interest td the opening engagement with Southerns ancient rival, Marion institute, in a double header on next Tuesday, March 21.
 The fact that Southern's new baseball park will be formally opened on that oc- casion lends additional interest to the day. Work on the new park has been
 practically completed, the playing field Is now in tip-top condition, the grand stand, bleachers and bandstand are com pleted, and the park will have a seating capacity of nearly 1000, with ample ac- commodations for automobiles.
 The field will be appropriately deco rated and interesting exercises will mark the opening of Southern's new athletic plant The Southern university band of 15 pieces will furnish music for the oc- casion. large crowd from Greensboro. Marion and adjoining towns is expected.
 TEAM IN GOOD SHAPE
 The team is rounding into satisfactory
 shape, and will be prepared to give
 good account of itself from the first crack of the bat. From the standpoint of the battery, Southern is in better form than ever before in it's history. Stephenson, Zachery and Terry constitute a trio of beavers as good as can be found in any college, and they are backed up by re- serve consisting of King, Ledyard and
 Morton. Whitey Quarles, the first-string receiver, bids fair to make a rec<rd in the south in the backstop job. and his
 understudy, Phil Davis is about as good, with Crawford stout contender. Livings- ton or Waller will cover first; Paulk and
 Turnipseed are In a fight for second; H.
 ,oii.s and Sid Pukh will be in the short field, while third will be handled in an entirely satisfactory fashion by Dannelly or Davis. Pinkey Chapman, fielder of the first rank; Helms, George Jones, Nor gan. Norton and Kersh afford excellent outfield material. The scrubs have a | team almost on par with the varsity, and the prospects for a scrappy. hard hitting, sharp fielding aggregation are the bright- ! est Southern has faced in many year. | Manager Hinton has prepared the fol- l lowing excellent and strenuous sch0tux9 | for the nine:
 March 2l-Marion institute. twot..--@ on campus.
 | March 27-Marion institute. in Marion. \ two games.
 l April 8, 4, 5-Howard college, on campus. three games.
 April 10-Marion institute, in Marion. ! double header.
 /, April 14 15-Mississippi college, on cam- pus, three games.
 1 April @-University of Alabama. in Tus- caloosa.
 April 21, 22-Howard college, in Birming- 1 ham.
 | April 24, 25-Birmingham college, in Bir- mingham.
 April 2s, 27-Union university, in Jack- son, Tenn.
 April 2S, 29-Pending. | May 1, 2--Alabama Presbyterian college, | on campus, three games. | May 4, 5-Cumberland university, on campus, two games. May 10, 11-University of Florida, on campus.
 May 15-Marion institute on campus. double header. May 19 20-Birmingham college, on cam- pus, three games. Commencement dates open.