The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-17
MIKE FINN NOW IN
 TEXAS AT TER MEN Five of Lookout Gardeners Subject to Draft-Teams
 Swap Dates


 more later on. Latest news from the
 slubber extraordinary, who got such a
 great start with the Lookouts last year
 only to break his leg on April 30, has | been refused admission into the army l by the physical examining board and
 may return to the game. Dell Is mak-
 ing every effort to get in the army; | if he is unable to do so he will wear
 Chattanooga uniform. This makes Mikes outfield prospects, consist of the
 following:
 | Miller, Central league in Class Al l has. applied for exemption; Ira Flag stead, Northwestern league, in Class 1, but has number near last and will not
 be called until late; Mokan, Central and International leagues, exempt from
 army; Snead (hot of draft age), col legian from Detroit, with Tigers sev- eral weeks last year; Cueto, Cuban 1 fielder with Cincinnati last year; Dell
 Paddock, 1917 Lookout; Harry Sylves-
 ter, in Class 1 but with number so far along that he may not be taken this year.
 DRAFT HITS BOSSES
 There you are. seven outfielders and 1 five of 'em possibles for Uncle Sans service, which goes to show that no manager knows just what he can ex- ! pect this year. At the same time, Finn 1 is practically certain that he can de- velop good bunch from this material,
 a trio that will stack ahead of the shifting crew of last year; Kid Elber- felds 1917 team never had the same outneld Tor 10 days at time
 | It is hard to tell just who will be the regulars from this squad. If Pad- docks broken leg has not slowed him too much he ought to win a job. Flag stead and Miller were both hard slug gers in the minor leagues. Mokan is a Ialr hitter, but fast. Snead was good enough to be kept on the Detroit bench for couple of months. Cueto. with the Reds, was a streak of lightning. play- ing many games for Matty He ought to be good one in these diggines Paddock Is a great hitter, though only fair on his feet, while Sylvester was
 an in-and- outer last year. There is no
 hint from Finn as to whom he con- siders the most likely members of the outfield party of seven; it seems a safe pet. however, that Cueto and Paddock ''N-A 'AhA oOA IiiS, II duuOcK IS denied his plea to be allowed in the army. Chattanooga and Memphis clubs have arranged switch in dates to eradicate
 an impossible jump in the schedule. The dates as adopted had Chattanooga at Little Rock April 28 and Chattanoora 1 April 29, with Memphis The jump iron,
 Little Rock here could not be made in single night. The Lookouts will plav
 In Memphis April 29 instead of at home ana the Chicks will fill an open date here August 2S. There was some un- easiness locally relative to two jumps rom Chattanooga to Little Rock on account of connections at Memphis. but the Rock Island has agreed to hold for the Memphis Special as late as II O'CLOCK and the dates can easily be
 filled with this arrangement.
 FINN OFF TO TEXAS
 Lookout batterymen are due in next Thursday. March 21 For the first three
 or four days they will be in charge of Fred Graf, as Mike Finn has gone to Texas to visit the training camps of the Giants and Detroits and to make some trades at the Texas league meet ing. On his return journey he will con fer with Red Sox and Brooklyn mag
 mates at Hot Springs before reporting in Chattanooga, March 26 Finn says Ho WdntS tO Hnu what the ma for leaguers have so he will know where to turn in case an emergency arises.
 One Chattanooga citizen moved to Little Rock last week, permanently to all appearances. when Kid Elberfeld sold his pretty farm on Walden's Ridge near here. bought himself an automo-
 bile and motored to the Arkansas cap- ital after sending all his household goods by rail. The Kid has built him. self quite reputation as farmer in these parts. His apples were the toast of the entire section and carried off the prizes whenever any competition was set up. In fact. the Kid quit en- tering his apples as none of the other fellows had chance with him ir the running. The Kid is also there" in chicken raising. It is reported that he has contract to run an immense apple farm in north Georgia for well known chattanooga after he retires from baseball The trees on this farm have Just been planted and the Kid figures they'll be ready to bear fruit about the time his baseball days are over