The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
Mel Myers Outpoints Spike Webb in Round Bout
By ROB McDAyID'
BEARS EXPECT ID
 EARN THEIR TITLE Mobile Team Refuses to Be the Football of Southern
 League Clubs

Mobile, Apr: I5.-The Mobile Bears are gong to be &<factor in the pennant race of 1918. They have met the Cleveland American league team and the Indian apois club. pennant winners of the as- sociation. and with two youngsters at shortstop and the left field position have given 8 good account of themselves. Manager Flaherty has star infield since Art Bues has consented to report
 AS first base Flaherty has Hasbrook. a fast man, who covers a world of ter and often. Tutweiler, who graduated from the Hattiesburg team of the Cotton States league of four years ago, is at second base. Tutweiler has improved wonderfully with his experience with the Providence club. Damarau, the Montreal man, is covering third and was ready to play ball on his arrival here, having kept in trim all winter. He is a great hustler and has good wing that gets them across the diamond true to form.
 Wheat Orcutt, who led the Wilkes Barre team of last year in hitting and fielding, will play one of the outer gar den positions. Orcutt is looked on as a great player and the season is still young The Cleveland bunch cast their eyes on this fellow time and time again during the exhibition game here on March 27 orcutt is a base stealer for fair, and is going to produce many runs for the Bears as he did for Wilkes-Barre.
 Johnny Bates, the old-timer, who was with Chattanooga and Cincinnati of last year. will cover right field for Mobile. Bates arm is slow to round into shape, but he says that with the coming of hot weather he will be there. Bates can hit is giving five pitchers chance tu make the team. They are Cayet, last season with the Vols; Bennett, Mobile hold over; Pennington and Friday, sent to Mobile from the St. Louis Americans, and Dick Ching, Mobile boy, who was with Pistsburg and Mobile last season. Cavet, Pennington and Friday are fix lures. In this department Flaherty says that he can get all the pitchers that he wants at any time.
 In the catching department the Bears have Bob Coleman, who was bought from the Columbus American association team. and Fred Kuhn, a Louisville, Ky. semi pro. Fiaherty has the services of Catcher Walter Griffith at his command. Griffith has been allowed to report to Mogul Frank at Atlanta, Ga., but there is string attached to him.
 FIaherty said today he was we'll pleased with the showing of the players that he has on his staff and figures that he will be up there in the fight from the tap of the gong. The Mobile pilot is working out everyday and proposes to get in the
 
 There is a better feeling in Mobile now over baseball prospects The Mo bile fans have great admiration for Charles z. Colsson. who is the secretary this year. Colsson has not only been made secretary, but is the acting presi- dent of the bah club, with full com mand. He has shown that his services are worth many times his salary to the club manager. He knows ball players and is out this season to get the patrons of the game to Monroe park.
 Colsson announced that he favored starting the game late in order to give the shipyard workers time to get to the ball park. Games here will probably be called m hour later during the summer