The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-09
From Major League Camps

, excellent reason that he has a sensa ton a. young second baseman in Fewster. Up to this moment, Schneider and Shawkey are the only Yankee pitchers n the fold. Shore, Leonard. Fisher, Mog- ridge. Thornlahlen Russell. Quinn. Fer guson and several colts will receive or ders to report at Jacksonville, two weeks from today and Hug believes that all of them will have attached their signatures with necessary documents before that time arrives
 INDIANS
 The most omportant announcement made was that the deal trading Bobby
 Roth to Philadelphia for Third Baseman
 Larry Gardner, Pitcher Elmer Myers and Outfielder Charley Jamieson had been consummated. Among those signed are Ray Chapman. Jim Bagby, Jack Graney, Steve O'Neil, Terry Turner and Bill
 Wambsganss O'Ne1l and Chapman com ing to town to meet the chief of the tribe.
 TIGERS
 The men now signed are: Pitchers
 Roland James. Erickson. Love. Catchers Stanage, Ainsmith, Yelle, Murphy. In
 ielders Heilmann. Ellison. Dyer. Dowd, Outfieders veach and Fagstead. For first base there is only one candi- date. Heilmann. no one else on the roster
  that Witt was allowed to get away in- dicates that Bobby Jones is conceded third base before the practice starts. That means that Ellison and Pep oung are scheduled to battle for the keystone. and that Ben Dyer and Dowd will fight 1t out to see which shall become Bushs understudy and eventual successor. Of these veterans, Bush Young and Jones have not yet returned their con- tracts. Neither has Cobb, nor shorten, at the moment of writing.
 PIRATES
 It looks at present as if Bezdel>'s out l field at the start of the season will be made up of Stengel in right field. Carey l in middle and Southworth in left. The shift of Southworth to the left garden
 will be necessary if Stengel is retained 1 for Casey is ft-handed thrower, and
 nrecendent and experience urge against
 the use of such a man in left. l Caton was onsidered one of the mos valuable men in his position in the Ma sional league last summer.
 l In addition to Caton. Bezdek has two other shortstops In Zeb Terry, the Los Angeles candidate, and Walter Barbare 1 formerly of New Orleans. Carleton Moles worth, manager of the Birmingham
 team, who sent Caton to the Pirates was in the city recently. and took occa- 1 sion to say some hinu itHinSS III pdi 1 bares behalf.
 {! Molesworth is thoroughly familiar witf the work of both Caton and Barbare, ana ] he says Bezdek has job on his hands when it comes to choosing between the 1 two lads Catons experience will stand
 him in good stead in the battle for a place. He has lot of confidence in him. self. and it will be no surprise If he wins
 the fight.
 l PHILLIPS
 1 Come to think of the Philadelphia Ma 1 tional league clubs first pennant win ming team has almost been bombed of the map The skipper Pat Moran is gone lSo are Alexander. Killefer, Stock. Pas 1 kert, Mayer Baumgartner. Chalmers | Niehoff. Becker and Burns Bancroft de mands his release. and Luderus is saio 1 to be a doubtful candidate. Eppa Rixey l is soldering in France. slss REDS
 I Garry Herrmanns search for a short stop still goes on, but what quarte