The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Travellers In Trim to Play
 Regular Ball

Little Rock, Ark. April 4.-(special.) Victories won the past week by the Travellers over the P.ttsburg Nationals and the Akron Internationals have en- outraged the belief that already pre- vailed here that the Little Rock Trav- eiers are going into the Southern League race next week much stronger than they were last year. Kid Fiber field says he is positive of it and, of course. if the kid says it's so that's all there is to it.
 The Travellers defeated the Pirates at Hot Springs last Sunday by a score of to 5, largely through the wonder ful defensive playing of "Bing' Miller In center field and the hitting of Chief Wano and George McGinnis.
 The Akron club was defeated here Thursday, to 0, because of the strong pitching of Tommy Knowlson and Conrad Fields and the timely hitting of Wano and Tony Brottem.
 In between these two games the Travellers ran over to Conway, Ark, and defeated the Hendrix College team, 15 to l.
 In all of these games the Travellers showed that they are getting into con dttion rapidly. In fact, they are ready to start the season right now. They have been playing some splendid ball and are showing team work on both the offensive and defensive. Several runs already have been scored on Kid Elberfeld's pet play-the squeeze.
 A development of the week was the announcement by Elberfeld that 'Scrappy" Moore will be the regular third baseman of the Travellers this season. Dee Walsh still refuses to re- port and the Kid says he doesn't want him.
 George Distel has just about cinched the second base job, even if Gus Getz finally makes his appearance here. It is almsot a cinch the club will start the season with Wano at first, Distei at second. Moore on third and McGin- ris in short. And this is pretty nifty infield.
 The situation in the outfield is not sc clear. Miller has center field cinched but the Kid is not certain who will start in the other fields. Frierson very probably will continue in left Harry Harper. the Moose Jaw sensation, still is absent and unless he shows up Jimmie Biakesley, former seldier, or Bully Mclean, colIegian, will start in right
 The pitchers are coming around fast and the Kid still is far from a deci- sion as to who he will keep. Chief Yellow Horse, sturdy little Indian finger, is the first and only member Of the staff who has gone nine in rings. The Chief pitched the game against Hendrix and allowed only three singles. and two of them were scratches. Fields, right-hander. and Masters, southpaw, showed up mighty well against the Pirates and Knowlson and Fields had no trouble holding the Akron club to five hits.
 Robinson is working slowly but ought to be fit as fiddle by April IA. Zeke Lohman is laid up with a spike wound on his ankle but expects to start again in a couple of days. Elma Knight was bumped pretty hard by the Pirates in the last three innings hut the full hitting strength of the National Leaguers was concentrated against him in desperate effort to win at the finish He still looks as good as the most of the others. Dutch Hengeveld is expected here this week to make it an eight-way race for the pitching jobs.