The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29
PANTHER BASEBALL. MEN REPORT FOR PRACTICE MONDAY
B Candidates Expected to Turn Out In Answer to Call of Diamond.
 Prospects

With the coming of spring weather the baseball spirit will begin to manifest It. self on Sunshine Slopes during the com ing week The Partners will stage the , first workout of the season on Munger field Monday afternoon. when about thirtyflye aspiring baseball stars will start practice in the competition for a varsity berth.
 Coach Charlie Brown will probably be unable to start his diamond athletes of for the season but the initial workout will be in charge of Capt. John T. Brad ford who coached the aggregation last year. light workout will be held, but Captain Bradford states that the entire squad will get down to hard work in the next few days, as the first series of she season will be played during the month. Six of last years varsity will try out for the team this season, and around this neuclus Coach Brown will build his nine. Mike" Norton and Bop Rowe, outfeld- CTS; "Tapie" Bradford. .'Tanlac'' Burney and Jack Stuart, infielders. and Greek Griffin. catcher. are the members of last years club, who defeht the Gold and Black again this spring.
 It is on the mound that the Panther nine will show it's greatest weakness. Malone, of last years staff, is the only krown quantity among the twirlers who will start work Monday. Malone has speed, curves, control, ana with a little confidence will be the best on Coach Browns staff this spring.
 The remaining available boxmen are Hodge, Speer, Crews and Evans, none ot whom have had any collegiate experience Hodge should develop into a fine pitcher under Coach Browns tutelage, and much is expected of him in the coming season. Evans has fast one with a hop on 1t. but whether he can deliver the goods re- mans to be seen. Crews and Speer have considerable sand lot experience, and 1t is hoped that they can stand up under the strain in collegiate baseball.
 With a strong infleld and outfield the Panther hopes lies in the developing of an offensive aggregation, and hitting will play a prominent part in the fight for varsity honors among the candidates out for the team.
 At the receiving end there are three available backstops in Griffin of last sea sons squad. Hall scrub, and Candy. Griffin who will probably draw the as signment behind the bat, is a nifty little catcher who will work his pitchers well. Griffin and Candy can also play infield positions
 Three first seekers will stage a trian- gular argument as guardian of the ini- tial bag. Jack Stuart, first baseman or the PanthefS for the past two seaSollsf will compete with Coop Green and Johnston for varsity honors. John Bur ney, the dimunitive second baseman or last years nine, will again cavort around the keystone for the Birming- ham-Southern aggregation unless shifted to short. Burney is vicious hitter, hay ing clouted over 30 in the Walker County League last year, and will be one of the nainstays of the, team.
 A glaring weakness at short will have to be filled by one of the recruit infield- ers among whom are Baker, Cleverdon. Henderson and Freeman. One of the catehers or first basemen would also be available Capt. John Bradford, for three years varsity man, will again appear at the hot corner Bradford coached the nine last season, besides being one of tns nest hitters and fielders on the squad. He should be at his best this year
 over fifteen candidates will report Mon. day in an attempt to make the varsity outfield At least two of the garden posi- tions will probably be filled by Mike Norton, center fielder last year, and BOD Rowe, who chased flies in the sun gar den. Propst looks good for an outneia berth. A number of other likely candl- dates are available, among whom is Ami bal Gomez a young Cuban, who VIII at tempt to play the game in America