The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-14
 BASEBALL OUTLOOK AT UNIVERSITY IS A VERY ROSY ONE Coach Gordon Lewis Has Arrived to Take Charge of CrimsOns - Joe
 Sewell Captain
~ Fly GEORGE IT. WATSON

University, March Especially )--Nvith
 Coach Gordon Lewis, formerly head coach
 of the University of Wisconsin, in charge,
 team at the University of Alabama are
 of the rosiest hue. Despite unfavorable
 weather, Coach Lewis has managed to get in a rather full weeks practics in- cludng one or two games between che scrubs and varsity teams. About 6 can didates reported at the first practice. Coach Lewis Is expecting to cut this num- her down to working basis beginning Monday.
 The team is being explained this year by Joe Seweli. who will be seen in action again at the keystone sack. Joe is steady and dependable man. who is giv- ling Coach Lewis valuable assistance in handling the large flock of aspirants for the team. Riggs Stevenson of football, baseball and basketball fame, will again 1 perform at the shortstop position. Sereil and Stevenson headed the. list in batting 1 last year. and in addition furnished a !machine-like combination in the infieN. 1 Alabama's outfeld of last year remains intact In facts there is one to spare. In addition to Red Lenor. Graham Rickley and Gaston Brown, who paraded f l per Stacy. a letter man of two years 1 ago. who is out for his old berth as an outfielder Lenoir of all-southern note l in both football and baseball, will patrol :! the middle pasture. Red" is a hard nit i ter and fast on his feet Stealing bases lis his hobby. Rickley is sure-fisted 1 fielder and a swatter above the acerage. 1 Brown is showing the same dependable l qualities of last year. stacy slmgs !; wicked bat rPinkyv Chapman of the 1 Southern Military Academy IS promis- I ing looking new men. who is dispos>1 to | add competition to an already overcrowd- I ed field.
 {, The four positions where new men Will ihave to be used are first and third base. pitcher and catcher. Alabama will miss I her champion ship battery of last year. lconsisting of Lena Styles behind the bat | and Big Boone in the box. However, l Hinton flashing southpaw, who never ! lost a game last year, promises to III i Boone sa shoes with credit scattie'' Ma than, who was styles rght-hand man 1 last year will likely be the chief man behind the bat this year. Other pitch ers who look good are Garcia of St BSr- lnard Collage. Jack Hovater, ChaSes Webb. McGowan and Payne. Griffin of 1 Columbia Military Academy, Mayhall' of ! Dora Cray a sub of last year, Sessions | and Hawkins are fighting for catcher
 job. Griffin and Mayhail LOOK especiaAy l good. | There is vacancy at first which was flied by Johnny Cochrane last yes- l .C,barlie'' Cargile. a brother of char>vs Cargile. a former Crimson star in the outfield, apparently has working chance | for the position in the infield, and it is 1 likely that he will play at either third or first. others out for the infield are: Fulton. Pill. Davidoff, Daughtey. Reed. Hall and Wright.
 Followers of the popular pastime at l Alabama are tickled to death at the work of Coach Lewis so far The university ' lost a good coach in Coach Noojin, and liz believes that it has found good one lin Lewis He is not unknown, In the 1 south. having coached the University of
 Georgia team one year and played wsS
 Columbus. Ga, couple of years For the
 past several years he has been at ne