The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-19

The springyilIc Swain viewed his work from the dugout Monday and smiled. "We have speed on the Baron club,- he chirped, "and it was up to me to show the boys that | was right along with lem when 1t comes to speed,
 In the meantime many fans are wondering why they placed the- palings back in place in right field, contending that Dutch Bern sen will go right ahead and knock 'em off with three-base drives again.
 Therc were a number of trees in the far-reaches beyond the fence, which were uprooted by the storm. Monday a number of freckle- faced boys. and one or two men, viewed the fallen oaks with tears in their eyes. They had lost good friends. Ever since 1910 these boys have been sitting in tho limbs over looking the fence, md viewing ball games at . cost of nothinE-plus. They haven't even had to kick In with war tan.
 HATS OFF TO MIR. TRAYNOR
 Young MT. Traynor, who made his debut in Nashville by knocking sundry stitches off the onion, ap- peared before a Birmingham crowd for the first time Monday after noon, and continued to punish the apple in much fiercer fashion than Ao ira, handled the pitcher out of base on balls on his first trip to the plate. He pulled a break shot for a triple to the walls in right on his next appearance at the plate. His third effort was a single, which he followed up with a stolen base, and his fourth attempt was another single. It was not until the seventh inning, when MT. Traynor had run himself ragged, that he condescended to go out a la an infield grounder. Verify, it looks like this lad is going to be a world beater in this league, if he keeps up anything near the pace he has started off with.
 BIG MAN FOR SHORT
 Traynor is the biggest man. physically, who Nhas ever worn Baronial unie. Roy Ellam was no baby on the shortneld. but the newcomer stands head and shoul- ders above Ellam. His size does not seem to hamper his work in the slightest however. and in the sixth he started a double play in lightning like style. Brown hit to Traynor, with Harper on first The xt> >tx~x. A~ny "A Stuffy at second like flash and Stuffy in turn whipped the ball to first, the ball getting to tho initial pillow as far ahead of Brown as Harding outdistanced Cox Tray nor also looks like he has the speed afot to match up with his coworkers, who are recognized as / the shiftieSt lot of ankle-express- CTS ever gathered on one ball club in Dixie.
 GREAT FIGHT EXPECTED
 Eddie Hanlon and Dummy Bar rington meet in the squared arena at the Birmingham Athletic club tonight and the resonant blow of leather crashing against jaw prom ises to reverberate tnf0uGhout the length and breadth of the B. A. c. gym. It should prove the great est card by all odds staged at the club this year, and from the nd- vance sale of seats it looks ike a capacity crowd Is going to pack and jam it's way in the auditorium to see these two gladiators of the gloves tear into each other. Fan dom has advanced the prognostica- tion that there will be some can vas kissing in order. or course, Dummy's packers say 1t will be Eddie, while those followers of the Hanlon camp, who have seen Ed ward workout, believe he Is primed for the battle of his life. with . determination to show local fistic fans that he Is not com-backer, but . conner instead. Eddie has just turned 27 in the time table Of life. takes exception to the fact that he is referred to as vet eran at times, and insists that he win still make some of the best welters in the country sit up and take notice before another IF months have passed.
 
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