The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
Prospects Bright for Coming Season
 In Dixie s Major
By G. J. FLOURNOf

Mobile. January 2.-(Specnl )--An- nouncement by the various major and minor league clubs of the selections of chieftains and training places TOT 1921 has set the stovepipe brrgaoe 'o gossiping overtime. Nowhere Tn the ITnited States, where the great oio eame If baseball predominates as the greatest sport of them all. has specu- lation been as rife as that wnicn IS being waited among the Iahs ~no ;nhabit the eight cities whlcn go eo
 , inc circuit of the Southern Within 60 days Dixieland will re,
 ,,,s n,;tb the crack of the pat anu tbe whiff of the ball as the players ol hotb maiors and minors gather al tnelr resnectiye training quarters to remove the kinks" from their arms ana '"e "charleyhorse" from thelr less. l..
 Naturally, local bugs are vitaliy ln- .aras,ad ;n inc coming of Herman Rronlxie to take charge of the Bruins, What changes will be effected IS sun a matter of conjecture. Magnate A" gan is angling for first-class catcnei to replace Bob Coleman, who has peeh signed to manage the Terre Haute' ino'' club in the Central league. Wi.h D
 gan and Bronkie both active anu can be gathered from headquarte looks like there will be many new faces out at Monroe park When
 training season opens.
 MUST GET PLAYERS Changes on the Bruin roster are stlii ,nsattled but if behooves both Logan and Bronkie to get while gettins IS good.'' The placing Of the IeAA' league on the same footing with 1ohn nie Martins circuit puts an eno to po
 stering with colts from that d1rectioh. Any player secured from Doak ROD erts bailiwick will mean the iorkihs of a few "kopeks" from the coAhers of the cash box. That is what IL W,li take and Magnate Logan sanguineiy exnacts to get with "kale' what trades and youngsters from Glass oi tions fail to bring.
 Every club on the circuit is angling, and reports are daily being sent out of the signing of some star. Besioes Mobile. Nashville and Memphis WIT have new leaders. Hub Purdue. known to every fan throughout the natlon as "Gallatin Squash and who has workeo in this league since the days of Char lev Campau. Abner Powell, Briscos Lord, etc., will be in charge or the Nashville Volunteers, replacing Roy Ellam Hub has laid aside his title Of Chaplin of the Diamond" and has Leen scouting the woods for players that will give the capital city of Ten nessee team that can break the jinx and crawl out of the second division
 GRAFT AT THE REINS Fred Graft, who worked wonders th the Chattanooga team last season, after Strang Nicklin relinquished the anti Graff is inclined to possess managerial ability, if his work of 1920 is taken as a criterion, and he should furnish the "baby city, of the circuit with SC mething else besides a cellarite bri- gade.
 All of the teams that finished in first division during last season will pre- sent practically the same faces with the exception of Little Rock and Bir- mingham. Eberfeld has lost the ser vices of Brottem, Yellowhorse, "Bing" Miller and Lefty Robinson. This leaves quite gap for the "Kid' to fill. bnt sport writers from the Arkansas metropolis pin their faith on the lead ership of the scrappy chieftain. Carlton Molesworth, the chubby boss of the Birmingham Barons, has the greatest task of them all. Moley mus replace such an array of stars as John | Morrison. Tommie Stevenson, Clyde Barnhart Al Ellis and Bert Griffith, which in itself means practically new outfit.
 MOLEY'S PEP"
 Molesworth has the reputation of sending more material to the "big top than any other minor league manager. and Magic City fandom is satisfied thas their representatives on the diamond for the coming year will furnish them. the same article of ball playing that crowded Redwood field during last season.
 Looking over the Southern associa- tion from wintery aspect, it appears iszi Will bring about greater results, poth financially and otherwise. than has been enjoyed by the eight team. since they were admitted to Glass A standing
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