The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-08
KID CATCHER REPORTS


 KID CATCHER REPORTS
 Hilton Brandon, kid catcher, was the first Baron to register at head quarters. Brandon lives in the Bir- mingham district and he mitted Moley Monday. The kid has grown since last summer, when Carlton saw him working, and announces that he weighs 1S0 pounds.
 
 Johnny Gooch, veteran catcher who will do the bulk of the back stopping for the BarOns this year, Is expected in town any time now, as he wrote Billy West that he would come on ahead of the rest of the bunch.
 CLARK HAS RELATIVES HERE Sumpter Clark, the new outt1eld- CT, who was purchased from the Brantford club in the Ontario league, is also expected to dock here in day or so. Clark has written Baronial officials that he has relatives in Birmingham, and that he would come on a few days ahead of time.
 SWATS AFTER RECRUITS
 Harry Swacina who has signed to pilot the Lakeland club in the Florida State League, has been busy for the past few weeks get ting signatures of several local boys. It is understood that SwatS will have a bunch of men who have been semi-pro scintillants in the Birmingham district, with him at Lakeland
 HOLT TO HIGH POINT
 Red Holt, conceded to be the best first sacker ever developed around here, and lad who starred in the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company league for sew eral seasons, has accepted job as first sacker for the High Point club in the Piedmont league. Bill Pierre. another local product. is managing that outfit.
 MoIey used to be an acrobrat be- fore he took n tumble to his skill as baseball player.
 TRY PEROXIDE NEXT TIME
 Sake Larney tried to henna his hair by peculiar method at the banquet of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company Bowl
 ing league the other night, but it didn't take.
 SPRING MAKES IT UNANIMOUS Redwood now looks like a liv- ing example of St. Patricks Day. Everything out that way has been given a new coat of green paint including the grass.
 St. Patrick is the bIOke who ran the snakes out of Ireland. Judge Lnndis fs the fellow who's going to run the sneaks out of baseball. THE FODDER OF HIS COUNTRY Boss Quack Smith tucked out of baseball headquarters Monday and rode the pneumatics to Springville. He's busy up on the farm plant ing fodder this week. according to Billy West.
 NOT RELATED TO. FRANK
 The greatest bowl-weevil in Bir- mingham is M. A. Moran. By the way the professor knocks things he should have been a cashier. M.
  the Birmingham alleys.
 If Joe Stecher was wrestling this Zolar, he would prObabbly clamp on the body scissors, and get him in the ZOlar pIexus.
 THAT SLICK CITY TELLER
 Moore wants more. As a result Kid Elberfeld and Bob Allen are looking for another third sacker. Evidently Scrappy didn't have as good luck selling oil stock to the Travellers last year, as he did to the Crackers in 1919. PRING GARDENING, Ell WHAT? Sunday vii. really be a day of rest for the bike riders. They started their six-day grind at Madison Square Garden yesterday. Looks like a fellow would have all kinds of tire" trouble, riding for six days on stretch.
 At that, riding a half dozen days on n stretch is better than riding . week on n stretcher.
 Billy Miske was operated on for, curvature of the spine, because he thought some might think he was crooked fighter.
 ELLAM IN GALVESTON
 Roy Ellam. the old Baron short smith. who piloted the Vols for several years, and who was let out by Nashville last season. be- ing supplanted by Hub Perdue. is