The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
LOCAL TEAMS ARE
 READY FOR FIRST
 GAMES OF SEASON
Line-Ups of Five of Six Teams
 Almost Decided Upon
By BEN GREEN


 All the local prep hines have practi- waiting impatiently for the opening of the Jefferson County league season. which starts Thursday, April '. With the Snades-Cahaba team in the organl- zation. the full enrollment is raised 70 six, making possible the arrangement 1I schedule including games for all the teams each playing day. This was nDs possible under the old regime, there ne- ing only five teams entered. The sehed- ule for Thursday shows Simpson at bcs- semer EnSley a Central, and Shades Cahaba at Jefferson County.
 The Junior Panthers of Simpson school have already opened their season, hay ing made a trip to Columoiana and ue- feated the Shelby county nine m dou- ble-header The fielding of the Simp- sonites was a great disappointment, lJ errors having been committed in the two games The pitching was as good, iL not better, than expected, and the Sun shine Slopers showed some batting strength in the second encounter
 SIMPSONS LINEUP
 The lineup for Simpson when it meets Bessemer will probably be as follows. Tanner, third base; Godbee, shortstop, Hartsfield, second base; Hanna. center field; Alexander, right field; Wilkerson, left field; Wheeler or Tucker, catcher; Caldwell first base; Hamilton or Nor wood, pitcher. Johnston will not be able | to play on account of the 21-year-oid rule making him ineligible.
 1 Central is ready for the raising of the curtain, having indulged in quite nunl- l Der of practice contests, although not l playing any scheduled games. Cerdis Byrd, who was figured on to pitch the opener for the Crlmsons, is down with | the humps and will be out for a couple of weeks Harris will probably start the first game, as he is in better shape than 1 Cory, the other regular twirier. Davis, l the catcher and utility man, has been trying out at the mound and could more than likely get by if necessary. The en- 1 tire collection of ball tossers shapes up as very fast bunch but weak at the i bat.
 GENERALS LINEUP 1 The lineup against Ensley will prop- ably be as follows: Anderson. left field, Drennen, center field Goldstein, first base; Williamson, right field; Lew third base; Simpson, second base; Young, shortstop Chambers or Davis, catcher
 Harris or Cory, pitcher.
 Jefferson County, last years flag cop per- appears to be in good position to repeat, with almost all of their old men l back and many of the rockies showinS up we'll Jack Clay, left-handed finger. is filling the shoes of Hobart Hender- l son well, both the mound and as the plate. He will probably be the ohi9
 portsider in the league. This nine mas been putting in some very good practice lately and will be in good trim for me opening of the season. In a practice game with Shades-Cahaba, the Wildcats piled up IS runs to none for their op-
 ponents.
 WILDCATS LINEUP
 The probable lineup for Jefferson on
 the opening day follows: Ford, second
 base; DeShazo. shortstop; Knox. left
 field; Lynch, center field;, Under
 wood, right field Ware, first base Me i Kinley, third base; Gillespie, catcher'
 Clay or Taylor, pitcher.
 The Ensley Yellow Jackets, who all
 though they did not have such very
 good average, made things rather ollll- L. cult for the leaders last year. Will prop-
 ably serve in the same capacity this sea son Although the Black and Gold have not what one would call championshlp
 team. it will more than likely measure
 up we'll with the other prep aggrega-
 lions in the state Like most of the other teams, Ensley has not played any scheduled games as yet, but has been
 practicing for some time ana IS reaay ioA , the gun.
 ENSLEY'S LINEUP
 The ,ine-up in the opening game with Central will likely be as follows: II. Anderson second base; Rosenfield, ie1t
 field: Friel, center field; O'Brien, eaten :
 or. Duncan. third base; Socket, first
 base: Tinklepaugh, shortstop; Menoeh-
 hall. right field; McWhorter, pitcher , Ressemer, although almost always no- toriouslv weak in the diamond sport, mas
 heen showing up well in practice games this season and might surprise some ol , the followers of prep athletics. The
 gers have three men back in the lhlieiu
 and two in the outfield, besides vet
 eran battery. This is propapiy "o.e
 nerieuced material than ahy or lho , otbar teams have, and experience IS ! yreat factor in a short race like the ]. one between the local prep institutions BESSEMER'S LINEUP Although the present lineup Tor tho p,,rola and White is rather undeter- mined. it will probably be as foiiows'
 Rovd shortstop: G. Waller, left field NJ. waller. second base; Bailey, third base : Iobnston. catcher; Fisbach center fieid' : s Hodges. first base; Parsons, right fieid'
 sheridan. Hawkins or Hodges, pitcner, The new entrant into the gohialo" gamble, namely. the Shades-Canapa ous . fit is the dark horse of the iist. Aiihoss no line can be obtained on the me q corners. as the greater majority or .nen r ,oan are not known among local foio" 3 are The opening season for the new h'- t stitution is not doped to be very sus t,s cessful one, but they may reverse .na done and prove sensation Ihe Ah.s. {. t est shown in the county ieasue VI. k year is greater and hotter than sor . Iafora and a very successful season TOT e the entire organization is looked iof'