The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-07
NEXT BARON CAME HERE WILL BE THE
 OPENER WITH VOLS
Local Squad Torn Up By h. juries-BitS of Baseball
 Gossip
By MARvIN M.CARTHY

Yesterdays game with Louisville wound up the Barons' schedule of home exhibit tion games, and only one more contest will be engaged in by Moley men be- ore the opening of the Southern leaguo season here April B. Saturday the Barons y,sit Sylacauga for a game with the Mis- ion Mills outfit, and returning home will make final preparations for the opening of the season.
 It's true that the Barons didn't have much success in their Louisville series, ut allowance must be made for the fact hat the squad is rather shot up from injuries.
 To begin with, Tommy Taylor split his tight hand and will be out of the lineup rdefinitely. Tommy didn't get in either 1f the games with Louisville. That his lbsence from the lineup hurt the Barons S evidenced by the goodly bunch of CT tors chalked up against the left side of ,he infield during the Louisville series. quite a few of the Colonels scores were brought about directly by pebbles of the 3aronal infield
 DUTCH HAS COLD
 Then butch Bernsen, captain and
 cleanup" batter, has been sick with
 
 what might be called a light case of
 flu and his work is bound to have been hindered by this.
 To make matters worse, Willigrod, Bernie's understudy, was struck in the right eye by a batted ball in yesterday mornings practice and probably could not have relieved Bernsen yesterday aft ernoon if Dutch" had wanted him to. Wilugrods s optic is almost closed and it's lucky for him that the ball which turned the trick was not hard hit.
 There remains about a week before the season opens, and it will probably take all that time to nurse, the in jured ones back to health again In fact, it will be rather surprising II the regular lineup is put on the field next Wednesday.
 TOMMY TAYIOR'S injury seems to be the most serious of all. Tommy hand was badly split, the flesh being ripped open in a two-inch cut. How ever, the doctor says that with care ful nursing he may be able to bring .he injury around i'll another week. IT SEEMS THAT Stufy Stewart and Al Ellis had a wager up yesterday as 10 who would make the best batting record for the day. It's pretty hard to decide the winner. Stuffy got a clean home run, clean single and an inEeld single. Ellis got q clean two bagger clean single and an infleld hit. In number of safe blows, the two were even, but in quality of the | bingies, it is probable that Stewart would be decided the winner. MASSEY, ALEAD-OFF man for the Colonels, certainly played a splendid game against the Barons Tuesday he got two clean bingles to- centerfeld, and yesterday he worked local mounds men for four free trips to first, three walks and a comp when hit by a pitched ball. If getting on base is a | lead off mans job, Massey made a great success of the invasion of Bir- mingham.
 l In the field the Colonel keystoner acquitted himself well. handling seven chances in two games without an error.
 j.. ITS A HARD nropostion to determine just how the Baronia1 soutfield will l line up on April 1s. Whether Clarke l and Silva have cinched their jobs and | it rests with Emery and Allen to fight 1t out for the other berth or whether it is the other way around remains to be seen.