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

Old Redwood park VIII proDaDly be submitted to it's greatest ordeal of the year this afternoon, when the slugging aggregation of Yankees en- counter the National league pennant winners, the Brooklyn Dodgers, in the one all-major league exhibition game afforded local fans this season.
 The ordeal which the local park must undergo is a double one. First of all, when Messrs. Babe Ruth, Pipp, Bodie, Baker and others get through slam ming the pellet in all conceivable di- rections, that is, if they find the Dodger pitchers anything like hittable, sev- eral blanks, a couple of scoreboards and possibly a bleacher or two may need repairing. Then, the onslaught of the fans will take place for nine in nings, unless rain or something else, interferes. The crowd expected to at tend today's game should tax the ca pacity of the field for interest shown in the baseball classic for today has been out of the ordinary.
 GIVE BABE" A REST
 There is absolutely nothing left for us to say about thet mighty Bambino of swat-called Babe" Ruth in plain, everyday baseball slang-so thorough ly have the press agents performed their deadly. tasks. Every one knows that Babe" adavnces to the plate with a heavy bludgeon in his mits and de- termined look in his eye. They also know that Ruth has formed the habit of knocking the ball out of the Hartic- ular park in which he happens to be playing. Also, sometimes he punishes only the ozone, and retreats to his seat on the sideline bench with disgust plainly expressed on his features and disappointment being registered aud : itably by the fan colony. There now, we have gotten quite bit about MT. Babe" Ruth out of our system.
 There are other greats and near greats on the Yankee aggregation be- sides Ruth. Pipp, Meusel, Bodie. Peck inpaugh and Baker are all noted slug gers. Baker, the former home, run king. has been shifted to third base, and the big fellow has been showing up we'll at tho hot corner in the games he has played this year. Baker didn't play with the Tanks last year, retiring from the game. However, his retire ment ended with 1920 and the slugger is once more within the Yankee camp.
 While not possessing the ability to produce as many long base hits as their foes of today, the Dodgers are nevertheless, one of the classieSt az gregations in major league baseball.
 It will be world series lineup that Uncle Wilbert Robinson sends against the Yankees today. In the Brooklyn team, the New Workers are meeting one of the strongest baseball machines of the present time. The Dodgers are very evenly balanced, their splendid defensive work being set off by ability to crack out hits on numerous occa- sions.
 DODGERS PITCHERS
 The Dodger pitching staff, consisting of Cadore, Pfeffer, Mamaux, Mohart. Miljus, Reuther, Mitchell and Smith, should be able to hold it's own with any in the big leagues. Burleigh Grimes, ace of the Robin pitchers, has been holding out and local fans will not have the opportunity to witness him in action today.
 Brooklyn's infield, composed of Konetchy at first, kilduff at second. Olson at short and Johnston at third will make the Dodgers inner defenses almost imprenetrable. The outfield- Myers, Wheat, and the Griffith-Neis combination-has plenty of power ana defensive ability.
 FIELDING VS. SLUGGING
 In so many of the games played by this club. the Yankees have won by sheer force and brute power. outhitting and outscoring their opponents. The Dodgers, however, possess splendid style of defensive play that may hold the Yankee slugers in check, while Robin batsmen are pounding out enough hits to score the few runs necessary to win the game.
 GAME BEGINS AT 3 P. M.
 Promptly at o'clock this afternoon Empires Klem and Moriarity of the National and American leagues, re- spectively, will start the opposing teams on the big game.- Box seats and other tickets are now on sale ar Hagan-Dunlap's drug store
 The two teams will arrive in Bir- mingham this morning. The Tanks and Dodgers are working their way north ward in order to be at their respective stands when the major leagues season begins on April IS. Other games of tho Yang-Dodger series will be placed in southern cities.
 Brooklyn defeated the Yankees in New Orleans yesterday. to 0. Smith and Mamaux holding the New York team to two hits