The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-27
First Clash Is With Southern Military Academy on East Lake Campus - Spring Training Starts.

Howard colleges 1921 baseball sched- ule, announced Yesterday, shows T games. as follows:
 March 1s Southern Military academy, campus.
 March l9, Southern Military academy, campus
 March 20, Avondale mills at syla- cauga-
 Mf.x, 90. Southern Military academy at nsboro.
 Mar>a 31, Southern Military academy at GreensbSro-
 April 1. Marion at Marion.
 April ?, Marion at Marion.
 April S, Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
 April 9, Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
 April 13 Millsaps college at Jack son, Miss.
 April l4 Millsaps college at Jack son, Miss.
 April l5, Mississippi College at clin- April le, Mississippi college at clin- ton, Miss.
 April 22, Millsaps, campus.
 April 23, Millsaps, campus.
 April 29,N Cumberland university, campus.
 April 30, Cumberland university, campus.
 May 3, Southwestern Presbyterian uni- versity at Clarksville. Tenn.
 May 1, Southwestern Presbyterian uni ,versity at Ciarksville. Tenn.
 May 4, Vanderbilt at Nashville.
 May 5,JVanderbilt 5, at Nashville.
 In addition, five games will be played with the Birming gham-Southern team and two exhibition games with the Barons.
 SAY IS RISING
 Bats cracking and mits thudding with the impact of basebals will soon act as tonic to the athletes of Howard col lege After a disastrous season in foot ball and basketball, these lads are look ing forward to diamond clashes to bring back their lost prestige.
 Five of the brightest stars of last year's s aggregation will form a nucleus for 2 team which will try to match or better 192rs record. Only one school won a series from the Howard ball tossers last season. Alabama, which captured the s. I. A. A. championship. was the eN- ceptioD.
 Illinois and Vanderbilt split even with the Bulldogs when the Howard nine ir vaded foreign diamonds. The East Rake team walked away with the Uni versity of Florida and Mississippi col lcge, taking three out of four from Mis- SlSSlppl anu n1dkiHS q clSdn oWcSp oi q four-game series with the Gators.
 PROSPECTS. BRIGHT
 Prospects are bright for a good 1921 SC eason. Besides five veterans, many promising candidates are planng to turn out this spring.
 Members of last years team will taka care of the following berths: Third base, catcher, second base, first base and one of the pitching corps. They have lock on these positions by no means, as some dark horse may crop up and stiff fight develop for any station.
 Burney Acton, custodian of the hote corner, will be back at that bag. Bur- ney is captain of the team and will keep his team on it's toes all the time.
 Lee Head. who led with the mace las, season, will handle the big mitt agasr this year. Head is one of the best back stops in the entire roster of college catchers.
 Second base so far is marked with the ticket of Chicken McI.are. star key stone performer of last year. His snap and dash around the middle station riv- alled the work of Joey Seweil. now in the majors.
 Evidently tired of the lonely life; of an outfielder Othar Afford is candidate for the initial bag position this season, Afford was valuable man to the nine DOtn at pat anu III tie iicio' anu suouiu make others hustle for the frst-basins job.
 Only one mound artist will report for duty who can be called a veterrn. Bud King, whp couldn't find plate wide enough to suit his delivery last season. will again be with the squad this spring. King says he has elimnted the wildness. If he has. the team will have one de- pendable pitcher to count on.
 Spring training will begin in earnest this week. in preparation for the frs! games of the season. Southern Military academy comes here for brace rf games March IS and l9. to- be staged on the campus.