The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
Yankees Haue One of the Hardest Hitting Teams of AM
 Times

Several headliners of major league baseball will be seen in action in this city on Monday, when the Brooklyn team, National league pennant win ners of 1920, will meet the New York Yankees in one of the games of their annual spring series.
 The visit here will be along the route taken by the clubs from their Louisiana training camps to the metropolis and all the players with each club will be here Neither club has any second team max ing a tour this spring.
 Babe Ruth, leading home run hitter of baseball and the hardest hitter the game has ever known, will be the big attraction, of course. but there is a galaxy of other celebrities besides the Batting Babe Ruth has played in every inning of every exhibition game played by the Yankees this spring. Both Man agers Robinson and Higgins are using the strongest line-ups possible in this spring series, as no little prestige at taches to the success of these interleague clashes.
 TANKS HARD LETTERS
 
 day, is regarded by many competent critics as the hardest hitting comb bina- tlon in the history of the game. Ruth alone would make any team strong in this department, but Babe is only one of the long-dstance clouters at the call of Miller Higgins. In Bob Meusel, who played his first major league engage ment in 1920, Higgins insists that he has the hardest hitting right-hander in the l ma fnIo fatxt xtrhn fl,la big Californian slug will take issue on this claim. Huggins contends that Ruth is the only player in the game who can drive the ball with more force than Meusel.
 Grouped with these two supersluggers are Home Run Baker who comes back this season to the Yankees after lay off of year; Walter Pipp, twice leader in home runs among American league batsmen; Bobby Roth, long-distance hit ter, who was obtained by the Yankees during the past winter in trade with Washington; Aaron Ward, who poled Il home runs for the Yankees during the 1920 campaign; Roger Peckinpaugh, who accounted for 8 circuit drives Ping Bodie, another slugger who nicked oppos- ing pitchers last season for 26 doubles, F triples and home runs, and Wally Schang new addition to the Yankees 
 away will make him right at home in this collection of sluggers The hardest hitting teams of the past pale in com parison with this array of long-distance hitters; a team that would stand out for it's sluggers even without Babe Ruth to make it more impressive.
 ALL ARE IN SHAPE
 All the stars mentioned above have been working out at the Yankee train ...a- n11 ho with ti.e club on it's visit to this city. Huggins has so many great hitters at his disposal that he finds it a difficult task to arrange his lineup so that all may take part in game. Virtually all the sluggers named here will be seen in action Tn this city. Other celebrities with the team will be Fewster, McNally and Mitchell.
 All the veteran pitchers of the Yam kees have been working in the games against Brooklyn and the boxmen who are to perform here will be announced by Higgins the night before the game. The Yankee staff is built around three veteran right-handers-Bob Shawkcy, Carl Mays and Jack Quinn.s Harry Har- per, for many years with Washington, is the only southpaw on the club. Waite Hoyt and Rip Collins, younger pitchers who have won their spurs in the majors, COmplele the llfSl SUI HIS ScAtCt- lit~ newer section of the pitching staff is made up of Bill Piercy, Tom Sheehan, Alex Ferguson and Jack Clifford. The catching will be done by Schang, Hof- man and De Vormer.
 WORLD SERIES LINE
 Manager Wilbert Robinson hopes to place a worlds series lineup in the game here. Outfie}der Hi Myers and Pitcher Burleigh Grimes are the only hold-outs. and both are expected in camp before the Robins make their visit to this city. Even without this pair Uncle Robbie can put on strong lineup He has for pitching duty Sherrod Smith, Ed Pfeffer, Al Mamaux, Dutch Reuther, Clarence Mitchell, Mohart, Leon Cadore and John Miljus. as well as some prom ising young players. All the above helped Brooklyn to championship last year, except Ruether. who was obtained i'll trade for Marquard. Miller and krue- ger head the catching staff, as they did last season. The worlds series infieid of Konetchy, Kilduff olson and John sen is intact For the reserve material Manager Robinson has Schmandt, Caton and Keeley. For outfield duty Ropoie has Zach Wheat. Tommy Griffith, Ser nie Neis. Bill Lamar and Hood, who were with the club last season, and Myers is expected to join soon.
 A MAJOR LEAGUE AFFAIR
 The game here will be conducted strict ly according to major league rules. uHi- pires Bill Klem of the National league and George Moriarity of the American league are handling all of the games CT the series and they inssit on the same discipline as along the major league CIT cults. An instance of this was shown n the opening game of the series, played at Baton Rouge on March IS. when kiem put Outfielder Bobby Roth out of the game for too much kicking over oe- cson.
 The touring party of players, club oi- ficials, coaches and newspaper men VIII number about 80 persons. Fifteen news paper men from New York and Brook lyn are trailing the clubs through Dixie to keep the fans at home posted on the