The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-10
VOL RALBLRDS SWEAR BY HUB PERDUE, NEW
 SKIPPER AT NASHVILLE
BEARS NEED FIRST CLASS CATCHER TO. START THE SEASON.
Nsr c. J. rLOURNOY

Mobile April g. (Special.) " The Mobile Sa xhern association team will Nart ths seson here next Wednesday with ths Atlanta club. with few 'hanges h ihe lineup and without srst strinh catcher, due to the fact xhat Manager Herman c. Bronkie, the uew pilot of the club has been playing tn the worst of luck in trying to con meet ~sith a high h-class backstop.
 Sevs~al deals for a first string man went smash after all the wires were pulled 10 get the man. The New York GiantA who spent a week here, and the Philadelphia Athletics, who were the guests of the Bears for three days, failed to leave anyone. The Louisville American association team, which trained here again this year, left In- fielder Blakey and Catcher Francis with Manager Bronsie, but neither of these two recruits even look like big league timber Louisville also sent Catcher Neil Dieghan, one of the crack basketball players of the country, to Mobile and whom the dopesters are touting as a fast man, but he cannot report to the club until late in April. M COLLENBERGER WEAK
 Collenberger, last season with the Memphis club, is a new man at short, but on account of his slow work and 1ailure to hit, this position is worrying Manager Bronkie very much. Speraw, . recruit turned over to Mobile by the St. Louis team, was tried out at short, but he failed to show anything. Bepnie Allen, with the team last year, was given a tryout, but he has not showed any stuff that Bronkie is pleased with.
 Manager Bronkie will play second base for the team until a regular man is secured, and Billy Mullen, who filled that place last year, has been shifted to third. Mullen has done well in this position during the exhibition games with the big leaguers and has hit the ball hard. Golyin. with the club for three seasons, is back at first with all kinds of "pep" and has hit the ball harder this year than ever before in his career. His first basing attracted the attention of the major league managers.
 PITCHING STAFF
 The pitching staff of the team will be composed of Bill Ellis, with the club in 1919 and 1918. Charley Fulton, an old timer. Lefty Sigman, who has been in this league for several years, Ray Roberts, who has done pitching duty for New Orleans and At lanta. The youngsters in the pitching d boy who has some Southern league ex- perience, Lefty Swann from a Nash vile college and part of last year in the Georgia league, and Creel. another To- cal boy, who was a tion during the war. Of this trio Swann looks to be the best bet of the bunch.
 THE OUTFIELD
 The outfield is composed of Guy Tut weller, who will play left field and who IS we'll known to the Southern asso- citation, having played with the Bears two seasons. Emmett Mulvey, another hold-over from last year. sure field CT and good hitter, is slated to play center. Steed. a youngster sent here by the St. Louis Browns, will be held for while, but he does not look fast enough for this circuit There are two candidates for the position of right field, Kitty" Wickham, who came to the locals from Nashville last season, and Moon" Ducote, the famous foot ball star, the latter at first this year deciding not to play ball. but signing his contract at last.
 Mobile is planning for big opening day with Atlanta on April IS and the movement is headed@by President John D. Logan, one of the live wires of the game, although he has had just two years experience, he has made good with baseball in Mobile. A big parade will be staged, in which civic bodies will take part with the baseball of- ficials and the two clubs. Last year Mobile had the largest attendance of any city with the exception of Atlanta, total of S.711 people passing through the turnstiles. President John D. Mar tin of the Southern association has promised President Logan that he will attend the opening game here and will