The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-10
)RTS HERRING MEETS DlNAE7ON TONIGHT SPORTS
Cubs HaUe Added Only a
 Little Strength to Club;
 Recruits i1 The Lineup

the third base post and will prob- ably land there after further trials have convinced Killefer that he has no one better qualified for the place. Kelleher is much faster than Charlie Deal but lacks some of Chuck's smooth ability to handle the tough shots to his right, the knack of tag ging runners and other points that come with experience and unusual skill, Whether or not KelIeher can hit as well as Deal did. will not be known until he goes under fire as regular.
 In the OutfieId
 Owing to the serious injury to Max FlaclI, it is the intention to start Hack" Miller. Arnold Statz and Turner Barber in the outfield, with George Maisel as first utility man So much has been said and printed of the remarkable class of Statz that man will have to closely approach the records of Max Carey, Roush or George Burns. to avoid disappoint- ing the fans. A former star out fielder, now retired. who has had op- portunities to watch the kid in many games, a man whose Judgment would be accepted by most people in the business, told me that if Arnold could hit .250 in the National he would hold his job. Other good judges concur in this view, and unan- imously they are skeptical of his ability to bat at so moderate figure as .250 this, his first year out,
 With Miller, the situation is just the reverse Nearly every one agrees that he can hit, and hit hard. There are those who contend that the smart pitchers will fool him after the first trip around the circuit, but the best judgment is that hurlers in tough situation would prefer to face some one else. But Hack" does look bad in the field He is slow, his arm is none too good, and he will not out guess the smart baserunners often Tn my opinion, Maisel or one of the rockies, Callaghan, Thomas or Weiss will be seen often in left field after June l.
 The team really is in a had pre- dicament behind the plate Evidently Killefer has decided not to try to work any more, as he has practiced very little. Bill realizes that too many runners can take liberties with that once great arm. Killefer's pass ing is a tremendous loss, as he was one of the greatest receivers of the past decade. Bob O'Farrel1, despite his ability to throw and his strength as a batter, has never been satis- factory workman and there is a strong robability-though this is not yet certainty-that young Hartnett, lately of Worcester, will be first string receiver when the season opens. The third man is Elwood Wirts, who was schooled last season in the International league.
 Relying on Alexander
 If Grover Alexander has one of his good years he will keep the team out of last place, in spite of poor catch ing and medirocre fielding Alex is, or at least was, a real wonder, and because he had one poor year 1t does not follow that he is done. To date, he has not pitched enough to justify an opinion whether CT not he Is real ly back. Aldridge, Cheeyes and Freeman are three good, young right handlers who can help any club and the same goes for Percy Jones, whose worst failing is tendency to wild ness. Jones is port sider, and left handlers with perfect control are rare. On very good authority it is said that Martin will not do. This probably means that Speed" is not rounding into form as rapidly as is desired Martin should be of great help after the weather warns up, say about June 15.
 This article Is the last one dealing with the individual teams. Tomor- row the National league teams will be briefly compared and a prediction based on present strength will be made concerning their standing at the close of the season.