The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-20
SPENCER ABBOTT
 IS TAKING LIFE EASY AT MEMPHIS
ChiCkaSaW Chief Has Few Worries as Training Sea-
 son Advances

Memphis. Tenn. March 1s.-(spe- cisl)-With the exception of who's going to play third base and who's going to do the pitching, the Chicka- saws are picked. And it looks like It's going to be tough picking for Chief Abbott in picking his third baseman and five pitchers-tough on account of the abundancy and not scarcity of material | The Chicks won a pennant last sea- son. and won it with practically the same men that started the season. Chief Abbott of the Tribe thinks he has a better team now than the one that started last season. The Chicks had less than four hours of actual practice during the first week of the training season, but with the excep- tion of the third base applicants and two or three pitchers, Abbott already had fair line upon his players.
 Positions Cinched Polly McLarry will be back at first base; Cliff Yockey will be back at second and Tommy Mc'Millan will again attend to the shortstopping. There are four candidates for third base, but it looks like duel between Hugh Critz. purchased from Green wood, and Clarence Roper, purchased
 
 dates are Jack Wilson, from Clarks- dale and Cliff Mcbride. a Tennessee 1 semi pro. The latter two look lit- tie light. Roper and Critz both look good and Abbott has a task upon his hands in making his selection. Roper last season hit .290 and Critz hit over 300.
 Abbott is taking a chance with only three outfielders. They are Dick O'Connor from Des Moines, Jimmy Burke from Tulsa and Howard Camp. with the Tribe last season. O'Connor and Burke each hit over 300 in the I Western league and Camp hit over 300 with the Chicks last season. It looks about the sweetest outfield the Chicks have started off with in some time. Don Brown with the team last season will be disposed of. He will not even report here. Only Two Catchers l Abbott Is also taking a chance with but two catchers. George Shestak, a veteran purchased from Minneapolis, and Doc Smith. last season with Nashville, Jake Deufel, catcher pur- chased from Moline of the Three Eye league. joined the holdouts and has been returned to the Moline club. 1 Abbott is well pleased with V his tcatching staff. He thinks Smith will develop into not only a good catcher but one of the best hitters in the | league.
 There are 10 pitchers on the roster. but only two new faces to Southern league fans, Oscar Tuero, Paul Zahn- | iser. Zeke Lohman and Hugh Boyd, who finished last season here, are back. Fly Fowlkes, the tall Tennes- seean, and Clarence Nemitz, young Iaft or fOr al Rnh Vines was with the Lookouts last season. Incidentally. Abbott thinks well of the big fellow. The new faces are two Cubans, Joe Hernandez, right handler, purchased from St. Peters burg of the Florida league, and Man uel Parade, left handler, who has done all of his pitching in Cuba. Par rado is a protege of Oscar Tuero. and so far Parade, who is tall and lean fellow, has shown some stuff. Tuero, Hernandez and Parade pitched some winter ball and are further advanced than the other pitchers. Chicks Look Good | All in all. the Chicks compared Iupon paper with the other seven clubs looks to have an excellent chance of ! repeating"
 The first exhibition game is sched- uled for next Tuesday. but the Chicks play nine games before showing at home. The schedule: March I-22-Minneapolis at Dyers- burg.
 March 23--Minneapoiis at Hickman. March 24.-Milwaukee at Corinth.
 March 27-2S-Mlnneapolis at Dyers- burg.
 March 2s-New York Nationals at Vicksbur
 March 30-New York Nationals at Meridian.
 March s1-New York Nationals at Jackson, Miss.
 April 1-2-New York Nationals at Memphis.
 April 3-New York Nationals at Jackson. Tenn.
 April 5-St. Louis Nationals at Memphis.
 April 7-Detroit Americans at Memphis.
 April s-s-Pittsburg Nationals at Memphis.
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