The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-09

this mark depends In great measure the final standing of the Cardinals.
 Pertice Completes List
 Bill Pertice, the Californian. com pletes the first string quartet. and Pertlce Is no slouch when it comes to tossing the agate. Bill Is good enough and strong enough to do lot of work and he Is expected to better his record of last season, his first in fast company, when he won l4 games while losing 10. Roy Wal ker, Lou North and young Riviere are three other rfght-handers who will be given ample opportunity dur ing the season to fool the enemy. William Sherdel. a port-slder on the staff, Is used more frequently to finish up lost games than some peo- pie think wise, there being well founded belief that Bill can start and win games on his own account If given the chance.
 Marvin Goodwin, who should be great pitcher; Clyde Barfoot, vet eran of the Texas league; ancient Bill Bailey and Arthur Relnhart. from Los Angeles, complete the pitching roster The last two named are, like Sherdei, southpaws. At least two of these will be sent elsewhere.
 Ainsmith Is Catcher
 Eddie Ainsmith. long the battery mate of Walter Johnson, must do heavy work behind the bat: Vernon Clemons did lot of work last sea- son before Ainsmith joined the club, but Eddie will have the call in most of the important games. Clemons is a good, hard worker, but lacks the class necessary for a winning major leaguer. There are none to assist these two since the untimely death of William Diihofer, save two uni versity boys, Wick, from Michigan. and Ellis. from Texas. Major league championships are not won with school boys behind the bat.
 The InfieId
 Fournier. Hornsby, Laven, Stock and Specs" Toporcer form an infield that approaches the dazzling New York combination too close for com fort There are no such Titans with the war club as Hornsby and Four nier on any other National league team, and in fielding their positions they leave little to be desired. In the field Lavan led all sohrtfielders of his league except Bancroft, and practically tied the Giant captain. He Is fast and intelligent player, but a light hitter. As St. Louis leads the organization Tn SUCK Work, l>uN- ans weakness is not felt as 1t would be on some clubs. Milton Stock had a bad year at the hot corner last season, but he promises to do better, and there Is every reason to believe that he will be back crowdlng Groh for the third base honors.
 Splendid outfieId
 All in all, Mir. Hickey will display the leveliest set of pickets that any outfield can boast, If beauty consists in unrivaled allround efficiency Look at them: Austin McHenry bat ted .35o in 152 games, scoring s2 tal- lies and driving in 102 runs; Jack Smith, in 103 games, notched .32S; Joe Schultz. in 67 contests. .309. and little "Heine" Mueller, ripening at Syracuse, turned in a mark of .352 Besides these, there are venerable Leslie Mann, still able to see. hitting BPS; Bert Shotton and Young Cliff Heathcote.
 McHenry and Smith are corking outfielders in every respect; Schultz is a fair gardener and Mueller is re- garded as little short of a sensation. If the youngster hts, Schultz and Mann are going to be outa luck.
 If the goddess, who lays low with injuries the just and the unjust, IS kind; If Eddie Ainsmlth behaves. and Jeff Pfeffer's arm Is restored, John McGraw will have his worries and St. Louis fans may have a flag.