The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-27
TIGER BASEBALL MEN GET IN REAL
 WORK ON DIAMOND
Former Auburn Stars Visit Donahue Camp to Train
 for Big Leagues
By EMMETT. sIzEMoRE

Auburn, February 26.-(Special.}- With the weather man playing to their hand. registering several days of real baseball weather, the Tiger diamond candidates are completing their second weeks training with more than so men on the lot each afternoon clamoring for recognition from the coaches in their efforts to cinch some of the jobs left unified by last years graduation.
 Coach Mike Dcnahue, assisted by Sammy Barnes, is busy looking around for the most likely fellows 10 trust with positions on the mound, in the outer garden as well as around the sacks.
 Tn a wire received from President Nayin of the Detroit club here today Barnes was ordered to report to Manager Cobb of the Detroit Tigers at their southern training quarters on March 1 instead of the 7th, as was previously ordered by the Detroit leader.
 Griffin Is Expected
 Ivy Griffin, for the past three years with Philadelphia, and a former star first baseman of the Donahue clan. is expected in Auburn next week. where he will work out with the Plainsmen until he goes north to report to his club. Griffin will furnish some ex- cellent instructions to the Tiger can didates in their workouts preparatory to their first game scheduled on the campus with the United States i'm fantry team of Camp Benning.
 The new uniforms, which will be of a dark gray this season, are being made, and are expected within the next few days.
 Frank Knowles, a letter man of last season. who had been drawn in to take care of first base from his old position in right field, was, car ried to Birmingham the first of the week for an operation for appendi- citis. Reports from the hospital au- thorities, however, indicate that he is fast improving, but it will be sev- erai weeks before he will be able to don a uniform.
 "Gibby" Gibson: star catcher of last season, is also on the hospital list, having undergone minor operation made necessary by having his nose broken last fall. It is expected that he will be back in harness next week.
 The afternoon programs consist of batting practice, fielding work. work outs for the pitchers and catchers. and regular lineup with the tenta- tive varsity opposing a team made up of the new men
 Ed Shirling, the big right fielder. who is often called on to work be- hind the plate. has answered the call to arms, and is hard at work on his old job in the right garden.
 Behind the plate, Charley Gibson will doubtless prove a permanent tiA- ture. with Homer Creel, a letter man of last seasons squad, and Mayo Davis, a freshman from South Caro- line. as his understudies. Around the initial sack Gordon Hale of last years reseryess and Tom Permission, to- gether with Frank Knowles, look like the most likely material.
 Richardson mt keystone
 ''Rich" Richardson. crack third baseman. is cavorting around the keystone bag after being shifted from the hot corner, where his perform ance last season was nothing short of brilliant Arnall of last years re- serve squad is also working out on the second sack.
 On the shortstop job are found three contenders. Red Griffin of Lineville, together with Anderson and Coleman, two freshmen, have filed their off cial scrapping credentials for a short stop uniform. So far Frog" Argo seems to have no serious competition TUT tnltu odbe. ATBos WnO IS d IOTmeT third baseman of the Marion insti- tute squad handles the ball fairly well in the fielding department, be- ing little awkward with the willow.
 Shirling in Right
 With Ed Shirling in right field and Capt. Charley Scott in center, two of the fielding positions are we'll cared for. A bone of contention ex- ists in the left garden and a merry scrap will be waged by two freshies, Ed Allen of Selma and Hixon of Troy, while Allen Is showing up well, Hixon is a good hitter as well as fielding fair. He possesses quite lot of power. and, swinging from the foolish side. as he does, if he gets his fielding smoothed up a little, should make a valuable man on the Tiger squad Other promising out filders who had experience on last years reserve team are Jones and Lefty Hays. And three freshmen, Trammel of Conner. Bell of Pensacola and Collins of Selma
 In the pitching department where heavy losses were incurred by the graduation of Illinger and Johnson, are Slick" Moulton and John Carter of last seasons squad. but neither of them baseball letter man; "Sir Isaac" Newton from LaGrange, Ga.; Sitz of Gadsden. Rat" Wanderhaugh, Rudolph. Sheridan, Mendenhall. AL len and McDaniels.