The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
BARON YANNIGANS TO MEET BULLDOG OUTFIT
 RICKWOOD SATURDAY
Exhibition Game Here Starts at 2 O'Clock, No Admission Being Charged

e Birmingham first cXhibitioq Sgames between different clubs will ftake place Saturday afternoon. when &the Howard college Bulldogs meet -the Baron Yannigans at Redwood spark The game will start at , so'clock and admission will be free. .., The Baron Regulars and Yanni- 2xans have been playing practice
 Eames all week, and fair quota of
 fan flock has turned ssbut for each engagement. The Yan- F.nigans have shown that they can ! play good ball under Shutter Mat
 -thews' leadership. always giving the E Regulars battle, and once wallop- ~ing them this week. The Bulldogs play good college baseball. and the game at Redwood Saturday after <. <.noon should be of sufficient attrac- 2 itivcness to bring out fairly large S Sscontingent of fans.
 Joe Dunn is in Montgomery with } the Regulars, leaving Shutter Mat e:thews in charge of the Yannigans. ! iSmutter has an outfit of youngsters who play hard, aggressive baseball 2 and will be hard to beat in their ]. exhibition games. Secretary Billy West has arranged full schedule < for the Yannigans while the Regu- . lars are on the road. In addition to Itmeeting the Bulldogs Saturday, the E Yannigans play the Standard oil team Monday and the Inglenook out fit Tuesday, both City league out ksfits. Wednesday the Yannigans play s.Howard again, while Thursday eetmarks the opening of the regular Eexhibition season in Birmingham, the Baron Regulars opening series with the Toronto Nationals that will Blast throughout the weekend. Cope Has Nifty Squad.
 I Coach Harris Cope of Howard col lege has a nifty squad of pastimers this season. He seems well fortified Ein the battery department, while of veterans over the re- Imainder of the lineup balances the Esquad nicely.
 Ham Stephens. Marion ace in 1922. Ewill probably start on the mound s.for the Bulldogs Saturday, while sSFrog Bains and Dan Gaylord will see Sservice some of the time. Behind s"Boiler" Afford and Pony" Cox. AL kford will start as catcher.
 s~ None of the positions on the How esard nine are cinched. so at least two men will probably be used In each. Stubbs probably will see service at First, Tinkelpaugh at second. Little EBains at short and Johnson at third: { The outfield situation is one of No starters are certain, and Coach Cope will probably use all eof the following at various times: eBob Shelton, Runyon. Hugh Garfield, fDarden, Williams and Saxon. O O O
 ssYannigan Stars.
 <. There is some very promising splsying talent to be founds among sthe Baron Yannigans. Suggs, Snyder Sand Fleischman are young, but seem esure to develop into first-class in sfields with another year of experi- eence. They can hit the ball. and .have proven a genuine menace to f.the Regulars in the daily practice games at Redwood. x@ In the outfield are three hard Emitting young ball players. Saun- Eders, Layne and Singleton. The lat <ter is a pitcher, but has shown knice eye at bat and has clouted some Elong ones during the past week. Shutter Matthews battery men Flor the Howard game Saturday have snot been officially announced yet Fridays rains make the game Sat eurday somewhat uncertain, but it twas stated Friday night that if no Further rains fall. and the diamond Fairies off sufficiently, the game will be played Saturday.