The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08
TIGERS and Cards Occupy
LimeIight, as Barons Are
Idle All Week

This is not India, but Redwood
park will be the mecca Tuesday art
srnoon. the mecca for railbirds for
miles around. This is not India, but
a whole jungle full of roaring, bat
Ting mad Tigers will monopolize the
scene. That is, they will monoptlize
the scene in conjunction with the
Cardinals of st. Louis.
Tuesday afternoon the Bengals of
Detroit will meet the st. Louis Cardi-
aals of the National league In the
feature game of the spring training
season at Redwood park. 1t is the
game toward which fans have been
locking for weeks, and Tuesday aft
ernoon will probably see the great
est crowd of the year, to date, on
hand
Billy West. secretary of the Br-
mngham club, states that the game
Wilt start at o'clock, and that regu-
lar admission prices will be charged
20 see the majors in action.
lard. Are All stars r. =
The Cardinals have an all-star
lineup t. present to the Bengals
Tuesday. From the top Of the line
up, all are considered among the best
PLAYERS in the league.
Either Smith or Blades, excellent
left felders and hitters, will lead off.
Flack or Dyer, right field, come next,
coming third in the lineup.
In the cleanup position is Rogers
Hornsby, champion home run hitter
Of the major leagues last year, and
leading batter in the National. AL
though a right-handed hitter,
Hornsby is vicious slugger, his
work sparkles with sensationalism
Rogers will be one of the biggest
drawing cards Tuesday.
Bottomley. h.; Mueller, CT; Lavan.
IS: Ainsmith, c., and the pitcher
bring up the tail end of the lineup;
be selected from these: Barfoot,
Toney, Doak, North, Fertrica, Pfeffer
and Sherdel.
A CoIorful Crew.
Detroit presents the most colorful
ball team in the country. The Tig-
ers. while they have not won a PEN
nant since 1909, still prove one OF tho
greatest gate cards In the history OF
sport Detroit ranks second In at
tendance and the reason the Tigers
have not been first is because of the
small grandstand on their home lot,
Navin Field But President Frank J.
Navin started building additional
stands last autumn and these are now
nearing completion. When all the
work IS finished Detroit will be able
to seat nearly 10000 spectators in her
ball park and it is safe to say that
this year the Tigers will carry off
first honors in the matter of attend
ance.
With Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the
greatest ball player of all time, man
aging the club; Harry Heilman, the,
American leagues leading right
handed batsman Bob Veach, great
hitter and one of the timliest bats
men in the history of the league; Lu
Blue. most sensational of first sack
crs; Emory Rigney, the leading short
stop of his league; Herman Pillette,
the leading recruit pitcher of 1922,
and other stars in the lineup the
Tigers give the fans a good exhibi-
ton.
Docs the Unexpected.
Detroit always does the unexpected
There is no iron rule for the Tigers
play. They are constantly introduce
ing something new. They create
greatest creator, man that COM
petely changed batting, fielding, and
baserunning since he started his plle-
nomenal career in the summer of
1905. And this man, since he has been
elevated to the position of manager,
has found it possible to have his
players follow his example of doing
the unexpected.
The Tigers are sensational and re-
Sardless of whether they win or lose
they will neither win nor lose in any
ordinary manner, for whatever they
do will have a touch of originality.
1t will be the only game at Rick
wood this week. as the Barons have
season opens at Chattanooga on
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