The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-05
Cope Sends Cohorts Out
 For Practice
Stock Goes Up As Howard Nine Takes Field
 ,. For Work

< From the looks of the linen that re- ported to Coach Cope at Howard col lege for the first workout Monday, the team Is. going to be livelier this year than it has been for a long time. About % men reported for practice, and among this bunch there were eight letter men of last year.
 The catching problem, which is Coach Cope's main cause for worry just at this time, seems likely to be solved in Preacher Hyde. Hyde is not as ex- perienced behind the bat as he is in some other places on the team, but he seems to know his. job behind the bat; so 1t seems pretty likely even this early in the season that Preacher will do the bulk of the backstopping for the Baptist outfit this year. Winfield, an- other candidate for job, seems to be less experienced than Hyde, but with a little more work he ought to make the Bulldogs a good second-string man.
 The pitching prospects are unusually good, with Stevens, Stubbs, Baines and Gaylord out. Stevens is the man to whom the Howardites are looking to do most of the pitching this year, and if Ham" comes anywhere near duplicating his mound performances of last year he should be able to turn In quite few victories for the Bull dogs this season. Stubbs and Baines are also being expected to give good account of themselves this year, both of them having seen service with the Howard tossers before. Dan Gaylord, who was out of, the game last year on account of bad eyes, is back again and reports that he is in good shape. Dan should make the Bulldogs a good hurl- CT as he has had several years of ex- perience, and can not only pitch, but he Is, also a good hitter. . {1.{An Regulars Not Back
 . While all of the regular infield men are not back this year, the prospects for this department are not so bad, as there are. some experienced men out for the .infield positions. Polly Scokel IS doped to win place at first base, and if he comes through he should make the Bulldogs a good man at first. Scokel Is a good fielder and he is also a timely hitter, if his past records speak for anything.
 Gene Dawson, who played second for the Bulldogs in great style last year, is back again and seems to be in fine shape. Darden, who played in the out field last season. is promising to give Gene a tussle for the second base job this year. Russel Tinklepaugh and AL fred Raines are the two aspirants for shortstop, Both of these boys are said to be good, and even though Baines Is conceded to have a slight edge on "Tink" the fight for short Is sure to be a hard one.
 BrindIey At Third
 "Bo" Brindley seems fairly certain to play third base again, as. there seems to be no one around Howard col lege at this time who is willing to try to oust Brindley after the great show ing he made last year. "Bo" is not only. nice fielder, but he Is also a demon with the bat, his timely hits having been responsible for many of Towards runs In the past three years
 The outfield seems fairly certain to be composed of White, Shelton and Garfield of the '23 team. Shelton is captain this year and is serving his fourth year with the Bulldog nine During. all the time that Bob has been at Howard he has been both a con sistent hitter and 8 good fielder, and Howard fans are pulling for him to hang up as good a record this season Pas he has in the past. Mickey White the gentleman who played right field last season, Is moving over to left this year. Mickey is a good fielder and he is a sure hitter when hits mean runs Fairfield will play right field for How ard this year. Hugh is a good hitter and his batting, added to that of Shell ton and White, should greatly strength en the Bulldog offense.