The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-27
'Banla Nine
 Preparing
 For Barons
Coach Made Will Give Stew art Clan .lenty Of Op-
 position Friday

UNIVERSITY, Ala, March 26.--
 (Special.)--Coach Wallace Wade sent his varsity basebsllers through stren- uous workouts the past few days ID the encounter here Friday afternoon against stuffy Stewards Bsrons from the Magic City. With more practice seheduied for Wednesday and Thurs day afternoon the Crimsons are ex-
 pected to furnish the Barons with much
 opposition.
 With the exception of the hurler to
 start and one position in the outer gar dens, one could practically see from against the Barons. Whether the ex- perienced Oliver or Winslett will oc- cupy the right field sector of the pas l ture is rather puzzling. Winslett Is the faster of the two. but Oliver's hitting li is the better.
 New uniforms were issued early this
 week to the four hurlers of last year -Tubbs. McMiilan, Steed and Cunning
 ham--and to tho rest of the squad,
 which includes Captain Gillis, Hubert,
 Cruise. Pitts, Green. salmon, Cohen, Oliver, Propst, Barnes and winsiett. 2 salmon at Third
 "Fish" Salmon will occupy third base against the Baronial crew. With Con- master out because of an injured shoul- der, Peter Pitts will be stationed on the initial bag. The other two men- bers of the inner works will be Huey Green at second and Captain Grant Gillis at shortstop. Those who have seen these players perform can well testify as to their speed and hitting ability. Gillis and salmon. with pow erful arms, can cover worlds of ground and handle hard-hit Srounders with apparently little effort. Green Is cov- AVx-ttn tnE ra6 hA stone bag than he did last season, while Pitts is adapting himself to new scenery without trouble.
 Those four lads can plaster the horse- hide. Salmon leads off and Is follow ed by Pitts and Gillis in succession. Small in sixe, with wicked cut, Sal- mon will get on just about as often as er,, and Gillis, another good siugger, are followed by Pooley Hubert.
 Five at 300
 With Hubert hitting fourth and Barnes fifth, Alabama will have five men in a row who may top 300 this season. Hubert and Gillis topped that mark last year, and both look to be better hitters this spring. Hubert will dp the bulk of the catching this year. He's a carload of pepper by himself, and his deep bass voice can be heard S@eSSSNS CTS. He Is possessed of a deadly peg to the bags, and takes . slice at the ball with much force. So 1t is with Barnes. Speed and pep we'll describes the red-top youngsteF. His hitting is also much improved over last year. Who will start the fracas Friday is . question to be solved that afternoon. Five men seem willing to so, and Coach Wade has not decided which of the five 1t shall be. Dope has Tubbs, Steed or McMillau starting, with Cunningham standing e. good chance of doing that duty, All of the quartet have uncorked some good pitching in practice and should be able to stand a whole route
 without overworking himself.
 l Alabama is making great plans for
 the arrival of the Cleveland Indians or rather, Luke and Joe Seweu and Riggs Stephenson. The game on April
 Ii will be the only exhibition affair to
 be played in Alabama by the Indians
 and special rates are being given from ! all parts of the state to see the h.
 dians meet the Crimsons. The Grim
 sons intend making that day a gals
 affair. All stores will be closed,