The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-17
To Meet Mack's
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Go To Capital For Games With As Friday And
 Saturday

After nearly a week of forced rest on account of bad weather the Howard ball tossers will resume work Monday in preparation for games with the Philadelphia Athletics Friday and Saturday in Montgomery. The Bull dogs were forced to cancel two games with Auburn last week, and. although they realize that this weeks series will be just workout for the Athletics, they are anxious for the time to come when they can get in the game and test the strength of their team.
 Although there are still one or two positions in doubt, the catching problem has been definitely solved. Dan Gay lord is Coach Cope's latest cnoice to do the receiving. Dan has played near ly every position on the team since his stay at Howard. and. while he has always done well in all of them, it seems that with Towards present weak ness behind the bat that he is needed worse there than anywhere else. Dan has had experience in this department, and with his hitting ability should make the Bulldogs a might dependable backsstop.
 Shifted To Mound
 Preacher Hyde, who was in the lead for the catching job when practice first started. has been shifted to the pitch ing staff. Hyde has seen service on the mound before and he should great ly bolster the pitching staff of the Cope squad. He Is a good hitter and 1t is probable that he will be played in the outfield during his off days. The most pleasing development so far Is the good work of the pitchers. Ham Stevens, Toby Stubbs and Snake Baines are all in fine shape and have been going good in the little time that they have had to practice thus far. Stevens vyn fha Of hA Rft1ldnav hffP1aru Ia e season, and if he continues as he is going now he should be able to hang up another great record this year. Ham is also a dangerous man with bat and he will be used quite a bit in the outfield this year.
 InfieId Working Nicely
 The infield seems to be working nice ly, and 1t seems that the two positions left vacant by men leaving at the close of last season will be we'll filled this year. Polly Scokel has got the job at first sewed up. and if his hitting and fielding durtng the practice games is sample of what he can do in a real fracas he will bear lot of watching.
 shortstop, the other position left vacant, seems to be well filled by AL of last year. Baines is fast, sure fielder and a consistent hitter. Cope has an abundance of good hitters and fielders to place in the outfield, and his only worry up 10 date is just who to play. He has Fred White, Hugh Garfield and Bob Shelton of last year, to say nothing of a couple of Food hitters on the pitching staff who will be allowed to work in the gardens when they are not doing duty on the mound.
 Will Be Strong On Offense
 All of the outfielders have been per- forming nicely up to date, and it is fairly sure that the Bulldogs will be able to build up a strong offensive team with h!tters like Shelton, White, Stevens and Hyde to build around. This years schedule Is enough to prove a severe test for any team, but the prospects are that the Howardites will be able to go through it in great style.