The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
ALABAMA PLAYS FOUR BIG GAMES
 ON FOREIGN SOIL
Meet Mercer First And Then Will Tackle
 Georgia

UNIVERSITY, Ala, April 12.-(Spe- cial.) )--Having had the past three games ratned out, Alabama's baseball crew was ready to settle down to several hours Of hard practice before invading the Cracker state for games against Mercer and Georgia.
 Alabama's long home staysresulted in nothing but victories for the Crimsons, they having won two games from Ohio State, Furman, Tennessee, Howard and one from Birmingham. Twenty runs has been scored during these nine games against the Crimsons, and in only one encounter were the Crimsons ever trailing behind for any length of time.
 Leaving here probably Tuesday night, Alabama will play Marcer in Macon on Wednesday and Thursday and will carry on Friday and Saturday in Ath- comes week of rest until Vanderbilt arrives here for a lone game on "A" day, April 25, to be followed by a tilt in Cramton Bowl the next day. Salmon Leads Hitters
 Fish" Salmon, midget flash, who has been covering third base in splendid fashion, is leading the regulars, boast ing an average of 515 in eight colle- giate games. Salmon has acquired 14 safe raps in 27 times up, scored F runs, stolen three bases, banged out three triples and committed only three errors in play. He has, also, gotten on seven times by walks. This is his first wear as varsity player.
 Trailing Salmon is Captain Grant Gil- lis, shortstopper ripe for faster com pany. Gillis is hitting .444, having ob- tained 12 hits in 27 times up. Two of these blows were triples and one a dou- ble. He has played good ball in the field' making few errorsS and starting several fast double plays. Anofhar ra~,,1au Is Peter Pitts, who has bingied safely h times in 26 times at bat for average of .440. Pitts has also shown much yer satility on the field, having been used at third, first and in right field. Trail ing him is Hubert, around .37o, and Con- are both above the 300 mark The only regulars not hitting In that select cir cle are Barnes and Cohen.
 Team Hitting 1888 Clip
 That means that the team is lowering around the .S33 mark in their hitting, although two games last week saw their averages drop considerable, due to either terrible batting slump or some mighty good pitching. In two games the Crim- sons~only got eight hits. But in their eight collegiate games to date they have acquired 94 safe raps in 2S2 times up. Georgia and Mercer will both furnish lots of opposition to the Crimsons, as they both have strong clubs. However, a combinat ation of good pitching and hard hitting should prove troublesome to them, and everyone expects to see the Capstone returned victorious in their engagements.
 15 Men To Make Trip
 In .Tubbs, McMilIan, Steed and Cum ningham, Coach Wade has four hurl- CTS who know the ropes and are able to maintain their equilibriuw on the mound even though few base raps descend on them suddenly. They have lots of stuff and realize they have a good fielding team behind them, and their variety of offerings is such that they have more than the average col- lege hurler..
 Fifteen. men will probably be taken on the four-day trip this week, the squad to consist of probably four pitch CTS, two catchers, five infielders and two outfielders, in addition to Coach Wade and Manager Guidon.