The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-29
Howard Has Week Before
 Next Game
Cope, Proud Of Boys, Plans
 To Polish Of His Machine

. Two victories over the Auburn Tig- CTS proved the Howard nine not only good on the defensive, but also showed 1t to have much stronger offensive than expected. However, Coach Cope is working his boys at top speed in an effort to strengthen the Bulldogs before the game with Furman univer- sity which will be played on the cam pus April 1. As the Bulldogs have no other game scheduled before that date they should be able to make quite q few improvements in their style of play before. they clash with Furman.
 Looks Like Big Year For Ham
 The work of the pitchers during the games with the Athletics and Tigers has caused the Howard stock to ad- vance quite . bit as every hurier on the team showed more stuff than ex- pected so early. While touched up in sll four games, the pitchers showed the ability to tighten up in the pinches and considering the bad weather that splendid showing. Ham Stevens showed that he Is getting back to his old time form. This means that opposing bat ters are going to have a rough year of 1t, for when Ham gets right he stays that way and Is mighty hard about Hams work in the past series was the way in which he frightened in the pinches. Several times the Tigers had him in tight places but he al- ways managed to pull through by the strikeout route. Preacher Hyde also Baines and Stubbs. who looked good even though they were forced to do all of their work against men that are out of their class.
 Dan Gaylords performance behind the bat showed he is as good a man under fire as he Is in practice and there are no more fears in the minds of the Bulldog followers as to how the catch ing department will be taken care of. Aside from his work on the receiving end. Dan also showed that he is good with the bat and 1t was his home run counted for the Bulldog victory in this | fracas. .-
 Infield Hitting On All -Four"
 Polly Scokei, Gene Dawson, Frog Baines and Bo Brindley are just about the niftiest infield combination that good ball in both the Athletic and Tiger series. Polly Scokel plays first base like an old timer at the job and thus far has proven his ability to hit when hits are needed badly. While Dawson and Baines have not made a great reputation with the bat so far, they have shown that they know how to take care of the keystone territory and l their fielding has been one of the fea- lures of the Bulldogs play during the games that they have played thus far.
 Bo Brindley not only showed his old form in handling the hot ones around third base, but he also made known to the Howard packers that he is there with the bat in the same old fence busting way that has made him the leading hitter of the Howard outfit for in the way he has started he will give the Howard end of the score quite . | few tallfes before the end of the year. Cope Opposes Overconfidence Capt. Bob Shelton and Hugh Bar field got away with flying start in the outfield. playing well on the de- fensive and making timely hits on 10 be in the best of shape and if they keep up the stride that they have started there is no doubt as to the batting strength of the Howard out | field. Fred White, who Is the other regular outfielder of the Cope squad, had hard luck in the past few games and was not able to do much regular service on account of sickness. Fred has shown in the past that he has the stuff q good outfielder needs and if he can shake his tinx and keep off the sick list he will be Q valuable man to his team. Nt1
 Coach Cope Is not overly optimistic but he is pleased with the showing his team has made thus far and is sure that if they keep up their good work the season will be successful one.