The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-19

The team Is composed of Ala bamn stars of the past decade. Joey aewclI lending tho parade to tho big top and Walter Hilchcr being the most recent graduate to go up'
 It was the recall of Ray Pepper from Rochester by tho Cards after the world champions had disposed of the holdout Hafey t0 Cincinnati that gave Alabama n full team in the majors.
 sewelI Is One
 Luke sewell k one Of the few players who Jumped directly from tho campus to the big tops. Luke followed his brother Joe to Glove land. Joining the Indians In lD4l,
 Walter Hilcher was not the star of the Alabama staff In 1929, but he is the only member of that team 10 reach hte mnjors Despite the fact that Hilcher did not have an impressive average in his two years In the minors, he K regarded hs one of tho most promising young hurlcrs in the game.
 Bruce COnnatser joined the In' dlans last fall. but Eddie Morgan has been hitting the ball hard for tho Indians and Connhtser hhs been on tho bench. Ho has . brother on the Alabama team thht won the southern Conference utlc this spring.
 Jack Hayes Is another Alabama star who never played In minor league, Jack was regarded as the best fielding shortBt0p over to play bali for tho Tido and signed WILL the Birmingham DnrOns at tho ond of hie sophomore year but was soId to Washington without appearing in n < nme,
 Hayes stayed with tho Senators from 1927 until thls year, when be figured in one of the big deals of inc yenr, being traded with Had Joy and Jones. hurlcrs, t0 Chicago fop Carl Reynolds and Kerr.
 Joseph Wheeler SeWcll, now wlth tho Now York Yankees, but Dls stnr with tho Indians for more than n decade, iD tho dean of Ala' bnnla players In tho majors. Joey has n lifetime batting average oi .3.S in tho majors. - T..
 Rewcil joined New Orleans ln 1920 after graduating at AlnDnillh ma ut tho end of the sonB0n pay cd in the world series Tor Cleve land, taking tho place or hhy Chapman, who was killed JuSt few weeks before the series 6pehod'
 Joe played shortstoD Tor tho ln' dianB for eight years ma mon moved oyer to third bnse' bas. year Joey wnB thought 70 D' Through" and was given ms un. conditional release by the lndihns and signed with tho fhhkees' Iu had n fne season, 9ppeap,ns !" J3o games and batting 'oVs,
 Riggs Stephenson has stnrted .mc season with c bang ht Chlenso s h,n CT being out Wrt or Inbt yonr w.n . iniurirg md ts the idol of tho cup fons. Riggs is now playing loft held but has played third base.
 Pcpper Signed As JuniOr
 Uecause Ray Pepper, a 1927 rider who signed while n junior fla inc property of the St, Lotus cards. It Is believed that be stayed i'm Inc minors longer than he ordl' narijy would have. Peppers torflnc hitting was tho big factor Tn thc pepnants won by Rochester tne iast two years. .,
 The price tag on Max Rosonfeld was so high that Max Carey of the Dodgers was unable to dispose o' inc Jewjsh boy ht the start or thc present year and now he lS glhd or it, Max has been Bl6mmlng the pau hard.
 Ike Boone has been up and down several times since leaving An bama fin I932. Boone has tho dlA' tipctIon of having led every league that be has ever played In, except inc Amcritnn, In the race Tor lndI' ylduaI batting hOnors.