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THE WACO NEWS-TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, APRIL PACE 9 Waco and Austin Ooen Texas Assn. Season Here Wednesday Who Will Fight for Waco a -V I JACK BsseTnan WEE LEWIS Shortstop MfBRIBF Third Rasrmon IRISH KELLY ft Fielder F. B. (OLD FOLKS) STRICKLAND Fielder and Utility MANAGER OTTO McIVEB Outfielder IICMFHBEYS Catcher MIKE Si Flteher Marlin-TempleandCorsicana- Mexia Games to Feature Great Festivities in Other Texas Cities By JINX 1TCKER Xews-Trlbuno Sports Editor Tho week of the opening of the second annual Texas association baseball race is at hand. Wednesday afternoon at Katy park with due pomp and ceremony, the race will get under way in this city.

At the same time and under practically the same conditions the season will also be opened in Temple and Mexia. Marlin, Austin and Corsicana will to wait a day or so longer for the unusual treat, which like Santa Claus comes only once a year. Austin wili aid Waco in prying off the lid in this city Marlin will aid Temple in the festivities at the Bell county metropolis, while Corsicana will be guest on opening day. The addition of Temple to the circuit in lieu of Sherman augurs well for the financial success of the league. Last year, the.

first for the new circuit, was high success, speaking from a point of view. The league gave the fans a class of ball they hardly expected to see, and the interest continued throughout the year, but financially the season could hardly be termed a success. Thisj year the loop promises present an even better grade of baseball but at a much smaller cost, and in offering 5s bustling and we look for him the fans a brand of baseball, i hit around .2:9 this year. Last year of high quality, which will 24w end to engender rivalry of Strong Infield Is Hope For Good Place Team Built From Ground Up, and Run by Able Man, Has More Rookies Than Other Clubs PROBABLE OPENING DAY link up JOHN MITCHELL Pitcher BART Pitcher RED HILL Pitcher Howie Lind. NJefcoIs Parley Moore Brown Provence Johnson Catcher I Irst Base Second Third Shortstop Field Field Field Pitcher staff, but, of course.

It has had no real teat ae yet. Manager Johnson lT1 much better form than he displayed at any time lent year and due to draw the opening day aaatgament. Chester Webb, a southpaw rookie from Austin, also looking good. Is a right-hander of promise, while McCall, the hefty Elgin product, is due to liver In first class shape. Trammell ar.d Lundqulst are newcomers to the local staff, who bear all earmarks of bet rig star pitchers.

Lundqutst Is big and powerful. From the manner In which the Surgeons have been performing for the last two weeks In their exhibition contests, some teams In the Texas association due for a rude shock when they meet the Temple club. The Surgeons do not to be used as a foot mat, and will be out there hustling all the way. With equal pitching, the team Manager Johnson presents will be able to win the majority of its games. Tommy Milton Does 141 Miles An Hour in Test Noted Speed King Will Seek Third Victory at Indianapolis Races on May 30 Special to The A POLI Driving the samt latter makes lots of errors, bus he is charged with errors on balls other shortstops would never touch.

He the most intense variety, third Is expected that the league will not only furnish summer amuse- nent for upon thousands of jaseball of central Texas, uut also be a source of profit the dub owners. These men have left nothing undone to.make the league a luecess, and we believe that It may bo said that If the Texas asso- of 1921 a failure financially, no class league in the country ran prosper. Mplemtld Circuit Surely no more fertile field, can be found for such a league. Waco and Austin are class cities. Both have lupported class baseball teams, but they are supporting classd) teams now equal of the class clubs they supported In the past.

and Temple are above the average as class cities, while Marlin and Mexia. are within the average. All teams are ready for the opening gong, but Waco Is more than ready. The let' at the post last year, and forced to take the dust of the other machines throughout the 1924 race, are r- rr.ined that such shall not come to pass this season. Power! a I Class I) Club This year President Dupuy began early, He profited by his mistakes of last year.

He begun by signing a high ly capable manager. Otto Mclver, bus proven his worth as a leader. Ho led the Sherman team to a Texas elation pennant over a strong iielu last season, and ho may ad NA aco to a pennant this year He has the ma- Tbe Indians are able to present only a fair catching staff. Gary Lacy at best is no star receiver, but he a the best Waco has to offer. Lacy will be assisted be hind the bat by Humphreys, a rookie, who may come through, but ho in exhlbtktn games has been woefully weak at the bat.

if Waco weak behind the plate, that is the only weak spot In the Indian line-up. Waco, we believe, the best pitching staff in the league, ar.d an' infield second to none in the circuit. All-Star Staff Where In cla.es baseball will ore to find a better 6-man pitching aff than that composed Mike Red Hill, John Mitchell, Speck Cgan and Bart Green. Walker Is also ill with the localf- and while Regan not arived as yet. he Is expected iy day.

All are right-handers. All highly dependable, and at legst vo, Mike Schmidt and John M.t.h- 1 if given the chance, could perform iccessfutly with most any ague club In baseball from to Jack Shires at First Jack Shirr was Waco first base- ian last, year. He Waco's first asernan this year, and Mclvet could hardly made a wiser choice. A roken finger caused to slump i batting toward the close of the season, but he has been ready to a for some time this year, and has sen hitting harder and more often tan ever before, and even his sensa- fielding has improved Anheier Austin will have to step some if expects to take rank over Shires tls year. We look for Shires to hit bout .280 this season.

lied Hall at Second Tom Pyle has gpne. Don Flynn, te Wild Irish Rose, has departed for ther baseball regiops. And when tat pair departed they left Red Hall Waco club as the most logical spirant for batting leadership In the association race for the season 1824. Hall finished the season with last year and had a batting av- rage of .350, the third highest in the We see no good reason why should slump this year. In fact tay do even better, and wo look for lm to become the most dangerous in the circuit- He is also a tier scond baeetnan than he Is thli ran.

and he will be found at second i the Waco line-up this season. And will have no superior at the bag fielding or hitting. At short Waco has Pee Wee Lewis Jttle need be said here. If Lewie a rival at this position it will be LswTlngs, the new Marlin star. Sain Corsicana is a good man.

but not re sensational speedy star that Lewis Air Bride at Third will open the season with two basemen, McBride and i triekiand. The former will get the call for the first few games at least because Strickland is also a star out- fielder. McBride a splendid fielder, but arm is only fair. He ought to be able to hit around however. Strickland is also a brilliant fielder, a splendid base runner, one of the best utility men in the league, and one of the best hunters.

He also is a eplen- did waiter, drawing lots of bases on i balls. He, too. ought to be able to hit about .280 tkfis year. Strickland will the opening game In right field. Kelly and Frorlnre Kelly, a rookie, will be used in left field by Manager Melver, and he promises to devlop into a star, it is impossible to figure just how Kelly will perform at the but from hie exhibition game performances he should prove capable of batting .260.

Province, a great outfielder, a finished ball player, will be in center field, and we look for him to crack the old horsehide at a clip well over .300. In fact, he may give Red Hail a race for premier batting honors of the Waco club. Manager Mclvor wiU go to right later In season, and he Is aiso a dangerous bitter. Of the pitchers both Green and Regan are splendid hitters and may used In plnch-hittlng capacity throughout the season Manager Melver is of the opinion that right now his team Is second to none In the league. He hopes to get away to a flying start and stay right around the top throughout, the season.

a great combination he has gathered together, a powerful class club as is indicated by its superb exhibition lecord, and should draw a crowd to Katy park opening day large enough to bring to Waco the silver loving cup being offered by President A. Johnson. Waco opening day line-up will be as follows; Kelly Field Second Base Field Base McBride Third Base Pennant Team At Marlin This Year That Boast Falls Co. Fans Concede Second Place to Waco; Have Best Catching Staff in League MARLIN'S PROBABLE OPENING BAY LINE-UP Austin Rangers, Who Open Season Against JYaco Wednesday, Have Nucleus for Powerful Ball Club 11 PROBABLE OPENING DAI UP Base Chancy Nl alt hews UrlKltti Vnheier Bedford Courtney Henderson or Scott Shortstop Center Field I Base Field Base Right Field Catcher Pitcher Rawlings Craig Oreer Pipkin A if xander Scroggins White CorLtgton York shortHtop enter Field Right ield Firet Base Left FTehi Catcher Pitcher By LLOYD GREGORY AUSTIN, April the Austin the season Wednesday against the, Waco Indians. As a matter of fact, I the spirit of htcal teasers could scarcely be Improved upon Griggs, from long and conspicuous on the gridiron and diamond, knows how to direct and condition men.

All the performers front Fkharty, with 20 i years of service to his credit, to Courtney, Nairn and Swindle, ies, are obviously very fond of their leader. Come what may, there should be no dissension In the Ranger ranks. Griggs will start the season with Strickland Lacy Schmid or Mitchell Right Field Catcher Pitcher Celmars Opponent For May I Bout Is Not Yet Decided Promoter Hairy Varner Is busily engaged In lining up talent for his next athletic show, which will be put on at Katy park, May 1 under the auspices of the American legion of this city. Johnny Celmars will be one of the There Is no doubt of that, but Jimmie Carroll, who had been scheduled Celmars' opponent, was kayoed at San Antonio Tuesday night, and now Warner endeavoring to make a substitution, Chuck Burns, who knocked out Carroll may o- tained. or Battling Simmons of Kansas City may be the boy.

Both are highly capable with the rolls, and both ate anxious to meet Celmars Mickey Savage of Wichita Falls, who boxed Harvey Thorpe of Kansas City an 8-round draw lately, will appear in the semifinal. Warner awaiting word from Dutch Minor, well know promotor Of Dallas regarding Savage's opponent. The latter is a lightweight, and Warner had hoped to match him with Young Btal- lard of this city, but negotiations fell through. There will be two 4-round preliminaries and one battle royal are being made to construct the same sort of ring used in the Carpentier- Dempsey fight. It will be four feet high, and placed so that every fan in the park vs lit have a splendid view of the ring stars.

The Swedish railway administration has placed an order for new electric locomotives, involving an expenditure oi about $2,800,000. Special to The News-Trlbune MARLIN. April to win i the 1924 Texas association pennant Waco second. That's the way it looks i from a neutral point of view in this city. Just why Waco should he given an edge over the Bathers this season a mystery to close followers of the game in this city.

Martin has the best catching staff In the league In Covington and Alexan- der. And in all-around ability. Pipksn Is not far from the best first-sacker in the circuit He is a more dangerous hitter than either Anheier of Austin or Shires of Waco. Manager Alex- ander will take care of the keystone sack when he is not catching. and when he does go behind the bat which wlU not be often, Greer, second baseman of last year wlil be called In from the outfield.

Haw Sensational Star Manager Alexander has unearthed a real star In Rawlings at short. He Is as fast as a streak, and will not be far from the best fielding shortstop In the ieagsie, and he can outhlt the leaders at this position last year. Bynie White at third is the same old consistent star that he was last year when he had the. best fielding average of any third baseman in the ieagsie He hitting is due to Improve this year If bis work in exhibition games can be taken as a criterion, Inflehl stronger Than Last Year The acquistion of Rawlings at short has given the Marlin machine a cog which was missing last year, and the 1924 Infieid Is 20 per cent stronger than the Infield of 1923. Craig, another sensational find, is going to replace Buster Chatham without an appreciable lose to the team, while Greer In rigtit is expected to come up to the standard set by Simpson.

flte former Aggie star, last year Scroggins, another newcomer, will take are of the other garden, which was covered by Speck Dockery and Tommy Lovelace last year. The outfield is just about as strong as It was last sesison. York Star Pitcher In the box Marlin has lost Andrews but has signed York, a youngster, who promises to make local fans forget Andy and his wide-breaking curves York is certainly due to win more contests this year than Andrews won last season. Greseetl Is back and ought to go better this year. Lefty Thomas Is due to have the best season of his baseball career.

He has been pitching great baseball in the exhibition games and will probably be used against Waco in the opening game in this city. Meeks, who was with Mexia last year, also expected to come through In splendid fashion this year. He, too, been doing exceptionally well in exhibtion games. Jack Smith will be ueed largely as a relief pitcher and utility catcher. He performed in the box for the Mart Maulers lust season.

record in Its exhibition contests this year is second to none In the league. The Bathers have met Waco in two games, Indians fluking out in the first contest, and losing the to the Bathers. As a whole tin Marlin team 25 per cent better than the team which starred the race last year and which hovered around the .500 per cent mark throughout the n. In Walter Alexander the locals the best manat- In the league, and if pre-season means anything the Bathers are going to be right around the top when the curtain falls on T. A.

hostilities in late August, gr vin fiei i seed and at wholesale prices, Ear com $1 per bushel. dement Grain Co. East Waco Phono 37 00 (Advertisement) on the Rangers a bit more hitting strength in hftlf of players on the the outfieid, and a hit more steadl- I squad, IS players constituting the ness in the short field, and Cecil squad The work of the has Griggs young men should be able to been most promising and the Rangers play on even terms with any outfit arc counting on their strong pitching in the league. In exhibition games, the I staff to counterbalance the loss of Rangers have shown a spirit of will- 1 such offensive sutrs as Gi.iespie berth In the outfield, ingness to work that should serve and Bobby Cannon. All of the pitch- Manager Johnson believes he gathered together a splendid pitching i Special to The News-Tribune TEMRI.E.

April from the I ground up, carrying more rookies than any team in the Texas association. It Is going to be Interesting to watch the progress of Manager Rankin club the Texas association race this year, Johnson piloted Austin to a pennant In the second half last year after his team had occupied the cellar in the first, half, Howze and Emory form a fair catching staff while Lind Is a brilliant first baseman. With Nichols at second, Scrappy Moore at short and Farley at third. Temple has a strong infield. Parley, who was with the Rosebud Roses last season, appears to be a coming star, and looms as one of the most promising rookies in the league.

Brown Siiir Outfielder Brown, veteran outfielder, perhaps tnt hardest hitter on the club, Is due to pound the pellet for an average well above .300 this year. He been showing real form In the cxhibiilon games, and is bound to get better wh old So! begins work in earnest. Nicholas is the ft fielder and Provence being used in right. Lance, who was with Waco for a while, is also with Surgeons, and may win a them in good stead when they open are right-hander! Fleharty and Scott Two Former League Hurlers on Ranger Staff Texas University To Broadcast Ball News AUSTIN, April 20 game reports at the University of Texas will be broadcast by radio, beginning with the games with Arkansas university university, April 28-39, according to G. A.

Kndreas, who charge of broadcasting at the University Station WCM. Many requests are received by the University Athletic council for broad! casting of games, and much inteerst shown in the reports of baskct- bail contests during season just closed, it is stated. Cleburne (iirl ins AUSTIN, April Mary Dunlap of Cleburne has been pronounced winner of the All-University tennis tournament for co-eds just completed at the University of Texas, having defeated Blanche Humphries of Austin. The award silver loving cup, offered by Ed Rather of the University Co-Operative society wRl be presented to the winner when co-ed athletes receive letters and awards at the annual celebration of night to be held in May. Miss Dunlap a senior in the uni versity and has been active in other phases of student life aside from athletics.

She is a student assistant in the school of education and possesses an enviable scholastic record. wh Milton, the king, who wh over the sands at the rate of fastest any ht: travelled on fo get even more Miller Special ton disnlaoeme bull April ar he has entered Inornatl nal 500-mile race lit id at the Indianapolis speedway, usual, May 30, Milton, twice winner of the napolis classic, wheeled his speed ver the bed of Dry lake, near g- ies, at the rate of 141.15 an hour. world's speed a 16-cyiinder car Daytona Beach, i miles an hour, the man has ever officially ur wheels, is pec ted to r- speed out of the tmy, i of 122 cubic pis- f-nt which was specially international race. Records May Fail Records are certain to fall in the when the small motors ra for the first time last year, are i fly ng ar Snd the Indianapolis t.r with a year of competitive 1 pcrlence worked into them. 1 -n, who won last hr he i WOm bar no driver who ever had h.

race could repent. MB- ton won in 192.1. His backers are confider that he will make it I ti- this year, contending that ha will the- fastest -r on the track. Thorough pa ration for the i has been thorough. He I car to the long sweep 1 1- Dry lake and nis un test In a strong, -i slowed ih ir ral i an hour.

His car w.n one-half the of the one in which he established the straightaway record. Earl (Fats) Fleharty, of Sweetwater and George Scott of Gainesville. iFOth of whom have seen service In the big show, are the veterans of the staff. Fleharty will do little pitching until the hot weather rejuvenates the old salary wing. In the single practice game he worked, the genial Fleharty was roughly mauled by Billy But, then, Fleharty his salary to the Rangers beoause of the fight he puts Into his fellows with his chirping from the coaching lines, even if does not hurl a game.

Scott Is working very hard for Manager Griggs, and it would not surprising should he be the leading pitcher of the club. Certain it is that Is 100 per cent improved over his form of last season. Richard Whitworth of Austin and Luther Brooks of BirdvlUe, the other two members of the pitching staff of last season, are giving Manager Griggs no worry. Whitworth has been taking his time about rounding into shape; but the last time he worked on the hillock he had stuff a plenty. Luther Brooks, one of the half doxen leading moundsmen of the circuit in 1923, has developed a change of something woefully lacking last season.

With a slow one to mix with his hook and fast one, Brooks should be harder to solve than he was in 1923. Raymond Pipkin of Amarillo Is perhaps the most likely new member added to the mound toilers. pitched last year with Amarillo in the West Texas league, and won IT and lost six games. He is short but seems to have the stamina. His arms are long for a little fellow.

Bethel Cole of LXmna; and Riley Pressley, who hails from Sherman, Manager old home town, are the rookie Neither had professional experience. probable that one of the two will be cut loose 20 days after the start of play; but just now it is Impossible to predict accurately which of the two will sever relations with the Rangers. Both lads are very ambitious, and both have enough stuff, so it would seem, to stick In the association. curve is oa nifty as the hook possessed by any other twtrier of the staff. Moran Henderson Appears Much Better Catcher This Year Than Last Behind the bat, Moran Henderson of Lockhart will hold forth.

Henderson appears to be a 25 per cent better maskrnan than he was last year. He Is fielding better, throwing better, hitting better, and he has a world of hustle. As long as Henderson stays Irt the harness, the Rangers will be well fortified behind the plate. There are three other membra of the squad capable of donning the big mitt. Marvin Swindle of Collinvtlle is a rookie catcher of some promise.

work behind the bat Is most hopeful, but he has shown little hitting ability. Benny Bedford, of Roswell, N. the left fielder, is a fair catcher; as Is Ralph Nairn of Manor, outfielder and general utility man. With the exception of Alvin Matthews of Fort Smith, at shortstop. the Ranger infield lines up just as it, did last season.

Clyde Anheier of Los Angeles, Cab, is on first; Glenn Chaney of Yukon, at second and Bishop Clements of San Benito, holds down the torrid corner. The work of Anheier leaves little to be desired. One wonders how this lad happens to be in a class league. Anheier is a .300 Manager Shows Great Ability At Bat and tIs an Outfielder hitter, and he should be the most popular man on the club with the other save them many an error with his stretches and Anheier is hitting In the cleanup position. Nig Chaney, leadoff man, is a good enough fielder; he watches over closely; is fast on the bases, and should hit around .360, Chaney is always in fighting and hustling Clements in the practice games played as good if not better ball than any other man on the club.

He Is hitting hard and fielding Clements is heavier than last season, and is in splendid health. No club In the circuit should have a ter than the shortstop obtained from the Fort Smith club to replace Wee" Lewis has not shown to great advantage in practice games. But Matty may have been saving himself for the season to get under way. His work at the bat has been weak while play in the fieid, at times very sensational, has been on the whole erratic. However, there is little doubt but that Matthews will come through.

He Is putting everything into his play. gjn iiijag-y 1 mtgir "-'il, mm art iff il I Mimi lllf 0 I In left field, Benny Bedford is being counted on to supply much of the Ranger offensive punch Bedford is a bit weak on ground balls; but his speed enables him to make Improbable snatches of hard-hit liners and flies. He swinge from the right side of the plate; but despite this fact, It is doubtful whether there a faster man in the league, it to getting down that first-base line. Bedford should hit .390. Manager Cecil Griggs ill hold forth in center field.

The Hanger manager the most improved player on the earn, an far 1923 form is concerned stiver-plated knee has given him no troubb thus far, and he showing of speed in the field and along the paths. The Ranger manager is soaking the ball hard, also. While Griggs will hardly reach the charmed circle, he expected to hit around .285. right fieid. Ralph Nairn of Manor and Earl Courtney of Mtronda City are expected to alternate Nairn the ball hard any man on the club, but he little Suck on his blows, knocking his line drives into the hands of the Nairn can catch, play the infield and outfield, and is certain to be retained Courtney, while lie has much to learn in the field, haa started to hitting the ball.

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