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******* ****************** 5* ** * * % * * * k*************************•ie*****7Tie first batch of pink slips,numbering four, was passed out yesterday by Manager Welch to aspiring Black Knight candidates. Lefty Parker, the Alabama young-ster, Ceorge McMillan, right hander from Eccles, and Williams, all twirlers, and Curt Fivers, catcher, were the ones on whom the axe fell in the first slash of the season.While the cut uf three fromthe prospective mound staff left eight twirlers on the roster, all but one of that number is nowf ready for the season opener and the raerr\ battle that has been inWprogress for several days will be i all the merrier since the axe swinging has started the thinning out process. Chief Harmon is the only tosser unable to take anactive part on the scramble for a place on the Knights’ mound staff and he is expected to takaa brief workout todav.Every pitcher now wearing theBlack Knight spangles has been through the mill and can be relied on for some good tossing. At least six will be carried on the squad this season which might mean that another slash will bemade before very long.A weak cog in the infield wasthe ciuse of much concern lastvear and probably kept the local team out of the last half championship, so the wealth of infield material the Knight moguls haveon hand this year ..is. -£vi4enc6 thev do not intend to be caught by the same weakness *gain. Milner, Robertshaw, Wisrock, Harris, and Chiozza are certain tobe retained by the club, whichshould cause the Berkley innerjj works to rank as ope of the finest
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Beckley Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Apr 26, 1932
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