The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-27
GHOST OF SOUTHERN RACING
CIRCUIT AGAIN BOBS UP
ANTE-DATED BALL TALK

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Charleston may play Sunday baseball
at the Isle of Palms. If they do Sa-
vannah people will have a chance to go
/ and see the games. The excursion rates
! will be 81 for the round trip.
! All Atlanta needs now is a short stop.
Already Manager Powell has signed up
eighteen men, but not one OF them can
/ play the position of short stop. The
men signed up to date, are: Pitchers.
Sitton, johnson, McGill McMakin, Ely;
third base. BENEFIT and Cargo: Lauzon.
catcher; O'Hagan, first base; Morse,
second base; Crozier, koheler, Hardy,
Pleiss, Hayes, Miller, outfelders; Thai
and Hankey, infelders. The outlook
for a good team at the Gate city is
good, and il is the opinion of many
that If Atlanta had the same team at
the beginning as at the end of last
years race. they would have won the
pennant.
Howard Camintz, the star pitcher of
the Cotton States League, has signed a
contract with Pittsburg after long
wrangling as to the salary.
That Charley Frank, last years man
ager of Memphis, and this year of New
Orleans. knows his business, is shown
by the fine squad of twirlers he has
signed up. They include Frank Wilson,
with Atlanta last season, and a former
National League star. Thee. Breiten-
stein, with Memphis last season, and
once recognized as the best twiler in
the country, Babe Brown and Rick
Adams. All the pitchers have fine
records. Frank is authorized by the
millionaire owners of the club to get a
good team regardless of cost, and is
probably doing so. He strenuously de-
MES the report that he is going over
the salary limit. He has traded all his
big priced men, and says that last year
when other teams had $1,000 teams. he
had but an s1.lOO team
The following IL a list of holiday
dates in the Southern League:
Opening days:
Montgomery in Atlanta.
Nashville in Birmingham.
Little Rock in Memphis.
Shreveport in New Orleans,
July Fourth dates:
Nashville in Birmingham
Montgomery in Atlanta
Shreveport in Little Rock.
Memphis in New Orleans.
Labor Day dates are:
Nashville in Atlanta.
Montgomery in Birmingham ---
Shreveport in New Orleans.
Memphis in Little Rock.
Now that Patsy Donovan. the great
outfielder OF the St. Louis Nationals
has resigned his position as manager of
that club. and Kid Nichols appointed
In his stead, several clubs are reported
as wanting him to be player manager.
Two of these are Washington and the
Chicago Americans.
Montgomery will play games with
New York both teams, Chicago White
Sox, Boston Nationals and the all Gu
bans. IT will be remembered that last
year Montgomery made the best show
ing of all the Southern League teams in
the spring exhibition games.
1t is reported that Tim Hurst. the
irresistible umpire. will not umpire
baseball games this season. but will go
into business in New York.
According to the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Jack Grim. manager of the Columbia
team. has not signed any players for
his team yet, but will do so this week.
McGill, Atlantas new pitcher. was
once on the Cincinnati Reds pitching
staff. How they do descend.
Rube Waddel. the eccentric pitcher
OF the Philadelphia Athletics may pitch
for amateur teams in Pennsylvania
Henry Schmidt. the Brooklyn pitcher,
has sold his home in California, and
will again work for Hanlon's Brooklyn
Superbas. II was reported that he
would jump to the Outlaws.