The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 2s.--fSpecial. )- Grant Schopp. who. played with At lanta. Nashville and in the. South At lantic, League last year and who may be with Montgomery during the com- ing season, has been the hefo of many baseball adventures.
 ing the harpoon into Memphis a cou- pie of times in a row last season, at the time when Memphis began collect ing harpoons; And by so doing he he win a pennant. Likewise he materially assisted Memphis in her race to get into second place
 This is all League history. & know that Grant schobp pitched Ma rietta, Ga. to victory over Aipharetta. Ga. I
 Mayor Joyner has his country res- fact that the baseball Mayor resides there off and on the Marietta club feels called upon to wallop all the teams in the surrounding country. And fall, while Schopp was loafing around Atlanta, waiting for Smith to use him which Smith didn't-there was a crit ical game scheduled for Marietta. The every one, were coming down to take a tumble out of the Cobb County ''champeens.
 To thwart them something desperate
 Dick Joyner, the Mayors son. was called into copsultation and he told the Marietta managef that he knew of a famous "rube" pitcher named Grant" he could corral for five bones.
 They're demon spenders up in Ma rietta when their baseball honor is at stake. and they collected the necessary coin.
 Dick Joyner secured schopp and hid him out on the Joyner farm until just before time for the game. Then Schopp' drove over in. an OK cart and they ran him in And if evsr a man Ottumwa, I-o-way, by heck, His dia- lect was not exactly Cobb County esque. but he didn't talk much.
 The first time he said anything was when the first run had been put across by Alpharetta. Somebody made a hit, one of the three they got off Schopp's side-swipes, and the Mariettas threw the ball all over the lot. Meanwhile the only Alpharetta run was scored.
 Then Schopp made a talk. Don't t never th'ow the ball but onct," he said. If you quit right there they won't never get further'en first.
 And they never did. And in conse- quence the Mariettas won in a walk,
 The little chaps control was mar vellous all the way through, When him if he wasted any" II never wasted but one" he said. "I thsowed that at one of them smart guys heads"
 The best players in the Southern League last year according to the of fcfal figures were Hardy and Sid smith, catchers Meek, first base; Jor- dan. second base; McElveen. third base; Atz, short stop; Paskert. left field Molesworth. center field; Becker, right field; Castleton. Manuel Keith and Wilhelm pitchers.
 Here are the All Southern Lemons, picked according to the official aver ages:
 Lattimer of Nashville and Brming- ham and Garvin of Birmingham. catch CTS: Ratchford, Montgomery. first base; Wye Montgomery. second base; Mont gomery. Birmingham. third base; Coli gan Memphis, short stop; Thiel. p Manning and McCann, outfield; Walk er Montgomery; Rowan, Atlanta, Lak- off. Little Rock and Breitenstein, New Orleans, pitchers.
 This Lemon Team has a batting av- craze of .155.
 ble out of the League talent is: Fish CT. Shreveport; Breitenstein, New Or leans; Philips. New Orleans, and Guese New Orleans, pitchers
 This for an inheld: Baxter, Mont gomery, first base: Page, Little Rock. second base; Alcock, Birming gham, third base Ball Montgomery short stop
 The following outfelders: Paskert Atlanta, left field Gilbert, Little Rock center field; C. Smith, Birmingham
 Matthews New Orleans. and Hnrl- burt, Memphis, catchers.