The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-18


tice throwing to the plate when OPP
portunity present itself during the
game He contends that this is the
only way to insure perfect throws;
!. that outfieIders do not get enough
practice in this respect The plan GER
tainly is a good one for how often
does the fan see game lost because
j of a bad throw to the plate hurled by
! the brawny arm of good throwing
tielder.-Exchange.
In Little Rock judge has refused
to bring about a verdict against Is
players arrested for playing Sunday
ball. This is taken to Indicate that the
Southern league will soon be playing
Sunday ball there.
The Mobile Gulls are composed
mostly of benedicts. Ludwig, Neigh
bors, Hill, Sentell and McCay have
all reached the stage when they
must take life serious. julie Watson,
according to rumor, is trying to get
serious, too.
Manager Bernhard of Nashville has
given up hopes of getting Pitcher Sit.
ton back from Cleveland. Lajoie nog-
fled Nashville that Sitton would re-
main with the Maps and that the bal
ance Of the purchase price had been
forwarded to- the Nashville club.
The Southern League players are
showing great improvement in
their fielding, now that the weather
has cotton warm and every one has
become used to their new climates
and surrounding. Thornton of Mo-
bile is the real leader of the outfield-
ers, having made but one error In
fifty games and having the swell per-
centage Of 994. Jordan is the premier
second baseman, fielding 976 Raftis
of Birmingham has covered the ground
around third base to the tune Of .976.
while Demont Of New Orleans cavortS
around short the best of any Of them,
with a percentage of 1894. There are
| twelve pitchers who have perfect re-
cords in fielding, not missing ono
Of the hard hunts and drives sent to
the pitchers box.
| Paul Cobb, after a brief time with
Memphis, has been released and is on
the wayf'to join the Outlaws at FTes-
no, Cal. @ "a
Here are some men this season
that have performed above expections,
in the Southern league: Casey land
Sentz Of Little Rock; Case of Nash
vile; Bayless of Atlanta, and Raftis
and gill of Birmingham.
Cursing when the Savannah base
ball team is losing is justifiabIe,
according to a decision rendered by
Recorder Schwarz, in Savannah, John
Brown, colored, was up on a charge
Of cursing in the presence Of ladies.
When Brown gave his statement he
said he meant no ofFense, but to- see
Savannah losing the game kinder rat
tied him, and he let few bad words
slip before he knew. The recorder said
Brown nor any other man could be q
good American if he could sit quiet
and see the home team lose. The
negro was cautioned to use a little
circumspection in the future and told
to go root for the home team some
more.
President Jones of the South.
Atlantic league, states that there will
be less rowdyism in the future that
there has been in the past. He has
issued positive instructions to all Of
the club managers and to the umpires,
He is determined that this habit Of
kicking on every decision made by
an umpire shall cease. "The man
ayers should understand this for once
and ALL will uphold the umpires."
says President Jones, 'and / am
pretty we'll satisfied that my present
star isra reliable one and deserving
OF my fullest support"
Charleston is going strong, in the
Sally League, and with a little heKp
by some defeats for Chattanooga, may
be in the leaders position before
many weeks more. Augusta is win
ming some games on her own account.
and will force herself to the top with
in few days. Macon has been
climbing, too. While to make pre-
diction is always bad form, owing 20
the uncertainty of baseball, it would
not be surprising before long to see
Charleston, Chattanooga, Augusta and
Macon making up the first division.
while, unless they are strengthened.
Columbus, Columbia, Savannah and
Jacksonville will compose the lower
FOUR The order of the clubs is not
signifed by the order in which they
are named. Exchange.
The troubles in Charlotte. N. c..
have been settled by reorganization
OF the Carolina Association. The Hor-
nets will stay III Charlotte.
A vigorous war has been declared
against ball yard bettors in all the
cities Of the South Atlantic League,
and in the future there will be moth
ing doing for the the grandstand and
Eleacher bettor All baseball bets in
the future must be made ION tho
s1de,' and rot in public. President
Jones of the league has now taken
the matter in hand and he has issued
instructions to the club owners rela-
tive to the ball yard betting.