Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-26
STAR BALL PLAYER.
Joe Holland Promoted. Now a
Member of The San Francis
CO. League. Brilliant
Record.

e Joe Holland, of whose record as
e a ball player Edgefeld is very proud,
: is now in San Francisco, having ac.
cepted the offer hat was recently
. 4 made him. He will probably not re-
I turn to Edgefeld until about the
middle of October. The State of
:; Thursday contained the following
1 notice of Joe and his career as a
: ball player:
< Joe Holland, Edgefeld's most
8 distinguished citizen, and along
3 with Joe Jackson, Sid Smith, Buck
Presley, George Mabry, Legs Mar
= tin, Champ Osteen and Finlayson,
! one of South Carolina Is leading rep
resentatives in the baseball world,
has taken a Jump from the Virginia
league to the Pacific coast league, a
Glass A organization. Joe Holland
is well known and very popular in
South Carolina generally and the
news of his rise in baseball will be
received with pleasure in this state.
At Clemson college Holland was a
star at both baseball and football.
Made Good in Virginia.
The Roanoke Evening News says
of Hollands sail to San Francisco:
Baseball fans will regret to
learn that Joe Holland, the gentle
manly and popular left fielder of
the Tigers, has played his last game
in Roanoke uniform. Joe has been
traded 10 the San Francisco club of
the Pacific coast league for Third
Baseman McAuley and left yester-
day afternoon for the coast. By
this time Joe is flying across the
states of the Middle West to join IN
the Seals, where he will be greeted
by Watt Powell and Walter.
Schmidt of last years Tiger team.
McAuley, who comes to Roanoke
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GREETED very much to give Holland
up, they could not see their way
clear to stand in the way to his ad-
vancement. The change is. a distinct
promotion for the big boy. he will
get an increafe in salary and goes
to faster company than the Virginia
league, with chance of getting
into the major leagues in year or
so. He has been conscientious and
hard working player during his
three years with the Tigers and
there is hardly a man, woman or
child in the Magic City who does
not know and respect Holland. He
is gentleman at all times and is a
great credit to the national game.
His modest, quiet demeanor, no !
less than his trasty bat, have en-
deared him to the hearts of Roa-
nokers and all will hear Of his de-
parture with regret, although glad
to see him get the promotion he 60
well deserves. Holland arrived in
Roanoke yesterday morning and left
on the afternoon train on his long
journey across the continent to
join the San Francisco club. The
Seals are fighting for the lead in the
coast league and Joe's trusty bat
will aid them materially in their
fight for the pennant. He is sure to
make an envlable record with them
and acquit himself with credit.
Hollands Good Record.
Holland was the captain of both
the football and baseball teams in
his college days at Clemson college.
He later played in the Cotton states
leagues and was sold to Mobile in
the southern league. He refused to
report to Mobile because of the yell
ow fever and was released, becom-
ng free agent. He signed with
Roanoke in the spring of 1909 and
has been a valued and valuable
member of the Tigers ever since.
His big club contributed materially
owards winning the pennant in
.sOs and did much to keep the
Tigers in the race last season and
gain this year. Last season Holland
md Spratt tied for the league hon
RS in batting, their record being
81. He is batting around the 800
mark now and would doubtless have
inished the season close to the top.
lis hits come when they are most
Ieeded and he is regarded as one of
he most dangerous batsmen in a
inch in the organization. Every
an in Roanoke wishes him well in
is career on the coast and he goes
nth the knowledge of duty well !.
one here, Like PRESLEY, Holland
!, from South Carolina"
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