Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-09
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Birmir CHAM, with all its proud boast
| lngS, with its pennant winner, with its
| dahy band concert, and with a team that
continues to win, even after the pen
nant has been cinched, is drawing wretch
gqly: Birmingham papers say that on
thursday there were hardly enough peo-
pie present to pay the guarantee.
Manager Birmingham, of the Nap team.
IS using three recruits regularly in his
lineup. one of them is Jimmy Johnston,
VINO seems to be making good.
One thing about the Atlanta team: 1t
| a reason.
Ban Johnson has rounded up another
umpire-Eugene McGreevey.F He won his
umpiling reputation on the Pacific coast.
Louis Comiskey, son of Charley Comis-
Key mas been forced to go to a sanitarium
| 10 reduce weight. He has cut down his
| excess a the rate of a pound a day for a
month He is now down to S55 pounds.
This season has been one of the hardest
in Years for the old stars Look at those
VINO nave quit playing in the big eagues:
Fred Falkenberg, Ed Summers, Bill Dono-
van, Cy Young, Frank Smith, Leftie Rus
sell, Dixie Walker, Billy Sullivan, Paddy
Livingston Gabby Street, Mig Clarke,
Fred Clarke, Frank Chance, Fred Tenney,
| Harry Davis, Jim Delehanty, Charley
| O'Leary, Kid Elberfeld. Jack knight Doc
! Gessler, Danny Hoffman. Lee Tannehill-
mighty men, all, in their day; but now on
Big Jack Pfeifer has found himself in
| the New England league. He has won
seven and lost TWO for Lowell.
Catcher PADDY Livingston has busted
| finger and is out for the rest of the sea-
son
Jack Chesbro. whose attempt to come
! back was the subject of a lot of press
work this spring, didn't make q success of
! it. The other day in Pittsfeld, Mass,
when trying to pitch for the North Adams
club, he was knocked out of the box.
There are lot of Mansers left in base
ball-but the number has been reduced
| by one. Bill, who has been playing in
the Virginia league, has had enough and
has retired for good He has two broth
erS VINO are stili playing
Bob Groome has been taking the num-
ber OF lot Of good batters this year
He is RENTED TO have brea i to his snfi
ball the like of which can not be dupli-
Gated by any pitcher in either big league
In Pttsburg they are trying to stir up
enthusiasm in a post season series be-
tween the Pirates and the Washington
club
The York and Harrisburg teams re
! Gently played full nine-inning game in
orty-eight minutes That's fast no
doubt. but doesn't in the least endanger
the worlds record held by Atlanta.
\ Memphis baseball writer refers to our
Justly celebrated ball club as the Cracked
| Crackers of Crackervlle
raw crack We call it
Billy Hopper, who looked so good with
Memphis early, this season. but who was
sent TO New Haven, has proved a win
ring pitcher there, and-will probably be
! recalled.
Charles l.. Herzog of the Giants. will
enter the agricultural school at Cornell
to play on the ball club.
At least five rich men want in" on
major league baseball franchise. They
are Charles Weeghman, who made a keg
Of money on 81 string Of restauraHnts,;
Harry Frazee, of New York and Chicago.
and Ed Wilbern and jeff Livingston. who
recently tried to buy in on the Brooklyn
! franchise.
The movement to do away with the
Intentional passing of batter is making
| rapid progress. Inmates of several lunatic
asylums heartily favor it. AS soon as
this great reform is accomplished the de-
tenders OF true craftsmanship will move
which is said to give the pitcher a con-
temptibe advantage over some batters.
'Rah for reform.
The Toronto and Rochester teams which
| furnished most of the pace in the Inter-
national league. are made up of big league
discards. They're great things. these dis
cards. Look what they did for Atlanta.
Bill Friel, Columbus manager. is out
with a kick on double headers. Some
sense to it, too, They are hard alike on
ball players and on attendance.
Last year Rube Marquard put more
strike outs to his credit than he allowed
bits This year he hasn't. Which shows
that he is slowly acquiring sense.
Fred Clarke has won a regular wardrobe
of clothes on his various bets that he
| would not appear in the Pirates lineup.
well. anyway" says Hub Perdue. of
the much whacked Boston club. "a lot Of
fans have quite giving three cheers when
we arrive for a series"
Armour L.ajoie, MCGUIRE, Eloval, Da .
Wis, Birmin CHAM, Next?