Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-06
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Gandn, who was aned $40 for smoking
cigarettes by Manager. Lush, had to come
through with an apology and to pay a
fine Of $40, And now he goes to the Bos-
ton Braves.
A couple of weeks ago Atlanta could
have bought Glenn Liebhardt cheap. Now
he has gone and pitched a one hit game
Probabl though, if Atlanta had bought
him he would never have pitched another
good one. That has been Atlanta's luck
lately with veteran pitchers
Brooklyn has turned Eddie Dent over to
Newark
ment making May / Baseball Day and
requiring that all leagues start their sea
sons then.
If the Boston Braves keep Otto Hess
after May Is they will owe the New
due on the deal President Ward says
they will keep Hess-which may be so
but we doubt it.
Doc Johnston Pelican Businessman.
who made such loud noise during the
training season, is showing a terrible
weakness on low thrown balls and will
hardly be kept if a better man can be
found Another fall down, and a harder
one, is Dave Bunting
ne UNUSUALLY RAINY spring mas started
the magnates to talking again about tax
ing out insurance to protect them against
rain on Saturday and Sunday There
Is a company that vii take the business
the baseball folks like TO pay,
Bugs Raymond is in such bad shape
that he can't even stick through one
game in the feeble United States league
The recent poor fielding of Derrm
d.. -f,1s..
He. stopped bad throw last Tuesday
with his right thumb and it has been as
big as two thumbs ever since.
Robbers recently blew the safe at the
ST. Paul ball park-and got nothing
However, they ruined a perfectly good
safe
Arthur Devin is getting a try-out at
short for the Braves.
Sheldon Lejeune, now playing with
Grand Rapids won a game single banded
for his club last week He made four
hits, scored three times himself and bat
ted in something like half-dozen other
runs
Harry storch, a natural right hand hit
switched to left-handed and is doing bet
ter
Callahan will not let Joe. Benz, his new
-
him out Of the game the other day for
doing it. "Cal" likes an argument But
he has found out that Benz rattles him
self every time he has run-in with the
jumps, so he has a standing rule that any
time Benz starts anything with an UNI
pire, out he comes
Joe Wilkes. former Cracker infielder is
trying for a position on the Davenport
club
Johnny Beahl, of the Denver club. re-
Gently knocked two home runs in one
inning in a game with Wichita
Hank O'Dsy has not yet settled in his
mind whether TO use Benton or Suggs in
the opening game Of the world S series
"sly Jack" coveny is catching for the
spartanburg club this year
DR. William D. Scanlon. erstwhile
Brooklyn pitcher. hasn't had any offers
from the Phillies yet though President
Horace Fogel has made some crack about
being after him. Scanlon is making
money at his practice of medicine and
has stopped worrying about baseball
The National league moguls have about
agreed that they are starting the baseball
season too early. But some of them think
they ought 70 run it later in the fall
while others admit that late fan games
are as foolish as early spring contests.
Some baseball expert. on reading the
statement that Gainor, of Detroit was
one Of the three best first basemen in
the business. remarked "Daubert, Chase
McInnes. Konetchy and Merkle must be
the other two