Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-01
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Jim Scott Sox pitcher, after taking
about sixteen different treatments for
rheumatism, has rejoined the team, feel
ing fine
Johnny Evers went rs games recently
without making an error
Johnny Kane, ex-member Of the Red
and Cub team. is batting close to 400, in
the Pacific Coast league, and is stealing
bases like kleptomaniac
Monte Cross says there are two rea.
sons why the baseball of today is better
less boneheads are playing and that the
spitball has been. discovered.
Gus Fisher the catcher canned out by
Cleveland, says, Davis ivory skulled
work with Cleveland and his crazy ideas
about catehers are responsible for the
NIT that he might be, prejudiced.
Eugene Knapp, Of the Maps, is so clever
a fielding that his teammates call him
around after the pill
san Francisco recently gave three play
ers to Spokane for Wuffli.
Chick Gandfl, peeved by various
that the Athletics infielders are cold
footed, except Barry He says the rest
In Brooklyn they laugh at the claim
that Hal Chase is the best first baseman
In the business They say he may be the
fanciest but that he suIks, quits and is
injured too often to compare with real
player
Rhudy King manager of the Asheville
team. has resigned because an old wound
In his leg bothered him so much that he
could not play real ball. And Asheville
IA nf
manager.
After ter, aFinEE Hub Perdus. J King
and viii not hereafter be interfered with
by John Ward OF. ANYBODY else
Lee Fohl manager OF the Akron team,
has caught every game for his team thus
far this season Two years ago he caught
every inning OF every game throughout
the season
All Hub Perdue did to Johnny King
was to call him fathead. But it was
enough.
Ty Cobbs recent home run, at Cleveoo
feet and struck on tor OF house
In recent Chicago Cincinnati game
Hank ODay bswled out Hoblitzen fined
him $50 and put him out of the game,
charged that he WASH. trying
Bin clymer has outdone Bin Smiths
pennant record. He won six, rags IN
eleven years. Here is his record
first 1902, Louisville CA. Al, second, pen
nant lost last day; 1908, louisville a. Al,
second, 1904, Columbus a. A., second
lumbus "a Al drst; 1907: Columbus a
AZ. first; 1908 "a Al. third; 1909 Co
g a,6 a. resgnef i gt54.
hrst. 1911 Wilkesbarre IN Y State
leaguel first
Harry Davis kidded Clark, Griffith
good bit when the Fox coughed more than
10000 for Chick Gandl player who
had been up there" and had slumped
back The Joke doesn't look so funny to
Davis now.
Charley Doom is actually trying the
scheme of giving his signals while stand
ing He thinks the old crouch thing will
have to go.
Catcher Waring. who hammered a spec
tator at a ball game because he made dis
para ging remarks about the color Of Mrs
Warnings hair was found guilty when
tried in police court, but was let off with
out a fine
Jack Coombs now has harness. con
structed Of straps and chains. that he has
been using since his intury-sort of hu-
man hopples' as i were
Heinie Heitmuller, the large Dutch gen
tleman who nearly became Cracker
but not quite-is plastering the sphere
all over the coast to the tune of 1862 in
so games He and Swain, who was here
once with Washington. are tied for lead
ership in home run getting
The reason Frank did not get, Hank
Butcher was that Harry Davis objected
to summering in New Orleans The Pels
are 70 get Gardener in hts place