Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-18
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Muskegon, Boyne City and Cadillac will
stick in the Michigan State league. Pc
toskey has no chance for a franchise.
Luckless Petoskey.
Pitcher Ed Smith has resigned as man
ager of the Grand Rapids team. When
Ben koehler dropped out of the team he
left hole that Smith hasn't been able to
plug and after staving off the inevitable
for while he uit,
Lou Castro is still calling home runs.
In game at Norfolk the other day. with
the score tied in the last of the ninth Lou
stepped to the stands as Nixon went to
pat and announced: Ladies and gentle
men, the game is over. You can go
home" Nixon then put the ball over the
fence
Canton. Akron and Wheeling are all
after Jesse Tannehill, who was recently
they'll take any man who can hit 800,
even if he is bit slow. on his knobs.
Speaking of Eva Tanguay, Hugh Jen-
nings says he don't care either. It's alto
gether too distressing
Jimmy Callahan isn't hitting as he did
last year. It's that way with managers,
If the Crackers stand between the rest
of the clubs and the bottom of the pit they
ought at least get a Carnegie medal all
around for their bravery
The LaGrande club of the Western Tr-
State league has woman for an official
scorer. Which leads some of us former
scorers to wonder who the players cuss at
about the hits they don't get.
Joe Delehanty couldn't even stick with
Wilkesbarre and has drawn his release.
Last fall a guy named Frank c. Davis
got 81, 500 from Miss Ellen Flynn to buy
world series tickets, alleging that he was
court now and then these days to testify
that he doesn't know Davis.
Kraft, once a pitcher with Toledo, now
an outfelder in the South Michigan
league, recently made eight home runs in
nine days.
Shortstop Foreman, of the Kankakee
club, made an unassisted triple play the
other day.
They've just discovered that il the
Giants weren't in the National league 1t
would be grand race.
AS absorbers of punishment the New
York Highlanders have Joe Grims best
efforts looking like an overripe tomato.
The Giants were pretty well shot to
pieces in Chicago and Eve men were on
the hospital list when McGraw retreated
Charley Faust alleges that he has put a
jinx on the Giants because they spurned
his services as pitcher and mascot.
Fine chance for the puzzle department
to spring one really worth working on!
How's this for puzzler What in the
dickens is the matter with the Crackers,
anyway"
President Lynch. of the National league,
has cautioned his umpires not to allow any
"kicks to the grandstand." Says he, 'lf
shoulder about balls and strikes, it's usu-
ally all right. But II he draws a line on
the ground to show where the ball went,
fire him. He isn't kicking to you, then.
He's trying to prove an alibi to the fans.
What would be the betting if the High
landers faced the Braves?
They are taking up a contribution in
Rochester to buy John Camel an automo-
bile.
With two pitchers badly crippled Man
ager Schwartz still manages to keep the
Nashville team ahead of the Crackers.
Ed Honey has missed only fourteen
games in eight years. The Big Train wal
lows in work.
Both John Henry and Eddie Ainsmith
were injured in recent game. Henry
tore hgament in his left knee and was
seriously hurt.
The Boston fans think that if Joe Wood
can keep on as he has been going that
they will take the pennant sure and they
wouldn't mind wagering a kopek or two
on the outcome of the worlds series
Once when Dale Gear was managing the
Muskogee team bug named Martin came
to him and asked for a job.
What have you been drawing" asked
Gear.
well, I've been in the habit of drawing
5000 month" said Martin.
ITS bad habit and you'll have to