Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-14

Muffed maledictions and calculated ex-
ecrations arose from the Atlanta bench
when the game Thursday was called off
on account of rain The Crackers are
still short of work-and still It rains.
Earl Sykes. who was supposed to be on
his way to Montgomery, sat in the stands
and watched the showers come down,
NIX, | haven't gone to join the Mont
gomery team and I'm not in any hurry to
do It either said Sykes. Earl thinks AT,
lanta the banner town of the league and
is kicking like bay steer at having to
leave.
surprisingly large crowd turned out
yesterday considering the threatening
weather and the tough ball that has been
played lately. The Cracker fans haven't
lost all hope for their team vet.
Toledo is having hard time over third
basenen. Bronkie is out OF the game,
MaRush is Just beginning to hohble around
for the first time since the accident that
broke his leg, and the Hens have been
forced to grab Brady from New Haven
and Mills, q Harvard law student,
Jim Names. the. Chattanooga lad who
has been playing in the Texas league, has
been turned loose on account of his weak
hitting. Last year he smacked EN- $50
in the Canadian league.
Bobby GIlks, Nap scout. has turned mp
in New Orleans. He reports material
scarce, as usual.
New Orleans baseball writer's say that,
with the best pitching STAFF in the league
and the most postponed games. II will
be but q short time now before the Fell
cans are UP in the lead, The pitching
taft they rave about consists of Weaver,
Griffin, Swami, Wagner and Swindell.tN
that, it's not 2 bad one.
Pitcher Martin, formerly Of the An
letics. has been taken over by Balu-
more.
Bernhard believes he has a cqqpi. Of
wonders in Merritt and Parsons. his new
pitchers. And II he has he viii be dan
gerous The last time the Turtles were
here they looked better than any team in
the league, except Birmingham.
Bill Bernhard ha. s.; or seven former
Eastern leaguers on his pay roll They
are all pretty useful performers, too. Most
Of them, too, were with Newark and
Jersey city once.
Bill Bernhard has long had grudge
against Billy Smith and there are those
when he let Farmer Allen go to the Look
out club.
When Angel faced Mike Finn took
few games from the Barons the usual
yell went up in Birmingham They aren't
happy there unless the Barons are out in
Font pN nunoTeu points
Physicians have decided that Arte Hof-
man is suffering with nothing more Sc
rious than case Of nerves and be
lieve he will soon be his old self
The press agent Or Frank Eddington.
the pitcher purchased by the Pirates from
Lexington, said OF him that he was
pitcher, fielder, sugger and side line
chatterer supreme which makes him
well worth the price paid.
or course this never happened. but they
say that Larry Mclean. the Reds giant
catcher, recently bought a huge colonial
clock and started to carry it home,
feat impossible for any other human be-
ing except Larry. He was stopped by
bibulous gentleman who said: IT beg par
don, and | don't want to intrude, but
would you mind telling me- old chap, why
you don't carries watch"
Wonder If the fact that Clark Griffith
has bought into the Washington associs-
ton has anything to do with the marvel
lous showing of the Senator's? Certainly
II has been many years since he had had
a team going as the Washington team is
going now.