Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-30
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Artie Phelan, former Baron now with
the Reds, has an injured hand and is taxi
ing three weeks vacation. Eddie Grant
IS back on the old third base job while
Phelan is out.
The Giants have made more errors than
any, team in the National league. The
n. L. teams have not been able to take
much advantage of the Giants errors.
But what of the Red Sox?
The playing of the Cincinnati team has
been so bad recently that sporting writ
erS have recalled some of the past awful
ness of the Reds. 1t is even alleged that
one Red player, Mike Grady, made four
bled it. 2. Threw it wild into the bleach
ers. 8. Fumbled it when it was thrown
back. 4 Threw over the catcher's head.
Everybody laughed at the thought of
Otto Hess and Hub Perdue in the big
leagues this year-the former because he
was too old and the latter because he was
dub. Yet these two have proved to be
two of the most useful workers in the
major leagues, though they have been kept
down by the fact that they are working
for the Braves
The Western league has 81 regular play
Joseph, leads with 1897.
A. j Heinemann, president of the va
zoo City club, has just sent a deaf mute
to DeMontreville's club and is about ready
to sign an outteder with cork leg.
WIN Bradley, an umpire, recently com
mitted suicide at Clinton Junction Wis.,
by hanging himself. Enough said
William NJ Kavanaugh married the 9TH
er day. But not the president OF the
Southern league. Instead it was a man
of the same name who plays third base
ON the Trenton, Tri- state league club
And stil they go The Bucks County
league has just blown up.
Bobby Wallace, after seventeen years in
the major leagues, is about due to quit
StOVall is talking of getting rid of him
Wallace says he will never play except in
the major leagues and he probably means
Buck Taylor of the Carolina associa-
ton, who has been kicked about the
league from team to team this season,
pitched no-hit game the other day for
Spartanburg. Roy Radabaugh who OPP
posed him. gave up fourteen hits
Jesse Burkett, part owner and manager
Of the Worcester team. will quit baseball
after this year And it $ about time Kit
ty Bransfield is said to be slated to sue
coed him.
Tex. Covington knocked two players un-
conscious in a recent game with pitched
balls One was forced to go to the hos
pital
President Carson. of the Central league.
Is making a tour of his circuit. Instead
of going by train ne rides in a touring car.
Bill Phillips team is fifth in 12-club
| circuit, but Bill isn't satisfied and is sign
ing player or two a day,
Lavender and Larry Cheney are the
only winning pitchers of the Cub team.
! They will be the nucleus around which
Chance will try to bqild. staff next year.
Well, Gabby Street has followed Jack
Knights into the International league.
Providence gets him.
Philadelphians are panning the Ameri-
| can league umpireS. In particular they
are kicking because they allow the play
eHs to use profane and indecent language
that can be heard in the stands.
| Cincinnati has offered Mitchell Egan
ana Grant for Bill sweeney Of the Braves.
Somebody asked John T. Brush once If
! il never occurred to him that things might
/ team "Only once replied Brush. That
j was all had an idea one day and | told
! ii to McGraw. 1T won't he done said
MeGraw I've never had another idea.
! Cy Morgan, pitcher and vaudeville art
list, has signed as an actor with a moving
! picture him company.
Rube Benton has been slowly slumpinR
! With the Reds and win be lucky if he
doesn't get sent back after bit
The st Louis Cardinals are the only big
/ leaguers who have been in train wrecks
/ this year They have figured in two. But
/ that isn't what's the matter with them
/
The Cleveland team has made such Wig
orous raids on its farm, the Toledo club,
that it has practically ruined Topsy Hart
/ sells team.
Pickpockets don't consider baseball
/ players legitimate marks Some mushy
dip has just returned a watch and fob he
lifted from Grover Gilmore, former Buff
falo player
The Baltimore News AYERS that the Biz
mingham club is in the Cotton States Ii
would be helpful at that II 1t were
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