Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Diamond News and Gossip
New York writer says that not since
me Lne, Gays or Amos Rusie have the Giants
nad pitcher like Tesreau, who dis
day, Guess said scribe never heard of
Joe McGinnity, who often worked two
Gays running and just as often pitched
TWO tull games in an afternoon.
Wordsworth is digging around the ma
lor league cities, trying to land some ma
'erial for the 1913 Barons.
Mobile and Memphis did not lose man
In case Yantz doesn't make good with
me Browns next spring he will be turned
back to the Barons
Clarke ;sras Griffith is giving Clyde Mian's
younger brother, Horace, a try-out.
Young Milan failed to make good with
the Volunteers last spring. The young
ster is an outfelder
Two Washington semi-pro youngsters.
named Buck Barton and Dutch MUNICH
are gong to be given try-out by Grif-
fifth.
Eddie Ainsmith is in a Washington hos
pital, suffering from a bad cold
The Newark club, of the International
league, will be placed on the market for
the highest bidder October /.
The. Jersey City club is said to be for
sale, too.
The. Dodgers have secured Outfelder
Leo Callahan, from the Elmira team, of
the New York State league. Ebbetts
claims he separated. himself from $500
for this bird.
third sacker, from Elmira. Getz is not
to report until spring
Jake Stahl believes he has a find"
in Pitcher Van Dyke, secured from Jesse
Burkett's Worcester club, of the New
England league.
President Lynch, of the National league,
has exercised his option to select an UNI
pire from the International lee que. His
choice is Guthrie, whose release has been
purchased The new ump will report next
spring
Jerry Downs says he has learned
more baseball this year under Frank
Chance than in all the previous years
put together.
There are pitchers and pitchers, but for
fantastic floats and infinite variety among
uiS JAIL plICUeTS, COUlHleIu us 10 1SuCheT.
And part of Maps rise is due to his drop.
Don't joke about Oshkosh any more, for
that burg has landed the pennant in the
Wisconsin Illinois league. And Harold
Hangover was not with the team this
year, either
Joe Wood is due to hurl today against
the Maps. Here's hoping he wins his
seventeenth straight
Frank Chance has informed New York
scribes that he will positively quit base
ball this fall. We take it with a grain
of salt.
Chance says that Joe Tinker will be
his successor.
1t is said that Harry Ables.. former
Southern Lacquer, now with Oakland, of
the Pacific Coast league; is the only
completely conceal baseball
The Yankees have signed three play
ers from the Herrin, H., team. They
are Bradshaw, Poulker and Miller.
No wonder Cincinnati scribes have let
up a bit on Hank ODay. The Reds have
been travelling at $50 clip the past
month.
With Hughey Jennings under suspen-
sion, groundkeepers are a happy lot.
The grass will have chance to sprout
around the coaching lines.
Hank Perry. who led the International
league in clouting last year, took an aw
full Brodie this season. He has been
released by the Providence club
Don't be surprised if you read this
about October 10:' With the bases choked
Iris Speaker slammed the pellet to the
center field fence for a home run. Nc
Whitp with ordered Mar
guard to the bench. There was cry of
exutation when Big Jeff Tesreau scaled
the peak to have his first chance in the
series. And Mathewson-
Washington is resting in second place
today as a result of their double WIN
yesterday over the Browns, while the
Athletics were dividing with the White
SoX.
Connie Mack's Christmas gift to Chief
Bender, so says Philadelphia scribe;
will be a brochure called The Rise and
FAN of Louis Sockalexis
Bill McKechnie, former Pirate, gets
back in the big show. The Boston Ma
tionals have secured him from st. Paul.
A Boston scribe, having watched Math-
ewson lose to the Cubs last Monday. says
clouters. And said pen pusher does not
think McGraw will pitch Matty against
Wood in the opener.
The Boston Nationals have released
Third Baseman Eddie Mcdonald to the
Sacramento club, OF the Pacific Coast
league. But Mcdonald refuses to go so
far West. He probably never heard of
Horace Greeley.
Barney Dreyfuss is reported to have
said that he intends to trade Catcher
George Gibson to St Paul. Listens like
loose talk to us
Rochester will train al Admission, Ala,
next spring.
Many Driven From Home.
Every year. in many parts of the
country, thousands are driven from