Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-19

Sammy Strang Nicklin is back from
Paris, where he had his voice manicured
The fact that he has been practicing with
the Giants may mean that when his voice
was thoroughly maniCured there wash
much left of it,
Ray Caldwell Of the Yanks has a stiff
arm and may go to Bonesetter Reese for
treatment
Same old story-Ed Sweeney has
busted hand and is in no trim to catch.
Ed is grand catcher, but very fragile
Chance has his suspicious of McGraw.
He doesn't let his ball players drink water
while they are playing on the Polo
And all the while we supposed that this
trick Of "pizening the opposition was
strictly bush league.
The Cardinals and the Dodgers have
talked trades. Bresnahau wants to get
rid of George Ellis, Rebel Cakes and
Miller Higgins Ebbets couldn't see how
any of EN- would help his team any,
which was surely some knock
Rowland Howell the Louisiana pitcher,
made an awful debut with the Cards He
walked both on nine pitched balls. Then
he went to the club house.
Eek Manager Wallace is to quit the
Not me-" says Wallace.
He will not" says President Hedges.
He shall not, says Manager Stovall.
And he doesn't.
Washington newspaper men have been
explaining the wonderful playing of the
seems to have hypnotic influence over
the men. Oh, well, that's as near as any
explanation viii ever come But say, he
must have developed it recently
Names don't win ball games, say the
Washington players. No. But then, give
us names like Walter johnson, Rube Mar
guard, Ed Walsh, 7'y Cobb, Iris Speaker
Joe Jackson, and we'd rim a few
Kid Elberfeld hasn't PLAYED any ball
this season and 1t may be some time be-
fore he can do the Montgomery club any
real good.
Speaking of the Kid, II Dobbs let Nc
Elveen go because he was an anarchist
and a disorganizer and then took on Ell
berfeld he didn't better himself lot.
The Battle Greek team won fifteen
straights IN the Southern Michigan
league
Well, by heck whiskers have broken
back into haseball-but it was way back
They are being sported by player
named Gravelle with the Gladstone team
of the Upper Peninsula league.
Pitcher Wells. of the Green Bay team
has won seven strai ght games this season
And then there's MarQuard
lean Dubuc has a Slow BAH that is
voted the best in the American league
A nervous batter swings twice around be-
fore the leather even gets to the plate
Wilbert Robinson, the Giants wilowy
coach, has trained down to $50 pounds
but has hung up there
Heinie Zimmerman is a wit While he
was suspended he sat in the press box
Larry Doyle, passing by, called in, What
came back with, I'm on Lynchs Buue-
tin.
The Manhattan team Of the Central kan
sas league has three indians on its line
up Hoag, Smith and Murie. The only
name lacking now is that of Bugs Ray
mond. the original Indian Of baseball
Al pemaree has pitched three shut-outs
against the Pelican team this season
The pels have piled up a batting average
of l26 in games he has worked.
Geischman. Of the Anderson team, is
leading the Carolina association with an
average Of ais. HARRISON hammered the
ball 2SS while he was with spartan
burg
Brent, Of the Winston Salem team has
batted o92 in - games
The Maps are playing Nap-nke ball now
and Harry Davis is selecting some hand
some cans, but before he applies them
will probably round up Kenneth Nash.
Ihlrd baseman OF Brown university, Ray
Chapman, shortstop Of Toledo, and Ray
Spencer the Pelican outaeider
The Highlanders though, they had
Pitcher Ray Heating, of Lawrence, for