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 vc'ce
was thoroughly manicured there wasn't
much left Of it
Ray Caldwell of the Yanks has stiff
arm and may go TO Bonesetter Reese for
; eatment
same old story Ed Sweeney has ?
! busted hand and is in no trim to catch
Ed is a 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 Bresnahan 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
was allowed 10 pitch TO two men He
walked both on nine pitched balls. Then
he went to the club house
'Ex Manager Wallace is to quit the
| Browns, saws Rumor.
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
| Washington club by saying that Griffith
seems to have a hypnotic influence over
the men Oh, well, that's as near as any
! explanation viii ever come But say, he
must have developed i recently
Names don't win ball games, say the
US names like Walter Johnson, RUDE Mar
guard. Ed Walsh. Ty Cobb. Iris Speaker
Joe Jackson, and. we'd lin few
Kid Elberfeld hasn't PLAYED any ball
this season and II may he some time be
fore he can do the Montgomery club any
real good
Speaking Of the Kid, II Dobbs let Nc
Elveen 60 because he was an anarchist
and q disorganizer and then took on FL
berfeld. he didn't better himself lot
The Battle Greek team won fifteen
straights IN the Southern Michigan
league
Well nv heck. whiskers have broken
back into baseball but It was way back
They are being sported by PLAYER
Of the Upper Peninsula league
Pitcher Wells Of the Green Bay team,
has won seven straight games this season
And then there's Marquard
lean pubuc has = Slow ban that is
voted the best in the American league
A nervous batter swings twice around be
fore the leather even gets to the plate
Whbert Robinson, the Giants willowy
coach has trained down 10 $50 pounds,
but has hung M there
Heinie Zimmerman Is wit While he
was suspended he sat N the press box
n r-sr are You on57 Whereupon Heinie
came back with ~ m on Lynoh's Bulle
tin
The Manhattan team Of the Central Kan
( sass league has three Indians on its line
un-Hoag Smith and Murle The only
name lacking now is that Of Bugs RAY
mond the original Indian of baseball.
Al Demaree has pitched three shut outs
against the Pelican team tbs season
Of l2S in games ne has worked
Gleischn1an. Of the Anderson team. is
leading the Carolina association with an
ban SIS while he was with spartan
burg
Brent Of the Winston Salem team, has
hatted o92 in 20 games
The Mans are. playing Nap-nke BAN now
and Harry Davis is selecting some hand
| some cans but before he applies them
viii probably round up Kenneth Nash,
| third baseman Of Brown university; Ray
Chapman. shortstop Of Toledo. and Ray
Spencer. the Pelican outfielder
The Highlanders thought they had
Pitcher Ray Heating, Of Lawrence, for