Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-21
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Billy Murphy claims that Iris Speaker
IS a better player than either Cobb or
Jackson.
The big race in the National league is
between the Braves and the Superbas for
last place. Our money is on Boston.
Jennings asked waivers on Paddy Bau-
mann early in April. and released him the
middle of June. He goes to the Detroit
farm. Talk about a kind Providence.
Oh, yes, the latest from Wheeling, w.
va, is that Cy Young his quit. Nix on
this Patti stuff, Cy.
:, Toledo has a new infelder who is emit
tied to sign this after his cog: "A B.,
Williams College" also he has put one
educated guy is Abbott Mills, former VIII
liams college third baseman He has had
bit Of try-out with the Maps, but was
too inexperienced.
Ralph Capron ought, as far as speed
goes, to be with the Olympic team. His
work at Minnesota would have given him
a, job But he turned professional and is
playing nice ball with Milwaukee. He can
do everything but bat-though that's an
alarming deficiency.
Harry Leibold. of the Milwaukee team,
is said to be the smallest player in base
ball Hugh Duffy only wants $4,000 for
him. He doesn't say whether as a ball
PleAS "a "a Do q Sdl Justly
Bob Higgins, former Lookout catcher,
is getting lot of travelling and mighty
him to Toronto, the Canadians wouldn't
pay the price and turned him back to
Brooklyn. He was then sent to Newark,
the Brooklyn farm. However. McGin-
nity's team is up to the limit and can't
sign him for the present
Fred Herbert, former University Of IL
4a1,a To I1Nfx, with
ottawa team and has caught the eye of
the big league scouts. The catching is
easy. but the landing hard.
Brooklyn fans say that all the Dodgers
need in addition to a ball club is man
ager. Rather nasty of them, we say.
President Sam Lichensten, of Mon
treal. wired the Toronto club: will sell
Catcher Roth for 81, 300" Toronto wired
back: Have notified league president
that we waive on Roth and Lichenstein.'
The Providence club has offered $500 to
the scout who can tout them onto a pitch
er who can get by in the International
league That's fair enough Real money,
too
The Cards have bought Catcher Snyder
from the Flynt team. The South Michi-
gan league burg got him from San An
tonic.
The Southern league race is getting
heated. When a matter of 200 separates
the first team from the last something is
likely to happen any minute.
Atlanta fans smile knowingly at the
stories appearing in Southern league pa
pers that Manager Hemphill is having
trouble managing his own ball club. If
there is one thing more than any other
that HemphllI is competent TO do it is to
do his own managing. He has his trou-
bles, all right, but not that sort.
The fans of Washington are requested
to pillow up a nice piece of land some
where. The Senator'S will soon need it
for alighting purposes
When Toronto let Higgins go it signed
Harry Bemis in his place
Sid Smith, former Cracker, is hitting
EN- .So2 in the American association.
Nashville is finding out what Birmipg-
| ham already knows-that "Rowdy' Ell
lott may be the best looking catcher in
the league without being worth hang
lanta came to getting him!
President Taft was awfully wild the
day Washington met the Athletics at
home. His throw from the president s
box was wide and Umpire OLoughlin
muffed it, after jump. Both men ought
to be fined for being out of condition.
Manager Bill Laval, of Spartanburg, is
no great winner of remnants, but he holds
all bush records for selling players. Last
year he unloaded $4,000 worth of stuff
and already this year he has disposed of
81, 300 worth of players.
Some degenerate wit has alleged that
Navin park of Detroit isn't ball park,
it's a bawl park.
George Suggs, ex-Southern Lacquer,
leads the Red pitchers this year. George
is a willing worker, goes in any time he is
that he doesn't pitch ali the way through
Buffalo has secured Charles Hightower,
pitcher from the Cornell university
| team.
The O. & P. league has been cut to six
clubs The teams that lost out were New
Castle and Connellsville.