Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-12
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

When the season had just started they
called the Reds the Belted knights Of
@ Day Now they call them the much
belted knights.
Another fine old diamond legent =
''ruint It was always said that Jim Me-
Cormlck was the only pitcher who ever
quit baseball while his arm was still
right. Now James kicks in with a con-
fesson that he broke a hgamenti -four
years before he quit that he hluffed
through a quartet of seasons and tina the
arm has bothered him ever since.
Gallopng in from third on any old kind
of a ground ball, when said galloplng
means certain out is poor baseball
Yet a lot Of good teams are doing it
right along, not only in the Southern but
in the National. as well
IT'S out now why Artie Holman was
released. Art got sore at Cholly Murphy
woman and agreed to slap his wrist if he
didn't like it. Hence the can.
Artie Hoffman may take scoop"
Carey place regularly on the Pirate
team.
Mike Donlin's neither limbs are consid-
cradle shaky these days. But so long as
Mike continues to bat shade over .375
he can probably have his job
President Lynch has promised to pas-
ter such fine ON the next man who puts
oil. turpentine liniment. pepper or any
thing else on the BAH that they will he all
summer paving IT, He admits that ne IS
tired of the poor sportsmanship of the
players who have it in for spitball pitch
erS.
Chicago writer's say that Cole will never
be q great pitcher because he hasn't the
Hugh. Fullerton has it that the Sox are
playing the Kind Of bah that won malo-
that hurt the game under Teheau IN
Cleveland. Hanon IN Baltimore and Bill
O Rourke at Baltimore. That might
justly be considered knock
The. Pittsburg team has been cut to y
pla yers Mickey keliher and Harry Gard
ner were the last to go.
John McGraw is planning to build up a
team in New York that. will withstand the
ravages of time and which VIII make the
famous cub. machine of other days sink nix
clean out Of memory. We wish him all
tile hard luck in the world.
George Bel, Of ACADEMY my Corners 5oi, Pa a.,
shutting ont the Baltimore club II was
Newarks first shut-out of the year
Ted Easterly uses the biggest bat in the
major leagues. An average payer can l.
even pick it up unless he's feeling extra
strong
Hal Chase selects new bats by nibbling
the wood He often chews UP a cord or
more before he finds one that tastes right.
Clark Grffiths Washington team is the
Youngest thai ever made a noise n the
big leagues. The average of the players
outside the pitchers is p
Every time there is talk that the White
Sox will trade Ed Walsh Charles Comis-
key has always said that he would Just
as soon trade his grandstand The last
time the rumor came out her made u
stronger and threw jim his franchise along
with the stand.
The Red Sox have bought VanDyke, OF
Worcester claimed by many to be the best
pitcher in the New England league
In the third inning OF the first game a
very peculiar play occurred Case hit a
high fly behind second base and East and
Callahan went after it. East made the
catch but il bounded out of his hands
into Galatians. This made an out sec
ond baseman to center fielder
Well we'll Along comes a rumOr now
that the attendance is poor in Chatta-
nooga and that. the owners there are
ready to quit.
Case and Dessau both pitched good
game. yes1 erday.
HemphiIl got a triple in the first game
and a double and single in the second
Yesterday.