Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-18
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Muskegon. Boyne City and Cadillac will
stick In the Michigan State league. Pc
toskey has no chance for franchise.
Luckless Petoskey.
Pitcher Ed Smith has resigned as man
ager OF the Grand Rapids team. When
Ben koehler dropped out of the team he
plug and after staving off the inevitable
for while he nit
Lou Castro is still calling home runs,
In game al Norfolk the other day. with
the score tied in the last of the ninth Lou
stepped to the stands as Nixon went to
bat and announced Ladies and gentle
men. the game is over You can go
home Nixon then put the ball over the
fence.
Canton, Akron and wheeling are all
after Jesse Tannehill who was recently
they'll take any man who can hit 800,
even If he is a bit slow on his knobs.
Speaking of Eva Tanguay, Hugh Jen-
nings says he don't care either. It's alto
Jimmy Callahan isn't hitting as he did
last year. It's that way with managers.
If the Crackers stand between the rest
of the clubs and the bottom of the pit they
ought at least get a Carnegie medal all
around for their bravery
The LaGrande club of the Western Tri-
State league has woman for an official
scorer. Which. leads some of US former
scorers to wonder who the players cuss at
about the hits they don't get.
Joe Delehanty couldn't even stick with
Wilkesbarre and has drawn his release.
Last fall guy named Frank c. Davis
got $1,000 from Miss Ellen Flynn to buy
world series tickets alleging that he was
| court now and then these days to testify
that he doesn't know Davis.
Kraft. once pitcher with Toledo, now
an outhelder in the South Michigan
league, recently made eight home runs in
nine days.
shortstop Foreman. of the Kankakee
club. made an unsssisted triple play the
other day
Giants weren't in the National league it
would be grand race
AS absorbers of punishment the New
York HlghianderS have Joe Grims best
efforts looking like an overripe tomato.
The Giants were pretty well shot to
pieces In Chicago and five men were we're on
iiSSP'ee@i
Charley Faust alleges that he has put a
! jinx on the Giants because they spurned
his services as pitcher and mascot.
Fine chance for the puzzle department
to spring one really worth working on
| How's this for puzzler: What in the
dickens Is the matter with the Crackers
anyway
| President Lynch, Of the National league
has cautioned his umpires not to allow any
kicks to the grandstand." Says he, II
a man argues a bit with you over his
shoulder about balls and strikes it's usu-
ally all right But If he draws line or
the ground to show where the ball went
| fire him. He isn't kicking to you then
He's trying to prove an alibi to the fans
What would, be the betting IL the High.
landers faced the Braves?
They are taking up contribution II
Rochester to buy John CAMEL an automo-
bile.
With two pitchers badly crippled Man
ager Schwartz still manages to keep THE
Nashville team ahead of the Crackers.
|
Ed Honey has missed only fourteen
games in eight years, The Big Train wal
lows in work.
Both John Henry and Eddie Ainsmiti
were injured in a recent game Henri,
tore a ligament in his left knee and wal
seriously hurt.
The Boston fans think that if Joe WOOD
can keep on as he has been going tina
they will take the pennant sure and the!
wouldn't mind wagering a kopek or TIVE
on the outcome of the world s. series.
|
| Once when Dale Gear was managing th'
Muskogee team a. bug named Martin came
to him and asked for job
What have you been drawing" asked
Gear
"Well. I've been in the habit of drawini
5000 month"; said Martin.
ITS bad habit and you'll have t,