Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-29

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w everybody jumps IN him.
Right now Charley Hemp
Hill isn't any too strong in Atlanta,
and the panning has started Hemp
hill Made Mistake of Underesti-
mating League =" is the dope Of The
Memphis News Seimitar, which was
reprinted by local paper on Sat
urday The story goes on as fol-
lows "Hempnill had an idea that
the Southern was a sor; Of a boob
organization. and that he. coming
from the big city and ,or or
sauization. would have oil the other
pix Is dashed to the mast"
AS matter n fact this - alto
gether wrong. Hemphil left New
York about a month before the
writer came to Atlanta. During the
American league meeting last win
ter Hemphill received his appoint
ment as manager OF the Crackers
I saw him the last day Of the meet
ing and he was packing his belong
ings to get South in time to take
in the Southern's annual winter
session
4 am going to have a tough Job
of it," he said. The Southern
league is just about as fast as the
Eastern league or American assoc
citation. And ! am taking hold Of a
teil-end club, too. ] don't expect
70 make much OF a showing the
first year, as | believe to get re-
suits ! will have to build up an en-
urely new team. l figure that II
will take me about three years to
get winner, and | viii consider
myself lucky If ! do II In that time .
Now. this statement verify shows
that Hemphill did not underesti-
mate the strength OF the Southern
league.
But he is bft down" now. so
let all the knockers get the hammer
going
TT was Hemphin himself who ar
ranged the deal whereby he goes
10 the Columbus club A life
long friend Billy Friel, is manag-
ing the Columbus team. and Hemp
is cure 10 deliver his best brand
Friel was utility man on the famous
Browns Of 1902, which finished sec
ond to the Athletics after a royal
pennant race. 1t is very likely that
Hemp will act as field captain. Co
lumbus is running second to Min
neapolis. There are only few
points separating the clubs, Co
nmbus having edged up close with
in the past two weeks,
Hemphill will probably add Just
enough strength to Friel's aggrega-
ton to bring them home winner.
If he does, Il sure will vindicate him
in every way.
Charley knows baseball. he
knows player. and but for the fact
that he made couple Of mistakes
when off the field he would have
surely given Atlanta good club.
He didn't get the breaks" and II
worried him
Here's hoping that Dame Fortune
does better 10y him in his new
6erth-for better fellow and
more competent PLAYER never wore
a Cracker uniform
TOE NJ GINNlTY announced a few
J weeks ago that ne would never
decorate the pit with his presence
again. Joe stuck 10 1t for about
ten days and then went i'm ana won
double header for his Newark
club. The next day he went hack
and won another game Which be-
lieve me, is going some for poor.
broken-doNn athlete" az one
Newark paper described McGinni-
~ the day he did his Patti
His performance If winning
three games in two days shows
that he Is still an Iron Man" They
say he has got nothing uo0 NOT
even his famous old roundhouse
curve that made bonbs ONT 0f IA
tinnal league bat-men for Years and
years. So he must ha4e Won his
three in-a-roW Wlth ni- head alone
And Joe sure has ID heap uf good
e9lninou sense iu that thuk-tank
~ "a nothing unusaa seven or