Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02
FODDER FOR FANS

Jack Frill has been sold by Cincin-
natl to Buffalo. Jack only wriggled
into the Red records once and that was
with winning game. SO he quits with
pitching average of 1000.
Artie Holman and Barney Dreyfuss
have made up their financial difficulties
and Artie is playing now and then for
the Pirates.
Ham Hyatt and Marty O'Toole, Of the
Pittsburg team, took part In golf tour
nament while they were at Cincinnati.
The worlds record for stolen bases
got stckening wallop when they flashed
the figures made by Ollie Nicholson, of
the Salem. Ind. club. of the Frankfort
Blue Grass league Ollie puroined los in
ll6 games
Life is Just one crucial series after
The Yankees won 10 out of IS on their
last home stay, which shows slight i'm
proYement.
The way the Jacksonville team
worked for the pennant in the Sally
league was proof Of the innate square
ness of baseball. The Jacksonville team
won the pennant in the first half of the
season If they had won 1t in the second
half there would have been no post-sea
son games, and the Jacksonville players
would have been cut out of quite a bunch
along manfully and played as hard as any
club for the second half pennant,
The Highlanders did not play morn
ing game today because they did not
want to conflict with the Labor day pa
rade They play the double-header at
the Polo grounds this afternoon.
Allen. of Brooklyn, recently made six
hits out Of twenty eight trips to the
plate, and only one of the swats was a
single.
Some of the men passed up at various
times by the Browns were Jackson
Northern. Griggs, Kilifer and Corriden.
If they had them all now the Browns
would be almost a ball club,
Charlie Schmidt, former Detroit catch
er, now with Providence, is out with
challenge to fight any ball player for
the pugiliStic championship of the ma
tional game. Larry Mclean is thinking
of taking him on
Outtielder Znn. who was nearly
Cracker this spring. refused to 60 to
Rochester when ordered there by WolVer-
ton. lie was. therefore, suspended. and
Fred Smith, from Brockton, was sent in
his place
Roger Bresnahan hasn't made but one
bad trade since he has been in baseball.
Here's the list Traded Byrne to Pitts
burg for Barbeau ana StOrke; traded
Beebe and Storke to Cincinnati for Hug
gins, OakeS and COrrlden, traded Charles
to Cincinnati for MOwrey, claimed Evans
from New York via waiver; drafted Haus-
er from DUBUQUE; purchased Wingo from
Greenwood, 5, C., for $500
New Orleans papers say that Rudy
Summers. the pitcher sold by Nashville to
Brooklyn and later sold by Brooklyn to
Chicago, is a victim of tuberculosis If
this Is true. Murphy is partly paid back
for turning the two invalids, Hoffman and
Cole, over to Pittsburg.
An investigation is being conducted by
Ban Johnson of the recent suspension of
Morris Rath, of the White Sox, by TIM
pre WesterVelt Westervelt claims that
Rath assaulted him. Rath claims that
he didn't even know why he was put out
of the game. The other White Sox are
willing to make affidavit that Rath was
not even near the scene Of the encoun-
ter 1t begins TO look as though Wes-
terVelt doesn't know WHO hit him.
According To Charley Dryden's essen
TALLY truthful writings, John Evers is in