Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-07
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

"a. President fsi,5ed comiskey now has mechani.
park and to take 1t off again.
Charley Frank may get Bin Lindsay
ana George stone from Portland, Greg
| thouSn What he wants with them II they
are not good enough for Portland is hard
! To determine
Folks are still poking fun at Hal Chase $
, to be made as follows: With runners on
iirst and second, the batter hunts. The
trSt baseman plays way in, grabs the
pail and snaps ii to third 1t Is said to
oe me play, except that nobody is
! ever put out on ii.
Heinie Pietz gave up his coaching du-
| lies win the Reds long enough to scout
ing for more pitchers from the South.
preferably another Benton
Bin Phelon is author of the statement
maj Joe McGinnity is awfuly good to his
Most of his family work at the New
| ark ball yard, says Bill. "One brother
IS assistant manager. another is seere
tary nephew is on the main gate sew
eral first cousins are ushers and park po-
llcemen, Joes second cousins help the
ground keeper and one lad, who CLAIMS
to be distant relative has been given a
job manicuring the street in front of tie
ball park
The Rocky Mountain league will be lucky
to last until July 4 IN fact il is wab.
bling so violently now that everybody is
trying to get from under
Balls batted outside the Brooklyn park
will not be good for free admission as
| has been the time honored custom
President Ebbets says ne will prosecute
every boy and man who tries to make
away with one of his basebslls.
We note in the United States league
department OF Pittsburg paper the news
that Ed Goes goes So long. I'D
Umpire Spencer, in recent Pekin-
kankakee game, waved a player out so
vigorously that he dislocated his arm
Kid Elberfeld, who put up such blum
about getting $500 a week or nothing
from Chattanooga. has quit with Mil
waukee, lie couldn't get in shape and
apparently his arm is dead. His nerve
alone remain intact.
Bob Harmon is ineffective this year and
! the theory OF Bresnahan as to the cause
! Is that Harmon doesn't use his fast ball
! often enough. Too many curves have
ruined his record.
ed Honey is putting up an awful ven
/ because the fences at the Polo grounds
are painted yellow He claims he can I
! see thrown bali until it gets right to
him
The Cards nave a new pitcher. Roland
i Howell, from Baton Rouge college. His
! shoulders are said to be broader than
Harmon's, which is uncanny broad
( George Stoval has been appointed
| manager of the Browns to succeed Bobby
! Wallace" says L. c. Davis we con
graduate them both.
/ Pittsburg alleges TO hear a rumor that
! Tommy Leach may soon succeed Frank
| Chance as manager Of the Cubs II is
| quite likely that Chance is about ready
| to resign.
Leliveu leads the International league
in batting. with 405, Bill Zimmerman,
| ex Cracker with Newark, has slumped
down TO ,275
Baltimore has taken on Dixie Walker
and is negotiating for Frank Smith, Of
| Cincinnati
Bob Can't. Southern college pitcher
with Baltimore. who has been out OF the
game for awhile with sore elbow, has
rejoined his club.
Brooklyn has decided to let out Cy
Barger. He will probably go to Cincin-
natl for Gaspar
The Highlanders once paid ] Callahan
! 5000 TO go out and look over Larry DOYLE.
| Callahan went, looked and wired SLOW
| can't field, can't bat" AS a tip il was a
/ great 5000 worth Doyle couldn't be
bought from the Giants now for fortune.