Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-30
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Artie Phelan, former Baron now with
the Reds, has an Injured hand and is talk
ing three weeks vacation. Eddie Grant
ls back on the old third base job while
Phelan is out
The Giants have made more errors than
any. team IN the National league. The
N. L. teams have not been able, to take
much advantage of the Giants errors.
But what of the Red sox?
The playing of the Cincinnati team has
been so bad recently that sporting writ
ers have recalled some Of the past awful
ness Of the Reds. 1t is even alleged that
one Red player, Mike Grady, made four
bled it. 2. Threw it wild into the bleach
ers.. g.. Fumbled 1t when 1t was thrown
back 4 Threw over the catcher's head.
Otto Hess, and Hub Perdue in the big
leagues this year-the former because he
was too old and the latter because he was
dub. Yet these two have proved to be
two OF the most useful workers in the
major leagues, though they have been kept
down by the fact that they are working
for the Braves.
The Western league has 81 regular play
ers batting 300 or over Borton, of ST
Joseph, leads with 1897,
A. J. Heinemann, president of the va
zoo City club, has just sent a deaf mute
to DeMontrevilles club and is about ready
to sign an outfelder with a cork leg.
viii Bradley. an umpire, recently com
mitted suicide at Clinton Junction Wis,
by hanging himself Enough said. :
William N. Kavanalgt. married The. 9th.
er day. But not, the president of the
Southern league. Instead it was man
on the Trenton, Tri-sstate league, club.
And still they go. The Bucks County
league has Just blown .. Up
Bobby Wallace, after seventeen years in
the major leagues, Is about due to quit.
Stoyall Is talking Of getting rid of him.
Wallace says he will never play except in
the major leagues and he probably means
Buck Taylor. of the Carolina associa-
ton, who has been kicked about the
| league from team to team this season,
pitched a no-hit game the other day for
| Spartanburg. Roy Radabaugh, who OPP
posed him. gave up fourteen hits.
Jesse Burkett. part owner and manager
of the Worcester team, will quit baseball
after this year. And tt about time. Kit
ty Bransfield is said to be slated to sue
| coed him.
| Tex Covington knocked two players I'M
conscious in a recent game with pitched
! balls. One was forced to go to the hos
pital
President Carson. of the Central league
is making tour Of his circuit Instead
Of going by train he rides in touring car.
Bill Phillips team is fifth in a 12-club
circuit, but Bill isn't satisfied and is sign
ing player or two a day
Lavender and Larry Cheney are the
only winning pitchers of the Cub team
| They will be the nucleus around which
Chance will try to build a staff next year
Well Gabby Street has followed Jack
knights into the International league
Providence gets him.
Phladelphians are panning the Ameri-
can league umpires. In particular they
are kicking because they allow the play
ers to use profane and indecent langua &c
that can be heard in the stands.
Cincinnati has offered Mitchell. Egan
and Grant for Bill Sweeney, Of the Braves
Somebody asked John n Brush once II
it never occurred to him that things might
be done differently in handling the Giant
team. "Only once, replied Brush That
was all. had an idea one day and told
it to McGraw. 1t won't be done said
McGraw. I've never had another idea
, Cy Morgan, pitcher and vaudeville art
ist has signed as an actor with moving
picture film company
RUDE Benton has been slowly slumpine
with the Reds and will be lucky if he
doesn't get sent back after bit
/
The st Louis Cardinals are the only big
leaguers who have been in train wrecks
this year. They have figured in two. But
that isn't what's the matter with them.
The Cleveland team has made such Wig
orous raids on its farm, the Toledo club
that It has practically ruined ropsy Hart
| sells team.
! pickpockets don't consider baseball
| players legitimate marks. Some mushy
| dip has Just returned a watch and fob he
lifted from Grover Gilmore. former Buff
| falo player
The Baltimore News AYERS that the Biz
mingham club is in the Cotton States. II
would he helpful at that if IL were.
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