Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip


"Pud'' McTigue's hold-out is bothering
George St9lllngs He was counting on
N MGilgue. Otto Hess and Tyler to do his
soutnpawing next season.
Art Bues writes that he's Gust de-
iiIghted to play with the Braves" Bold,
! .ho cor else not very PARTICULAR, is
ment
AS soon as Barry Mccormick was
IOrthMlth canned the former manager,
VINO fingered on the payroll Foresighted
chap, Barry
m man and half owner of the sagi-
nav club, of the South Michigan league.
Ben Koehler is the only inflelder of the
"fahu ia plds team who will hold his job.
Doc" Scanlon, after long spell of
Iuiolalng out, on Brooklyn and the Phil
! t, mas agreed to sign with the latter
straigsb pe eD,9 the salary matter can be
tnat 1t can, for he wants Scanlon.
Jimmy Callahan started lot Of talk
w WI en- ne SAID that Joe Jackson bats 100
on me road and 500 a home. The scorers
considered that a reflection on them and
acted accordingly
D. Il Frank AMI. Chance, Ty Cobb and Roger
freshman would sign contracts there
about. ~
a mistake in the official National league
aa1E AZ gave Fromme nineteen defeats.
re should have had but eighteen The
correction has been made but Arty's sail
airy remains unchanged
The Reds had twenty-four nitcbers At
various times last year Seven did not
get INTO a single game, and seven, pitched
only only. once. OF the whole lot, only four
Suggs, former Southern Lacquer, was the
only one who won more than half his
games
McGraw and Mack will have more
power next year than any other mana
gers. They can do just exactly as thew
please. In the Southern league, Bill Smith
MODS the do-as-l -durn- please champion
ship.
Charles Faust. the demon mascot, has a
younger brother, Algernon, that he plans
20 send 70 the Giant team next year He
man man TO do the spring blowing and that he
Will join the Giants at Marlin.
Sid Mercer has discovered the softest
goD IN the world 1t is held by Charles
Elliott. the treasurer Of the Philadelphia
team.
Amos Strunk was given a typewriter
Tor his feat of piling up the best batting
average on the Cuban trip. He'll keep out
OF a lot OF trouble if he never learns to
use it.
Harry Gaspar swears he has given UP
baseball for photography. Joe Kelly, HIS
manager, says he has q picture Of him
doing it.
Cincinnati has claimed Tex Erwin from
Brooklyn by waiver route.
If the Yankss train in Bermuda they will
be the first big league club that ever
The Yanks are counting on doing their
training at Bermuda on cricket ground
Clark Griffith is camping on Stuffy
Mclnnes' trail. He wants the 500 he bet
that the Senators would finish above the
Athletics
oscar stanage is one Of the few catch
ers in the big leagues who has absolute
authority to yank a pitcher, Jennings al
ways leaves II UP to him and abides by
his judgment.
The fans Of Danville, H., have been
given the names of eight managers and
have been asked to vote The winning
candidate gets the job.
Some Birmingham guy figured out that
there are $685., 500 seconds which must
elapse before the baseball season opens.
savannah can't make up its mind
whether or not 10 retain Perry Lipe as
manager. He finished third in the first
race last season and second In the Sec
ond, which is pretty fair.