Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-03
Team Of Stars Not Needed to Win Rag in Dixie
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

as all the players on ar any Of the Georgia Georgia
Alabama teams put together.
p. s.-Hss worth it
Elberfeld ordered ALL his Lookouts to
report Saturday and six turned up. That's
fine discipline, right off the reel
Clayton Perry has signed with the Vols.
HIS contract was not alluring, but he
was too old to kick much.
says Ed Walsh. Which is no nc, doubt what
made Rube Marquard great
Poor old dodder4ng Athletics. thus:
tonic 2,
Thirteen Memphis players are still un-
slgned-which is the record for the league,
An players VIII have not signed their
contract now are liable to supervision
and fine before they can get back How
ever, nobody has heard of any suspen-
sions yet.
It's good bluff at that
ing ex-president will continue to be
baseball fan after he ceases to be the
chief executive.
Arkansas is,to have a six-club league:
No use of telling you the towns that VIII
be in. You never heard of any of 'em
any how.
Bobble Bescher has led the National
league base stealers every year since he
broke into the organization. If he leads
again, this year he will have worlds
record.
Regular practice has been announced
for Wednesday at Nashville-and the
Cumberland river. acting on the call, has
begun rising.
The hoId-out OF star player is good
for half column of reading matter a
day-but how many hod-outs did you
ever hear of that stuck?
Harry Bailey, Atlanta's holdout king,
has worked all winter as matchmaker.
Another coal miner has broken into
baseball. This one is Jasper Weaver, who
was dragged from below the surface OF
the earth by the Louisville club.
Mike Finn is down at Marlin, looking
over possible Giant cast-offs. He has
taken fancy to Schupp and Torrey,
Wn1cn gave tnlS pair or W0rtn1eS an at
tack OF the blue jimmies
A minor league manager in a big league
training camp is about as welcome as
mumps in an orphan asylum.
The Giants have re-christened Baby
Doll" Jacobson big Steve"
Imagined at Charley Cars baseball
Teacher: James Casey spell base hit
Casey: B-a-s-t-e- haste, h-i-t-hit,
haste hit. To haste the pill on the ks-
sur; to soak ii on the snoot
Teacher: Very good, James. The first
class in 'Insde Baseball will stand up
and stretch.
It's an awful thing for a player to per
form well with Newark. It means that
he may be instantly grabbed by Brooklyn
Connie Mack found himself riding South
this spring in a Pullman labelled Fair
chance" I'VE have more than that
stormed Cornelius, I'VE have burned
good chance"
one thing is likely to crab the Pirates.
Everybody is picking EN-
The swedes say that the Thorpe case
was sad business but John McGraw
can't see it.
Bill Bradley's salary has been cut by
Toronto and he says he Is through with
baseball
/ Bill Bradley will report to Toronto on
time as usual. You know how il is with
those antique holdouts.,
They yawped so loud about the price
paid for Nick Cullop lover $50 of which
was in real money! that the big boob
has the swellhead and viii not sign
Iobn McCraw has received an offer Of
the services of an eye nose and throat
specialist and must soon decide whether
or not he is willing to go the whole
| thera peutic route.
Outfelder Jackson, Southern league
graduate with Boston, has asked Stall
ings to trade him to st. Louis or Gin
cinnati-which seems to Indicate that he
really desires a change and isn't particu-
lar where it lands him.
Jesse Stovall. who has been assisting
Brother George in keeping the family
name before the public. has decided to
ouit baseball and let George do it. He
was largely actuated in reaching his de-
cision by the fact that he slumped to the
Butte team last year.
The Vols have signed catcher named
John II. Folk. a semi professional from
! WayerlN. Tenn
Laurel Miss. though 1t raised the mon
~ 10 finance A team, will not be in the
! cation states This year: The fans feared
Il was toe late To- get good team