The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-21
SOME NOTES FOR
THE WINTER FANS


get it all and then play ball time.
To the ardent fan who has been
counting the number Of days from
the twenty-tifth Of last August to play
ball time, it has been a long, drawn
out period, but TO those who have only
casually and occasionally thought of
the great national game. they Will be
really surprised when they realize that
in just littl2 over three months the
members CT the Brunswick club will
report, and two weeks later the first
same of the season will occur, ana
heres hoIirg that :: will be Bruins
wick VS.. Waycrcss. though the sche
dule maker may not so arrange things
this season.
Instead of opening the season on
May first, as was the case last year,
the opening date this year will be
about April Is. This means that the
players will report about April 1. The
earlier opening date should prove a
a great deal better for the league i'll
many ways; in the first place, many
exhibition games can be staged with
cubs OF the South Atlantic league,
which Will do much toward defraying
the eXi enses CT the training season
Last year clubs in this league were
just beginning to organize when the
'outh Atlantic League opened, there
fore only a few exhibition games be-
sWeen clubs CT the two leagues could
be arranged.
New Haven, Conn, Of the Eastern
League, has secured two of the best
outfielders in this Circuit, Schuyler CT
Brunswick, and Chancey, of Ameri-
Gus, and it is being predicted that
they will both make good in faster
company. Chancey led the league in
batting, but to say that he is heavy
and regular hitter tells it all, while
on the other hand, Schuyler, whila not
such a batter as Chancey, Is fast,
heady ball player, uses good judgment
IN his position, has a good inside
knowledge Of baseball IS a good base
runner, and should easily make good
in tE2 class B league.
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What about Murphy Of Thomasville
in the big league? Well, though he is
fast and finished ball player, a good
hitter and hard worker, still he is not
yet big league timber, and Philadcl-
phia probably kn@w that when she
drafted him. The Thomasville
shori-scQ will probably be famed
cut for a couple elf seasons, and af-
ter that experience he may be heard
from in the big league.
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Brunswick has the best nucleus for
crackersack pitching staff CT any of
the clubs in the State League With
Hartner, Gates and Stewart of last
years club all on the reserve list and
with some four or five new hurlers
signed, the club should have but lit
tie difficulty in securing the fourth
regular hurler. The locals came very
near losing all three of last years
pitchers, but, rs has been stated in
Ih2 News, it new seems more than
probable that Hartner, Gates and
ctewart will all three be seen in
fllct uniform again next year
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Let's change the name of our ball
club next season, suggested well
known fan a few days ago. No chance
in the world for that No matter if
a change was officially made by the
association the club would still be
known as the Pilots. That name has
been attached to Brunswick BAH
club so long that it will be impos-
sibio fer team representing this city
10 ever go by any other name.
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| Who's going to be president of the
local association this year? That is
an important question which is puz-
zling everybody interested in base
ball. The new board of directors
elected last week will probably meet
mn 7diately after the holidays and
the matter will then be up to the
beard 1t is to be hoped, however,
that some good man, familiar with
BASEBALL combined with all of the
other qualifications necessary to make
d successful president, will be elected
to the place There are many of them
in Brunswick, and one CT the number
should be selected.
WaycrCss, Thcmasville and Cordele
have already selected their managers
or noZs season and thye arc the same
ones who finished the season with the
three clubs last season; Dudley in
Townsville; Clark in Waycross, and
'eaean IN Cordele. Morse will more
likely manage the locals, while kuhl-
man is counted on to head Americas,
therefore Valdosta VIII probably be
he only club in the league with new
manager.
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Mullin, Mcre", rarker. LdninGer
I'D PR baby i;undy win all be back
0 fight for uOgiticnS on the iufieId