Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
ATLANTA LAD
MAY BREAK IN
WORLD SERIES
BY Percy H. Whiting.

resented in the next worlds Sc
ries. OF course several things
viii have TO go through" TO make ii
turn out this way. but anyhow Mil
ton Reed. Jr. of Atlanta. shortstoT
of the Davenport Club Of the Three
Leag has been sold TO the Phila
delphia Nationals for the largest
price ever paid for a Three ] League
player
If the Philadelphia team wins the
National League pennant-and il
might happen" Mjlt" will surely be
entitled TO "a slice Of the world
championship money. He joins the
Philies August 10, and If he b. kept
to the end of the season. as Of course
he viii be. he viii be In on the big
division. And il might just happen
that he would get in a game-eyen IL
only as pinch hitter.
p Fed will not go 10 the big leagues
~ for the first time this fall Though
only a kid. he has been tried In a
half hearted way by the ST. Louis
Nationals. He was with that club
when internal ructions had everybody
in the air and he got only half a
chance He was TOO young and too
erratic to make go Of a.
This season with Davenport Reed
has been going Ike wildhre.
Here Is the way Deacon Davis of
the Davenport Democrat and Leader
Iells Of the sale and career Of Reed:
Reed viii Join Red Doom and
his league leaders August 10. The
contract provides for a 60-day
option and the Blue Sox manage
ment wish 10 keep the clever
Southerner here as long as posi-
bic in order that they may have
more time to secure a man TO I'll
the position
Love at First Sight.
Here is the story Of Reeds cap
tivity of the heart Of Billy Neal.
the Philly scout. Billy blew into
Peoria Friday He registered and
hied himself Immediately to the
ball park, where the Hose and
Distillers we're mixing IT,
There ne sat a disinterested
spectator, and watched the game
until he noticed when the Hose
took the field. the rangy. springy
daring short fielder.
who can this be-" muttered
Billy to himself. for he had never
heard OF Reed before
Then Billy declares that he en-
joyed about an hour and a half
as well as he ever did in his life.
1T was fun for me to watch
that boy work He is one Of the
speediest infelders | have ever
seen He has nerve, pep conf
dence-in fact. / think he has
everything" said Billy after he
had Hayes name securely affixed
20 "A contract.
After the game the veteran
ull-hunter broke for the Fey
al la
OLeary (eN-Cracker, by the way
about Reed Dan referred him to
Hayes ard after staying In Peoria
Saturday he went to Chicago
sunday and came to Davenport
Monday for the conference which
resulted as stated above
Neal Tioked With Deal.
Neal told Hayes while he was
here Monday that he had never
conducted a deal as long as he
had been scouting that gave him
the pleasure this one does. He's
marvel is the way he express
ed a.
According to their custom the
local club officials refuse to d.
vulge the price paid for Reed
Jim sits tight grins apprecia-
lively and says nothing about the
price, but he has a habit of slip
ping palI players up every year
An he murmurs is this: we got
our own price for him"
Reed played some college ball
and started his professional ca
reer in the Cotton States. Here
he attracted the attention OF a
Cardinal scout and was purchas-
ed by the st. Louis club in the
fan of 1911. He was sold in the
spring without a try-out to the
Springfield Club, where he stay
ed until August IS last year when
he was sold to the Hose for $500
Early this spring he was in fine
form. but for a few weeks after
the season opened he was handi-
capped by a bad charley horse"
During the last month he has hit
his stride and has been burning
up the league since that time
T is understood that the price pait
for Reed was S2.70O. II so, the
Davenport Club gathered I'm "a nice
profit on the deal
Reed has been promising bal
player ever since he was bit Of
kid His work with Marist was sen.
satioual. He has always been a won.
derful hitter.