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

THE city OF Atlanta may be rep
resented in tie next worlds Sc
ries. OF course several things
will have TO go through" to make It
turn out this way. but anyhow NIL
ton Reed, Jr, Of Atlanta, shortstop
Of the Davenport Club Of the Three
League. has been sold to the Phila-
delphia Nationals for the largest
price ever paid for a Three I League
player.
II the Philadelphia team wins the
National League pennant-and #
might happen-"MiIt" will surely be
entitled to a slice OF the worlds
championship money. He joins the
Phillies August 9, and II he iB kept
to the end of the season, as Of course
he win be, he will be IN on the big
division. And II might just happen
that he would get in a game-even II
only as pinch hitter
d Fed will not go TO the big leagues
N 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 r1ctions had everybody
IN the air and he got only half a
chance He was too young and too
erratic 10 make a go Of H.
This season with Davenport Reed
has been going like wildfre
Here is the way Deacon Davis Of
the Davenport Democrat and Leader
tells of the sale and career Of Reed:
Reed will join Red Doom and
his league-leaders August 10. The
90
option and the Blue Sox manage
ment wish to keep the clever
Southerner here as long as posi-
Bile In order that they may have
more time 10 secure a man to fill
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 were mixing It.
There he 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
nedFQ OF Reed DeIOFe,
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 infleders / have ever
seen. He has nerve, pep conf
dence-in fact, / think he has
everything" said Billy after he
had Hayes name securely affixed
to a contract.
After the game the veteran
skull-hunter broke for the Fey
Hotel and talked TO Battling Tom
O'Leary (ex-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 abovu.
Neal Tiel<Ied 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. Hes
a marvel, is the way he express
ed II.
According TO their custom the
local club officials refuse 70 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 ball players up every year.
All he murmurs is this: I'VE 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
fall 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.
TT is understood that the price paid
for Reed was s2.700. If so, the
Davenport Club gathered in a nice
profit on the deal
Reed has been a promising ball
player ever since he was a bit of a
kid. His work with Marist was SEN
sational. He has always been a won
derful hitter.