Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-20
By Percy n. Whiting.

~ AsEBALL is fun of cases OF
Is men who have run snug
fortune right down into the
bankruptcy courts. But playing
This thought with a reverse Eng
hsh, IT is easy enough to cite cases
Of men who have run lot Of bad
debts up into a fortune.
Charley Murphy holds the WORLDS
records. He took lot Of press
agenting ability and a hypnodzed
line Of credit and bought the Cubs
with It. The late John T. Brush
waved the magic wand over a
clothing store and transformed II
into the Giants and fortune, re-
tanning the clothing store--which is
some feat. Connie Mack played
mediocre ability as a catcher up
into a half interest in the Athletics
Charley Ebbets blew up a good line
of talk until 1t became the Brook
lyn ball team and n real park. Jim
McAleer took slightly damaged
reputation as a manager and what
money he had saved and bought
into the Boston Americans the very
year they won a worlds champion
ship quite Unexpectedly It might
be added, making his money back
and some more besides the ffrBt
year. The Detroit club invested a
piux Of chewing tobacco and some
loose change in young Augusta
Or1tfielder and got the best ball
paayer IN the world further details
Unnecessary The Boston Ameri-
cana farmed a Stag sidsd outffelder
IN Little Rock, forgot TO recall him.
rot him back (thanlcs to the hyper
honesty OF Mike FINN, and he won
fame as tho second best outffeld
er in the American league Girls
Speaker). MIKE FINN grabbed a
pitcher that had been kicking
around the South for years and,
after letting him give the Mobile
team a second place position, sold
him for a nice price (Al Demaree).
The Cubs took over a catcher that
had been up there" a couple Of
times and who was declared hope
less by no less an authority than
Hugh Jennings. and he became the
best catcher in the world Jim
Archer.
You could go on with this stuff
n thousand years But when you
got through you would have to
award the straight trading cham
pionship TO Charley Frank, on this
series OF deals:
Bought Catcher LATTE from
Memphis for $500.
Traded Lsfitte to Chattanooga for
Doc Johnston and $1,000.
Traded Johnston to Cleveland for
Catcher Ansermeier, Third Base
man Mills, Shortstop Butler and
Pitcher Culiop.
Traded CuIIop TO Cleveland for
5000 in cash, Catcher Yantz, Sec
ond Baseman Atz. Pitcher Bremen,
Third 8asemau KibbIe and Out
fielder Hendrix.
Signed Lafitte for nothing when
he became a free agent and then
sold him for $500, his orieinaI cost.
Do you wonder that Charley
Frank is regarded as the greatest
manager the South ever saw!
THE Southern league managers
are going over the Southern
colleges this spring with a rake.
They are tired of seeing real per-
fomers going TO Their leagues, after
being developed here in Dixie.
A lot Of good players have been
developed by Southern colleges of
late years. or course, Ty Cobb. Joe
Jackson. Nap Rucker and Iris
Speaker, the most prominent South
erners playing ball at present.
didn't happen to acquire a college
education. Suppose Ty Cobb had
followed the plan his father want
ed him TO and had gone to the
University Of Georgia. He would
now be the Most Prominent Alum
nus. However even II this quar-