Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

This Red, Herring, the pitcher At
lanta DIDN'T get from Washington, is
a card Last fall. after the historic
Johnson Wood pitching duel in Boston,
Where eS Go we Ene play la ms nex KAN mates
We go to Albany Sny n" 4, Y, and play
there ere. Sunday said his friend:
Gee. said Herring, II didn't know
Albany was in the American league"
Another time, toward the end of the
season the peerless Walter Johnson was
being bumped by Cleveland, Herring
Wriggled around and finally he said to
Grift. Say, manager, let me go in.
can stop EN- easy
!jii1. didn't, But he hasn't quit ad-
Fred Clarke has offered four men FOR
Ed kOnetChy.
Hal Chase will undoubtedly be field
captain of the New Yorks this year
Joe Birmingham says that Frank
nance VIII tighten the American league
race ten or fifteen games, which should
| make it toerably tight.
If Sim Thorpe goes in for baseball will
| ne turn out to be a Sockaleixis CWho
burned himself out with booze his first
year OUT or Bender, with a long and
successful career?
Horace Fogel will soon publish his at
tack on the baseball trust" II can he
| imagined that Garry Hermann and the
rest OF the gang are trembling in their
boots
Jacksonville folks have subscribed 81 GEO
| to fix up diamond and club house for
any big league team that will train there
Wonder what they think they will get
Barney Dreyfuss says he doesn't want
| jim Thorpe and never did. IF he was
worth hang some scout would have
lima league says Barney HE will be
good drawing card but no ball player"
It win cost more than $500 to bring
Mike Balenti from Hasaan, Alaska, where
| ne IS Wlnterlng to St Louis. Say.
think of wintering in Alaska, anyhow,
It's like summertng ON the Sahara.
Little Rock has now decided that the
Montgomery club was not for sale at any
! time this year or last, and that Tillis was
just staging his annual stall to wiring
some money out of the fans Which
sounds quite probable,
=, That Hirsig, is certainly one pIunger.
70 spend $500 for, catcher like Lud-
| wig! 1t is too much.
Bris Lord has signed his Baltimore con-
| tract.
Bob" Groome, the lanky pitcher of
! the senators, grew a bit optimistic re-
Gently, and remarked that the Athletics
are the only team that he fears in the
coming pennant race.
| The Louisville club is supposed to have
coughed up $4,000 and two players for
Catcher Clemmons. That's a peck Of
money for minor league club to spend.
Steve Yerkes is one of the men who
| has admitted that he played against Jim
| Thorpe. He didn't put up any shout,
| however.
Former Cornell players had hard
season of it in 1912 Kid Howard failed
! formerly of Cornell failed at Buffalo. and
has been sent back to Wilkesbarre
Several of the umpires of the North
western league are holding out on Presi-
| dent Fielder Jones. Imagine an umpire
with the nerve to ask for more pay
! Al Klawitter has signed with Detroit
| Hen be a great help in cheering up the
! team ana carrying the bats. He is very
strong.
Herman Schaefer has doped out the
theatrical double play. 1t is Three
Sheets to Props 10 Cold Cream.
The Denver team Will train in Texas
this spring.
It is presumed that Manager E,vers.
of the Cubs. will revive the bunting game
He is great believer in it.
Rowdy Elliott is down at Hot Springs
setting 'sm afire again. Rowdy is one of
the best January players we have
If Thorpe doesn't go in for the national
game this summer he might try vaude-
vile. It's a lot easier than baseball
Montgomery is stin $3.50 Shy of the s4
coo guarantee fund raised to keen base
ball in Pretzelville this summer
! After all the hullabaloo kicked UP over
Jim Thorpe, IT turns out that he was only
a mediocre ball player at best
Runt Walsh has written Red Doom
that he wants to be catcher this year
The Phillies are trying to get Dan
Rowley, a catcher, from Portland Greg
The Chinese university baseball team
of Hawaii Will PLAY a long schedule of
games with American college mines this
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