Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01
3v Percy H. Whiting.
Totals $50

x OMEHOW players don't last
very long in the Southern
~ league. There was but one
,Iayer in last years league who
had been there as long as eight
consecutive years. There wasn't
bu+ one who had been in the
league the year it opened, consecu-
lively or any other way, and that
one was Stanley, of New Orleans.
Going back to even the compare
lively recent date of 1903, only a
few names appear that appeared
also i'm the roster of 1912-notably
campbell and Swami. The rest of
The IA players listed in the books
If the league are scattered to the
four winds. A few were in the big
leagues last year-Al BridWell and
Harry Mcintyre, for instance (but
hanging on there by threads so
slender that in Handsome Harrys
case it didn't last out the season.;
.+hers have become umpires, nota-
blv Breitenstein; still others have
become managers - MolesWorth'
punch Knoll, Otis Stockdale (who
didn't lasD and Harry Mathews;
another one. Bob Kilks, is scouting;
couple-George Winters and
Dusty Miller-are tending bar;
and at least one, Bobby Cargo, is
dead,
THE leagues veteran, as has oeen
observed, is Otto Jordan, with
eight consecutive years of service
TO his credit. Close behind are two
remarkable performers, Jud Daley
and Clayton Perry, who have played
for seven years in a row in the
Southern. OF course, in Daley's
case he spent part Of last year in
the big leagues, but he got back to
rhe Southern in time to put in 70
games.
Here are the other veterans:
Six Years of Continuous Service
Warren, Seabough.
Five Years of Continuous Serv-
ice-Rohe, Baerwald, Sentell, Mo-
ran, Johns, F'leharty.
Four Years of Continuous Serv-
iee-Hyder Barr, George Case.
NEXT to Jordan's record, that OF
" Clayton Perry stands out as
record- breaker for consistency. For
seven years Perry has played sec
ond and third base, usually third,
with various southern league
teams. In that time he has played
for Montgomery, three years; Lit
lie Rock. one year; Chattanooga, a
year and a half; Nashville, a year
and a half. In that time he has
taken part in 942 games, an aver
age Of slightly less than 1876 games
81 year.
Perry has never been the fielder
That Jordan is. but has acquired a
presentable fielding average of .942
for the seven years.
Neither has Perry ever been a
notable batter. His best mark is
286. He has been as low as .207.
Perry has never shown a flash of
brilliancy in all the seven years,
but he has been a good old plug
ger-and he's good yet.
IN every way, except for head
work, Jud Daley has been a re-
markable performer, a better bat
ter than Perry or Jordan, and a
brilliant fielder. Jud played two
years with Shreveport, one with
Mobile, three with Montgomery and
the end of last season with Nash
. Vile.
For seven long years Daley has
been the idol of the bleacherites of
eight Dixie cities. He is one of the
few players who can kid the
oleachers" and escape with his life.
tie is always there with the quick
fetort, and when he can't think of
anything else to do he can pull
down sure hits that bring the
oleacherites up standing and wiring
curses from opposing players and
managers.
Daley has never had a poor year
with the ash and in 1911 managed
10 get through the season with the
mighty respectable total of 300.
Daley's fielding averages have.
never been amazingly high, but that
mas been because he has tried for
Yerything from pop flies to the
lhiIe'd to home runs over the fence.
One of Daley's Weaknesses has
been his inability to steal bass.
He has speed to kick away and
yet he has nevcr had any luck at
IT, Also he is likely to try to steal
-hrSt' any old time, or, second,
with the bases full
In Jud's record is one amazing
bit Of consistency. Two years in
succession he made 1871 hits. Also
IN 1907 he averaged exactly a hit
per game, 1S1 swats in 1S1 con-
tests
{ GORGE ROBE is one Of the
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