Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
VETERANS ARE
SETTING PACE
IN OLD LEAGUE
BY Innis Brown.

have succeeded in doing what that
eminent French explorer Of few
centuries back fen down at most in
gloriously History has it that the
gent from Gaul and his pals spent
many laborious efforts rambling
through the svamps of what Is now
Florida and adjacent territory look
ing for the fountain If eternal youth.
Their efforts were fruitless. how -
ever Wherefore. they had need %
worry grow old and die, But alons
this line things look different IN the
aforementioned National League. II
you don't believe it. peruse the rec
ords and statistics of that OTgauiza-
ton, as regards performing at the art
Of hitting 'em where they ain g.
made famous by Sir William Keller
Cravath Comes to Life.
Up there lamming the cover off the
ban, IN the premier position, is a Mr.
Cravath The present generation can
vaguely remember when this party
was banded about in the big league,
and finally turned aiDose as worth
less He found a berth with Mike
CanuIlons Home for the Aged and
Decrepit at Minneapolis. Toward the
close Of last season he showed suiii-
Client symptoms Of a regeneration 90
cause Charlie Doom to round him up
boy has been able TO swat only at a
modest clip Of 300
Pushing kid" Cravath Is Miller
Higgins Year ago. when Nap La
iole had Just attained his majority
and was being generally acknowl-
edged Is the premier second saCker
of the country Rabbit Higgins de
parted from the educational hail of
the University of Cincinnati and am
nounccd an intention to play profes
sional baseball Miller was "a meme
her OF the Reds IN the palmy days Of
Noodles Hahn, and Hahn has been
added To the list Of mas beens" So
long that there would be little cause
for surprise should someone rise to
ask his identity
Reds Let Co Of Higgins.
True TO ITS reputation ~ having
fired more good bail players than any
other two teams in either league. the
Red management gave Higgins a
transfer to St. Louis a few years ago,
and the midget Is still good enough
10 pike along In second place In the
leagues batting records, with q mark
Of ,355
Hans Wagner is batting third His
average IS .35l CThls line to be re-
printed April IS, 1920
The next earnest and struggling
young athlete TO appear IN the list
following Honus is "a veteran by the
name Of Titus John was some swats-
man back IN the days when musta-
chios were popular with ball players
and II must be admitted that soup
strainers" were discarded several
years ago 4 few seasons back, while
a member Of the Phillies. Titus had
leg broken, and Il was supposed that.
owing TO his years Of service, the blow
would ring down the curtain on his
sojourn in the majors. But John evi-
IDENTIFY prefers to bring IN "a minority
report, as the loggerhead member Of
your hnnora bile committee usually ex-
presses the idea.
Silent John Helps Braves
In an effort TO get together an gF-
gregatiou Of players that would give
Boston real representation in the old
league. dividing efforts between old
ones who were. and young ones, who
might become. the management seized
onto Silent John. He is one OF their
sure fire hitters, and any time the
score of innings shows strongly for
the Braves IN the hit columns, you
can wager few Ceutavos that Titus
contributed literally.
OF the first eight hltters I'm the
league, young NioX, of the Pirates, is
the only recruit of the past year or
two. He got his opportunity IA sub
hing at short for Wagner, which NAV
account for the fact that he has edged
in. It's true that Jake Daubcrt. who
stands NTH. Is not an old timer, bat
al that II has been some time since
Jake first became a member of one Of
the crews that annually turn theI
steps TO the South when the bluehirds
begin to fly.
What Is more. this Elixir Of Youth
or oil Of Wizardry has done the
seemingly impossible. said doing COW
ering the case of Harry SaIee
Strange "a IL may seem. slim has
stung the bah for an average OF 1888
20 date. OF course Harry isn't uT
there slammiuE them ont every day
but whenever NoEul Higgins trots
him out 10 do the CanUouadiug fOI
the Cardinals the human slat man
ages 70 pickle one safe out az every
three chances When Harry was q
member Of the birmingham Barons
IN this league. he was considered a
passing fair twirler, but no field cap
tain ever waved the fielder back
when Harry shoulderea his club and
slouched up 60 the plate
But for all that this inviEomtinp
swat tonic appears 20 have been ad-
miuistered sunringlv. or more proba
bly, ia a partisan manner. some OF
the heavy sluggerS uf other years
are running wiki tho duhs thus far
Witness the case Of Frank Schultz
Cub right fielder and home-Fuu king
az few seasons since. Back In the
days Of the Tinker 10 Evers 20 Chance
regime Sheckar5 and Slagle and
Schultz also figured 10 a more or less
extent I'm the SUCCESSES Of the Cubs