Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-21
By Percy H. Whiting.

~ ASEBALL is full Of cases Of
* men who have run snug
fortune right down into the
bankruptcy courts. But playing
this thought with a reverse Eng
lish, II is easy enough 10 cite cases
Of men who have run lot of bad
debts up into fortunA.
Charley Murphy holds the worlds
records. He took a lot OF press
agenting ability and a hypnoti@eo
line OF credit and bought the Cubs
with II. The late John T. Brush
waved the magic wand over
clothing store and transformed II
into the Giants and a fortune, re-
tanning the clothing store-whtch is
some feat. Connie Mack played q
mediocre ability as a catcher up
into a half interest In the Athletics.
Charley Ebbets blew up good line
of talk until II became the BROOK
lyn ball team and a real park. Jim
McAleer took slightly DANA ged
reputa ton as a manager and what
money he had saved and bought
into the Boston Americans the very
year they won worlds champion
ship quite unexpectedly II might
be added, making his money back
and some more besides the first
wear. The Detroit club invested
plug Of chewing tobacco and some
loose change in a young Augusta
outfielder and got the best ball
PLAYER in the world further details
Unnecessary. The Boston Ameri
cans far7ned q Stag stded outfielder
in little Rock, forgot to recall him:
got him back (thanks TO the hyper
honesty Of Mike FINN, and he won
fame as the second best outfield-
or in the American league Girls
Speaker Mike Finn grabbed a
pitcher that had been bCktng
around the South for years and,
after letting him give the Mobile
team a second place POSITION, sold
him for nice price Cal Dema reel.
The cubs took over \ catcher that
had been up there" a compile 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
a 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 Lafitte TO Chattanooga for
Doc Johnston and $1,000.
Traded Johnston to Cleveland for
Catcher Aneermeier, Third Base
man Mills, Shortstop Butler and
Pitcher CuIlop.
Traded Cullop to Cleveland for
5000 in cash, Catcher Yantz, SEQ
ond Bsseman Atz, Pitcher Bremen,
Third Baseran Kibble and Out
fielder Hendrix.
Signed LATTE for nothing when
he became free agent and then
sold him for $500, his orieinaD cost.
DO YOU wonder that Charley
Frank is regarded as tho greatest
manager the South ever saw,
THE Southern league managers
are going over the Southern
colleges this spring with 4 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 OF course, Ty Cobb, Joe
Jackson, Nap Rucker and Iris
Speaker, the most prominent South
erners playing ball at present,
didn't happen 10 acquire a college
education. Suppose Ty Cobb had
n followed the plan his father want
ii ed him 10 and had gone TO the
u University Of Georgia He would
now be tAe Most Prominent Alum
nus. However, even II this quar-