El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-28
Dodgers To Hear Southern Melodies
Brooklyn Nationals Only
Front League-Gossp
BY

TDW YORK, n Y, JAN Is
Nj Charles Harmony Ebbets, some
= times referred to as the Squire
Of FIatbush, has been Willing away
the long hot days of the winter learn
ing to play lot of dear old southern
melodies on his favorite musical
weapon, the xylophOne. Mr. Ebbets is
now simply grand in his execution OF
that one about 'scra-ham- budI en-
hegg in the new mO-hOWn haV," and
can also tear off pieces Of that sole
stirrer-hoW does she SO-tum- tum-
tum-Oh, yesI-''see-hee dem shu-
huff-lin' haylOng-ah."
There is method in Mr.. Ebbets's
sudden turn toward tunes He expects
to employ the charms Of music 10
sOothe the savage breasts of his fever
ish cOrpuscIed Southern Rifles this
season. We are informed by both OF
the more famous members OF the COBB
family and Ty-and by other emil
nent authorities on dispositions and
dialects south of the Mason and Dixon
line that there is nothing better than
might naturally Be expected IN any
true southern ball tOsser when ne
finds himself playing with Brooklyn
So Mr.. Ebbets it setting himself 10
At the present time the Brooklyn
Rebels have practically an all-south-
somehow in the person of CutshaW, but
he is excused on the ground that ne
always hung out south Of the slot
whenever he was in San Francisco dur
ing his Pacific coast league days.
Mr. Ebbets has been quietly popu-
lating Brooklyn with Southern Ieagu-
ers for some time, and ne already nad
quite a stock on hand last season but
during the drafting and purchasing
periods he marched right to the sea,
clutching the sweetest magnolia bios
he was ablefto line up a team on which
only two men cOnVersed with rs IN
their language
Many Majors and Colonies.
Jake Daubert, Napoleon Rucker,
Lefty Allen. Red Smith, Wheat
StengeI. Moran, Northern, and Otto
generals. having done time in the
Southern league One WaV and an
other, Ebbets seized five or six new
southern seintillants during the wear,
and some OF these viii be tried out IN
He potted a brace of the crack pitch
ers Of the Southern when he got Ateh-
ison. of Montgomery, and Wagner, OF
New Orleans The former was the
Southern league leader, and the latter
stood third in the percentage table Al
Demaree. the Giant recruit, was sec
Ond, and McGraW probably Just barely
beat EbbetS to him
Atchison was planted at MontSofn-
cry for ripening under option he IS a
lefthander who has been up before: He
won II and lost Z games out OF %
appearances. Demaree won "a and lost
10 out of "a starts. being Just two
points behind AtchisOn at the finish
Wagner won 19 and lost games
for New Orleans. and is said to be a
promising yOungster. Other Southern
leaguerS who were on EhbetS'S roll
when the drafting and buying stopped
were James. Williams and SOmers, Of
Nashville. Stencil also came from the
Southern. hitting .290 in 136 games
He hit .316 in II games after coming
TO the National league last season and
viii have a thorough trial in 1918
Stars From Southern League
The Southern league has been very
productive of great baseball stars for
years. Besides the only Cobb and the
only Rucker, a score of others could
be named. the list including Iris
Speaker, Russ Ford, Slim Sallee and