Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-08
ELBERFELD HAS
MANY NEW MEN
FOR LOOKOUTS


>-New faces will be seen in
every department of the club
which Norman ,kid) Elberfeld viii
enter as Chattanooga diamond rep
resentatives in the 1913 free-for-aIl
uf Judge kayanaugh. Seven facial
maps viii peer forth this year be
meath Lookout yisors which have
never before appeared in this league;
one. that Of Kid himself, will be a
familiar one around the circuit. al
lhuueh for the first time beneath The
hcadpiecc Of his native burg.
II viii be in the outfield that the
greatest change viii be noted be-
tween the l1lberfeld aggregation and
The one which was piloted by William
T. smith In the garden, Ellston in
reht and King in center viii make
their actual debuts April 10, while
Cruise will he practically a new
conner. although he was under con-
tract to the locals for "a short while
last season.
Every change made by Elberfeld.
however. appears TO have been an
Improvement. especially from an Of
fensive standpoint. Cruise with Ma
con. in the Sally, hit last season 300;
King with Topeka. i'm the Western.
hit .as3. while Euston swstted the
horsehide at Providence. in the In
ternational. to the tune of 81. On
the defensive the club VIII be no
stronger in the outheld as Moran
has a shade on Cruise i'm left as "a
fielder. Moreover. both King ana
Ellston throw and hit from the port
side.
THE leagues newcomer on the in-
field will Ice Jimmy Gillespie al
the three quarters sack. At PrnNi-
denee last year the lad who viii hold
down Dave Bunting's cushion hit
.23S only. but he had a bad of year
dropping down from practically the
magic mark. lie Is expected 70 Dol
ster the inhcld at a point Where II
mas always been wabbly. The re-
manning positions on the inner de
tense will be- filled 10y ElDcrield. Jor-
dan and Coyle ia the order named.
The most conspicuous newcomer lu
the battery department viii be
Charles OGabbyD Street The major
league receivers who have anything
am "gahby" can be numbered ou one
hard. and two things alone made IL
possible for Street to como to chat
tauaoga The FIRST WAS that he was
WILLING 90 suffer q salary reduction
al practically 81 600 ina order TO Sc
,1frp the benefits Of really warm
weather FOR Tho sake of his rheu-
faatism. and the other was his per
-unal friendship ion Eihcrfeld, which
-pr4ng up during their soJuurn on
Mas Washington club,
streets work. should hc reNela-
non 10 southern League fans. The
manner iu which he is handling the
rt.frleIe mas brought Elberfeld al
most tu tears I'm his dcliriuus joy, ana,
al. 90 the way he is handling him
self both uu the offensive and dc
feuslNc. IL might be- stated that eV-
ert major league scribe who has
viewed him no action M The practlce
frays states hat be looks better
than al any time i'm the past three
eelrs Hannah aud Giddu, Streets
aids. have shown their wares m the
circuit
On The pitching stan Troy just
- secured from the Tigers. and
Starks. released TO the local club by
Jennings last fan. viii stand forth
tOnSpipuouelN as new stars IN lht
southern League armament Both
are right handlers but stark resem-
hles otto Jordan In stature, while
Troy is fair reproduction Of Bill
Chappelle. Troy last season was
with the Adrian tMichl club and
stark with the Duluth tNliunp team.
Both pitched their clubs TO a PEN
naut
The remaining members Of the
stan viii be More Cheppelle and
Covelskie of last years regular
star. and Ware and Grover, who were
under local contracts ps~t Of the seal
son.
still another new face and "a con-
.picuous one viii appear I'M the util-
~ role This important position Will
he intrusted To Red" Massey, the
sensation Of last years sally League
race Pinch hitter and general utih-
tartan is Massey's official title.
TAKEN an in all, Elberfeld seems
with the injection Of newcomers
10 have secured a formidable con-
tender and, with changes thJt viii boz
made II necessary. the IookoutS can
be conceded q look in" &c least this