The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Gulls Yield Lead To Billikens

players or mana gers, whereas. were
those certain individuals interviewed,
the truth or falsity-generally the lat
ter-of the rumors would be instant
ly established
For instance, we read last week in
one of the weeklfes-perhaps it was not
weekly, though, If we remember cor
rectly it was the Ensley Spotter-that
Johnny Dobbs. according to we'll au-
thenticated report would next year
manage the St. Louis Browns.
As we read we We're struck with the
fact that Johnny Dobbs at the time
was in our midst. We knew in the
first place that Johnny would not be
drafted as manager of the st. Louis
squad of the American league. and in
the second, that he wouldn't have the
position were it offered, for If there
is any harder job than managing the
Montgomery Billikens 1t is leading
the forlorn hopes of ST. Louis.
But it chanced that later in the
day. we encountered Dobbs.
When we informed him that a local
paper had ''rumored" him the next
manager of the Browns, and followed
that outburst of startling information
with a hearty handshake of eongratu-
lation, and prepared to shed a tear
In that it would soon be necessary to
say farewell, we saw that Dobbs was
smiling.
"Ah, WELL" he said, there is no
telling what the new school of jour
nalism will produce But God for
bid that | follow Johnston, Williams.
Pratt and others of my protegees, to
the city of suds and tears
We heard an interesting story yes
terday. 1t seems that in Birmingham
there is an individual named Charlie
Frank. You can find him in the city.
directory Sometime ago while the
Pelicans were in Birmingham, 1t is
said that Charlie Frank of Birming
ham received a letter which should
have been delivered to the willy leader
of the New Orleans club. The letter
is said to have been written by Frank
P. Coleman of Memphis, and 10 have
related the fact that the writer owned
So shares of the Memphis stock, and
that the remaining 35 could be obtained
for Frank-that, in other words, II
Frank would take charge of the
Turtles next season. he could be put in
possession of the majority of shares of
stock.
Mr.. Coleman, however, was in Bir-
n1lnS0dln ana IcpedltQ HIS pitNiouSiS
stated denial that there was nothing
in the report that Frank would man
age the Turtles next season.
1t may have been better to have
followed the tactics of the modern
Journalist and asked Mr. Coleman
nothing. What a glorious scoop we
would then have had.
Tt is a peculiar trick of human ma
ture, however, which makes the man
of a previous generation decry the man
of the new. 1t is barely possible that
were Shakespeare to return, he would
smile in his sleeve at the efforts of
Rudyard Kipling. The shade of Tenny-
son no doubt shrieks with merriment
when forced to read the rhymes of
Riley, and Riley unquestionably would
consider Frank Stanton a poetaster
of the most rural school. The author
of Casey at the Bat" compares with
pride his masterpiece with the songs
of modern baseball poets.
And 1t is equally true that the
Journalist" of the day considers the
plodder of the yesterday merely a
plodder And perhaps he is right, at
that. 1t is far easier to sing than to
grind and if the Journalist" gets
away with his song, he would be a
ninny were he TO fling away his lutte.