Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
DOBBS' CLUB
HERE FOR 3
WITH LOCALS
These Will Be Last Games at.
Home for Long Time-Team
Takes Hard Trip.
By Percy H. Whiting.

VIZ Molts oliltA SAi4hS4l7f " III
can pull better baseball than
they can trades, will be here
this afternoon for a ball game. 1t
will be the first of a three game Sc
ries that winds up the home stay OF
the Crackers.
The Bills are a dangerous ball club.
Their pitchers are exceptionally good.
All this season the Bills have been
q wonder-when they were winning.
Let them get off with a couple Of runs
lead and they had all the pep in the
world. But they don't play much of
ar uphill ball game. At that they
have won much more than their share
and are about due "A trimming.
A FTER the Crackers leave there
- will be a long dry spell for the
fans. Barring one little, miserable
series there win be no games at
Poncey until August IA.
The hardest test the Crackers must
face viii come from now until then.
II Smiths club can hold itself up
somewhere in the first division, not
too far back of the leaders IL Will
nave easy sailing for the rest Of the
season. II it can not-good night.
TT has been our intention for sew
eral years 10 present the fans Of
Atlanta with an All-Bug team, picked
from the star involuntary comedians
Of the Southern League, but we have
not been able TO piece It out.
The nearest we can come to II is.
CatChers-Ed Lauzon and Lee Gar
vim.
Pitchers-Bugs Raymond and
George Cradle.
Infelder-Tacks PARROT, first base.
Outfielder-B Wallace
Numerically that's a weak all-bug
team, but otherwise it's there-very
strong.
A COUPLE Of Southerners are the
4 worst error makers Of the st.
Louis clubs. Ivey Wingo leads the
Cards In pulling hobbies, while Der
rill Pratt is the star miscue maker
of tho Browns.
Both Of them are hitting the bail
hard enough. however 10 Offset a few
errors.
LEW present day fans can remem-
Der when Bobby Byrne, Of the
Pirates, played with Shreveport Even
less recall that he was a catcher
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Bobby Gilks speedily made "A third
baseman Of him. But II was largely
his performance as catcher that got
him In the big leagues
Byrne's work at Shreveport attract
ed the attention Of friends Of Nc
Closky, who had the CardinaIs, and
he sent a scout down 20 look Bobby
over Bob had met with an accident
which deprived him Of the free use Of
his legs, and he had one finger In "a
bandage, but IL happened that when
the scout arrived the Shreveport
catcher had a wooden arm and was
unable to stop the pilfering of bases
by the opposing club. The manager
asked Byrne II he felt that he could
replace him. Bobby replied that he
could not move without suffering ex-
cruciating pain, but that his arm was
good and he could stop the base
stealing So he was substituted for
the catcher who was on the blink,
When the Cardinal scout saw the
condition Bobby was in and coupled Il
up with the excellent game he caught
he concluded that Byrne had the
stuff ia him out OF which major
league ball players are made, and he
signed him. Bobby's subsequent ca
reer is familiar to all the followers
II the Pirates.
T HE Federal League doesn't look
so big a joke after all It's still
Nabbling along. and while II will not
cut much figure this year a lot Of
clubs are clamoring for a chance to
get in next year, and II may grow to
be a strong circuit. In 81. Louis the
team is attracting a lot of attention
II is forging TO the front while the
other two St Louis teams are slump
ing. Naturally it is popular.
T HAT Charley Franks plan for
solving the salary limit problem
for minor league cluhs-the sliding
scale system-voted down by S. |.
magnates at the annual meeting last
December, viii be adopted by the Ma
tional Association for the 1914 sea-
son is the opinion of W. NJ. KAY
anaugh, president OF the Southern
League, according to a statement in
New Orleans last week
There isn't a doubt in my mind"
Mr.. Kavanaugh told a reporter, that
the National Association will adopt
Franks idea at the next meeting in
November. II is by far the best sug
gestion ever advanced. for il not only
enables a club to pay a player fair
wages. but IL insures every league I'm
ishing its season.
Had we been a little earlier with
the sliding scale system last fall, II
would have been adopted unanimous
ly. Members of the National Asso-
citation to whom ! submitted the ar
rangement have since written me that
il is the only salvation for minor
league baseball, as IL equalizes mat
tiers and gives the smaller town a
chance 10 win a pennant occasional
""
THIS is grabbed from a St Louis
paper and is published because il
sounds the praise of an eminent
Georgian.
A USEFUL KID.
When passing round the auto carts.
Wed like to say, by lingo
We've got a youth Of brilliant parts
Whose name is Ivey Wingo
He's got a throwing arm Of steel
And that is why, by jingo.
The runners very seldom steal
When Ivey let his wing go.