Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

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Diamond News and Gossip
The ST. Louis Browns once won four
remnants running. Indeed, yes. The
fourth was twenty-five years ago The
team was in the American association.
Charley Comtskey ran it.
This season, says a society note, the
Braves will wear red and blue Norfolk
sweaters, cut on the bias,
Three hundred men have applied for
positions as Northwestern league UNI
pires
Nashville papers say that Harry Wei
chonce occasionally plays in a very in
other times when ne played in very
different manner. too, to judge by the
averages.
The Nashville team WI report March
Cumberland river retires from the ball
park.
tzI The vtsudeviiling continues SO good that
troit for couple of weeks yet.
Forrest Cady fs slated 70 wrextIa IN
show at Rock Island, I'LL, tonight,
If Art Holman comes around this year.
the Pirates viii have considerable Of an
outfeld-Carey, Hoffman and Wilson.
F"asrNs -
A. NJ. CLIFFORD. an old-time ball play
er. will umpire the exhibition games at
Chattanooga this spring
Chicago fans are already planning
RI AInA
arrival Of the Peerless Leader in the
Windy City at the head OF an American
league team.
Chance couldn't como back! Frank and
Jim Jeffries are great friends. Frank
must know how It is to try-and fail
so George W,iltse may be tried as a first
old lad is just too good to be turned
adrift, even II his pitching days are over
which they are.
The Yankees and the Senators will both
carry their own staff of cooks on the
coming training trips
New Workers expect that Frank Chance
VIII be able TO make something out Of
hlh Stumpf-though nobody else has.
Al Demaree says that the first time
Baby Doll" Jacobsen tried to steal a
base at Mobile last spring the seismo-
fiutter
The boo2eless banquet given by the
PittSburg baseball writer's to Bill Locke
the participants was badly injured by
coming in contact with glass Of water
The roof Of the grandstand at Hart
FORD, CORN, was recently blown away.
The attention of all clubs is called 10
the fact that under the national agree
ment, no other club is allowed to use this
roof, without purchasing its release,
Jake Stengel is holding out-not 80
MUCH because he wants the money as il
is that he's afraid F,bbets is planning to
send him to Newark.
New York papers say the Giants are
fixed up all right even II Vanguard does
quit, with Mathewson, TesreaG, Wiitse,
Ames and Crandal To a lot of us II
seems that the Giants will be none too
well Off, even if they get Marquard back
The real name OF wally Smith the
Crackers now infelder, is Wallace Smith
ers.
The Crackers will swap benches again
this year. For the 1913 season they will
use, the one the visiting teams had in
1912.
Blll ElwerL has announced that he will
not play bah for $500 month. the new
Southern league limit
Bob Hardrnan. out6elder Tor the local
Southern shops team, has been signed by
Macon
Montsomery may buy Hsroid Johns for
The Troy team is trying to wriegle out
Of ITS purchase Of Waldorf and Sitton
Louisville would like a team in the
Southern league. There are two chances,
one that the burg will get a Southern
franchise and try continuous baseball; the
the American association and hook up
with the Southern.
Pitcher Fish" Herring has signed his
Cracker contract.
The ST. Louis Cardinals have called of
the scheme Of playing four games here
late in March
An admirer OF Bill Smith who is with
the hattleship New Jersey sent him a
letter of congratulation and good wishes
dated from Beirut, Syria.
Connie Mack manager OF the Atble&ias.
who is dreaming pennant dreams these
1918 lineup will be stronger than last
years. He asserts that n win have 10 be
mighty good team that beats ont this
aggregation in the 1913 American league
hight