Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
ATLANTA LAD
MAY BREAK IN
WORLD SERIES
Bv Percy II. Whiting.

THE city Of Atlanta may be rep
resented in the next worlds Sc
ries. OF course several things
VIII have to go through" 10 make It
turn out this way. but anyhow NIL
ton Reed, Jr., Of Atlanta, shortstop
Of the Davenport Club Of the Three
League, has been sold to the Phila-
delphia Nationals for the largest
price ever paid for a Three ! League
player
If the Philadelphia team wins the
National League pennant-and II
might happen-"NTilt" will surely be
entitled to a slice of the worlds
championship money. He joins the
Phillies August 10. and II he is kept
he win be, he will be in on the big
division. And it might just happen
that he would get in a game-even II
only as q pinch hitter.
% Fed will not go to the big leagues
N for the first time this fall Though
only a kid he has been tried in a
half hearted way by the st. Louis
Nationals. He was with that club
when internal ructions had everybody
in the air and he got only half
chance He was too young and too
erratic to make a go Of it,
This season with Davenport Reed
has been going like wildfre
Here is the way Deacon Davis of
the Davenport Democrat and Leader
tells Of the sale and career Of Reed
Reed win join Red Doom and
his league-l leaders August -. The
contract provides for a 60-day
option and the Blue Sox manage
ment wish TO keep the clever
Southerner here as long as poss-
BILE in order that they may have
more time to secure a man to I'LL
the position.
Love at First Sight.
Here is the story Of Reeds cap
tivity OF the heart Of Billy Neal.
the Philly scout: Billy blew into
Peoria Friday. He registered and
hied himself Immediately to the
ban park, where the Hose and
Distillers were mixing it.
There he sat, a disinterested
spectator and watched the game
until he noticed, when the Hose
took the field, the rangy sprlngy
daring short fielder
WHO can this be-" muttered
Billy to himself. for he had never
heard of Reed before.
Then Billy declares that he en-
joyed about an hour and a half
as well as he ever did IN his life.
1T was fun for me to watch
that boy work He is one Of the
speediest infelders | have ever
seen. He has nerve, pep conf
denCe-in fact. / think he has
everything" said Billy after he
had Hayes name securely affixed
to "A contract.
After the game the veteran
skull hunter broke for the Fey
Hotel and talked to Battling Tom
O'Leary lex Cracker, by the way)
about Reed. Dan referred him to
Hayes. ard after staying i'm Peoria
Saturday he went to Chicago
Sunday and came 10 Davenport
Monday for the conference which
resulted as stated above.
Neal Tioked With Deal.
Neal told HAYES while he was
here Monday that he had never
conducted a deal as long as he
had been scouting that gave him
the pleasure this one does. He's
marvel" is the way he express
ed It.
According to their custom the
local club officials refuse to al
vulge the price paid for Reed
Jim sits tight grins apprecia-
lively and says nothing about the
price, but he has a habit Of Slip
ping bail players up every year
All he murmurs is This: I'VE got
our own price for him"
Reed played some college ball
and started his professional ca
reer I'm the Cotton states. Here
he attracted the attention of a
Cardinal scout and was purchas-
ed by the St Louis Club in the
fall of 1911 He was sold in the
spring without a try-out to the
Springfield Club where he stay
ed until August - last year when
he was sold to the Hose for $500.
Early this spring he was in fine
form. but for q few weeks after
the season opened he was handi-
capped by a bad Charley horse"
During the last month he has hit
his stride and has been burning
up the league since that time
TT is understood that the price paid
for Reed was $2.7o0 If so, the
Davenport Club gathered in a nice
profit on the deal
Reed has been a promising bah
player ever since he was a bit of a
kid His work with Marist was SEN
sational He has always been a Won
s derful hitter.
eRANEY TO BE REFEREE.