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


THE MONTGOMERY Bilhkens. who
can pun better baseball than
they can trades. win be here
this afternoon for a ban game. T.
win he the first OF a three-game SCI
ries that winds mp the home stay Of
the Crackers.
The Bills are dangerous ball club
Their pitchers are exceptionally good.
All this season the Bills have been
wonderful hen they were winning
Let them get of with a couple Of runs
lead and they had all the pep in the
world But they don't play much OF
an 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
y viii be a long dry spell for the
fans. Barring one little, miserable
series there will be no games at
Poncey until August "a
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
have easy sailing for the rest Of the
season. If it can not-good night.
TT has been our intention for sew
oral years 70 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 Il out
The nearest we can come to IL is.
Catchers-E Ed Lauzon and Lee Car
win
PItchers-Rugs Raymond and
George Cradle
lnhelder-Taclls ParrotL first base.
Outnelder-B Wallace
Numerically, that's a weak all-bug
team, but otherwise it's there-very
strong.
A COUPLE Of Southerners are the
- worst error makers Of the ST
Louis clubs Ivey Wiugo leads the
Cards I'm pulling boobies, while Der
r,ll Pratt is the star miscue maker
OF tho Browns.
Both Of them are hitting the bail
hard enough however 10 offset few
errors.
FEW present day fans can remem-
Der when Bobby Byrue. of the
Pirates played with Shreveport Even
less recall that he was a catcher
when he broke into the Southern.
Bobby Gilks speedily made a third
hascman of him. But II was largely
his performance as catcher that got
him in the big leagues
Byrnes work at Shreveport attract
ed the attention OF friends OF Nc
tlosky who had the Cardinals, and
he sent a scout down to look Bobby
over. Bob had met with an accident
which deprived him Of the free use OF
No nf1r la,
bandage but IL happened that when
the scout arrived the Shreveport
catcher had a wooden arm and was
unable TO stop the pilferlug Of bases
by the opposing club The manager
asked Byrne If he felt that he could
replace him. Bobby replied that ne
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 II
mp with the excellent game he caught
he concluded that Ryrne had the
stuff i'm him out of which major
league BAH players are made. and he
signed him. Bobbys subsequent ca
reer rs familiar TO all the followers
Of the Pirates
T HE Federal League doesn't look
SO big a Joke after all It's stnl
Wabbllug along. and while II will not
cut much figure this year lot Of
clubs are clamorinE for chance to
get In next year and II may grow to
bc a strong circuit. In ST Louis the
team rs attracting a lot of attention.
Il Is forging to the front while the
other two ST. Louis teams are slump
ing Naturally it IS popular,
THAT Charley Franks plan for
1 solving the salary limit problem
for minor league clubs-the sliding
scale SIS Stem--Notyd down bN s. l.
magnates at the annual meeting last
December. viii be adopted 10y The Ma
uonal Association Tor the 1914 sea
son is the opinion OF W. NJ KAY
anHugh, president Of the Southern
League. according 20 a statement in
New orleans last week
There isn't n doubt In my mind. "
Mr. hayanaugh told reporter. chat
the National Association viii adopt
Franks idea 80 the next meeting i'm
November. u is hs far the best slg
Eestiou ever advanced. for it no. only
enables club 10 pay player fair
wages. hut it iusurcs every league fin
isuIuE its season
Had We been a little earlier with
the sliding scale system last fam il
would have been adopted unanimous
ly. Members OF the National Asso-
citation % whom ] submitted the ar
ranEcment have since written me that
it is the only salvation for minor
league baseball. as II equalizes mat
ters and gives the smaller town a
chance 20 win a pennant occasional
ly"
THIS is grabbed from a ST. Louis
paper and is published because Is
sounds the praise of an eminent
Georgian.
A USEFUL KID.
When passing round the auto carts
Wed like 20 say. by lingo
We've got youth of brilliant uargs
Whose name is Iyey Wiugo
He's got "a throwing arm Of steel
And that is why by juga.
The runners very seldom steal.
When lyey let his wing go.