Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-13
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

league is goat getter,
It is possible to arrange things so that
Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery get
the worst of it year after year-or that
any three clubs get stung
It works like this: The president ap-
points three men on the schedule com
mittee. Then he excuses himself from
attending the meeting and sends a leag que
a9g4i IN ms place These four frame up
of 1t.
But then they need one more vote.
to one other ciub-shorter mileage OF
something of that sort-the sort of SOP
that is thrown to Nashville by the pres
ent schedule. That gives them five votes
and a majority.
A league president can hand this thing
out year after year, so long as he Is given
power to name the schedule committee.
The president of the Southern league
has been handing it to Atlanta year after
year.
Jake Atz tells EN- in New Orleans that
Catcher Charley Schmidt can't throw
from the plate to the pitchers box and
that steam roller could steal on him.
Tom Downey is kicking on going to
Baltimore. but would be satisfied to re-
port to Louisville
One of the hold-outs on the North
western league is Umpire VanEIaltren.
When George settles back in the traces
It would be hefty job to move him
Rafael Almeida, former Baron, offered
Al Demaree, former Gull, a good con-
tract to go to Cuba and pitch games, but
W To of IL
Graw.
Earl BlacRburne, the. Pirate catcher
W9o has had dightheEia Is Fseoyering
largely childrens disease, but we shall
have to enlarge the classification now and
make it children and ball players.
The, Giants come from the heart of the
corn belt-most of them. For instance:
DOYLE, Fletcher and Wilson from Illinois,
ley and Merkle from Ohio and Tesreau
from Missouri Then we always did hear
that Jim Thorpe was some performer with
the corn, too; only not the kind that
Shreveport and Little Rock may have
baseball after all. They have been offered
places IN a.. Southwesten league. along
Oklahoma City and Fort Worth.
UmpireS are going to tog up next sea-
son like hattleships They will wear
aluminium rib protectors, a haveyized
steel chest guard, concrete kneecaps,
leather toe guards, binders and hustle.
John Dobbs would have bought Joe
Dunn for the Montgomery team if Bill
Smith hadn't beaten him to it.
Nashville fans believe Schwartz has
dug up a rising star in Frank Goalby,
from the Gainesville club, OF the K l. r
league. He is alleged to have every
thing-which is plenty.
Nashville sport writer's are roasting
President Hirsig for his willingness to
sell his claim on Harry Welchonce to At
lanta. They say Harry is too good
player to let loose. But then, he's very
expensive, thinks Hirsig to himself And
Smith Will land him-if he doesn't stick
with the Senators.
The United States league will put a
team in Brooklyn. And right after Char
ley Ebbets built new park, too. File
upon EN-.
year. has written Manager Doom that he
Is none the worse for his attack and is
ready, strange to relate, for the season
to begin.
Rucker, Ragan and Allen, of the Brook
lyn team, will report at Hot Springs
February II.
Ty Cobb says he'll sure get that s15,.
900 he's holding out for-only it's not
SIS 900.
lahan that he is in better condition now
than ever before in his life