Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

DING BODIE, who thinks he is
the greatest ball player in
the business (there are 9TH
ars who do not think 500, is well
advertised out on the coast, where
na makes his home in winter. A
certain brewery advertises in the
-heater programs. The ad consists
NJ colored print of huge stein.
on the opposite side is a picture of
Bodie, and under the picture are
these words my friends attribute
nv success in the big league to the
fact that | drink this brand of
beer" His manager, James ]. CAL
Iahan, of the White Sox. is under
the impression that if the amber
Auid has anything to do with his
playing. he better quit drinking or
quit baseball
TIC ED KONETCHY, first base
ID man of the Cardinals, is said
TO have notified the management
that unless he receives a salary
of $500 he will retire temporarily
from the diamond. In spite of the
fact that Honey is a heavy sticker
and a fairly good first baseman,
this seems like a pretty stiff price
for him to ask for his services.
1t begins to look as if Miller
Higgins, who succeeded to the
management of Mrs. Helene Brit
toms team when Roger Bresnahan
was canned, has his work cut out
for him There are several other
Cardinal players who are holding
out for more salary, and Higgins
is having difficulty in signing these
men. Just now, when everything
should be rosy for the little man
ager, he finds that leading a ball
club has it's difficulties.
FRIEND DAVID j. DAVIES, of
The Pittsburg Dispatch, APP
proaches via the exchange table
with the following titles for the
Giants, now that club has signed
Indian Jim Thorpe:
Mttle-C Chief Not-Afraid-o of the
Empires McGraw.
Chew-in- the Face Doyle.
Big Six-Not Afraid of Tinker
Mathewson.
Heap Much Squaw Man Mar
guard.
Red-Fire- on the Head Murray.
Misunderstanding Herzog.
Chain on the Foot Mccormick.
Hit and-Pitch- n-Pinch Gran
dali.
Hole-in-the-Glove Snodgrass.
Sun-in- the-Face Devore:
No. More Bone Head Merkle
AllTime- Skin Bear Alive Tes-
reau.
Always No-Luck Ames.
CrazyuRe-FOX Fau9t.
Man Hates Squaw- Notes Sha-
fer.
joint. Myers, Esq.
James Thorpe, Esq.
OUT in Pittsburg they are be-
lifting the ability of Jim
Thorpe as a ball player 1t looks
bit like sour grapes because Bar
ney Dreyfus tried to land the In
dian, but was beaten by McGraw.
Ralph Davis, writing in The Pitts
burg Post, says:
Baseball as a pastime stands on
its own legs, and needs no support,
other than the legitimate love of
the American public for the great
est Of all games. 1t has thrived
because it has been kept clean, and
because the men who earn a living
at 1t are not masquerading under
false colors.
1t is not an institution which
must depend upon falsehood and
Misrepresentation to make money.
II is too closely scrutinized by
thousands Of intelligent men and
women every day in six months of
every year to permit of any shady
transactions long passing muster.
II is not a game of side shows.
Each team has it's drawing card
oI course, but the men who bring
'"e money in at the gate are the
ohes who excel on the diamond in
oue department or another. I'm
,'Ne other professions which might
We mentioned, a ball player does
'o' increase in value to his team
""eh he acquires a questionable
equation for morality or honesty.
ne is not helped by press agents
arms or social conquests, or of es-
apdoes such as are grasped at by
puoIlclty men in certain other
lines.
" lth the major league ball play
- II IS a plain question of deliver
ing the goods now. Even the man
% VINO MT 300 ten years ago. but has
'orated until at present he hits
g., 'z-o and has slowed up as a
L,ueE and base runner, does not
., ,,N ms place in the public estima-
5 '''t' He is remembered for what
mas accomplished, but he is not
r,. -'""ing card today. The ball
,r. must not only make good,
me ne must keep on making good.
n. hence it is evident that if Jim
5 ,.o. pc breaks into professional