Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-30
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

IN Cleveland the fans are circulating a
petition asking Ban Johnson, president
% The American League, to apologize
for his statement thar Joe Birmingham
manager Of the Maps, Is unft TO lead
the club There is Just about as much
chance Of the baseball ear" eating hts
recent utterauCes as there is OF the Yam
KEGS winning the American League pen
nant this year.
No team in either league has been
playing better or faster ball in the past
two weeks than have the Dodgers After
skiddiuG badly during the FIRST few
games Of the last Western trip, the
BruoklyUltes recovered their sea legs
and since have been clipping along like
motorcyclist In the final lap Of five
mile sprint
Out Of the last fourteen games the
Dodgers have won eleven, taking four
straightS from the Phillies and breaking
even with the Giants
The Giants and Phnlies graphic to-
day In the first Of their four game series
and VIII determine who shall lead the
National League for the next few days.
The Phillies now are only half a game
ahead Of the New Workers., and a vie
tory for the Giants to-day will send
them into first place.
June opened with the Maps around the
200 mark. Then they came 10 New
York and swstted the Yankees four
times IN row, which sent them over
the 100 mark, and only few points be
hind the Athletics Since then the Maps
have cracked in about 81 different places
and just now they have a rating Of 594
which Is 40 points less than the league
leaders and only 81 points ahead Of the
White So1.
Slowly but surely Frank Chance is
whipping his Yankee aggregation into
a regular ball club. In the last few
weeks the Peerless Leader" given free
rein by the owners OF the club. has
weeded out a number Of undesirable
and insists and filled their places with
men VINO promise TO lift the Yankees
10 higher rung in the American League
ladder
Crawford, Of the Tigers. dubbed ball
into the bleaChers Yesterday for four
bases, scoring two runs ahead Of him
and giving his team a victory over the
Browns.
Hal Chase. who has become the idol
Of the White SoX fans, further endeared
himself Yesterday by cracking out a
triple with two on bases. which was
sufficient 10 beat the Maps
il develops now that Iajoie. the vet
eran Keystone sacker OF the Maps, was
not benched because he suddenly grew
too old and too feeble to cavort regu-
Largely. hut because he and Manager
Birmingham had a slight TIT owner
Somers, az the Maps. has ordered THAI
LaJoie be put back int . the game Tegu.
larry as soon as he has had little rest
Manager Joe Tinker. Of tho Reds.
rises 10 remark that IL his club was
pitted against the Cubs all year II would
win the pennanJ in a canter Tinker S
aggregate ton yesterday concluded five
game series with the Chicagoans with
a victory, giving them a record OF four
wins out OF FIVE starts
Jackson, Of the Maps. and Cobb. Of the
Tigers, are stll busting fences in their
fight for the ClCutinE leadership Of the
American League. Jackson leads the
Detroit player. but only by a slight mar
GIN. Both siugEers got three hits out
OF four times at bat yesterday
Ever since rumors were circulated that
McGraw intended trading Merkle, the
big Giant lrst saCker has been field
ing Ia sensational fashion and batting
ike a tiend
Scouts Of the Reds are down around
Cambridge Mass. just now waving fiat
terinE offers at sam FELTON, the red
headed Harvard tWlrler who performed
in sensational style for his team this
year But sammy is not OveT-anNious
TO become a professional.