Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
DOBBS CLUB
HERE FOR 3
WITH LOCALS
These VIII Be Last Games at
Home for Long Time-Team
Takes Hard Trip.
By Percy II. Whiting.


TINE Montgomery Biliikens, who
can pull better baseball than
they can trades win be here
this afternoon for a bail game. It
will be the first Of a three-gam Sc
ries that winds up the home stay Of
the Crackers.
The Bills are a dangerous ball club.
Their pitchers are exceptionally good.
All this season the Bills have been
A wonder-when they We're 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
ar uphill ball game. At that they
have won much more than their share
and are about due trimming.
A FTER the Crackers leave there
- viii be a long dry spell for the
fans. Barring one little, miserable
series there VIII be no games at
Poncey until August a.
The hardest test the Crackers must
face viii come from now until then.
IL Smiths club can hold itself up
somewhere in the first division, not
too far back Of the leaders. Il viii
have easy sailing for the rest OF the
season. If it can not-good night
TT has been our intention for sew
eral years 10 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 II out
The nearest we can come to II is:
Catchers-Ed LauzOn and Lee Car
win.
Pitchers-Bugs Raymond and
George Cradle.
Infelder-Tacks Parrot, first base
Outhelder-Bob Wallace
Numerically, that's a weak all-bug
team. but otherwise it's there-very
strong.
A COUPLE Of Southerners are the
n worst error makers Of the St.
Louis clubs Ivey WingO leads the
Cards IN pulling hobbies, while Der
rin Pratt is the star misCue maker
OF the Browns.
Both Of them are hitting the bail
hard enough, however 10 offset a few
errors.
LEW present day fans can remem-
Der when Bobby Byrne Of the
Pirates played with Shreveport Oven
less recall that he was a catcher
when he broke into the Southern.
Bobby Gilks speedily made a third
baseman of him. But IL was largely
his performance as catcher that got
him in the big leagues
Byrne's work at Shreveport attract
ed the attention OF friends OF Nc
Closky, 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
his legs, and he had one finger In a
handage, but il happened that when
the scout arrived the Shreveport
catcher had "A wooden arm and was
unable 20 stop the pifering Of bases
by the opposing club. The manager
asked Byrue If ne felt hat he could
replace him. Bobby replied that he
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
up with the excellent game he caught
he concluded that Byrne had the
stuff in him out Of which major
league ball players are made, and he
signed him. Bobby's subsequent ca
reer is familiar to all the followers
Of the Pirates.
T HE Federal League doesn't look
so big a joke after all It's still
Wabbling along, and while # viii not
cut much figure this year a lot Of
clubs are clamoring for a chance to
get In next year. and It may grow to
be a strong circuit. In St Louis the
team is attracting a lot Of attention
Ii is forging TO the front while the
other two St Louis teams are slump
ing. Naturally IL is popular
IT HAT Charley Franks plan for
solving the salary limit problem
for minor league clubs-the sliding
scale system-votcd down by S l.
magnates at the annual meeting last
December. will be adopted by the Ma
tional Association for the 1914 sea-
son is the opinion OF W. NJ. KAY
anaugh. president Of the Southern
League, according 90 statement In
New Orleans last week
There isn't a doubt in my mind. "
Mr.. Kavanaugh told reporter. that
the National Association viii adopt
Franks idea at the next meeting in
November 1t is by far the best sug-
geston ever advanced, for it not only
ena bles a club 20 pay player fair
wages. but 1t insures every league fin
ishing its season.
Had we been a little earlier with
the sliding scale system last fall, It
would have been adopted unanimous
~. Members OF the National Asso-
citation TO whom / submitted the ar
rangement have since written me that
II is the only salvation for minor
league baseball as IL eQualizes mat
ters and gives the smaller town a
chance 20 win pennant occasional
ly."
THIS is grabbed from a St Louis
paper and is published because il
sounds the praise Of an eminent
Georgian.
A USEFUL KID.
When passing round the auto carts
Wed like 70 say. by lingo.
We've got a youth of brilliant parts
Whose name is lyey Wingo
He's got a throwing arm OF steel
And that is why, by jingo,