Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
GAMBLING MAY
WRECK CAME At
PELICANVILLE
By Percy II. Whiting.

10y 1 tltN II. " llllAlIS
TINE Southern League owes Itself
the duty Of cleaning out the
baseball gamblers at New or
leans.
That city. by far the largest ia the
league, should be- the vertebra Of the
circuit Instead. It is only an appen-
dix-and a decidedly diseased appon-
dix az that
I've talked with q lot of managers
and players ia this league firing a.
an OF them the question. What's the
matter with New orleans2"
Some of them didn't know.
The rest agreed.
Too much gambling"
Il is understood that gambling runs
practically wide open IN the New or
leans stauds-that YOU can get bet
on anything from the outcome cf the
pennant race TO the question Of
whether the next effort OF the pitcher
will Doe a ball or a strike
= ANBLING ruins baseball wherever
~ 20 gets foothold. II makes
knockers il creates = suspicion Of
taking Il drives respectable people
away from the games
What New Orleans needs is house
cleaning.
The gamblers should be run out Of
the stands and kept out Every effort
should De made 90 keep down gam
bling on games to the minimum
10 h. really mp 10 President Kav-
anaUgh 20 take a look into this ques-
tion The interests of the league can
be protected In no other way The
New Orleans Baseball Association
can't handle the question, and has
proved IL.
The league is siekeuiug because Of
this fostering sore.
Somebody phone old Doctor Kav-
anaugh,
IT is sort Of a pathetic coincidence
that Jud Daley Is TO succeed
Spencer at New Orleans They are
chips OF the same block-or should
we say tusk2
Judson doesn't seem 20 be hitting
them as OF old. II can't be that he
IS aging. So probably he's I'm sort Of
a slump
Hes a great card for any club. on
account of his cuttinE-up and his
Kidding of the bie8Chers, and is worth
his pay as a comedian.
CEVERAL men. well known in Dixie
- are figuring prominently I'm the
International League these days Der
rick is batting $40 with Baltimore,
and is leading the league Ed La
ttte leads the Providence batters with
1923. Swacina and BU Zimmerman
both former Southern Leaguers. are
hitting moderately hard with the
Newark club "Swats' has a mark Of
-302 10 his credit. while "Heinie" is
going at a PSI clip.
THIS Clark that the Crackers have
just picked up appears to be one
Of the champion wild men OF organ
ized baseball Until a few days ago
he belonged to the Highlanders In
game in ST. Louis. Chance stuck
him in. He started by giving Derrin
Pratt four successive high ones
Pratt waited for four that didn't
come near the plate. It was the
same for Johnston
Having pitched twelve successive
balls. Wallace was next. Bob got a
ball, and then. 10 the surprise Of
everybody. Clark pitched a strike. The
next three were balls. though. and
Chance yanked his recruit southpaw
with the record Of one strike in seven
teen tries
About sunset Chance sold him to
Clark Grimth.
Clark's big league career dates
back 20 the DAYS when Chase was
managing the New York team Ar
thur Irwin tipped Chase OF to the
fact that Clark had worlds OF stuff
Chase sent King" Brockett out to
Sioux City TO look Clark over, and on
the Kings" favorable report. Chase
signed the southpaw
Clark, upon being brought 20 civil
ization. proved wild as "a bat He
had more STUFF than Marquard and
less control than Lefty Russell He
was shifted around a hit Last sea
son. he started with Rochester and
was then sent 10 the Northwestern
League He was a successful twirler
there, despite the fact that he issued
AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 4 BASE
on BALLS TO AN INNING.
II is doubtful II the world has ever
seen a man wilder than Clark in his
widest moments. But when ne has
control they couldn't hit him with
"a fishnet
Clark viii be another case for the
attention of old Reliable Joe Dunn
The man viii be put under Joe's
coaching. Maybe Joseph can make
pitcher out of him. ANY time Clark
starts and is right it's all over. ANY
time he's wild-Eood evening.