Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-20
Bv Percy H. Whiting.

D AsEBALL is fun of cases Of
* men who have run snug
fortune right down into the
bankruptcy courts. But playing
this thought with reverse Eng
lish. il is easy enough to cite cases
Of men who have run lot OF bad
debts up into a fortune.
Charley Murphy holds the worlds
records He took n lot of press
agenting ability and hypnotized
line of credit and bought the Cubs
with 1t. The late John T. Brush
waved the magic wand over a
clothing store and transformed II
into the Giants and fortune, re-
tanning the clothing store-which Is
some feat Connie Mack played a
mediocre ability as a catcher up
into half interest in the Athletics.
Charley Bbbets blew up good line
of talk until II became the Brook
lyn ball team and a real park. jim
McAleer took slightly damaged
reputation as a manager and what
money he had saved and bought
into the Boston Americans the very
year they won a worlds champion
ship quite Unexpectedly, II might
be added, making his money back
and some more besides the first
year. The Detroit club invested a
plug 81 chewing tobacco and some
loose change in a young Augusta
ouff1elder and got the best ball
player in the world further details
Unnecessary The Boston Ameri-
cans farned a Stag sided outfielder
IN Little Rock, forgot TO recall him:
got him back (thanks TO the hyper
honesty Of Mike F1nn) and "a won
fame as the second best ouSleld-
er in the American league Girls
Speaker). Mike Finn grabbed a
pitcher that had been kicking
around the South for years and,
after letting him give the Mobile
team a second place position, sold
him for a nice price (Al Demaree).
The Cubs took over a catcher that
had been up there" a couple OF
times and who was declared hope
less by no less an authority than
Hugh Jennings, and ne became the
best catcher in the world (Jim
Archer.
You could go on with this stun
a thousand years But when you
got through you would have to
award the straight trading cham
pionship to Charley Frank, on this
series OF deals:
Bought Catcher LATTE from
Memphis for $500.
Traded Lafitte to Chattanooga for
Doc Johnston and $1,000.
Traded Johnston to Cleveland for
Catcher Angermsier, Third Base
man Mills, Shortstop Butler and
Pitcher cullop.
Traded Culiop to Cleveland for
5000 in cash, Catcher Yantz, Sec
end 5aseman Atx. Pitcher Bremen,
Third 5asemsn kibbIe and Out
fielder Hendrix.
Signed Lafitte for nothing when
he became a free agent and then
sold him for $500, his original cost.
DO you wonder that Charley
Frank is regarded as the greatest
manager the South ever saw,
THE Southern league managers
are going over the Southern
colleges this spring with a rake.
They are tired of seeing real per-
fomers going TO Their leagues, after
being developed here in Dixie
A lot Of good players have been
developed by Southern colleges Of
late years. OF course. Ty Cobb. Joe
Jackson. Nap Rucker and iris
Speaker, the most prominent South
erners playing ball at present.
didn't happen to acquire a college
education. Suppose Ty Cobb had
followed the plan his father want
ed him to and had gone to the
University of Georgia He would
now Doe tle Most Prominent Alum
nus. However, even If this quar-