Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Crop This Year Certain to Attract
Attention Of Scouts From
Major Leagues.
THREE OR FOUR CRACKERS
SEEM LIKELY TO GO UP
Many Southern Battery Men Old
Timers---YOungsters Are
Doing Well.
By Percy Whiting.

MYTH the Southland fairly
w swarming with scouts these
days it is high time to look
over the material and the prospect
of sending to the big leagues this
fall some men who will be worthy
to take places alongside Joe Jack
son, iris Speaker, Jim Archer, Nap
Rucker and the other unnumbered
Southern League graduates who have
made good in the majors.
TRUTH to tell the 1918 crop looks
fair There may be slumps that
will ruin fair regulations. But there
ought to be nearly a score in the
Southern who will go up. as bona
fide prospects or who VIII be re-
called on general principles by the
major league teams which own them.
THE local club is going to con-
tribute its share of men to the
big leagues Tommy Long is going
up again sure-this time 10 stick, Il
seems likely, for Tommy has learned
the art Of batting. His slde-kick in
the outfield, Harry Welchonce, will
also go back if the scouts are wise.
This man has been up three times,
but he has never had a real chance
Smith is going up again. He looks
about the best in the league, The
Pittsburg club is almost sure to re-
call Councilman and Bisland. II
Dent goes good ne will be sent back
again to the big show. Musser's case
is uncertain. At times ne looks like
a wonder. Then next time he Is
wild. But he should get at least one
more trial.
A GOOD half of the top-notch bat
tiers of the league will be tried
out by big league clubs next spring.
The Giants are sure to get Dave
Robertson back from Mobile and no
ought to make good with McGraw's
team. He is hitting tremendously is
stealing well for a heavy man and is
a good, intelligent player. Sloan
and KniSeley will go back up again.
So will Mcdonald of Birmingham.
An interesting question arises over
the fate of the two star catchers of
the Southern League - Charles
Schmidt and Gabby Street. These
old timers are the best catchers in
the league and have all the ability to
be entitled to another Try In select
company But will they get it? IL
seems likely that Schmidt will. All
the managerial experts believe he Is
due to go up again.
The White Sox will probably recall
Mayer 1t is doubtful If the Giants
will trouble again with jacobson. II
Wares of Montgomery would hit a
bit harder he would be called. He
is useful second baseman and may
go up despite his feeble batting. The
same is true of Paulet OF the Gulls.
He is a nifty fielder. but weak with
the willow.
a MONG the pitchers the stars this
season are mostly men who
have been up before Covelesklc,
apparently the best in the lot, has
been up time and again. Prough has
had his taste of life in select cir
cles, but win undoubtedlv go up
again if he keeps his present clip,
Summers is another guy who was
flunked back to the minor leagues.
He seems too slight and feeble for
the game in the big leagues, but they
may take another chance with him.
He is surely pitching effectively this
season.
Hogg Of the Mobile team started
out like a tremendous winner this
season. Lately he has not peen go
ing so well. He is a husky, intelli-
gent, hard working chap and viii
probably be sent back to the Boston
Nationals in the fall.
The case of Beck is a doubtful one.
He started like a wonder and the
Nashville club received seevral cash
offers for him that were flattering.
Probably Brother Hirsig slipped up
in not taking up one OF the offers.
Beck Is not going very strong now
and will be lucky to get big league
trial.
Williams, with Nashville, shows
signs of coming around. Brooklyn
will very probably recall him in the
fall
" HILE admittedly the old timers
w are making lot of the loudest
noise in the Southern League, there
are enough promising youngsters to
make it likely that there will be some
handsome sales made this fall. And
unless all signs fail the local cluD
-'-'n cop its full share of the sales
money.