Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

The schedule situation in the Southern
league is goat getter.
II is possible to arrange things so that
Atlanta. Birmingham and Montgomery get
the worst of it year after year-or that
any three clubs get stung.
1t works like this: The president ap-
points three men on the schedule COM
mtttee: Then he excuses himself from
attending the meeting and sends league
mogul in his place These four frame up
a schedule that gives them all the best
But then they need one more vote
70 get 1t they throw some sort of sop
to one other Club-Shorter mileage or
something Of that sort-the sort Of sop
ent schedule That gives them five votes
and a majority.
A league president can hand this thing
out year after year, so long as he is given
power to name the schedule committee.
The president of the Southern league
has been handing it to Atlanta year after
year.
oh. well,
Jake Atz tells EN- in New Orleans that
Catcher Charley Schmidt can't throw
from the plate to the pitcher S box and
that a steam roller could steal on him.
Tom Downey is kicking on going to
Baltimore, but would be satisfied to re-
port to Louisville.
One of the hold-outs on the North
western league is Umpire VanHaltren.
When George settles back in the traces
it would be hefty Job to move him
Rafael Almeida, former Baron, offered
Al Demaree, former Gull, a good con-
tract to go to Cuba and pitch games, but
McGraw refused to let him CO. Wise Nc
Graw.
Earl Blackburne, the Pirate catcher
who has had diphtheria, is recovering.
We always supposed this diphtheria was
largely children's disease. but we shall
have to enlarge the classification now and
make it children and ball players.
The Giants come from the heart OF the
corn belt-nost Of them. For instance:
Doyle, Fletcher and Wilson from Illinois,
Crandall and Devore from Indiana, Hart
ley and Merlle from Ohio and Tesreau
from Missouri Then We always did hear
that Jim Thorpe was some performer with
the corn, too; only not the kind that
comes in sacks.
Shreveport and Little Rock may have
baseball after all. They have been offered
places IN a southwestern league, along
with Springfield. Mo-, Joplin. Muskogee,
Oklahoma City and Fort Worth.
son like battIeshfps. they viii wear
aluminium rib protectors, a harYeyized
steel chest guard, concrete lIneecaps
leather toe guards, binders and hustle
John Dobbs would have bought Joe
Dunn for the Montgomery team if Bill
Smith hadn't beaten him to it.
Nashville fans believe schwartz has
dug up a rising star in Frank Goalby
from the Gainesville club. of the X l. r.
league He is alleged to have every
thing--which is plenty.
Nashville sport writer's are roasting
President Hirsg for his willingness to
lanta. They say Harry is too good a
player TO let loose But then, he's very
expensive, thinks Hirsig to himself And
Smith will land him-if he doesn't stick
with the Senator'S
The United States league Will put
team in Brooklyn. And right after Char
ley Ebbets built new park, too. Fie
upon en-.
year, has written Manager Doom that he
is none the worse for his attack and is
ready, strange TO relate. for the season
to begin.
Rucker. Ragan and Allen, of the Brook
Ign team. viii report at Hot Springs
February II,
Ty cobb says he'll sure get that 3d..
geo he's holding out for--only it's not
$4,000.
Ed Walsh has written Manager Cal
lahan that he is in better condition now
than ever before in his life.