Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12

The schedule situation in the Southern
league is a goat getter.
1t 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
mittee Then he excuses himself from
attending the meeting and sends league
a schedule that gives them all the best
of it.
- But then they need one more vote.
to one other club-shorter mileage or
something of that sort-the sort Of sop
that is thrown to Nashville by the pres
ent schedule: That gives them five votes
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
mas been handing ii to Atlanta year after
Oh well!
Jake Atz tells EN- in New Orleans that
catcher Charley Schmidt cant throw
from the plate to the pitchers box and
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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 NanHaltren.
When George settles back in the traces
1t 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 go. Wise Nc
Graw.
Earl Blackburne. the Pirate catcher
who has had diphtheria, is recovering
largely a 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-most of them. For instance:
DOYLE, Fletcher and Wilson from Illinois,
Crandall and DeVore from Indiana, Hart
ley and Merke 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 sim IN S9uthwestern league along
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Umpires are going to tog up next sea-
son like batteships. They will wear
aluminium rib protectors, a harveyized
steel chest guard, concrete kneecaps,
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. T.
league. He is alleged to have every
thing-whieh is plenty
Nashville sport writer's are roasting
President Hirsig for his willingness to
sell his claim on Harry Welchonce to At
lanta. They say Harry is too good a
player to let loose. But then, he's very
Smith will land him--if he doesn't stick
with the Senator's.
The United States league will put a
team in Brooklyn. And right after Char
ley Ebbets built new park, too Fie
upon en-.
Ad Brennan, a diphtheria victim last
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 Raglan and Allen, of the Brook
Ign team, will report at Hot Springs
February II.
Ty Cobb says he'll sure get that $15..
600 he's holding out for-only it's not
ia Walsh has written Manager Cal
than ever before in his life