Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

~ING BODIE. who thinks he is
- fbe greatest ball player in
The business (there are 9th
s.s who do not think so, rs well
.ay4rrised out on the coast, where
.. makes his home in winter. y
.,rrsip brewery advertises in the
.n.,ter programs. The ad consists
If ,olored print of a huge stein.
On -he opposite side is a picture of
Rode. and under the picture are
.basa words: MY friends attribute
my success in the big league to the
fact that / drink this brand of
beer" His manager, James j. Cal
1a5an. Of the White Sox, is under
tho IMPRESSION that if the amber
Amid has anything TO do with his
r..yfnp. he better quit drinking or
quit baseball.
0IG ED KONETCHY, first base
D man Of the Cardinals. is said
ro have notified the management
that unless he receives a salary
or $500 he will retire temporarily
from the diamond. In spite of the
fact that Honey is a heavy sticker
and a fairly good first baseman,
this seems like a pretty stiff price
for him to ask for his services.
It begins to look as if Miller
Higgins. who succeeded to the
management of Mrs. Helene Brit
tons team when Roger Bresnahan
vas canned. has his work cut out
for him. There are several other
Cardinal players who are holding
out for more salary, and Higgins
is having difficulty in signing these
men Just now, when everything
should be rosy for the little man
ager, he finds that leading a ball
club has its difficulties.
FRIEND DAVID ]. DAVIES, of
The Pittsburg Dispatch, ap-
proaches via the exchange table
with the following titles for the
Giants. now that club has signed
Indian Jim Thorpe:
Little Chief Not-Afraid-o of the
Empires McGraw.
Chew -in-the- Face Doyle.
Big Six Not Afraid Of Tinker
Mathewson.
Heap Much Squaw Man Mar
Guard
Red Fire on-the Head Murray.
Al-Time-C hew-Rag Herzog.
Chain -the-F'oot Mccormick.
misunderstanding Pinch Gran
dali
Hole-in-the-Glove Snodgrass.
Sun-in- the-Face Devore.
No-More- Bone Head Merkle.
Al-Time- Skin Bear Alive Tes-
reau.
AlWays-No-Luck Ames.
Crazylike-F Fox Faust.
Man Hates Squaw Notes Sha-
fer
joint. Myers, ESQ.
James Thorpe, Esq.
OUT in Pittsburg they are be
lifting the ability of Jim
Thorpe as a ball player. 1t looks
a bit Ike sour grapes because Bar
ney Dreyfus tried to land the In
dian bOr Ivoc bao+a1 nv NIaC, ra VI
Ralph Davis, writing in The Pitts
burg Post, says:
Baseball as pastime stands on
It's own legs and needs no support,
other than the legitimate love of
the American public for the great
est OF all games. 1t has thrived
because it has been kept clean. and
because the men who earn a living
at 1t are not masquerading under
tase colors.
II is not an institution which
must depend upon falsehood and
Misrepresentation to make money.
IS too closely scrutinized by
thousands Of intelligent men and
women every day in six months of
every year to permit of any shady
|ahsactions long passing muster
II Is not a game of side shows
Iach team has it's drawing card,
u course, but the men who bring
"e money in at the gate are the
'"es VINO excel on the diamond in
one department or another. I'm
'Ne other professions which might
" mentioned, a ball player does
increase in value to his team
-eA he acquires a questionable
Tpu'ation for morality or honesty.
'S is not helped by press agents
.''"a oi social conquests. or of es-
'paD's such as are grasped at by
lines.
'." l"e major league ball play
Ii Is a plain question of deliver
-+ me goods now. Even the man
.,.'.. -'1 800 ten years ago. but has
.''"fated until at present he hits
'--o and has slowed M MS p
M.. '. and base runner. does not
Ill.,. MS place in the public estima-
1' is remembered for what
.'' accomplished. bur h. is not
..."ing card today The BAH
.r, must not only make good.
~ ~ Keep on making good.
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