Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
DOBBS CLUB
HERE FOR 3
WITH LOCALS
These Will Be Last Games at
Home for Long Time-Team
Takes Hard Trip.
BY Percy H. Whiting.


TINE Montgomery Billikens. who
can pull better baseball than
they can trades. viii be here
this afternoon for a ball game. II
wiz be the first Of a three game Sc
ries that winds up the home stay OF
the Crackers.
The Bills are a dangerous BAH club.
Their pitchers are exceptionally good.
All this season the Bills have been
wonder-when they were winning.
Let them get of with a couple Of runs
lead and they had all the pep in the
world. But they don't play much of
an uphill bah game. At that they
have won much more than their share
and are about due trimming.
A FTER the Crackers leave there
y viii be a long dry spell for the
fans. Barring one little, miserable
series there viii be no games at
Poncey until August IA
The hardest test the Crackers must
face viii come from now until then.
II Smiths club can hold itself up
somewhere in the first division, not
too far back Of the leaders. II will
have easy sailing for the rest Of the
season. If Il can not-good night.
1T has been our intention for sew
L eral years to present the fans of
Atlanta with an All-Bug team, picked
from the star involuntary comedians
of the Southern League, but we have
not been able TO piece q out
The nearest we can come to Il is
Catchers-Ed Lauzou and Lee Gar
vim
Pitchers-Bugs Raymond and
George Cradle.
Infielder-Tacks PARROT. first base
Outfelder-Bob Wallace
Numerically, that's a weak bug
team. but otherwise it's there-very
strong.
A COUPLE Of Southerners are the
y worst error makers Of the St
Louis clubs. Ivey Wingo leads the
Cards in pulling hobbies, while Der
rim Pratt is the star misCue maker
Of the Browns.
Both Of them are hitting the bail
hard enough, however, 20 offset few
errors.
LEW present day fans can remem-
Der when Bobby Byrne. Of the
Pirates. played with Shreveport Even
less recall that he was a catcher
when he broke into the Southern
Bobby Gilks speedily made a third |
baseman of him But il was largely
his performance as a catcher that got |
him In the big leagues
Byrne's work at Shreveport attract !
ed the attention OF friends OF Nc
Closky who had the Cardinals. and
he sent scout down TO look Bobby
over. Bob had met with an accident
which deprived him Of the free use OF
his legs, and he had one finger in a
bandage but II happened that when |
the scout arrived the Shreveport
catcher had wooden arm and was |
unable 10 stop the pilfering Of bases
by the opposing club The manager
asked Byrne If he felt that he could |
replace him. Bobby replied that he |
could not move without suffering ex-
Cruciating pain but that his arm was
good and he could stop the base
stealing. So he was substituted for
the catcher who was on the blink
When the Cardinal scout saw the
condition Bobby was in and coupled Il
up with the excellent game he caught
he concluded that Byrne had the
stun ia him out of which major
league ban players are made and he |
signed him Bobby's subsequent ca 3
reer is familiar to all the followers
Of the Pirates.
T HE Federal League doesn't look
SO big a joke after all It's still
wahbling along and while IL will not
cut much figure this year a lot OF
clubs are olamoring for chance to /
get in next year, and it may grow to
he strong circuit. In St Louis the
team is attracting a lot of attention
II is forging to the front while the
other two 81. Louis teams are slump
Ing. Naturally it is popular.
II HAT Charley Franks plan for
solving the salary limit problem
for minor league clubs the sliding
scale SyStem-voted down BY $ l.
magnates at the annual meeting last
December viii be adopted by the Ma
ttonal Association for the 1914 sea
son is the opinion of W. NJ Kav-
anaugh, president OF the Southern
League, according 20 a statement In
New orleans last week.
There isn't a doubt in my mind p"
Mr.. kaVanaugh told "a reporter that
the National Association will adopt
Franks idea at the next meeting in
November. II is by far the best sug
gestion ever advanced. for IL not only
ena bles a club TO pay a player fair
wages, but IL insures every league nm
iShing its season
Had we been a little earlier with
the sliding scale system last fall. il |
would have been adopted unanimous
~. Members of the National Asso-
citation 60 whom I submitted the ar
rangement have since written me that
IL is the only salvation for minor
league baseball as il equalizes mat
tiers and gives the smaller town a
chance 20 win pennant occasional !
ly."
HIS is grabbed from St Louis
paper and is published because il |
sounds the praise of an eminent |
Georgian
A USEFUL KID.
When passing round the auto carts |
Wed like 10 say, by lingo.
We've got a youth of brilliant parts |
Whose name is lNey Wingo.
He's got throwing arm of steel |
And that is why by lingo.
The runners very seldom steal
When Ney let his wing 90.