Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
By Percy H. Whiting.
m YSTERIOUS MIKE FINN rs
III surely the secretive guy.
- Nnhndu dnun In Mnhlla

"a YSTERIOUS MIKE FINN rs
MI surely the secretive guy.
Nobody down in Mobile
knows what Mike has in store for
Gulltown fans for this season. He
hasn't breathed a hint. OF course,
certain facts have leaked out from
the other ends of the lines. But
Mixes official dope is still under
cover. And Mike Is still in Little
Rock, and will go to Hot Springs
before he reports.
Note this: II Mike Finn is given
half a chance he will finish among
the contenders.
It has always been Mikes fate to
work with the wrecking crew
When a team goes broke and has
been down in last place few years
and is still broke, they say:
Send for Mike Finn"
Then comes Mike and. by the
economical expenditure of rs cents
Of real money and by making MANY
rash promises, he gets a club to-
gether. Then, If he doesn't win
pennant, everybody says Mike Finn
is a dub manager, which is very
depressing for Mike. If ever Mike
has had money backing and half a
chance, it has escaped notice
THE strength of Mike Firms
catching staff hinges on one
wing. This hipper belongs to
Schmidt, formerly of Detroit, and
later of Providence, fast year this
old slugger hit .342, including 25
two baggers, 18 three -baggers and 5
home runs. Heafielded .s75,p maxi
ing but errors in, 1872 games.
Considering these marvellous rec
ords, why did Providence let him
go? For a reason that does not
show in our ridiculously inadequate
records, His arm went dead and
runners stole on him at will, Now
it may be that his arm viii come
around. If it does, Schmidt will be
the best catcher in the league. II
not, he will be soft pickings for
base runners Finn also has Ber-
ger and Mueller the latter a hang
over from last year, who did not
show much. Berger comes from
Greenwood, Miss, where he batted
1921, fielded 95S and stole s bases.
Charley Frank wanted this one,
but Finn had the luck of the draw.
Finn had a catcher named Martin.
secured from Fort Wayne by draft,
but he was turned back.
L INN has three pitchers left, who
are as follows: Cavet (won
IA. lost y, Berger (won 10, lost 15)
and Campbell (won II, lost 100.
They are tolerably good men and
Cavet in particular Is promising.
The new men are Robertson and
Hogg. Finn also got Eferd from
Roanoke (where he won 2S and lost
12), by draft, but his name does not
appear in any recent list. and Finn
must have disposed of him.
Robertson was a good man with
a poor team. Hurting for. the hope
less Indianapolis club, he won
and lost 8. The club finished teeto-
tally. Hogg was with New Bedford,
in the New England league last
year, where he won and lost 10
with team that finished sixth.
The year before he won 10 and
lost 3.
OF course, Finn undoubtedly has
other pitchers up his sleeve-or
elsewhere.
IT HE Gulls have carried over
three mighty good infielders
from last year, Paulet, Star and
O'Dell. They batted, respectively,
.231, PAS and .297, which was not
very strong, but all are good field
ers and heady players. Each was
a fair base stealer (22, 16 and 81,
and a dependable performer.
ID. Walsh's position at short must
h be filled. And it should be no diff
cult job. Walsh was brilliant, but