Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-21
VOLS SHOULD
Be HEARD FROM
NEXT SEASON
Despite Nashville Club WrangIe,
Many Players Have Signed
for Coming Campaign.
By Bob Pigue.

NJ the proverbial oil has been APP
y piled to the troubled waters
..,-nr which the frai, bark containing
... vols, 1914 hopes has been sailing
with some degree of uncertainty, one
ant at the outlook for the approach
no. season might serve to al least
.,se the impotence of the regular
Ian. e+,+o
FORMER President Hirsig's state
mont that he has sold his snare Oh
he stock in the local club Just ABOUT
.,'oans that Schwartz Will again man
lge the team. Although no ollfcia .
announcement has been made yet,
sa,s are taking it as certainty that
no ,.Rov Manager" will again be IN
oar midst
schwartz has always been popular
Min his players, and they all no doup'
u,ouId be very glad to work under
i'm II is also known that the pres
.nt directors are pleased with the
rdstling manager.
THE receiving staff of the loca!
| snuad will be well taken care of,
uespite the fact that it has been eX-
nected shat there would be speclai
weakness in this division, since Glooy
Gibson mas gone to big league yards.
The Vols will have Red Smith,
product of the Kitty League, on the
string. as a starter. Reds only weak
nass is with the stick, and he is ex-
pec,ed to overcome this fault TO q
great extent. At any rate, he looks
good and he is expected to prove
great help to the local hurlers. Ana
Ihon There is a receiver from the 81.
Iouis Browns who has been signed.
His name might be Rockybilt or AS
forgie as far as we know. W hlie
pIaving with the Browns does not
tend to bring out all that is best IN
ball player, it gives him a feeling that
If he had a chance he might DO
something. and there's where the vols
hope to land good catcher. But
there'n be others later on.
FIRST of ALL there's Heinie Berger
the h:g cause of a still bigger row
who viii occupy the hill portion OF
the time for the Vols next season.
Hene is getting old, but the old Grip
ule usually manages to get away with
the decision. and believes he has many
more good games left in his wrinkled
whip. Leslie Johnson and Sam Hen
Gee the sensations of the kitty
League last season, viii be given a
tryout. ard from their records they
are going to be hard to beat out OF Il
regular Job on the Vols hflng llne.
This fellow Schwenk, from the
Browns, has a good record, If RECORDS
count. and if he can stand the sunny
Southland he'll put back all we lost
in Kid Williams, George Beck, ct al
And still therell be others ere the
winter league has given way to the
1914 season.
4 RITE Hoffman, who will probably
y be signed within the next few
DAYS. will occupy the first corner, and
in case Clarence Kraft is secured, II
is probable that the old kid Will get
a chance at some of the other int1eld
positions. Artie's record as renee
buster is we'll known and the initial
cushion will be covered with about
as much brains and Drawn as ever
before.
Johnny LINDSAY, who has played
J with the Vols so long that he feels
ike he ought to be retired on pen
sion about next season, Will stun 40
the Wagner stunt around the half
way position Jawnny is always at
the top in the fielding averages, and
as a rule manages to get just where
hey hit EN-, which makes him ell
gible as a follower of the great eX-
ample that the still more renowned
Honus has set for all perspiring
Youngsters
THE old Keystone sack is still in
doubt. as there are two or three
Candidates for the job. a youngster
named Rust, from the Wilds OF AT
Kansas, hopes to land regular perrin
AT the middle station. but ne mas TO
reckon with a youngster named Plnch
McCabe, who halls from one of the
Northern circuits. McCabe is an out
Iielder as we'll as an infielder ana
may give Rust hot argument run
Tor the sack
JACK SPRATT will be the Vols
J third saCker. Jacques was with the
locals about half the season last year
and came through with all kinds OF
lass. being speedy on the paths and
. clouter of considerable consistency.
Naas, it'll be Jack on third next sea-
son
y left field we'll probably have one
Mr. Al Shaw, who halls from
burg called Jersey City. Al will fill
The shoes of Jim Daley, the Vols
comedian left gardener, and from all
reports said number tens will be just
about as full as a voter on election
oay. In right there may be Delmar
DeWaine Young. In the center therell
be the ever present remainder of the
Nelchonce deal, Dave Callahan. Dave
Is almost as good as Welchonce, and
y he can manage to get next to
Few more wallops he'll come under
the wire ahead of the Crackers star
next season