Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
Not Right Now, but Mike Finn
Must Not Be Overlooked.
He's Crafty Person,
CRACKERS PICKED TO WIN
Memphis Baseball " Bug" Gives
Bill Smiths Crew First Call
Again This Season.
Rv O. B. Keller.

1--WE get 1t straieht from FRIEND
w Correspondent in Memphis
that the Turtles, even with
Mique Finn at the business end, will
not be a team this year that will make
4 the others sand the track.
In fact, our informant has it that
4 the present lineup is likely to be
meared, or at least variegated, by
some new mugs before the first OF
June, as the array to date does not
appear exactly impressive.
This is not strange. When a ball
club collapses to the minute degree
achieved by the Turtles last year, the
strange thing would be for a mana
ger even of the proportions of Mique
Finn, to dig up an optimistic looking
layout by the time the flag dropped
for the next race.
Only Five Veterans Back.
It may be recalled that only five of
last years squad were retained in the
house cleaning tactics adopted by Sir
Miguel last fall. Merritt, Pep" Shan
ley and Jack Love, infielders, and
Liebhardt and Harrell, pitchers, are
the relics of 1913. All the rest are
Lew men of uncertain caliber.
All except two, we might say.
Bemis, the former Cleveland catcher,
who takes Doc Schoolgirls place, and
Steele, the eX-Cardinal pitcher, are
pretty good men, unless they have
fallen off lot in the last year or two.
Dunchell at First.
But of the fifteen other pitchers
booked for try-outs only two have
showed much promise-Lefty Merritt,
the Appalachian League phenomenon.
who received a short trial with the
Giants, and Smith, another forkhand-
er, who pitched good ball in the Cen
trail League.
Abstein's place at first probably
will be filled by Dunchell. Virginia
Lacquer; and Mullen, from the New
York State League, will take Buffers
place at second. Pep Stanley will
scrap it out with Dolly" Stark for
the shortfield job. Stark played with
Little Rock a number of years ago.
Love in the Outfield.
In the outfield, Jack Love-who
played second a good part of last
year-Seneff, Goulait. Duggan and
Smith will furnish the choices. All
are minor leaguers except Love, who
has a good record with the Turtles
Of last year and previously with the
American Association, and Goulalt,
who was a pitcher for Indianapolis,
in the A. A., and later got trial as
siabman with the Giants. 1t seems he
used to be an outfielder, and has re-
turned to his former type.
Finn May Have Something.
That is the layout to date, ana
Mike Finn is not gloating. But we
have a suspicion that Mike has some
thing up his capacious sleeve, and
that the birthday of the nation viii
see a Memphis team in the field that
win not be the same as on opening
day, and that will be considerably
harder to run over.
Picks Crackers on Top.
BY the way, the first pick of the
season blossomed in Memphis and
was duly plucked by our vigllant cor
respondent Some brave bug name
not given gives the following as the
order in which the clubs will finish,
according to the green pill figures:
Atlanta.
Chattanooga.
New Orleans.
Nashville.
Birmingham.
Memphis.
Montgomery.
Mobile.
m passing, we may say that we like
our unknown friends dope on Allan
IA and Chattanooga, but figure Nash
Vile and Birmingham are due to
swap places, and
But positively not!