Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-21
Z|N'S STRATEGY
NETS HIM A BIC
RAISE IN SALARY
Crack lnfelder Of Cubs, Aided by
Joe Tinker, Hands It to
Charles Murphy.

"A true story of how Heine Zim-
norman the sl,1ggi,1e infelder
of the Cubs managed fo stick IN
capo n1.ssgn1te ,1ada HE roynnnlso,,,,
evil from haeeboII beIns ma &C the limo
in tba RroolSI,,,7 N.,fionaI ANN Mike
Hocl5in,a,, rro,,obt II On frono Gbicaoo
and sn oood is if tbat the Dodee7s'
vo,lno c9tcber IL ael,ed almost every
17sV 70 renesf IL
II vim he racalIed h,, baseball fans
that Zinomernoan had q CONTRACT With
rho Cube calling for a salary of az. 75o
The Iifa ~ Tho c,,n+rne+ was threa
voars ana II evniree at the close If
ne 1914 eeason Now when tho Ead-
oval T'aaone beqar tossing about IFS
money With reckIess abandon Vim
rnerrnar ala a.Iot Of Thinking likewise
e,cban,ira how, 70 GOT a IiftIa evtra
ona1, fsso,,, Hg,,rr(, nc ,,,as tod IN
With fba ohm Cor 1914 and knew that
ba co,,Id not oct = bonns or EXTRA
,,,o,,ay l,,day l9ic contract unless he
,1sed 5ininn,acv and brains
Rnt Zinrnarman was enral 10 the
CORA sion He made if a practice Is
+ohnoh with the Faderals in Chicago
aftap nnssih1e and made s1ye
fbat word If his doines GOT 10 fine ear
IF NT,,r1hv The irnnression got ahroa
tbat Haine was dickering with the
so-calIed outlaws. which was lust
WHAT the ,,Iayer wanted
OEF day no to1d loo Tinker he was
- 49,, ~ nooI,a @tIrnhv dis.
eyoroe IL, n9lIed On Tint,er for bit
81 III, rinl,ar y,ass oniv TOO willing
TIN tIgo DOT their heads together ana
finally This was the bait they threw
~ t,lS 9i,Sr 'l'l, Iir9,ov wa fold Nv Tink-
~ -, +,il AT,,,,,,b,, he had heen talking
bneiness with the Feds. He was to
irform the cub owner that Tinker had
nffe,a -, him q tbree-vear contract car
mo for a salary of $22. 500. Further
more he was to receive $4,000 not to
No, e ~ We ~ Snhe Ms vear his cor
t p.aa lin ~ 10 Tederais NOT to being
,I1tfI 1o1[ an If resnect for the con-
tract Zimmerman had with Murphy
schemers and Zimmerman galloped
80 hasto - Nf,rn'r,-'e office 10 see
p"9t .tb.,,Ias syaf{, tqo,Ila receive the
1o,,.s f%ebarine himself into the au-
1r,,s,t ,,,,esarca IL tbe Chicago magnate,
iIai,a heoan 10 1nbosom himself of
11,,at was on his mind.
..protf,, snf+ for me his wear. Mr..
AIurnhy." booan Jimmy. Nothing TO
do bI1t sit around. smoke good cigars
the CUBS dflt lle w ulle oUA III
81
,l,-r,aar nretty soft?" oueried
,f,,rrb,, = nI1zZied look on his face re-
fiectina his utter failure to compre-
i heo tIii9 ,,bat bis crack infelder was
llni, az u don't Get YOU: please
I-nIaiT, . This with a show of impd-
800 800
,!Vya11 ,,o,, 600 IT'S This wav." quick
!. Ma, ia Zimmerman who wanted to
y II 49,, - Ike Murphy under
loae no t,,ii ~ Ne bad pot him inter
stdnu 10y 49,, tolltinp business
esteu ~, i,odaraIs md they have made
WIN ny - = e1 &c. o.
my aS {, yonI Kidding. Heine," almost
ny ~ 1f,rr5,, Who believed he had
5frlCn ~, ~ sewed m so he could not
l 1itI.ar LIN tha outlaws.
uie'Nsi ~
o ,.:1di,r a. All Mr.. Murphy"
= N,o'i tIairc,s rsioinder. 81 never
Nsl9 .i,,,, IN INV life. have
was llloie NJ Federals and Tinker
I pee" ~, ~ 40 mo an offer of $22,50O TO
nl4y for nm N bo WI vii Give me $1,000
W mar Is iiioi I ha IN FOR tbe cubs this
not 70 p,aS that,s Going some. Pref
year ! suts9 6b I'm lust full Of
~ soll3 WI.@
suS ,I .liCNs IN tho ceiling He hardly
M9I pins u, ,i,nse1f FIAT he had heard
H,,i,,,,,,o,,,,a.n rorreCtlV and wanted to