The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-24
BarOnS Have Chance to Advance SPORTS
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED BODEI<ER

President Heinemann is trying to get Chattanooga to join him in his fight against the sale. Colonel Cluke says the following in the New Orleans Daily States:
 If reports emanating from Chat tanooga and Pelican headquarters ma terialize, local fans are apt to hear more of the details of the purchase of Tom Reilly from the Brooklyn club which Charley Frank put over for the Crackers here last Saturday.
 Proxy Heinemann plans to strike back at the Dutchman, and has ex- tended an invitation to o. B. Andrews, president of the Lookouts, to aid him in the fight.
 Chattanooga dispatches to the States say that Andrews, who is re- garded Franks biggest enemy in the Southern league, has been requested to file ctdim for Reilly under the rule governing the waiving of players from the major league, but the Lookout boss has not definitely decided wheth- CT or not he wants to invest $500 for the privilege of engaging in a battle.
 "A claim for Reilly, if filed by the Chattanooga club. say baseball men, will put the Dutchman in close quar- ters, and may probably result in the NhliOIldl dSSOCIdClOn ruD0S against Atlanta. Should a counter claim be filed, it is expected that Frank will continue playing Reilly even if he is obliged to forfeit every game won for the balance of the season.
 There is every indication that the Reilly case is far from settled. Proxy Heinemann is reported working over time with the rulebook trying to find a scheme whereby he can trap the Atlanta club, and is also said to have expressed his opinion of c. H. Eb- bets, owner of the Brooklyn Nationals.
 Tt is contended by persons said to be close to the Pelican mogul that inasmuch as Reilly was drafted from the local club he should have first been offered back for the waiver price, $1500 Ebbet'S attention to this particular clause is reported as hay ing been called, but the Brooklyn man sent such a hot reply, inviting Eeine- mann to take the case to the commits sion that correspondence with him has been dropped entirely.
 If the Chattanooga end of the story regarding the fight Heinemann plans against Frank materalizes and An drews is obtained to harrass the Dutchman's flank, there is going to be some lively doing before the close of the season. Frank, because of his knowledge of baseball law, together with. his ability to shift with speed when in close quarters, while Heine- mann and Andrews direct near siege guns at him, is going to create a lot of feeling over the circuit.
 "Disinterested baseball men, how ever, admit Atlanta has the best of the fight thus far, inasmuch as Reilly is in the lineup daily, and the fact that Frank paid $1500 for the player. while there Is rumor abroad to the effect that the Pels offered but $500 for the crack pivot man of the 1915 champions
 Here's how the angelic Norman El- berfeld is regarded in other clines, the tribute coming from the Mobile Register:
 Leave it to Kid Elberfeld to pull the rough stuff. In the recent Chat tanooga- Nashville game, in which Rogers did not allow hit nor run, pitching a perfect game, Elberfeld, from the coaching lines, taunted him with having caused the death of Johnny Dodge. If true, Elberfeld has overstepped himself and he should be severely punished, if not ruled off, for such conduct. For meanness this same Elberfeld has an edge on the world.