The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
GEORG|A-ALAbAMA
 BEGINS LAST WEEK
 OF SEASON TODAY
League Has Very Success full SeasOn-Good Players Are Plentiful-All-Star
 Teams Selected
STANDING

Griffin ............... 57 19 s .3os
 Games Today
 Rome at Newman.
 LaGrange at Anniston.
 Talladega at Griffin.
 Anniston, July 16.-(Special. )-Only one more week of the fourth season of the Georgia Alabama league remains to be played. as each club will end the season next Saturday by playing dou- ble header. The season has been one of the most successful ones during the life of the fast little circuit and al- though Rome and Newman have been in the lead the whole season the fans in every town in the circuit have been interested as good ball has been played.
 The GA. L. has failed to develop a sensation like Jack Majors, who was signed by Connie Mack. this season, faster this year than it was last year and contained as many good ball play CTS as the league did in 1914 when so many of the men were sold and drafted
 out of the league-players like Farm
 CT, Lamar Mike Burke and Tom Rodger. who played under the name of Davis.
 Good pitchers have been plentiful in the league this season. but the league
 has suffered from the lack of heady and young catchers. Then there have been several infielders and outfielders in the Georgia Alabama league this eason who are too good for their com pany.
 In picking an all star team the writer has watched each club carefully dur ing the season with this idea in view and has eXerted every effort to get all the seasons records to judge from. In the outfield the league has good players in Davis and Flynn of Newman, Shaw of Rome, Camp and Clapp of Talladega, Tolbert of Rome, Love Of Anniston. and Wilson and Poland of LaGrange. Shaw of Rome is leading the league in hitting with an average of 1854. He has played in 56 games, has received 126 chances and has made only two errors. He is fast both on the bases and in the outfield and has had enough experience to be a steady player.
 FLYNN GETS PLACE | Don Flynn. who led the league dur | ing the first month of the season in everything possible and who is now hitting .93S, cannot be kept out of a place in the outfield. This fellow is heavy, but is exceptionally fast for a man his size and there is not a better base runner in the league. Camp of
 Talladega has probabl the best throw ing arm of any outfielder in the league;
 has robbed many a, man of a hit over
 second because of his ability to cover territory. He is hitting .315. With Flynn in left field, Camp in the cen- ter garden and Shaw in right, it would
 be a difficult thing for a man to get a hit in that outfield and the trio would make many a pitcher unhappy in a pinch as each man hits well with men on bases.
 At first base the league has good players in Wade Reynolds. Hal Grif- fin of Newman. Tige Garret of Talla- dega and Carnes of Griffin. The latter has only been in the league for nine games, but during those contests has taken care of 94 chances without an error and has hit 25S Outside of Wells. Griffin's manager. the first sacker is easily the best player on that
 club. Hal Griffin is probably the best fielding first baseman in the league and is a good sacrifice hitter. knows the game and is a good man to have on a club Tige Garret is good heady man, but has been weak at the bat this season. However when you consider ] Wade Reynolds hitting ability, who I has an average of 33S for the season and has a habit of putting them over the fence, his ability to keep the other | infelders from blowing in the pinches l and his all-round playing around the 1 first sack, the league will have to ad- l init that he is in a class to himself l At the keystone sack there are | Mackey of Newman. Leonard of La | Grange, and Watson of Rome Leonard | began the season we'll but fell down during the last month. Watson of Rome is a good man. covers a good
 bit of ground. is a steady hitter, but Mackey of Newman will cover moro | territory, is hitting around 300 and is | one of the best men who have been in 1 the league for three years. and has l improved with each season. and is en- ], titled to the position.
 | Showers. Bowdoin and Waldren play third base we'll and the former is one | of the most promising players in the | league. However. there is not man l in the league, who holds down the hot
 corner that is in Manush's class.
 THREE SWELL SHORTSTOPS l Christenberry of Anniston, Gondolf
 of Newman and Donaldson of Rome I stand head and shoulders above al | the shortstops in the GA. l.. The | Rome player is a hard working player | hits fair. covers a world of territory to his left. but is weak while going | toward third. is a good base runner and has pep to spare. His size is his handicap. as he is too small. Gondolf probably covers more ground than anS other short fielder in the league get, the ball away from him fast, has good arm, but he is only hitting .244 ters in the league with men on bases is a hard worker and steady player a good lead-off man and covers a gooC bit of territory and can go just as wei
 to his right as to his left. He has fig.
 ured and started as many double play!
 as any other man in the league. H.
 has fielding average of .9S4 and {
 batting average of .2s7. and will mak, l a better man than either Gondolfi ol l Donaldson.
 l Among the catchers of the league I who have made good are Pierre o \ Rome. Mcdonald of Anniston. Goocf l of Talladega. Wells of Griffin and Mat I ty Matthews of Newman Matthews bes !, days have past. but he is a good coacI of young pitchers and has done wei with Newman. Wells is a steady catch CT. but is not the receiver he was 1T 1912 Gooch of Talladega is a hare working youngster and probably GOV CTS more territory on fouls than thu | other receivers in the CHA L. do ha! l plenty of life. but has not had quit | enough experience and is weak witt
 the willow. Mcdonald of Anniston |