The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-03
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OVER 100000 FANS SEE CHICKS AT HOME.
A tabulation Of attendance figures at Rosewood for the 1919 sea
t he ts n7sai s' at the Memphis Ne fS' baseball lSSSHo arena Sas' t is ye eafF way through
And this with a team that was never in the first division during
right # od MG Into tsi is oE Rpt N the sSst baseball ss1 IT town o5 s 1, spP Rs,v c ssrl walk
Dear sr-Is Larry Gilbert the batting leader Of the Southern. the
same same. Gilbert nme who led the league in batting in 1904 while playing with
n,rn No. No . The an,,c Gilbert lSot, q { 1904 90. was psnE Rabbit 81. Gilbert Larry was knee
KID ELBHRFELD WILL BE BACK IN ,oaO.
TO those who feel that Kid Elberfed is more of a liability than
K Kid d'S wi b ; back s0o . Sea lea ns4f sssso US i In al the information 10 q 9nt that ths
Travellers ~. - Z Bob OBJ, Allen. president Of the Pebble city club, says that the
sn assoeIatte ! when ! re Tsy efs' sounds ssnSi q next aas May ngt'n''' s'''y = the South,
aser states President re TSn 4 ALIEN II ? ' ne has II ! b re- khd my m9t tea% up out t. a. R Riss
8 baseball interest d Il Little little x : as N never sr' before s' Il The : fae Z th s'5't fSo
Of + the Tttis Rock 'f franchise '% for yt tSe h sten %ntsgt'h hs. Increased Sssa t%. ,1 s, v S.S
"Elberteld i anxious to return to Little Rock and he will prob
ably sign his 1920 contract as soon as the 1919 season ends. In fact,
has n sent after q couple of pitchers recommended BY our new outfteH dGG
had ! 1s stor mS' y gho a ns d Iong been Ds.. the h ,s stormy pst.sl q DYKES major,
Gent ssoIr Martin ptaat on two or three occasions. The Kid spiked a umpire,
III Ssin t % sa9 S' ap 2ous Rss as the s s' 'ssgin s'4 Pss , 3 az A. y. kids 4 n !;
the year he was as docile as Mary's lamb :"
UMr1RTs HAVE HARD YEAR.
hard t time me a" SpG did this ii years vsr . s tat IF in ud aSs ssu II amy League "a ,eI had Is such A. a
s sn1 n nssss1on. to ?, wild ..Ia wsoly SHIRLEY. the arStsr, were :" obliged III on is sV,
Brennan is considered the best umpire in Dixie. and yet Birmins-
ssa sa~ ~s, sAG ps su a sim with " won SS! !ns on z recent en-. occasion s%s only a..
to the i SVgn " i'm in I little : ROCK SSdp georges sSa BIseES S1Te w wa N n r ssaS a b St
lis I. troubles "Sass :" and ! was as obliged a /, . lock a& himself ,a A sp IN th sl' clubhouse h %
ment All season. ~ '"'"'' nave '''" '00''e'sd 10 raw treat
terest 1 is so KEEN t' t S%'s "s d sss %on' asain. Ra 4 eu Or is ss sSIltsn baseball td in, in.
{ sss' n 's = e %s'ssF t TT SBsls sna d hss sas fact Ct 1 l.' is t a4S,n Dh1e n nmRlTs :
lifetime, ' '" "'""'' "or'al y
LEFTY GRIMM BEST FIRST Stacker IN DIXIE.
.,0c. There he. n have n been crack X, first st. Oassman in the he's southern league, ever
men as Jake Dau0ert Doc Johnston and Gene Paulette graduated from
Pirates; Grimm has sSsry y1i1S n his i SS'%% to SCI stick . in n The p1 ss siae
and and covers q much ground : an oatfeidsr, III He !" is an acrobat S sSst'i ant
sticks his right paw in the air the pill settles down in the mtt the
Grimm is without question the headlner among Dixie doormer
nj, r rsss ssns ,Sap around 20 Mn; ,ss circuit; G' the Sou Sss'9 ,sssn, League ssns i, is SPENDING pc. \ i'm
! i oms ca a stay in 9I Mobile ~ "a and ~ is Nc 1, New Orleans watching the Pei
A Phiry wrter, in describing a recent game between the Phil
: and sI1o pirates ws.s s nsa.,,o "p pnS T SsossS Shs spy' sluggish S0dden' sloppy ter
Aside from these few faults, the game was probably o, k.
y Dear slr1,t YOU had to choose the most valuable man o. III
N'~P %his ''s snor ,t Ss ys' n,H wnS Of T sssm y wno , deserved ai.tp TAS AT sa1yie
I. medals, Hugh canayan leit ,nsnded pitcher i, 0 my way Of thinking
! Z s al,. m SSt E h, sSs ball al 'S Ssrd a't and GA mest of 1'S an' he NOT To 1Rsy P Ss head goo q
RED SMITH snornp BE RETAINED.
,,r,e %As sop sai n az Sa nI'SI Ss, sSift Smith i!S'' win Hi' be on AMONG 1@s If tSs n nSSss
Red, although hit hard and often by Fate all season and being pc
Imace-weder. Especially in the closing series at Rosewood dd n
m ILogansport peckerwood crown the ball
Red is one OF the best ht-and-run players In Dixie He is usual
dependable when it comes to poktng the ball through the hole betwee
first and second. His work in the field has been all that could hay
been desired, @
Red isn't keen for any more work behind the bat, but he wan
I'd he n outfielder. lie isn't fast on the bags. but he Is d timely hitte
and IL will be no mistake II he is retained for next year. Memph
fans think highly of Red and many bouquets have been tossed in q
redheads direction for his good work,
The year, of 1919 proved to be one OF the greatest In the histo
" OF the minor leagues. Fifteen minors started the season and IS
- them finished their schedules, all with prosperous years from a fma
oial| point Of view. The best evidence that baseball has come ba
bigger and better than ever lies in the fact that the minors--the sms
fish in the big puddle-haye come through with fyhs, coors.