The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-26
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Big Coy1e Shea 81
NOT GUILTY HERE.

Enormous are the crimes that I've committed, t
And mnay are the things that I've LETT un nn, ,,nho.
i've sn %at panned I h Playf for O tSs humans ( San' thing SnSsf he did
have boned from day to day in a tirehss sort of way
But l never chrbtened Elberfeld the kid"
There are things i've ordered double column measure
And I've overlooked the glory in another style of story
hardly In 3 ~ ness .s saaa rs so tss s nsssts laugh
I've made without a shrinking Of the lid;
But I never 'a chrstened nlbsneld the kid"
Norman Elberfed still carries as much interest as any player in
down in gear and cracked in every Joint Yet today he is still in uni
He has magnetism, courage and a true fighting spirit plus a keen
knowledge of the game. But at As he hardly qualities for the title
,.., 1 The 'St is FL PLAYING I. Cd with snos a s, ,o s ss sSt % %nssyn Of T tSs average NE sfSHs s,, ,9G
in the Southern league and yet he has never been known to nooole
~ And, after ali, there may be something in his title of Kid, Per-
haps it isn't any boner at all. ,.
SPEAKING OF YOUTH.
I. youth must be served, as is the general impression, it undoubt-
eddy is in baseball and the ring s1 beyond on . all other her forms smG So, Of c owsS Il ~
"'' Still It ip You wonder why it is that fabulous sums are paid the cobbs
and Mattys for their work upon the field, or to Leonard and Demp-
's' At At 80, in n either baseball or boxing, you have passed the crest
and are we'll down,the grade TO Has,been alley There are exceptions
out GU az a career are upon the diamond o with the punch. In business one is
s It'll p SsppF n mt IS set s99 ali 1% ns ssn a IS fast 'st0 a. e1 he can at # : he ipteads % aserfe ehas
he greater part of his life to his chosen vocation.
FOR INSTANCE
AT "a Dolly Stark is all but through IS an active player. He still
hns q or rs Sre shmus through hTo "l the he < liz Ines o'F stark j." may aye" come ne'y up az as Az a nan
ager, but at "a he has slipped from the social column forever a a shining
light.
Dave Roth knew the same story at 24-ten years earlier than
Stark. When the former Chick was with Baltimore he was looked
upon a a coming wonder Of the age--another Johnson, a Matty DR. q
walsh. Big Dave stripped at 200 pounds and hi. fast ball carried per
feet control. Consequently the White Sx bought him outright for fall
delivery.
Before the campaign was over a line drive struck Dave below the
right shoulder. SCATTERING a nerve and wrecking his pitching motion. A
month later Dave started out anew and developed another style, but
lit didn't pack the odtfme stuff His overland delivery was gone for
good and 10 we're his prospects. .#.5El. E
Roth was sent from Chicago to Birmingham and from there to
Memphis, but could never get in the proper stride. He was only "a
and healthy, but he was checked forever in the game of his choice!
LONG AND MERRITT.
Aa than wo bavo tbo caao, nf Tommy Lon M Inward Narrit
Neither of these was good enough for the Southern, but both are whizzes
lin the American association. .t" 4trE.
Merritt had been up twice and had come back the same number
of times. He had become a landmark on Southern fields until the fuse
burned out. Then he shifted to a higher league and made good from
the start. Sometimes it takes only a change Of scenery to bring out a
new lease on life. -
Long was a kid also, but couldn't make good in A circles, SO he
took the next in stock and is a wonder in the AA.
In place of going down, as is the custom, these lads tpk the ee
Ivator in the other direction, and like the new atmosphere surrounding
them. If you can beat it now is the time to get under way,
Another guy who lifted the roof from the wise ones in George
Jackson. George hit around .2h for Memphis and better than 400 for
the Braves. This is merely another Of the uncertainties of baseball
George Bingley has found conversation a better paying proposition
than teaching gof. The former Colonial pro Is on the road for a Ger
tain gdi magazine and is making . great success with the venture. In
his new field he misses but one thing greaty-the ancient alibL