The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-14

,nuks would beat the Pls and Crackers in succession, he would have
V RSsFsst OS OBJ hatch he e. b, But l! that, s, EXACTLY s What has, has happened; and both
fensiys baseball PLAYING the most conspicuous part n"' ~ S'' uV-
league anf ha Ge'f iost IN 'a tselr Pf lat T sao starts aG ,s and for 9sn saS leadership d eF Gaa5,o Of the he
the H, upper berth in John Martins league. The Peis are meeting the
Pei Pes and Crackers had figured Little Rock and Memphis as setups,
bali, Aa for t the %saR SpR e iaSs ' aTs likely eS 'S to get e '1 1oose as ana a '% ponet I'm se ts
selves Eddie Ss'Ss Foster SS'S &s5d t ha'i pe SsS seo sslS'ss 4 { snS ' SsHs Hugh Of 'e San,
Mayer hit the ball into the negro stands. In the ninth Hughie eased
Az An of the Tribesmen hit the bali hard and supported ID ca nnS ii in 'e eTand
THE CHICKS TO THE CRACKERS.
Oh, yes, we're down where it's dank and black
we're :! down WI in the r o R91 WheTe ' is pretty tough,
But tell US how do you like our stutf7
,o,tI 1T is quite likely that Carl Manda and Jack Lewis, two Chick in
back IN harness a ss' IN P tSs second ss Of affair ihs hR ~%S t iSg Crackers ssSsss, days n,n will set s.,
play !, third r, base and Lewis will return to second. High and Conway
MANY BIG SCORES IN SOUTHERN WEDNESDAY.
tots, W os daass' TnS. was ws,s a day.. day Of big scores in the Southern league. A
with IL, with New Orleans being Ga Il the low lowest So with D one. n leading
Harry conenberger, the young Chick shortstop. who lately as
to left field, had a great day W Wednesday Gssiay" and handled q '1 ic ch wGr,ny m wsnt
IN The fh SsF IS he a n s%f intt sSTn t 's tns ai9srno6 5ns sno,,., -o.,a,v mamma,
w tNs ns%asl because S1%s. he wasa youngster 1t wouldn't be a bad idea for
a game, OF bal, and maybe they would know how to inteHigentIy write
'"''''"e ~ ut players and the game.
CHICKS ALWAYS HARD FOR LEAGUE LEADERS.
. comes me, to o., winning N gav remnants emma it an ,i finishing ling high in the money, the Tribe
/ when II comes to injecting a crimp into pennant contenders. Tail-end
Fl clubs are always hard for the Chicks to mastcate. but when the pace
settlers come to town, when there is q chance to take the ioy out OF
y lhigh-flying clubs lie, those Chicks of Cyrus are always equal to the
q occasion,
isl In past years in the Southern league pennant hunts the Cbick,
have always played a prominent role in the overthrowing OF remnant
Icontenders. Many teams which have sereney ridden the crest for man,
4 weeks have come to Memphis only to see their percentage wilt like
paper collar under q midsummer sun. The Tribe always PLAYS its hes
Il pail against those clubs up among the elite in the ribbon race.
Dixie umpires have had rougher sailing this season than at nm,
70 |other season in the history of the Southern league. Umpire Harry Iohn
"a son is In bad in Little Rock, Umpire George Blackburne is as WELDON
In birmingham as a ieper, umpires Campbell and Brennan. along witt
Shlbley, nave made nocks of enemies in every city in the league
"a Southern fans have had a lot of poor arbhratinp to stand for thi
IS Is not unexpected. Nv" 'uNn
is REDS WILL DRAW RIG SOUTHERN PATRONAGE.
~" prooable " present It will be the greatest thing in baseball history "a
- the fans below the Mason and Dixon's line to say nothing Of what q
important event It will be in the lives of Cincinnati bugs
The worlds series is likely to be between the Reds and Cbicag
White Sx That will mean that half Of the games will be staged
4 Cincinnati. This will afford Southerners an opportunity to witne,
y half of the peerless baseball classic, for Cincinnati lacks hut little
being a Southern city and is easily accessible for the fans who will n
donbtedy take advantage of this rare opportunity of watchinp tho NJ
series. "e 'N I"
8 Heretofore the big baseball battles have been staged In the Ea
- and In cities too far away to be reached by the average bugs pocke
N book. But II the Reds cop-and Il looks like they wui-Snnland fi
LIN are going to turn out en- masse to watch the Moranmen battle the Ge
nsl sonians on their home grounds. I'M
Of
in Pal Moore, the Memphis bantam, has about exhausted his pauen
as in his efforts to lure Jimmy Wilde back into the arena with him. al