The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-08
MANY LEAGUERs GOING TO MAJORS.

MANY SOUTHERN LEAGUERS GOING 10 MAJORS.
When the 1919 flag race has been completed many deals art going
TO be made by Southern league clubs with the majors A bumper crop
hunt and already there has been spirited bidding among several big
There will be three Tribesmen wearing major league spangles next
qpring Lou chritenbuEy, Chick shOrtst0p, is the most luscious plum
|Eielder q the willow, and any athlete who can hit has a berth wait
Sso m with %, Dixie t,S Carroll 1To !, will be up Pn there ss IS, sG%oTns @sy. Mean Msny oo oMs nays
From the New Orleans pelaps it is likely that John sullivan, Red
have %es rspoT ted fa1oraD SS0S on s Tly R siF and HANKS a ~ w mayor ~
and H HhS aasats f asFadGs. are Cfa RlseRi osti ss sSF 'G in aS Sias@as on ,st of 9s6
.. Charley gg Franks young pitchers are likely to be carried IN the spring
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1 TPsHsisr crack 'osfsb at a b big sD League 3 H%d is JOB S6,f fPS m may : go ;Gv up; TONY RSs BF Roan.
son, who has been up several times, is not figuring on trying it again
being content to stick in the Southern; .o,,".
MOBILE BEARS HAVE TWO GOING HIGHER.
given an op pSS4S T' to Dg show TI there y class ass in y Sts u = spsneSs Joe oe
schepner; the classiest third ba@man in the league, and HOo o.. Dgoote;;
his season, and while he hasn't broken all batting records. he has per
las shown abundant promise and may have a season on the bench in
the lanky pitcher over whom Charley Frank and John D. Logan al
most came to blows, is a nkeyloOking prospect, but as yet no scout
I'D TFo n N = WI II tae5 S5;, only q ys, athlete who a. look: good GOD. 70 be ,- :;
IN the majors and reports from the Capital City are that he is going
Two chattanoogans. Griffith, an outielder, and Anderson, first
9aseman are being closely scTutinized by the big league head hunters
In Birmingham there is but scant material suitable for bigtime
employment John Peters, the big catcher, has been hitting above form
stevenson n duncan, two outnelders and an nUeNder, VINO nave been
given the once over by ivory hunters.
All in all, it is a certain fact that there will be a general exodus
from the Southern to the big ring, for the class OF minor league ball
players will be on the market and the major magnates will not hesitate
in picking their favorites among the stars of sunand'
CRACKING UNDER THE STRAIN. s,
/ One club in the Sunland major that has been looking like a flag
contender all season has cracked under the strain, and thereby hangs
an interesting tale. .t@' -
The Little Rock Travellers started out this season as IL they were
going to sew up the Dixie flag. They travelled at a great pace. They
with the one thought that at last a flag was to kiss the breezes at Lit
tie ROCK. But there was a sad awakening.
Manager Kid Elberfed, Of the Travellers, had two grand pitch
ers. He worked them until they almost caved in. That is the kids
Iway. He always pushes his pitchers too far. They go to the limit
Of human endurance and then crack. This is the reason for the skid
ding of the Travellers today. Even such grand pitchers as RUDE Rob-
insoR and Benny Karr cannot stand up under the strain of working
every other day. The .Rube told me the last time the Travellers were
here that he had worked until he was about all in. and that he would
have to have rest IL he could be counted on to win games IS of yore.
Little Rock is out of the flag hunt unquesionaby, and the over
Take the case of the Atlanta Crackers. Charley Frank has five
good moundmen, four of whom are youngsters. He has Joe Thorburn,
John Suggs, Ray Roberts and Jim Boone. Tom Sheehan Is the Oldest
man of the staff. Frank sees to it that they are not overworked, He
has them take their turn in the box and makes it his business to keep
them getting the proper rest between their working days. The result
the Crackers are getting good pitching. They are up in the race. The
Crackers are ready to stage a Garrison finish in the Southern, with
their moundmen in the proper condition to travel the route with full
speed ahead. s@-t t@-s $751;, ~
It shows the wisdom in handling pitchers. Kid Elberfeld was
Handicapped because he had but two winning moundmen. He figured
he could grab the flag via, the good arms Of Robinson and Karr. But
his calculations have been upset. The Travellers went fine till their
pitchers cracked.