The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-12
THE EARLY BIRp-A PARALLEL CASE.

The early bird has always received credit for getting a strange
and while his pep is the strongest usually finishes somewhere near the
This statement is clearly verified in the case Of the Atlanta crack
Just as soon as the 1918 season closed. He sent sammy Mayer, his cap
Frank signed up almost his entire bali club before several Of the other
s ssason n arrived sedn F SqUSEn rs 81 rs sOdns s TSs 6 0sT P Pl'y NS .,s whsn dt THE 19 u
winter reported, and where other managers and club officials were hav-
stein Of brew and announced that the Atlanta club was + ready f for the tn
Sam Mayer, Cracker captain and outtielder, told me on the last trip
when wi en- he sta ar out % M IOoRfns for or1 bali i payers layers rae aDde mao ord hard ot t cRarsS
taran d The 2 wis 10 in 7, Franks "a ans action !, is csmpp apparent when one slant is
and h BTi a 3 wePs, a4. n sns9Ss t. {, Win Yin the a.t snaP |, asalI. ~ -. .n,,...
as s the Datohmsn knows, and he Went after them while they were in
and Ne M,D WAS ss SIs to mold sId. 3 strong roma, array a,
the rotund Dutchman Of Atlanta and suburbs. '"A ""
! OLD HUB SHOWS NO SIGNS OF WEAKENING,
1 so trouble s1f In # le ! H9@ld so sst tnF league ssys, r ss,b in between e xs ssT Ts, r. y.1 have
the oldest moundman in the league, speaking. ITS a fact I always
psa fHsp arm NJ some on Of Of these tRsse hen here s sirds say ayai r !" IS sot PG nothing aRRars eaee ia my my
manage to win the majority Of my 8 games, and "a win ipe even S'0 more W with h
=. !. - Z: beam sa n ;s ;ss ,' cas-. i sf' &: c;s ss; s;yi rs. g. e'. ss., demonstrated s.v,as s.:s
q si Joke ~ for many years, the Reds have at last got : grip on them.
with their sails set pennantward and with every indication pointing to-
a victorious year.
..no The n,, battsss, for the opening game of the approaching worlds
cicotte and schalk; Reuther and Rariden.
PAL DIDN'T LOSE, AFTER ALL.
in 20 ra rou mGeff but Il fsne ode to to ret It t6s %sc ad gave ac jimmy Wilde Lea a beating
I'm Pars cloud consisted of 5000 berries the Memphis midget received
for his hour of milling.
Frank Moran arises from his easy chair, lays aside his nine and
carpet Shippers long enough to challenge Jack Dempsey for a bout.
FRANK ID the. only survivor of the heavyweight layout who has
not neen sent to the canvas by Dempsey, and if Jack cares to make it
unanimous, he may consent to fattens the veteran Moran along with
the other bunch who have already hit the long, long trail. A
HOW DOES PETE HERMAN GET AWAY WITH 1T?
Pete Herman is bantamweight champion of the world. notwitb.
standing the fact that he has been decSivey defeated by every rood han.
tam IN the United States. Pal Moore, of Memphis, has trimmed Her.
man two or three times. Bernie Hahn, the young Albanian adrini.
tered a walloping to Pete a few nights ago. Earl Puryear has beater
him, and so has Joe Lynch. Others among the bantam flock have made
a punching bag out of Herman, but Pete is still the champfon
Pete always fights nodecidon bouts and is careful in meeine ,ov
with knockout punches. Pete fights a defensive battle mainly ~
when he is up against a good tough opponent the champion is siiwavs
on the alert to sidestep a knockout punch. When Herman met Pal Moor
here the last time Moore slammed and banged Pete with everytbina W.
for having taken Petes measure. "o ofeuN
It's a grand little situation when a champion OF the world con fob,
beating after beating from second and third raters and still retaip hs
title. 'i '0'"h ns