The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-18
WITH THE SCRIBES
 OF OTHER CITIES
CHARLIE FRANK IN
 ROW WITH NASHVILLE

(narley Frank, who hdS been pretty puny again this year, ought to be con- siderably improved by now. He has another scrap on his hands and if there is anything that he likes it's a scrap, This time he is matched with the. Nashville moguls and the affair is scheduled to go to finish. The row is all about Jumping Richard Kauff- man, alias the Human Kangaroo, alias Dick the Deserter Dick is playing ball with the Crackers, his latest jump hay ing landed him in Atlanta It was sort of three-cornered deal that put him there, but now that one corner has fallen out the Nashville moguls contend that the entire deal is upset
 They want new deal and Frank in sists that he's going to play the game out the way it started The original shuffle provided that Nashville should turn Kaufman over to Toledo. To- ledo should send George Beall to Nashville and then ship Kaufman to Atlanta. To date Frank has gotten his and Sloan and Hutchison of Nashville are holding the empty sack. Beall has refused to report to Nashville and Nashville has put in a claim for Kauff- man on the ground that the deal with Toledo was conditional on the report ing of Beall. The case has been taken up to Proxy Martin and added to the troubles of being president of the league. Attorneys are waiting in the offing and the affair probably will be dragged into the courts as a success sor to the disgusting Nasty case of last season.-Henry Loesch, in Arkan- sas Gazette.
 PILLS MAY TRADE IRISH
 MEUSEL TO BROOKLYN
 If the Phils trade Irish" Meusel to L. MA best hitting outfield in the game unless that Detroit trio again decides to wake up and peel the hide off the ball. Zack Wheat. Fly Myers and Meu- sell coming up there in row, will be enough to make any pitcher think seriously about pitching in the gem eral direction of first base as a means of self-preservation. It will at least add another prominent entry to the controversy which is now mainly con fined to Cobb, Veach Flagstead of the Tigers, and Burns Young and Kauff of the Giants-Jim Nasium, in Phila- delphia Enquirer.
 BOB HIGGINS SEEMS TO
 HAVE CAUGHT ROUGH DEAL
 The announcement Saturday that Bob Higgins had been denoted from his po- sition as field manager of the Crackers, created amazement among the local fans and the writer is of the opinion that dis appointment goes along with the surprise. Bob Higgins has done much for tbe Att lanta club more. perhaps, than t@ club has done for him.
 Bob Higgins came by this office late last night, and to say that he is broken hearted over President Franks latest move Is putting it light. It was spirit crushed "Young Bob'' who told the writer last night his side of the demo- ton order. given by President Frank through Capt. Sammy Mayer.
 President Frank gave no reason for the order. merely saving through Sammy that my days as field manager of the Atlanta club had been brought to close. and that I was relegated to the ranks as A has been and a failure. don't know ef any reason that Mir. Frank can give that warrant the kind of treatment l have been accorded and unless he does make same sort of explanation I am going to stay with the club until the road trip. and then I'm through witn the game and will return to commercial lines. .''-Cliff Wheatley in Atlanta Con stitution.
 COT GATE HAS REST NINE IN THE EASTERN CIRCUIT Coleate has thesbest college team in the east this year. at least that is the opin- ion of Hugo Bezdek. coach of the Penn Stafe team. "Of the teams we have played thus far Colgate appears the best balanced. although I have seen some fine individual players on other college teams. The other teams are uneven in point of strength"
 Asked how he liked coaching coll llege team as compared with major Ileapue club the former Pirate manager had this observation to make:
 with my State team we go out and plav game: if we win all well and good. if we lose it is the same thing. Nc go home happy and after a good dinner we go out and play golf or indulge in some other sort of amusement. Wit" the big leasne club it s different. You must contend with the second guessers. who are not confined to the fans by all ,reans. and you have a million and one
 hires tn contend with. The colle"e game
 is the life" Richard Guy in Pittsburg Leader