The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
FIVE CRACKERS ID
 RETURN ID FRANK
Fans Are Promised a Good Season In 192O-Faster
 Game
By MORGAN BLAKE

l Atlanta, Ga, January 18.--(Special.) ) l Five members of the champion base
 ball team of Atlanta in 1919 are sure to return to the fold this year. They
 are Damrau, in the infield; Mayer and l Herndon, in the outfield; Higgins be-
 burn in the box.
 l Galloway. Dykes, Griffin. Dykes i Boone and Roberts were bought by Connie Mack last year. Kopp was al ready the property of the Athletics and was sold to coast team. Tom Shee- han, it is understood, will go to the Vernon club of the Coast league at his request.
 The chances are that several of the
 bunch who went to the Athletics will return In fact the only man who
 looks like a certain sticker under the
 big tent is Ivey Griffin. Ivey is won
 der and should be a fixture on first
 base. The others are also good play
 CTS, but they are very young and an
 other years experience under such able
 baseball geniuses as Charlie Frank and
 Bob Higgins will give them the proper seasoning. Of course. it is not certain
 that they will all be sent back to At
 ld Htd 1T lucy ldll to make gOOQ, put Mack and Frank generally have a per- feet understanding with each other. I'll warrant the prediction that the Crack CTS will get most if not all Connie let's go.
 The new ruling allowing nine class A men on the teams in the Southern league insures a faster circuit this year, and Charlie Frank has no doubt been out in the market after players for some time. The Dutchman is the most resourceful man in the league at cor railing good ball players. and his record while leading Atlanta teams has been great one. He has been here four years, and has won two pennants He had a splendid team in 1916. his first year here. but failed to land the rag. He won it in 1917 and 1919. The year 1918 was cut half in two because of the war. s Ff.
 Mir Frank has given no intimation yet as to any new men for this year. He is always taciturn about such mat ters and never makes any announce
 ments until nearly time for spring training to begin. But he will have his share of talent.
 An interesting feature of the season will be that the Atlanta team will train this year far from their home shores. Bay St. Louis, which is near New Or leans. has been chosen as the condition ing ground for the Crackers, and the boys will report there considerably earlier than has been the custom here tofore.
 The baseball season is still some dis tance off, but the fans are already be- to dream of the great national pastime. The two Gold Dust twins. Abe Saul and Ben Litch, who haven't missed a baseball game in Atlanta since they were old enough to walk. k.sare beginning to get nervous again. pr. Autch. the club physician and ndomitable rooter is crankin up the old flivver with more and more eagerness Harry Hatcher the worlds champion cheer leader. is beginning a special treatment for his. throat. President Granade. of the Royal Rooters. is champing at the bit. The winter league has been rather dreary for such dauntless souls as these. who revel in the warm sunlight and the dull thud of the hickory against the well-known apple.
 1919 broke all records for baseball in the south and 1920 should be even better. There are football fans and baseball fans and boxing fans. but ev- erybody and his brother are baseball fans.