The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-03-12
ATLANTA BASE BALL
TEAM IN BAYST.LOU|S
FORSPR|NG TRAINING
Charley Franks Crack Team In Camp
at klock Hotel, With Mayor
r. w. Webb as Host For
the 1921 Season.
USE OF S. S. c. ATHLETIC PARK
is GIVEN THE MEN.
Balance of Party to Reach Bay St.
Louis Tomorrow = Thirty
Five Men In All Will
Compose the Party.
The Georgia crackers have arrived

The Georgia crackers have arrived.
Their advent dates since Sunday
morning. The aggregation of ball
twirlers and others composing Char
ley Franks crack team and officially
known as the Atlanta Baseball Club
left Atlanta Saturday night and
reached here the following morning,
all in good health, high spirits and
glad to be back again.
The party is not here in it's entire
ty, but after tomorrow morning when
the infielders and outfielders, news
paper correspondents and official
photographer will have arrived the
spring training camp will have re-
ceived its full quota.
This will compose the players as
follows: 13 pitchers, 6 catchers. 5
outfielders, infielders.
The personale of the party-Pitch-
ers: Right hand, Percell, Hum
phrews, Hathaway, Koneman, Bed
good. Manners, Wheat, Brewer, Var
daman, Bolt. South paws, Sugges,
Pierson, Wilson.
Catchers: Mcclellan, Chapman,
Thurman, Williams. Schmidt and
Townsend.
Infielders: Brennan, O'Neil, Graf,
Kaufman.
Outfielders: Mayer, Fred Smith,
Joe Guion, Driscoll J. Smith.
In all it is expected there will be
thirty-five men. All will be taken
care of at the Klock Hotel, which
Mayor Webb, through the generosity
of his time and attention, secured for
the men and made every arrange
ment for their coming and is now de-
voting most of his time for their COM
fort and entertainment.
The coming of the Atlanta team
to Bay St. Louis is due to the activity
of Mayor Webb who has worked in
the interest of the cause with might
and main, and has taken over the
running of the Klock hotel, which he
leased outright for the training sea-
son, in order that the men might be
Accommodated in Bay st. Louis. and
all as a labor of love and for the
good of the town. No, dear reader,
not one nickel in it for him.
The boys in camp are unanimous
in their praise of Mine Host Webb.
They say he feeds well and abundant
ly, and in order to back up their as
sertion, believing that the proof of
the pudding is in the eating, have ex-
tended The Echo a standing invita-
ton to dinner. "Come any old time,"
says Infielder Graft, ''you will catch
one of the best meals ever served.
You get a Sunday dinner every day
in the week"
The coming of the Atlanta team
to Bay st. Louis again was also made
possible through the generosity of
the Brothers in charge of st. Stanis-
laus College. who have placed the To-
cal diamond at the players disposal.
'The diamond is in fine condition."
says Outfielder Sammy Mayer, Gin
fact it is better than last year, and
our men appreciate it very much"
Weather during the week has been
fine and the men have taken advan-
tage of the great outdoor condition
to begin their practice in earnest.
The men have been in the field
every day after lunch and return
home of an evening hungry for bear,
but Host Webb gives them always
something better and quite variety.
1t is quite compliment to those
in charge of the camp to note the
morale of the men. All are in fine
humor and splendid spirits, and every
of the rules and regulations followed
out to the very letter. There is not
the slightest infraction of rules;
every man shows a true regard for
all that is expected of him, and in
this fact there is much satisfaction
to all concerned.
Among the newspaper correspon-
dents to reach Bay st. Louis tomor-
row morning are Cliff Wheatley, re-
presenting the Daily Constitution;
Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal
and Guy Butler of the Atlanta Geor-
gian. the latter replacing Vance of
last year. The other newspaper
men were "on the job" in Bay st.
Louis last season and are well known
here. These newspaper workers are
very clever "boys" and their return,
like the ball players, will be the oc-
casion for a warm welcome.
Frank Reynolds, secretary-treas-
urer of the Atlanta Club, will also be
among the number to reach Bay ST.
Louis tomorrow morning.
BATS AND BALLS.
Sammy Mayer, the champion out
fielder, is also the champion soup
eater. He is swift and has a Won
derful capacity.
Mayor Webb is the idol of the
Crackers. A Georgian by birth him
self and an all-round clever fellow
he is exceedingly popular at the camp.
Infielder O'Neil is no stranger
here He is a. former ST. Stanislaus
College boy, and halls from Meridian
Miss.
Both Vardaman and Brewer are at
the camp. but neither are ex-gover-
nors of Mississippi. Both Vardaman
and Brewer pitch.
Among the visitors during the week
was Harding Herndon, manager of
the Lindale Club, Georgia State Lea
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