The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-20
MARIETTA PLANS TO
GET entire GEORGIA
TECH BASEBALL CLUB
Cy Hawkins Will Manage Tate !
Team During Coming Summer.
Gainesville Strong
Raymond Rice

Despite the fact that the mercury
in the thermometers is lowering
around the zero mark and the Ford
won't start without first applying a
liberal dose of hot water, the base
ball fans of Marietta are quitting the
hot stove league and are getting down
to actual work.
If the plans of Manager Pierce
Latimer mature Marietta will have
one of the fastest, yea, we might say
the fastest, baseball club to be found
in the state. This "dyed in the WOOL
baseball fan has been making plans
all winter and at the first sign of
spring he could not hold himself in
check any longer so he boarded one
of Uncle Preston Arkwright's cleo
tries Monday morning bound for
Georgia Tech, where he made an offer
to coach Alexander for the entire
Tech baseball team.
The Tech Coach has not given his
final answer yet but he insinuated
that Marietta could probably get this
fast college outfit. If they do-look
out for Marietta's dust.
Georgia Tech will have one of the
best college mines in the south this
season. The team numbers among
its players several men already ia
nous for their performances on the
giidiron and basketball court.
Chief among these is Doug Wycoff,
the all southern fullback of last years
GOldern Tornadoes. This lad is Just
as good on the diamond as he is on
the gridiron, which is saying mouth
full. Last year on the Freshman
team he hit we'll over the 300 mark
and felded his position, first base in
remarkable style. George Gardner.
alternate, captain for the 1925 cam
paign and one of the best ends in
the south, will play center field
George was a member of the cham
pionship Power Company team last
summer. This is his first year of
varsity ball at Tech. Another foot
ball star is fast little Jerry Albright,
who will cavort around in the gar
den. Gus Merkle, tackle-de-luxe and
a good catcher, will also be on the
team.
From the basketball team comes
Captain Baby Roane, one Of the best
second basemen in the south ara
Skinney Dinnick, real running mate
for Baby and Short. Both these
boys are strong hitters.
Then there are the men that ma
jor in baseball. Joe Palmosanio, ra-
ted by many the best college catcher
m the south. This boy has several
cffcrs from the big leagues but as
lie wants to remain an amateur he
has turned them all down. Joe
Palm, as he is called by his friends
played here last summer. His catch
ing and hitting helped win many
games from the locals. He was a
favorite with all who saw him play
here.
Johnny Baum, captain of the Tech
team, plays third. This boy made a
favorable impression on the two &C.
casions he played here last year. The
pitching staff will be one of the best
IN the entire south. "Weiner" Col
Inns and "Scrope" Enloe, both all
southern pitchers, will lead the staff.
While there is Sunshine Thompson,
who made such a sensation in his
freshman year but who has been
handicapped for the last two years
with a bad arm. The reports say
that the arm is coming along fine
now, so he should be right now. Then
there is Harry Allison, who made
such a poor showing in his initial
appearance on the mound here last
year. This was one of Harry's of
days, for he certainly played good
ball during the college season. He
viii prove a valuable man.
Then there will be Coaches Alex
ander and Clay who will supervise
the daily practices. Gee, it will be
great if these plans work out. 1t will
do much to advertise Marietta
throughout the state.
Other Towns to Have Teams
Tate has already started mobiliz'
ing her forces. Cy Hawkins, popu-
lar field manager of the locals last
year, has already signed up with the
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