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Didn’t Get Into Hot Water!
The boys in the back room were not kidding when
: c they told you Cleveland'. 5 ; Rob Feller has a fast ball.
17 Sunday afternoon over 7,000 baseball fans went to
i h Ponce de Leon park in Atlanta to see Mr. Feller's boy Bob
pitch his famous “fire” ball.
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s: Feller was the show all the way. He worked six
r innings, yielding three hits and no runs. After the
* youngster retired from the game a whole lot of the
=5 interest went with him. Feller was the show, but
H most of the fans stuck around the other three innings
2 just to see if the Crackers might get a run. It was
b something like waiting for the ice man to propose to
b your old maid aunt.
b; There was another fellow who grabbed some of the
limelight at the game Sunday.
]\ He was Larry Miller, fork
bail pitcher of the Crackers.
Miller hurled six innings and
allowed four hits. Rob Fellei
of allowed only three. He was .
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01 tribe and the war dance was |
staged for him. Miller was I
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sp gel into hot water. I * !
th If you have ever heard Bob i !
le Feller's fast ball hasn’t a hop
w on it you should sit in the M %
io press box at Ponce de Leon
park and see for yourself the '■X i II
next time Cleveland plays the i
p Crackers an exhibition game.
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pirin tablet sailing across the
w< plate. His curve ball breaks Pi
co almost as fast as most big
— time pitchers’ fast ball travels. Bob Feller
| It has. simply Every is amazing batter that the has amount faced of him speed respects this kid it Feller too.
m They dont’ crowd the plate on Feller.
Feller struck six batters in the six frames he worked
—or, you might say, toyed. Not so many times did Bobby
really turn loose that fast one. When he did it was a
strike. One, when Mailho, Cracker right fielder, was
at hat, Feller let go with his stream-liner. It must have
been low because Catcher Hemsley fell on the ground in
an effort to stop it. The hall bounded against the back
stop. Umpire Geisel yelled “STRIKE!”
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Mailho looked up at the press box and laughed.
1 He looked at the Ump and laughed. In fact, Mailho
was tickled pink that he was out of the path of the
ball. It is doubted if either Mailho or Umpire Geisel
saw the ball at all. Catcher Hemsley only felt it. It
looked like a smear from the press box.
Stories have been read with the tongue in the cheek
m about catchers who caught Big Walter Johnson. Back
g stops were quoted as saying they didn’t see Johnson’s fast
one. They held their mitt and shut their eyes, hoping the
“big train” would hit his mark. We had been one to tickle
It our check with our tongue when reading such stories.
However, since watching Boh Feller pitch we admit
that Rollie Hemsley must hold that mitt there with his
his eyes shut. It would be bad getting hit between the eyes
with them open.
Yes, the Cleveland catcher wears a mask, but
what good is a catching mask when you see an aspirin
tablet coming at you? Those bars just look too far
apart!
There have been quite a few fast ball pitchers in
travels. Big John Rogers, of Gainesville, was one. He
could really breeze the old pill in there. Once he struck
out 28 batters in one game! There was old “Speedy’
i White, of Atlanta. He could toss it in a hurry also.
I Allen. Rookshire, Osburn, Woodloek and many others we
have seen, could throw a fast ball. Rut never have we
seen a baseball travel like Rob Feller shoves it along.
Those of you who have your tongues in your cheek
please rinse out your mouth and take a vow to see Bob
Feller pitch the very next chance you get. Really, it is
remarkable how the 21-year old kid can chunk that base
ball.
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Atlanta Crackers Have Good Penant Chance
This Year; Connie Ryan Is Shaky”—Kinney
IMS! FELIEII
Larry Miller Should Enjoy
Good Season; Stewart
Looks Okay.
BY TOM KINNEY
Sports Editor The News
One thing certain: The Atlanta
Crackers will be a fighting ball
club this season.
In the game Sunday with the
Cleveland Indians, picked for sec
ond place along with the Boston
Red Sox, the Crackers looked
gloomy at the plate. However,
were not alone—The Indians
only one hit more than did
Paul Rickard’s school
The Crackers were not sup
to hit Sunday—they were
the best pitcher in the ma
jor leagues—Bob Feller.
No attempt is being made to
up the Crackers on their ap
Sunday. It just isn’t in
books to watch a team play
game and go away with a
prediction that they will or
Atlanta sportwriters have
the Crackers in Spring
training. They have been close to
the team and know just about
it will do as a contender in
the Southern league this season
It is a settled fact that their judg
ment is more to the hewed
than a visiting reporter's could
reporter has
hasn’t been watching the team un
til he has become team-bound.
In other words, one who
not been around the Crackers
ery day watching them
and play is in a good position
mention of note on
players who do or do not catch
his fancy out there in a regular
game. The players can, on this
basis, be judged as the average
fan will judge them.
•As a whole the Crackers appear
as a first division club. There
might be several replacements
made, however. The pitching de
partment is ihe most important
thing. The showing Larry Miller
and Max Stewart made against
Cleveland Sunday is a big vote in
favor of satisfaction along this
line, but a pennant can not be won
by two fellows unless one of them
happens to be a Bob Feller. The
Crackers have other pitchers,
How they will stand up under
heavy Southern league fire this
summer is a question unanswered
until balls and strikes have been
called
The catching job is all set, of
course. Paul Richards figures to
work in some 90 games this sea
son. He is tops in any league. He
has a good understudy in either
Williams or Smith. Williams seems
to have the edge in hitting ability
but Smith can catch rings around
him.
Lester Burge should prove one
of the best first base men in the
league. He is getting downright
fancy on the initial sack. He was
placed on first base last year af
ter the Jack Bolling trouble. He
has improved rapidly. He is one
of the many Richard-made play
ers. This probably will be his last
season in the Southern. Big league
scouts will be after him
July.
Tom Hafey will settle the
old question at third base. He is a
good fielder and can go out and
catch those pop fouls better than
any third-sacker Atlanta has had
in quite a while. Douglasville
might not like this but
Hill will have faded into the
if Thomas Hafey can hit
1 home runs like he used to.
Replacing Russ Peters at
stop was no easy job. Paul
ards believes Alf Anderson
the bill. Atlanta
think so too. They have seen
of the boy than I have. They
rated him over Peters. All
can be said right now is that
derson certainly played the
tion par-excellant Sunday.
j helped to make two double
and did his part in a third
tempt. If Alf can hit, and
! should, the shortstop
| should rate with any in the
Connie Ryan, the
rookie at second, is the little
this reporter can’t see as
“sticker” with the Crackers
season. The boy just hasn’t
around enough. This, mind you,
our estimation after watching
play one game. He made two
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Hold That Ball This Way, Kid
Bob Grove veteran lefthander of the Boston Red Sox, picked by baseball experts to give the
World champion New York Yankees a race for the American League pennant this season, is shown
adove giving Jim Bagby, Jr., a Red Sox youngster, some pointers on how to hold the ball. Grove
been around the big time for a long while. He had a fine season last year. Bagby, who went from
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Emory-at-Oxford Pitching Staff
Reported in Form by Brewster
“Mr. Doodge” Expected to
to T 0 wn’’ Again
at pj ot Corner,
Ry GAmES BREWSTER
News staf{ Correspondent
After two weeks of preliminary
training and wor kouts Manager
« Duke -> Eyjngton remains dubious
abQut his infield posi tionsl
Tuesday found , , the ,, Emoryites
entering then third weeL of prac
on the newly conditioned d a
A PP r °x. r nat el y Lbrrty-fxv e
hopefuls reported to Manager El
hngton last wee an moi w
come out this week. Yet the infield
positions remain weak, especially
the keystone pos .
The paik two weeks have been
| used in stressing individual hit
ting performances, infield practice
rors Sunday and could be figured
another miscue on the play at first
when he threw past tKe bag as
Burge over-stepped. •
Ryan might prove okay. We are
pulling for the kid but shucks,
that don’t count. He will have to
do more shifting out there and he
will have to pick up his batting
average some, too. (Mind you,
are not counting his batting
against Feller—that shouldn’t
counted against anyone.) If
j comes through this season it
| j be a hard matter for Earl Mann
to keep Paul Richards
j season as manager—the big
will have him. They want him
a catcher now.
The outfield is a big question
when it comes to filling left field,
Mailho is a fixture in right
Marshall Maulding probably will
be the regular centerfield
Both these boys delivered
season and no one should get
cited about them not doing
again.
Only left field is fenced in
question marks. Rookie
might be the final selection
Manager Richards. If Marshall
Griffin either can fill the
tion the Crackers seem to be
jump on all the other
deague teams.
It is a hard matter to get
up over the idea that Atlanta
have a winning ball club this
son. It must be because of
Mann and Paul Richards.
one knows that these two
will get busy and get some
ers if the ones they have do
fill the bill.
The team might be a notch
so below the par of the
Crackers but at that they
win the pennant this year.
beat Chattanooga three straight
the play-offs and Unkle Joe’s
don the flag didn't they?
(Our Advertisers Are Assured of Results)
and limbering up exercises,
Loadholtes, ’39 star, Smith, C
company’s pivot man, and Rey
nolds, a rookie to the squad have
shown exceptional form and ac
curacy this past week in the after
noon practice performances. Lew
is Smith, Concord, will share his
summer sporting activities be
tween tennis and ba.sr'
may handicap his duties on the
mound. That remains to be seen.
Smith is number one on the ten
nis team.
Miller will in all probability,
hold down the first sack. The key
stone post at present is vacant.
Davis, of “Mr. Doodle Goes to
Town” fame, has the third corner
well under his control. Davis and
Miller are lettermen of last sea
son: Miller has just returned to
school and the winter’s hiberna
tion hasn’t weakened his arm or
dulled his sight. Two home runs
and various triples were marked
against him last week in the hit-
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ting performances and
games.
James Swint, freshman,
shown interest at shortstop
may develop into a versatile
fielder.
Roach and Abercrombie are
viding afternoons behind the
Both return to the diamond
vast experience. Assisting
and Abercrombie in the
drills are three rookies,
Bailes and Brewster.
Various have been the
ments to the outfield positions
at present nothing is certain.
proximately ten have reported
these positions.
Tennis Outlook
At Emory
Prospects for a good tennis
son at Emory at Oxford
bright as the poening match
this season is announced for
urday afternoon on the
courts with the strong team
the Georgia Evening School ol
lanta offering the first
This announcement was made
Thursday, March 28 . 11)45 *
Players Take Advantage
Warm Weather of
Late.
Covington Mill’s Trojans
getting in plenty of work
warm days both on the filed and
on the fence. 'The players
helping re-build the fence
Trojan park. New boards are be
ing nailed up and the infield and
outfield have been cleaned
The boys are “raring to go.”
Due to the fact that the Tro
jans have not as yet practiced to
gether as a team, there remains
much doubt as to the starting line
up Manager J. C. Evans will use
in the first game which, if plans
work out, wi 11 be played one week
from Saturday with a club
unnamed.
The pitchers are getting in
double duty work since the sun
has elected to bear down.
catching department is unsettled
as well as positions on the infield
and in the outfield.
Business Manager Day an
nounces that efforts will be made
to play Emory Junior’s baseball
club in a practice game at an early
date.
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day by Prof. C. Lee Harwell, coach
The old lettermen of the local
Jwi° S Smith' SSge" Roach!
Jr " and B)1! Str ° ther ' The
men who will make up the
ance of the first five as
are Wiltshire and Vansant.
The complete schedule as
nounced is as follows:
Georgia Evening
6th.
West Georgia College—April
University of Georgia
—April 16.
South Georgia College —
20 .
Emory Junior College of
ta—April 26.
Emory Junior College of
dosta—April 27.
North Georgia College—May
Middle Georgia College—May
Young Harris College—May 4.
Tentative arrangements
matches are under way with
raham College and Tech
men
All matches except those
the Emory Junior Colleges will
played on the Oxford courts.
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Hurler Charlie Smith Pitchfl
Scoreles Ball for Fiv. ' I I
Innings. M
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Tuesday afternoon the Cov
ton High School softball team:
ered in the season here by del
ing Monroe High. 18-16, i„ m
[ first league. game of the newly organJ
Friday the local 'earn will l.
vel to Loganville for anon
league contest.
In their first game of the fa
Tuesday afternoon Porter!
High defeated Loganville 31
The Bibb boys still had thesn ’
they had during the A „
Field meet held several weeksi
At press time results of oi | ■
league games could not be , ear] I
Greensboro and Madison are 1 1
other me mbers of the loop “
The game at the local parkj
a good crowd and presented a
ty of thrills in the late ;r.r
Charlie Smith was on the
for Covington for the first run.ll sixfl
nings held Monroe to one
visitors didn't score in thefl
five frames, S
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KIWANIS
| THURSDAY, APRIL 1- I
The regular meeting of theW
ington Kiwanis Club willbtlS Deli
| at 12:30 o’clock at the will
| Hotel. Dr. Sidney Gates Warifl
I in charge of the program.
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| A. D. DAVID, President
ROTARY Cl
TUESDAY, APRIL 9- S
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The regular meeting of
ington Rotary Club will kl ^1
at 12:30 O'clock at the DeLanj ■
charge Hotel. of Reginald the Robinson ?-ies* is^^J J
prograrv spitifl j .
to have an outstanding
Out-of-town momhei <' I
are invited.
GEORGE STAUFFAt
Secretary.
S. L. WAITES. President.
LODGE NOTICE
WEDNESDAY. APRIL Id
Improved order of Red Mail
meet tonight at 7:30 oclod
hall.
TOM SPEAR, San I
! R. B. WEATHERFORD,
Chief of Records,
LODGE NOTICE
THURSDAY, APRIL 11- ■
The Tri-County Masonic'!
j vention will meet with thd!
yens, Ga., Lodge at 3 ncWB
M. All Masons of Rockdale,
ton and Walton Counties are® |
to attend. JOHNS :
ALLEN
Secretary.