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iliE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEv\«: T UKiSDA V, APRIL 13, 19U9.
Ulsifc'lVwjiWiUiMS
THREE MEMBERS OF AUGUSTA TEAM
The American League had the honor of opening the baseball season,
tilting the lid Monday In Philadelphia and Washington.
The eastern clubs of the American League play again Tuesday, ,but
the western delegation does not get going until Wednesday. On that day
Chicago opens at Detroit and Cleveland at St. Louis.
r The National League gets under way on Wednesday. Here are the
games scheduled:
, Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Jack Homer owes this column a debt if! gratitude for not boasting
bis game until the closing day of the exhibition season. A peculiar fatal
ity has been connected with such boosts. Every time we give an umpire
a good notice he gets In bad. Placid Tas Short was doing wonderfully
well last season until we carelessly gave him a good notice, and the next
day he admitted he couldn't umpire and resigned.
Now that it can't do Jack Horner any harm, we want to go on record
as believing that he is a cracking good umpire.
Jack's decisions have been as nearly correct as It Is possible for any
man to make them: they have been Impartial, and they have generally
given satisfaction. Jack has made his announcements with good voice and
has some class about hlm as an umpire.
Jack Is certainly a better umpire than a lot of Judge Kavanaugh'a par
ticular pets, and If the Judge Is In need o/ a man and Jack wants the Job,
Mr. Homer Is herewith formally-.recommended. . *i
LINE-UP CONTEST IS OVER; ~
WINNER ANNOUNCED FRIDAY
With 8.W1 futMta tuekfd away In a saf*»
place Th# Georgian’s basebsll line-up guess
ing contest baa come to an «*nd.
Considering that Uncle Ham Inconsiderate-
; the coot oat In the
votes reeelted waa
, r Aa uaimll.v happen*
In aucti contests the out-nf-fown reader#
were the busiest guessers. and when they
were pdf out of the running the number of
Torea wa# materially leaaened.
On Thtiraday afternoon, na anon a# the At
lanta line-up In the opening game 1# poal-
tlrely known, a force of vote editor# will
gel on the .lob of picking the winner.
person who guessed
hattlng order la the
case nobody turned thin
rsa. 1
OFF DAY WEDNESDAY,
THEN "BIG DOINGS”
Players Put On Finishing Touches In Preparation For
Opening With Barons At Ponce DeLeon On
Thursday.
SMALL CHANCE
OF A GAME
TODAY
rules# a most marvelous change
taken place in the weather, there will
■be no hall game at Ponce DeLeojI park
.tuda}\
.The ground I# very wet and the
weather la decidedly unnettled.
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? ONCE-FAMOUS JOCKEY DEAD 4*
4* New York, April 13.—William 4*
*'• Hayward, one of the famoua 4*
4* Jockeys of the American turf, 4*
4* died on Ills stock farm In Sussex, 4*
4* N. J., yesterday after a short 111- 4*
4* nea«». He waa 65 years old. 4*
*
The Atlanta baseball team will ob
serve the ceremonial of a genuine “off
j day" Wednesday. No game will be
j played that day, which is going some
for the Crackers, who usually have one
battle a day. or more, during the train
ing season. ^
However, there will be something do-
! ing at the park, both morning and aft-
* ernoon, in preparation for the opening
game of the Southern League season,
which will start at Ponce DeLeon on
Thursday afternoon at 3:30.
The Birmingham team will be here
for that contest and the Barons expect
to make It Interesting for the Crackers
in the opening game.
BUI Smith has not decided on hi*
line-up for the opening game, sid
Smith will surely ftatch and Cnatleton
or Fisher will pitch.
Bohn will play first base. If his finger
will allow, which It probably will, jor-
dan will be at second, of course and
Newton at short. Either Walker or
Hess will play third, and Moran Bav-
lens and Winters will play In the out
field.
The batting order Is not known
HERO HORNER
RESCUES TEAM
to the correct line-up
The derision will ft
f iat# awarded just #s soon ft# the rote ed-
lor# cen work«thru the large and lusty Job
and with luck the winner should be known
in time for publication In Friday's floor-
Pelicans Generally Favored
To Win Southern Pennant
N*w Orleans, April 18.—Fit as a Addle,
primed for* race that l# destined to keep
ebonr half n million fen# on tip toe from
the April #t#rt to the September finish, the
Pelican# will be on the Job again nett
Thursday. As u*uftl the opening of, the
•eason find# them hot favorites.
The Pels are not like some other teams.
1 tho—favorites In April and long shots In
July.
Here is the Birds’ lineup for opening
day:
Frits. Hess or Pruitt, pitcher; Matthews.
Stratton or Shrlver. enteber; I tetter, first
base; Dundon or Detnnnt. second base;
Huber, lleagsn or Itemont. shortstop;
Hohe, third base: Hueheinsn. left field; K.
Mesgan, center field: Welmer. right field.
On the rtserve list will be a quintet of
James dandy pitchers: Breltensteln, Bart
ley, Ofslu. Hitchcock, Nevenjiftrs and
Jack Manning, nne or two of these may
rank haa been better stocked
than lie has ever been, lie hasn't a man
on his staff who can't make good In this
company. The three youngsters. Ofalu.
Hitchcock mid Nevenpara look better than
any three young twiners who erer wore
Pelican spangles at this time of the year.
Ofalu will probably stick. Hitchcock
will tie a dandy In a year or so. but lie
may be too green to stn.v this time. Neren-
para will probably he crowded out. but he’s
a cojner-a great big fellow with speed
and control and a fair assortment of curves,
lie hn# ninny natural ndvnntnge#.
if It Is true that Manager Oremlnger nt
Montgomery Is In need of a pitcher until
Thomas mid Jiiul report later In the season
he might get Into communication with
Frank. One of Frank's cast-offs would
probably fill the bill.
CAD COLES.
This rising young outfielder Is
nppArently headed tdward a per
manent Job in the big leagues. He
Is fast and a hitter.
LOCAL MEN WILL PERFORM
IN SOUTHERN TENNIS EVENTS
Sow that date# bars been announced for
the tennia championabipa of the South. local
playera have gone into hard training for tha
avanta.
Tha Atlanta Athlatie Club will, at uaual.
aend representatives to aavaral of tha big
tournament* and will antar thirty or forty
In tha Southern championship, which will be
held la Atlanta. •
Two Important tournamenti start tha sama
day and open the aeason at tha sama time.
They art tha Vl
at Norfolk, and
Carolines, which n
Probably Atlanta will send no __
Virginia event, but Forrest Adair, Jr., and
J. 0. Harris, two young players who did
wonderfully well at Greenville last year, will
be on hand to try again for the Carolina
championship. Henry C. Bridges is the
r resent holder in singles and Smitn and Reed
t tha doubles.
The following week the Golf states tour
nament will be played In New Orleans. Grant
championship of the
at under way June 14.
send no gaen to the
»at Ad
t playu--
vlfie last year, will
be held in Memphis .....
time, will draw several
Carleton Smith, Arthur Howell, 1, _.
and Forrest Adair. Jr., will probably play
there.
It is ton early to prediet what Atlanta
playera will take part in tha Georgia state
championship in Macon and tha south Atlantic
I rent In Augusta, but certainly there will be
goodly number, as usual.
Tennis Is at full blast now in Atlanta and
tha aurrounding suburban towns. All the
old playera are In good form and s lot of
new odes are being developed who will make
things Interesting.
The real opening of the tournament season
in Atlanta comes May 10 when the college
players hold forth at Fast Lake In the third
annual Southern intercollegiate tennia cham
pionship.
**•: I H4W
I-H-H-i
„ __ -The Macon
team defeated Mercer Monday after
noon, score l to O.
It was one of the prettiest games
of ball ever played In Macon.
Sam Weems did not give a single
. hit to his opponents in this game, nor
did he walk a man. He struck out
. fourteen hatters, and only twenty-
seven hatters faced him during the
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LOCUST GROVE WINS GAME.
Griffin, Ga., April 13.—The Locust
Grove Institute ball team defeated the
Griffin High School team here yester
day, 13 to 4. The Locust Grove boys
played a good game.
Willie Keeler Is
Captain of Yanks
Washington, April 13.—Tha members of
tha New York American League baseball
club elected Willie Keeler as captain for
this season.
PONCE DE LEON PARK.
Today — 3:30 — Today
BASEBALL
AUGUSTA
—vs— •
ATLANTA
RIGHT NOW
We are selling lots of NIFTY BASEBALL SUITS In the beat
grades. IT WILL PAY MANAGERS to get OUR WHOLESALE
PRICES ON UNIFORMS AND SUPPLIES.
OUR EXPERT DESIGNER In tbla department knows how, and
gives satisfaction.
WRITE FO.R SAMPLES AND PRICES RIGHT NOW.
TENNIS AND BASEBALL GOODS In the beat gradea. We fill
mall orders for any of the well-known branda.
Racquets restrung—Write for catalogues right now.
COLLEGE “CO-OP” CO.
97 Peachtree Street. Shelley Ivey, Manager.
W. Ic D. 1909 Championship Tennis Balia. 94.00 a Deien.
TOUR INTO
“FARWEST”
Car JIas Left to Map Out
Glidden Route For Trip
to Denver.
New York, April 13.—The moat Interesting
piece of work preparatory to this year 1 *
A. A. A.,four and' con teat for f lie* (Hidden
and Hower trophies was started Monday,
when the pathfindiUR car started from De
troit, In charge of the veteran; Dal Y*wls,
to lay opt the rdute for the participant*
In this annual elasale motoring.
A* has been generally understood, the
tour this,summer will run thru the middle
Best, stopping at Chicago, Denver and
other Important points wliere the contest
has not before touched. The contestants
wlll-rfalt new pIsco*. will have a different
character of roads, will traverse a greater
distance and compete under new rule*.
This year, for the first time. It will be
possible for an Individual entrant to win
the (Hidden trophy. It will not be a com
petition between cluha^nnd there will W
no teams. The
will have persoi
The winner of the (Hidden prise
otml custody of It for a year,
phy. There will be
the winner as In former seasons. This year
there Is also a new prise for ears with min
iature bodies, or double rumbles. This Is
known as the Detroit trophy. The Gild-
den deed of gift had to be. nltered to per
mit of Its going to an Indlvldnal Instead of
a club and the rtjle# of the contest have
been modified accordingly, the ebangea
being inch that a slngte winner Is pertain
to be evolved. The cars will be classified
and penalties will be Imposed In fractions
pf a point for repairs and replacements.
The tour will be a little longer than usual
this year, lint not much more strenuous,
except that the role# will be more exacting
to prevent the large number «f tied scores
there have been nt the Oulsb In former
years.
The moat distinctly novel feature of the
toqr this .rear will be the arrangements for
the overnight ■accommodation of the con
testants over, n part of the distance west
of Chicago. Arrangements arc being ninde
to have a gmnp of sleeping and dining car#
accompany the four and be able tracked at
the various night stopping places. This Is
necessary because of lusdequate hotel room.
It will obviate the aununl bickering about
•*a room aud bath" In places wliere there
are not enough for all and It will a too make
'wry to exclude women from the
1 sleeping and dining ears will nf-
A. k M. WINS FROM V. R. I.
Anburn, Q*., April 13.—The Perry-Rsiney
ball team played Its third game the
I M.
The game n
grounds nml
nnd'.M. by n
Monroe. Saturday afternoon.
* played on the A., and M.
exulted in a victory for At
RADABAUGH
SENT SOUTH
Emory Seniors Win
Class Track Meet
m , IS.—Emory’* class
track meet wav pulled off here yesterday aft
ernoon in • high wind and with rain threat
ening every minute.
The meet wa* interesting despite the fact
that the Seniors walked away from the rest
of the classes. They piled up 62 points, the
■ *« tv 7 and Freshmen
Billy Sullivan Is
White Sox Manager
Chicago, XU., April 13.—President Comis
key has announced that Catcher Billy Sulli
van will manage the Chicago Americans
baseball club this aeason.
President Comlaltey has tieeu waiting
until the league season opened before he
made this announcement, as be hoped that
Fielder Jone* would give up bis biielttess
Interest In the Pacific Northwest. Jone*.
dtowever. refuted to return to the team, tho
he was offered a salary said to be greater
than any member of the president's cabinet
receives.
CLEANING THINGS UP.
Thia
J. L. GRIFFIN.
Is -the ex-Texas Leaguer
who was passed on to Augusta by
Atlanta till* spring. He looks
"awtyil and will be In faster
company next season.
itehell-t.. between#A. B. Andoin. of Ohio,
formerly of Atlanta, and Ed L. Prater, of
Atlanta, resulted In a score of 100 to 75 in
favor of Andoin.
GOODSTART
Record - Breaking Crowds
See Opening Garnet In
That League.
j Calls Yesterday’s Game In
Time to Save Augusta
From Annihilation/
If Umpire .Tack Horner hadn't taken pity
on the spectators and called the game in the
eighth inning yesterday Atlanta would prob
ably be at bat yet, with *very pl*74* totally
exhausted from running bases.
For seven innings the Crackers 'Couldn't get
much of an edge on Lou Castro’a* hopefuls.
The score stood one home run apiece and
two other runt for Atlanta, or 3 to 1 in
other words.
In the eighth the Crackers went to it with
s lusty will, while the Castorias blew up
with much noise and considerable violence.
When .Jack Horner declared a truce four
Atfanta run* had been scored and only one
Cracker was out.
'It wa* a wild, weird and wonderful inning,
which /opened up with an outfield error, went
thru nit and pased ball epasma and then
ended with another outfield error and a
declaration of “game called’’ by the umpire.
If the Crackers hsd kept at it aa stead
ily as they were going when Horner stopped
the game the result would have been a cou
ple of htfodred, or maybe more, to one.
It wasn't any slouch gsmt. tho, uo to that
rather sloppy eighth. Those home runs by-
Moran and McLsurin were worth money.
There wa* s piping breese following every
ball hit toward center field and when Moreo
int the hickory to the sphere In the sixth
+ H-S-W-Hrk
f EVERS WILL NOT PLAY, *
V J,
t Tr °y> N * Y -» April 13.—Johnnv *
4* Evers, second baseman of the (’hi- *
4* cago Cubs, stated today that he +
4* desired^ to lay off for a season and *
v he had completed correspondence d*
❖ with President Charles Murphy of +
•b the Chicago club, to that end. With *
* the renult that in all probability +
•i* he would take & complete rest for +
•f 1909. 4*
t +
gentlemanly corps of
barling assignment for
the start and, si usual
slabsters, was on tbs
for the Augusta team at
—. — usually happens, when say
of our cast-offs come home, he was mighty
i quality, and quantity.
llage pal on the Augusts
Smith, an Atlanta catcher
last year. He figured In right field for the
Castros and batted out a stinging single.
The result of the contest, in flgurei, will
be here found:
Augusta— ab. r. h. po. a. e.
McLsurin, If. ... 4 1 I 1 no
Blermsn. ss. . . . 4 O 1 O o 0
Coles, ef 4 0 1 1 ft 1
McMahon. 3b.. . . 4 0 0 1 3 0
Hohnborst, lb. ..4 0 0 9 2 0
II. Smith, rf. . . 2 O 1 0 0 1
Castro. 2b. ... 1 0 0 4 0 1
Carson, 3 O 0 6 8 0
Griffin, p 1 O 1 0 2 0
♦Barrett 1 O 0 0 ft 0
Pierce, 1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 39 1 5 22 10 1
TODAY'S FORECAST.
t
4*
•i* American League:
4* Boston at Philadelphia, cloudy, 4*
4* 3 p. m. 4*
4* New York at Washington, 4*
4* cloudy, 4 p. m. 4*
The American League season wns started
Monday afternoon. Boston plnyed In Phil
lulefphifl and Sew York In tVasblugton.
In both enses the home team won and In
both 1be crowd wna the largest that the
city has ever known, which neema to Indi
cate that haselmll la not la any Immediate
This monster proved
with much formality.
.too anull for th*» crown that wished to gain
I admittance and thousands were turned
‘away for lack of a place to put them.
Philadelphia won the opening game eai
defeating Boston 8 to 1.
At Washington 15,000 persona paid to
established n new hlgh-wnter mark. The
Washington club, with Charley Smith pitch
ing. won 4 to 1, the New Yorkers putting
up a poor fight.
ROY RADABAUGH.
Roy Radahaugh, of the Atlanta team,
will be shipped to Jacksonville as sodn
as waivers can be secured on him.
Roy .has shown good form here, but
Atlanta has so many promising pitch-
era that the little right-hander will be
sent to the South Atlantic.
Freshmen of Emory
Win From “Subs’
oxford, Ga., April 19.—The Freshmen de
feated the Kttb-Freshmen In a pretty gntne
here Katurday afternoon by the mure of 8
to 4.
Score by innluga: It If K
Freshmen 3W 0OI 111-8 7 I
Subs Ilf Oil (XW—4 ( 9
Batteries: Freshmen. Rogers, Nolan and
Parham; Sub*. Kugliah aud Shea muse.
Time of game, fc40. Umpire. Dr. Turner.
M'PIIERSON JR3. BREAK EVEN.
_je Fort MePher«»m Jra. broke even in a
double-bender Saturday tuornlug. The first
game wa# won by the Fort MePherson
Jr#^ (torn Oakland City 6 to S. BMtterlee:<
Fort MePherson Jr#., Griggs and Mahon:
Oakland City. Callahan nnd Phillips.
Second game—Oakland City. 4; Fort Me-
*herson Jra., 1.
Batteries: Oakland (’Ity. Callahan and
Rolterts; Fort McPherson Jr*.. Barker aud
Mahon.
Feature# of the gnniea were the hatting
of Phillips and ttoliertr. of Oakland City,
ami Johnson for Fort McPherson.
•WHITE SOX WIN EASILY.
Tort Wayn*. Ind., April 18.—Ths White
So* outplayed Jack Hendrick ’* Central
Lea gum here yesterday, winning 18 to 1.
All-Prep Players
ToMeetTechTeam
Frank Dobson, conch of the peacock
team, ia planning to get up such an organi
sation for n game with the Yellow Jackets,
and lie expects to give the college men an
awful run for tlielr money. .
••I am going to pick the heat men In the
teal prep league, sab! Frank, "nnd proba
bly .VJariat. Boys* High School and G. At. A.
will furnish most of the players. My team
ami Donald Fraser will nrohahly furnish a
until apiece. I think that we can give
llelaniaii’s playera a run and we are gaum
to tackle It, anyway.’’
G.M. A. Wins From
Peacock Players
The Georgia Military Academy team
of the Prep League added one more
victory to it# credit bv defeating Dob
son's Peacock nine Saturday after
noon at College Park. 16 to 3.
"Tob” Cpleman wa# on the slab for
G. M. A. and yielded only 4 hit#, all in
one inning. G. At. A. had on her bat
ting clothes and rapped out 14 hits,
some good for extra bases. Leaving
out the fourth Inning, the Peacock team
had no show Ing.
A three-base hit with base* full by
Wilson and a home run by Ballinger
started the big score. Peacock’s field
ing was good.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
G. M. A 10k 124 52x—16 14 2
Peacock 000 300 000— .1 4 6
Batteries—Coleman and McKenzie
and Leich, Armstead and Martin and
Jeter.
put the hickory to the sphere in
inning the ball sailed over Coles’
tho he hsd been in the pitcher’#* o«*, n>
way out by the center field fence *nd roll* *
smack against the bottom board* of thut
highly decorated structure. It was the long
e*t hit ever made Into renter field in Atlanta
and rivalled *ome of those fsmou* books
into left field they n«ed to mske the year
the park was opened and there vnn t any
more grass on the diamond than on an as
phalt street.
j McLaurln’s home run was no bad one,
either, tho not quite aa long as Moran a.
In addition to Moran’* homer the Crack
ers made a couple of run* prior to the ex
citing eighth. In the very first inning Bay
less walked, was nscrificed to second by
Otto Jordan, took third when Sid Smith's
grounder was thrown to the third sack too
late to stop him and scored on Moran's out.
In ths seventh Hess walked, was sent to
•btrdsn. 2b 8
... <*. Smith, o. ... 4
heed s* * 'Vinters, rf. . . .8
If.
* swton, as. .... 8 0 1 0 2 0
"enn, lb 4 1 1 8 0ft
Hess. 8b 8 2 0 ft 1 1
Castleton, p. •. . . 1 0 0 0 4 ft
Roger*, p. .... 1 0 1 0 2 ft
••Kirkpatrick. . , r 0 0 0 0 ft ft
Totals . . *. . .29 7 0 24 9 1
•Betted for Griffin In fifth.
** Betted for Castleton In fifth.
8cora by innings: R
Augusta .,.,..009 ftOO 10—1
Atlanta .100 001 14—7
Summary: Homs runs, Moran, McLsurin.
Innings pitched, by Castleton 5, Griffin (.
Rogers 8. Pierce 4. Struck out. by Griffin
6. Csstleton 2, Rogers 2, Pierce 1. Base* on
balls, off Castleton 1, Pierro 8, Roger* 1.
Stolen bases. Bayless, S. Smith, Henn, Kirk
patrick. Hit by pitched ball. Winters, Css-
““ 1:45. Umpire, Horner.
Time,
Umpire,
Chattanooga Fans Ready For
Opening of the Sally Season
By JOSEPH R. CURTIS.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 13,—Cbattanoo-
P ’a colony of baseball bugs are f
awaiting 3:88 o’clock Thursday,
linpatl
ff, April 16.
If the weather li fair and other providen
tial hindrances do not occur, nbont 4.000 or
5.000 of the select will be on band to see
the Lookout# and the Tourists pry open the
sensou of 1909.
Johnny DobHa l* not yet able to announce
his line-up for the opening day. There are
one or two position* of which he I* not
absolutely sure, nnd probably will not be
until some time Thursday. HI* Infield la se
lected. nnd the trouble He# In the outfield
and pitching staff. _
Of course. Henry Meek, the former Blr-
nilnchiiui catcher, will be behind the pan.
Dock Johnston, last year In the local city
league, seems to hav^ the call over (’arnea,
of Merldlnu. for first base. Brook#, last
rear with an Independent team at Kansas
City, will be on second. Joe Wilkes, for-
marly of AtlanU. will be at abort. Scot
ty" Alcoek, the former Baron, wjll be flt
third. ...
RIckert. last year with New Orleans, will
be In left field. For the other two outfield
positions there Is Dobbs. Gnston and Reldf.
Gaston Is a local*boy who wns with En«
Liverpool last season. Iteldy ia Just out
of the University of Alabama. There I* ■
chance that DobbR will not start the sea
son, and will use this trio until he can Pj*T;
The local manager is suffering from n
ley horse.
The pitching staff also presents quite t
problem. At present there are four men
on tbe staff, nnd another one will report
here soon. The men now on the J«o "JT
"Ginger" Clark. Inst year wlfh New Or
leans : “Prince” Gaskrtl. from Bhrevepor
and Mobile; Ed McKenzie. Inst year w h
Richmond, and Jim Ilnakette. n local eitjr
league twirler of Inst season. I he nrui
man is a left-hander who Dobbs is twv
Ing to get.
JIM FOX'S TEAM SHOULD 8E
RIGHT UP IN SALLY RACE
Anerfi-att Ai.o.i.Iiun t.am >,it«rd«>. win
inf A la t. Jiwi J. Corb.lt, umpir.d lb,
ftmt.
Columbus, G*., April 13.—Columbus
has the, baseball fever and the formal
opening of the South Atlantic League
here next Thursday Is the talk of the
town.
With perfect confidence in the ability
of his men to cope successfully with
any team in the league, Jim Fox of
the Electrics, has everything In readl-
nees for the opening game, which is to
be played wifh Mr:.in on the local
diamond. The stores of the city will
-r h half day next Thursday
and the opening contest is to be marked
by a grand parade throughout the city,
headed by a large brass band.
At the park appropriate exercises are
to be carreld out, including speeches
from a number of the leading business
men of the city. Mayor Brown, who
Is one of the most enthusiastic base
ball fans In the state, will toss the flrst
ball across the plate.
Tbe Columbus team Is In eplendld
shape for the opening of the league,
the boys having made a line showing
at the exhibition games played during
the past few weeks. The Electrics
went up against the teams of Birm
ingham. Atlanta, Toledo and the New
York Americans, making a remarka
ble showing on the field with these
big league teams.
With live pitchers In the spring the
showing made by Fox has been nothing
short of a marvel. Tlie men came out
of these games hardened and ready for'
In better shape than any other team
In the league for'the long spring non
before them.
With the exception of one pitcher,
the team has been selected.
Eyler, John Fox, Ross, Helm and
Fuclcjl or McLeod will do the piten*
Ing. /
“Pop” Eyler Is in fine trim to do the
Jack Coveney will catch. Lovene.
came to Oeorgla'from the Texas
with an enviable record and he Is fUr
to make good with the locals.
Jim Fox will be on the flrst base ana
he will doubtless lead flrst basemen
the circuit, as he has few equals.
Johnnie Bammert, formerly of m*’
con, Is to play third base, and hls r«
ord Is far above the average.
Hale will play short. He Is
South Michigan League and In the e
hlbitlon conteets showed up well.
Hllle, one of the fastest men n uenr
gia, will play second base. This in"
Is the property of Cleveland. * n • ,
dltlon to being a fast man, he is a a 1
h, He r -
John Massing will play right.
Ing hit .270 In the Southern Le«u
last year and may lead the league
season In batting.
Higgs, of Danville. Va.. fflH
cond base. Riggs Is O. K. He " ,
d .270 In Virginia last season ana "
Is one of the best fielders of tl>‘‘ l
cult. Left Held will fall to Vardeman.
who la a fast amateur player.
Altogether, the team Is above
average and the locals are aireadJ c J
steady playing, and they are perhaps fldently claiming the pennanL