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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ASSASSIN
By Tad
Copyright, 1913, International News
Service.
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
rrmunT.iiiiiii nmiiiinr--—
—
"VTOT that Finn’s men quit. They
did not quit, or show any signs
of quitting. If anything, they uuid.
more fuss in the field than we xlid,
and they were fighting all the way.
But while we are charged with more
Jump Game Is Good One io Win —Especially When You Have io Win It
CRACKERS PLAN BOLDLY FOR NEXT THREE GAMES
By 0. B. Keeler.
A ND still we have no u^e for that
Cold Gray Dawn of the Morn
ing After thing.
To-morrow, now—
But we'li just keep it in type and
go ahead with the gloat, and even
hazard a bit of dope as to the doings
this afternoon.
But no predictions, mind you.
• • •
1J ERE we are. then, one up and
1 1 three to go. with Elliott Dent
slated to face the Gulls in the second
game and Joe Conzelman to simmer
gently in the Warming Pan through
out the entire performance.
Unlose—this is understood—unless,
of course the services of Mr. Con-
ze’man shall be required where the
spot-light plays its beams.
But that is an Emergency. And (of
course) Mr. Conzelman’. 1 -' gentle sim-
merings must be viewed in that light.
* • *
r'HAPMAN will be back of the wood
^ again, and that, with an extra
Fupply of eating-tobacco, will cons’i
tute Bill Smith's changes for the sec- I
ond game of the all-important series
The Little Napoleon—the boys call
him that—is not chirping or hopping
about and singing in the sunshine.
Not yet. lie is eating tobacco pro
fusely.
Saying nothing and eating tobacco.
• * •
AS to what Mr Mique Finn plans
* * to do, that is something else
again.
Mr. Finn says, in a general way.
that he is going to win a ball game
presently. He does not particularize
as to the method* but it is under
stood that Mr. Finn will adopt one
of the following plans:
(1) Either he will have the Gullr
acquire more runs than the Crack-
t.f. or (2) he will have the Gulls
hold the Crackers to fewer runs than
the Gulls.
Both methods have been used with
■ iich success in major a:< well as in
— lirar league baseball.
DUT right here a proposition con-
LJ fronts the genial Mr Finn.
If he decides to adopt either of the
foregoing scheme*, what dealer will
he call on to stack the cards?
• • •
A T some risk of redundancy, or tau
tology. or something, we mua:
remark that. too. is something els
again.
Mr. Finn himself admits that he i*
rather in the dark, and prefers to sec
his alleged help warmed up befoic
making a pick for the second game
By the process of elimination, much
affected by Socrates. Pluto and Sher
lock Holmes, we deduce that the next
offering will not be Pug Cavet. who
pitched yesterday. It is not likelv
to be either Hogg or Campbell, both
of whom got their lickings Labor Day.
This resolves the count to Heine
Berger and the other Robertson.
Mr. Finn can pick petals off a sun-
'lo.wr for the choice.
• * *
T3 FSM'MING the gloat, we got by
pretty neatly in that opening en-
ter. to tb« unadulterated joy of
N
about 7,000 fans—the largest week
day crowd of the season.
• • •
OT that the ball game, per se—
that is to say, of its own mo
tion—was anything of an unparal
leled achievement, glorious as was
the general result.
There were several reasons why
that game didn’t cause us to pass on
by reason of apoplexy, one of the rea
sons being lack of a short, thick neck.
There were traces of stage-fright
breaking out all through tlu combat,
and the only tiling that prevented
some wild scoring was the uniformly
close pitching, coupled with the fact
that the dumb work showed itself as
much on tne ba*«es as in the field.
• • •
Y7HILK frequently in dang< r. Price
w;ts very effective, and only a
raw bobble in the ninth enabled the
enemy to break into the “It” column.
It was Gil’s help that caused him mns;
of the trouble, all along, to igfaet
which the Gulls helped him out b>
W
giving way to a mad desire to hit the
first ball on all occasions.
if the Crackers stuttered more in
the field, the Gulls showed poor judg
ment in their attack, and it may b
seen from the box score just how
feeble that attack finally panned ou»
The mighty Robertson failed to get
a hit. while his rival, Welchonce, ac
quired a single and a base on balls
in four times up
• • •
T HE little hitting the Finns were
able to do was sparsely scattered,
too, never more than one hit coming
in the same inning. The Crackers,
on the other hand, bunched seven of
their eight blows in the >4xth and
seventh innings, when all their scor
ing was done. Agler’s sounding
triple in the seventh scored two runs,
on the bases by a hit and an error
of judgment by Stock which gave
Chapma i credit for a blow of the
Cincinnati or fluke variety. Joe
mixed the enemy up in the sixth, too.
when, with Price on, he laid down a
neat bunt on the third strike and
legged it out fur a hit while Schmidt
and Cavet collided over the pill.
* * *
C CM MING up results, and restraln-
v - 5 ing boastful chortles until a later
date—-if at all—we note the follow ing:
The Crackers require just three
more games from the Gulls.
Cavet pitched pretty well, consid
ering ne had one lamp in a sling.
The “Jump game” is a good one to
win—particularly when you have to
win it or fall entirely through.
Gil Price showed a fine quality of
courage, particularly when the bases
were full of Gulls in the third, with
only one out.
The latest reports had Bill Smith
resting easily.
Ditto—Mique Finn smiling.
* * *
P ROGRAM for the rest of the series:
To-day—Elliott Dent.
Thursday—Carl Thompson.
Friday—Gil Price—right back at
’em.
BASEBALL SUMMARY
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Mobile at Atlanta. Game called at
3:30 o'clock.
Memphis at Birmingham.
Montgomery at Nashville.
New Orleans at Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L Pc | \V. I*. TV.
Mobile. SO 54 .597 Mont... 68 8:1 .519
Atlanta. 78 58 .5S1 M phis.. 62 71 470
Phatt. . 68 €1 .527 N'vilie.. 6l» 75 .441
U'ham.. 71 64 .526 1 New O. 4.’. 85 .326
Tuesday’s Results.
Adanta. 4 Mobile 1
Chattanooga, .3; New Orleans, 0
Birmingham. 1; Memph's 0.
Montgomery, 3; Nashville. 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
New York at Boston
No other games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pc.
Boston.. 62 61 504
Detroit.. 56 71 441
St L. . . 48 83 367
New Y. 42 .80 .344
\v. l. r<
Phila.. 83 42 .664 !
Cl’land. 77 51 .601 j
W'gton. 70 54 .565 <
Chicago 67 63 .558 I
Tuesday’s Results.
Chicago, 3-9. Cleveland. 1-3.
Washington. 2, Pl ialdelphia, 1.
Boston, 4; New York. 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Boston at New York.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (two games).
Standing of *he Clubs.
W L. Pc \V U IV
New Y. 85 39 .686 B’klyn. 52 69 430
I’flila 72 46 610 B-.su.ii . »;\ .44s
Chicago 70 56 .556 C'nat ... 5 ; 78 405
P’buJ g.. 66 57 .537 i bt. L... 45 35 .5o2
Tuesday's Results.
Boston, 5; New York, 2.
Philadelphia, 3. Brooklyn. 2.
Pittsburg. 5; Cincinnati, 2.
Chicago, 5-6; St Louis. 3-1.
OTHER RESULTS.
American Association.
Columbus. 4; Indianapolis. 3.
Louisville, 9; Toledo 3.
Milwaukee. 3; S: Paul, 2.
Minneapolis-Kansas City. rain.
Carolina Association.
Winston-Salem, 5; Greensboro, 4.
Durham, 14; Kalelgh, 0.
Durham. f>; Raleigh, 0
Asheville, 14; Charlotte 3.
Virginia League.
Petersburg. 6; Richmond 1.
Portsmouth. 2; Norfolk l.
Newport News, 1; Roanoke. 0.
International League.
Baltimore, 4. Newark, 1.
Providence, 13; Jersey City, 3.
Montreal, 2: Rochester, 0.
Toronto, S; Buffalo, 0.
Federal League.
Cleveland. 6; Pittsburg. 4
Cleveland. 7. Pittsburg 3.
Kansas City. 10; Indianapolis. 9.
bt. Louis, 8; Chicago. 4.
Texas League.
Dallas, 4; Austin. 3.
Beaumont, 10; Ga’veston, 8.
Houston. 8; San Antonio, 2.
Fort Worth, 2; Waco, 2.
Appalachian League.
Knoxville. 4; Middlesboro. 2;
Morristown, 2; Rome 5.
Johnson City, 6; Bristol. 4.
MARTIN JOINS YANKEES.
BO-STON. Sept. 3.—Patrick Martin,
a southpaw pitcher, purchased recent
ly by the New York Americans from
I • i .a wrent e » m .ss ) club of 'he Ne •
England League, has reported to
manager Cl ante.
The Official Score
Following is the official
score
of
the first game in
the
big
series be-
tween the Crackers and
the Gulls,
compiled by O.
B. Keeler
of The
Georgian, official
scorer
for the
Southern League
in
Atlanta this
season:
Mobile
ab.
r.
h.
po. a.
e.
Stock, ss. . , .
. 3
0
1
3 3
0
Starr, 2b
. 4
0
0
4 2
0
O'Dell, 3b. . . .
. 4
0
1
1 4
2
Paulet, lh. . . .
. t
0
1
8 1
0
Robertson, cf. .
. 3
0
0
2 0
0
Schmidt, c. . . .
. 3
1
0
3 0
0
Clark, if. . . .
. 4
0
0
0 0
0
Miller, if. . . .
. 4
0
1
3 1
0
Cavet,
*>
0
0
0 3
0
xSenteli
. i
0
0
0 0
0
Totals
32
1
4
24 14
2
Atlanta
ab.
r.
h.
po. a.
e.
Agler, lb. . . .
. 4
0
3
12 0
0
Long. If
. 3
1
0
3 0
1
Welchonce, cf. .
. 3
0
1
2 0
0
Smith, 2b . . .
. 3
0
1
2 1
1
Risland. ss. . . .
. 3
0
0
1 2
0
Holland. 3b. . . .
. 3
1
1
0 5
0
Nixon, rf
. 3
0
0
3 0
0
Chapman, c. . .
. 3
1
1
4 2
1
Price, p
. 3
1
1
0 3
1
Totals
2S
4
8
27 13
4
xRatted for Cavet in
ninth.
Score by innings:
Mobile ....
. 000
000 001-
-1
Atlanta 000 002 20x—4
Summary: Two-base hit—Stock.
Three-base hit—Agler. Double play
—Miller to Stock. Struck out—B' r
Cavet, 3; by Price, 3. Bases on bal.s
—Off Cavet, 3; off Price, 3. Sacri
fice hits—Long, Bisland, Nixon, Ca
vet. Stolen base—Nixon. Hit by
pitched ball—By Price, 1. Time—
1:42. Umpires—Pfeuninger and Rud
der ham.
I
Crackers Win the First Game
And The Georgian Wins
in
Just
as Convincing Manner
THE CRACKERS WON THE FIRST GAME, AND THE
GEORGIAN WON IN JUST AS CONVINCING A MANNER.
THE SOUTH HAS NEVER SEEN AS COMPLETE AND IN
TERESTING ACCOUNTS OF A BIG SPORTING EVENT AS
THE GEORGIAN CARRIED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE
STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE GULLS AND THE ATLANTA
CLUB FOR SOUTHERN LEAGUE SUPREMACY.
AND THROUGHOUT THIS BIG SERIES. TO-DAY,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE ACCOUNTS WILL BE
JUST AS MINUTELY COMPLETE, THE COMMENT . 13
GOSSIP OF THE STRUGGLES WILL BE JUST AS GRIP-
PINGLY INTERESTING TO BASEBALL LOVERS.
IN THIS SERIES THE GEORGIAN WILL EE REPRE
SENTED BY THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF EX
PERTS IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL OVERLOOK NO
POINT. THEY WILL PLAY THE GAME FOR YOU EX
ACTLY AS IT’S PLAYED AT PONCY PARK.
AMONG THOSE WHO WILL “COVER” THIS SERIES
FOR THE GEORGIAN ARE:
BILLY SMITH. THE CRACKER MANAGER, THE
MAN WHO BROUGHT A RANK TAIL-ENDER OF 1912 UP
TO THE TOP.
JOE AGLER, THE CORKING FIRST BASEMAN, WHO
HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY JERSEY CITY. BUT WHO WILL
BE WITH THE YANKEES NEXT SEASON.
LOU CASTRO, FORMER CRACKER, WHO KNOWS
“INSIDE” BALL BETTER THAN' ANY OTHER MAN IN
THE SOUTH.
0. B. KEELER. THE GEORGIAN’S BASEBALL EX
PERT, WHO WRITES THE BREEZIEST ARTICLES OF
ANY CRITIC IN THE SOUTH.
W. S. FARNSWORTH, SPORTING EDITOR OF THE
GEORGIAN, WHO FOR SIX YEARS TRAVELED WITH
THE RED SOX. YANKEES, GIANTS AND DODGERS.
FUZZY WOODRUFF, KNOWN BY EVERY FAN IN
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE, WHO HAS A WONDERFUL
STYLE ALL OF HIS OWN.
INNIS BROWN, FORMER VANDERBILT HERO, WHO
PERSONALLY KNOWS EVERY MEMBER OF THE GULLS
AND CRACKERS.
THE GEORGIAN WILL ALSO HAVE STAFF PHOTOG
RAPHERS AT THE PARK TO SNAP EVERY PLAY OF IM
PORTANCE.
THE GEORGIAN’S BASEBALL EXTRAS WILL RUN-
COMPLETE DETAILED REPORTS OF THE GAME, SENT
IN PLAY BY PLAY. EVERY BALL AND STRIKE WILL BE
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THESE EXTRAS.
ORDER YOUR GEORGIAN EARLY FOR THE NEXT
FOUR DAYS IF YOU V/ANT TO BE SURE OF GETTING
ALL THE REAL NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THIS GREAT
SERIES.
errors* than they are, I believe a
close survey of the game will show
that they overlooked enough bets to
more than balance the account, and
that, to my mind, shows they were
feeling the strain.
I know all of our boys were feeling
it. Speaking for myself, I know it
was all I could do to look over old
Pug Cavet carefully when I was at
bat, Ind not give way to a crazy
desire to swing like a garden gate at.
everything he wheeled up—for, as I
said before. Pug hap some stuff yes
terday, in spite of the patch on his
eye.
* * •
A ND right there was where the
Gulls played into Price’s hand.
Gil had it on them, anyway, an 1
I am sure he would have beaten them
at any game they tried. But you
could tell the Gulls were nervous
by the way they kept tearing in and
trying to murder the first ball pitched
them.
Gil saw right off how eager they
were, and he fed them bad ones—and
yo t saw how they were popping them
up and fouling out and rolling easy
grounders at us.
* * *
OW, about the rest of these
games.
We all realize just exactly what
we are up against. I don’t suppose
the bes + fan in Atlanta has figured
over our chances any harder than
every fellow on the club.
A FTER the last game with New Or
leans, when we had heard that
the Gulls Jose the afternoon game,
and knew for the first time we had
a chance to win the pennant—I tell
you, fans, It was a queer kind of
sight in that old clubhouse.
The boys were mighty solemn about
it. They knew’ what they were up
against. But we shook hands all
around and we made a sort of promise
that we’d every one give the best we
had in the shon to this next series,
and win if we could, and lose fighting
all the way if we couldn’t.
AFTER the game yesterday, the
** bunch had another little round
up in the clubhouse, and they were a
shade more cheerful. Not that we
feel that three games in a row aren’t
just about as tough as four to win,
when you have to win every one.
But we felt we*had ope of Mobile’s
best pitchers—probably their best —
out of the way. And then we felt
that we had them on the run. 1
can’t tell just how that feeling is, b ! :t
it comes over you once in a while—
and when it does, your team wijl be
going great guns, first thing you
know.
• * •
W E aren’t bragging any. mind you.
But we are just determined to
put up all the fight there is in us to
beat Mobile the res»t of the series.
And I believe I can promise those
same Gulls that, win or lose, they
will know they have been in a fight
for the pennant of 1813
Wolgast May Quit
Ring To Be Farmer
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.—The
obituary of Ad Wolgast. former light
weight champion, is written on all the
sporting pages with the record of his
defeat at Oakland by Joe Azavedo, a
green and nervous youngster who won
the decision at the end of ten rounds.
“What’s the use of going any fur
ther?” asks Wolgast to-day. “I don’t
need to box for a living. I don’t like
these short fights, and I would rather
quit altogether than spend my time
training and boxing abound like a side
show man.” He addled that he was
thinking of returning to his Oregon
ranch and settling down as a farmer
Wolgast fought a characteristic
battle, but was wild. His blows lacked
the old sting.
Thomasville Beats
Valdosta: Series Tied
Coombs Sick Again;
Out for Season
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3.—Pitcher
Jack Coombs has had a recurrence of
his old trouble and to-day was forced
to return to bed. Manager Mack and
the club physician announced that the
twirler will be unable to don a uni
form again this season.
AGOGAS TEAM WINS.
The Agogas team triumphed over
Wesley. 9 to 2, yesterday. The win
ners scored three runs in the first in
ning and practically put the game on
ice. York was on the slab for Agogas.
with Lewis catching. while W.
Thom'as did the slab duty for Wesley.
Crosley was on the receiving end.
THOMASVILLE, GA.. Sept. 3.—
Thomasville and Valdosta are now on
an even standing In their fight for the
Empire State League pennant. Thom
asville took yesterday’s game, 5 to 0.
Both teams have now won two games.
Roth, on the mound for the locals,
hurled the best game of his career. Ho
held Jordan’s men down to two scat
tered Kits and was master of the sit
uation at all times. Hawkins and
Zellars were hit hard by the winners.
The former was knocked out of the
box in the third inning.
BASEBALL
—TO-DAY—=
MOBILE vs. ATLANTA
Game Called 3:30
THE ATLANTA
TO-NGHT AT 8:15
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