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THE ATLANTA H KOKH IAN AND MmwS.
COVTEKD^
THE ASSASSIN
By Tad
Copyright. 1913. International News
Service.
SILK
HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
"M - <)T that Finn’s men quit. They
^ did not quit, or show any signs
of quitting. If anything, they made
more fuss ir the field than we did,
and they wt.e fighting all the way.
But while we are charged with more
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Jump Game Is Good One fo Win — Especially When You Have lo Win It
CRACKERS PLAN BOLDLY FOR NEXT THREE GAMES
By 0. B. Keeler.
A XI) still we have no us»e for that
Cold Gray Dawn of the Morn
ing After thing.
To-morrow, now—
But well 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.
• * •
H ERE we are. then, one up and
three to go, with Elliott Denf
slated to face the Gulls in the second
game and Joe Conzelman to s*imme r
gently in the Warming Pan through
out the entire performance.
Unless—this is understood—unles \
of course, the services of Mr. <’on-
ze'man shall be required where the
spot-light plays its beams.
But that is an Emergency. And (of
course) Mr. Conzelman's gentle sim-
merings must be viewed in that light.
* * * .
C HAPMAN will be back of the wood
again, and* that, with an extra
8Up.plv of eiting-tobacco, will consti
tute Bill Smith’s changes for the sec
ond game of tlie all-important series.
The Little Napoleon—the boys call
him that—is not chirping or hopping
about and singing in the sunshine.
Not yet. He is eating tobacco pro-
fu<ely.
Saying nothing and eating tobacco.
* * *
A g 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:
(11 Either he will have the Guli:
acquire more runs than the Crack
ers. or (2) he will have the Gull-
hold the Crackers to fewer runs than
the Gulls.
Botb methods have been used with
much success in major as well as in
minor league baseball.
* * *
B UT right here a proposition con
fronts the genial Mr. Finn.
If he decides to adopt either of the
foregoing schemes, what dealer will
he call on to stack the cards?
• * •
A T some risk of redundancy, or tau
tology. or something, we must
remark that. too. is something els-
again.
Mr. Finn himself admits that he is
rather in the dark, and prefers to see
his ultegecl help warmed up before
m king a pick for the second game.
Bv the process of elimination, much
affected by Socrates. Pluto and Sher-
lo< k Holmes, we deduce that the ne\:
offering will not be Pug Cavet, who
pitched yesterday. It is not likelv
about 7,000 fans—the largest week
day crowd of the season.
• * •
MOT 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 the combat,
and the only thing that prevented
some wild scoring was the uniformly
close pitching, coupled with the fact
that the dumb work showed itself as
much on the ba*»es as in the field.
* * *
W HILE frequently in danger. Price
was very effective, and only a
raw bobble in the ninth enabled the
enemy to break into the “R” column.
It was Gil's help that caused him mosi.
of the trouble, all along, to offset
which the Gulls helped him out by
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 be
seen from the box wore just how
feeble that attack finally panned out.
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 snxth an 1
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
Chapmai credit for a blow of the
Cincinnati or fluke variety. Joe
mixed the enemy up in-the sixth, too.
when, with Price on, die laid down a
neat bunt on the third strike and
legged it out for a nit while Schmidt
and Cavet collided over the pill.
* • *
Cl'MMING up results, and restrain-
^ ing boastful chortles until a later
date—if at all—we note the following:
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.
Gi1 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 ♦lm r» ?t of the series:
To-day—Elliott Dent.
Thursday—(’ari 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. I \V. L. Pc.
Mobile. 80 54 .597 ! Mont... 68 63 .510
Atlanta. 78 56 .581 i M’phis.. 62 71 .470
Chatt.... 68 61 .527 ; N’ville.. 59 75 .441
B’ham. . 71 64 .526 I New O. 43 85 .336
Tuesday's Results.
Atlanta. 4: Mobile 1.
Chattanooga. 3: New Orleans, 0
Birmingham. 1; Memphis 0.
Montgomery, 3; Nashville. 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
New York at Boston.
No other games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pc. | W. L. Pc.
Phila.. 83 42 .664! Boston.. 63 61 .504
01’land. 77 51 .601 Detroit.. 56 71 .441
YV'gton 70 54 .565 St. L.. . 48 83 .367
Chicago 67 63 .558 1 New Y. 42 .80 .344
Tuesday's Results.
Chicago, 3-9; Cleveland. 1-3.
Washington, 2: Phialdelphia, 1.
Boston, 4; New York, 2.
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; St. Paul, 2.
Minneapolis-Kansas City, rain.
Carolina Association.
Winston-Salem, 5; Greensboro, 4.
Durham, 14: Raleigh, 0.
Durham. 5; Raleigh, 0.
Asheville, 14; Charlotte 3.
Virginia League.
Petersburg. 6; Richmond 1.
Portsmouth. 2; Norfolk 1.
Newport News, 1; Roanoke. 0.
International League.
Baltimore, 4; Newark, 1.
Providence, 13; Jersey City, 3.
Montreal, 2; Rochester, 0.
Toronto, 8; Buffalo. 0.
Federal League.
Cleveland, 6; Pittsburg 4
Cleveland. 7; Pittsburg 3.
Kansas City, 10; Indianapolis. 9.
St. Louis, 8; Chicago. 4.
Texas League.
Dallas, 4; Austin, 3.
Beaumont, 10: Galveston. 3.
Houston. 8: San Antonio, 2.
Fort Worth, 2; Waco, 2.
Appalachian League.
Knoxville. 4: Mfddlesboro. 2;
Morristown, 2; Rome 5.
Johnson City, 6; Bristol. 4.
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 2 3 0
Starr, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 0
O’Dell. 3b 4 0 1
Pauiet, lb 4 0 1
Robertson, cf, . . 3 0 0
Schmidt, c 3 1 0
Clark, if. . .
Miller, rf. .
Cavet, p. . .
xSentell, . . .
4 2
2 4 2
8 1 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
.4 0 0 0 0 0
.401310
.2 0 0 0 3 0
.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals . . .
Atlanta
Agler, lb. . .
Long, If. . . .
Welchonce, cf.
Smith, 2b . .
Risland, ss. . .
Holland. 3b. . .
Nixon, rf. . . .
Chapman, c. .
Price, p. . . .
32 1 4 24 14 2
ab.
h. po. a. e.
4 0 3 12 0
3 10 3 0
0 1
0 1
3 0
3 1
3 0 0 3 0
3 1
3 1
0
1
0 0
1 1
2 0
5 0
0
4 2 1
0 3 1
Totals 28 4 8 27 13 4
xBatted for Cavet in ninth.
Score by inniugs:
Mobile 000 000 001—1
Atlanta . 000 002 20x—4
Summary: Two-base hit—Stock
Three-base hit—Agler. Double play
—Miller to O'Dell. Struck out—By
Cavet, 3; by Price, 3. Bases on balls
—Off Cavet, 3; off Price, 3. Sacri-
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 AND
GOSSIP OF THE STRUGGLES WILL BE JUST AS GRIP-
PINGLY INTERESTING TO BASEBALL LOVERS.
IN THIS SERIES THE GEORGIAN WILL BE 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:
EILLY 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 BASEEALL EXTRAS WILL RUN
COMPLETE DETAILED REPORTS OF THE GAME, SENT
IN PLAY BY PLAY. EVERY BALL AND STRIKE WILL BE
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THFSE EXTRAS
ORDER YOUR GEORGIAN EARLY FOR THE NEXT
FOUR DAYS IF YOU WANT 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 mv 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. and not give way to a crazy
desire to swing like a garden gate at
everything he wheeled up—for, as I
said before. Pug had some stuff yes
terday, in spite of the patch on Ills
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 i saw how they were popping them
up and fouling out and rolling easy
grounders at us.
• • *
"VT OW, about the rest of these
games.
We all realize just exactly what
we are up against. I don’t suppose
the best fan in Atfanta 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 los 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
aroun’d and we made a sort of promise
that we’d every one give the best we
had in the shoo 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 w r ere 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 one of Mobile's
best pitchers—probably their best—,
out of the way. And then we felt
that we had them on the run. I
can’t tell just how that feeling is. but
it comes over you once in a while—
and when it does, your team will 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 re«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 1913.
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. ”1 don’t
neefl to box for a living. I don’t like
these short fights, and I would rather
quit altogether than spend my tinm
training and boxing around like a side
show man.” He added 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
tiie 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.
Thomas 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 game3.
Roth, on the mound for the locals,
hurled the best game of his career. He
held Jordan’s men down to two scat
tered hits 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.
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MOBILE vs. ATLANTA
Game Called 3:30
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