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7 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 4/ 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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