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GROGGY AND ANXIOUS
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But What Do You Know About a Rally in 1-5 of 1-3 of the Ninth Inning?
NO CHANCE TO HIE GAME IN SAFE AND SANE STYLE
By 0. B. Keeler.
T HIS Dying: Game business Is one
thing.
This going violently insane
just as the eorrowlng friends are
milking out the Final Tear with a
lemon-squeezer—
Well, that Is something else again.
THAT for the Gulls.
• • •
F OR our own little part, when we
went on record, some days be
fore this crool war opened, as yield
ing to no one in our willingness to
die game, we neglected to figure on
fits as an accompaniment to the de
mise.
One may die game outside of Mat-
tea wan.
But it doesn’t look as If the Atlanta
fans are going to pass on in any wife
and sane manner.
Not while the Gulls are sticking
around.
• • •
W HEN the ninth Inning was two-
thirds and a pair of strikes
over, we had mentally set up this
line, to lead off with:
"We’re still THERE!"
When that inning had traveled the
final third and was entirely and com
pletely over, we made a small change
in that lead-off line, to wit. via, 1. e.—
‘'We’re there. STILL!”
• • •
Blamed etlll, if anybody should ask
you.
A HD nom we've got to go out there
** and die game all over again—
maybe twice in the same place.
You know f what these Siamese bills
are.
Also, you will be shoe-homed into
that baJl park at or before 1:30 o'clock
—everybody will—and then there will
be some more of the same thing
You know.
• • •
T-IA VINO stalled as long as posst-
* * ble, we now arrive at the guests’
section of Round 9, which we have a
sneaking suspicion will be discussed
else where in this newspaper, also.
Before any of the Expert Brigade
beats us to it, we want to pull an
old on©.
Round 9, Division A, Game 3. was
exactly what W. Tecumseh Sherman
said war was.
And then some.
• • •
W HY. man alive—there were two
strikes on Dave Robertaon—
and two out—and two runs in the
lead—and—
Put the Are to it. Shade of William
Tecum&eh; ft's stone cold.
Well, then, the old brimstone broke
out of Dave's system, and he hooked
a clean drive to center for one bane.
Then came up this pugnacious
Irishman, Charles Schmidt, and there
were two strikes on HIM—and two
out—and two runs to go—and all that
sort of thing.
And then he cut one to Holland, n
slow bounder, and legged it to firs*,
like a runaway gondola loaded with
coal off the end of r aiding.
Now. Holland's peg wasn't the 1-es*
in th-- world. It was too ne.w the
« himsily bounding Schmidt. And i»
did look ap if Schmidt’s final bourn!
i the pill to hop weakly out
«>f Jo* Agler s gxa*p.
A NYHOW, there was Dave on third
and Schmidt on first, and TWO
STRIKES 'Mi Clark and two out—
and twu runs needed—and then—
Blooie, and then—-
Another blooie.
The first blooie was Clark’s ground
hit past Blslnnd.
Blooie No. g was Miller’s clean rap
to left after there were TWO
STRIKES on him.
Two runs.
Score tied.
What -Sherman- mid -war- was, with
exclamation points after it
• * *
A ND that’s a heluva a lot to spill
** about one-third of one-third of
one Inning.
But it was a heluva a one-third of
a one-third of an Inning.
T HE Gulls showed the raw stuff
Just then.
Tt looked all the stouter after a
desperate rally had failed to put over
a single run in the eighth, ending
in an attempted steal of home that
Pfenmnger ruled against the Gulls on
a mighty close play. Then the Crack
ers added their second run. und it
looked to be settled.
The real chance—as you will see by
a quantity of Expert Testimony—was
missed by the Crackers in that round.
For once they got Old Bill Campbell
somewhere near on the run. Then,
with Holland on first and Bisland on
second, Nixon singled to right and
Miller let the hall roll through him.
Bistand scored and Holland raced
up to third—and stopped and looked
for the ball.
The ball was rolling carelessly
through the infield.
Holland took a new start—and was
nlrpcd at the pan.
That pause cost a run. shut off a
rally, cos‘ the Crackers a ball game,
anti probably a pennant.
Charging hesitation to Holland Im
plies lack of coaching on the part of
Oil Price—and neither explanation
helps anything.
It’s the way of the game.
* • *
D ELAPSING from analytical to
general discussion, it may be
stated broadly that Joe Conzelman
was In serious trouble in five out of
the nine rounds. He escaped in four
of them, partly by his own grand
pitching in the pinches, and partly
by a stiff defense put up by the help.
Wally Smith was partly himself again
and his fielding was clean and ac
curate. He handled eleven chances
without a skip.
Other brilliant performers were
Blsland, whose play on O’Dell’s
grounder was the most spectacular
feat of the day; Paulet, Joe Agler,
Miller and Billy Campbell himself.
BASEBALL SUMMARY
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games
Friday.
Mobile at Atlanta
two games.
First
game called at 1 .30
Velock.
Memphis nt Birmingham.
Montgomery at Nashville.
New Orleans at Chattanooga.
Standing of
the Clubs.
W. 1. Pc
W.
L.
re.
Mobile 80 55 .593
Mont...
68
65
.511
Atlanta. 79 56 .686
M phis.
62
73
4.0
B ham. 73 64 .533
N'ville.
61
75
.4 48
Chatt... 69 62 .526
New O.
44
86
.338
Thursday’s Results.
Atlanta. 2; Mobile, 2 (nine innings,
darkness),
Birmingham, 3; Memphis, 0
Nashville, 6; Montgomery, 1.
New Orleans, 4; Chattanooga, 3.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pc » ’W, L Pp
Phtln 84 44 .658 ! Boston. 84 82 .808
Cl’land 77 52 .507 Detroit. 57 71 .448
Wash... 70 58 .556 St* Lo.. 49 83 .271
Chicago 67 64 .511 I New Yo 44 80 .355
Thursday’s Results.
New York. 3: Washington, 2.
Boston. 8-5; Philadelphia, 2-2.
Detroit. 4; Cleveland 3.
St. Louis, 5; Chicago, 4.
OTHER RESULTS.
American Association.
Indianapolis. 6; Columbus, 3.
Toledo. 10; Louisville. 1.
Milwaukee, 6; St. Paul, 0.
Minneapolis, 4: Kansas City, 2
Minneapolis, 5; Kansas City, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Friday. ,
Philadelphia at Boston (two games).
Brooklyn at New York.
St. Ltuis at Pittsburg (two games).
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Standing of *he Clubs.
W L Pc. i \V. L. Pc
New Y. 88 4 .878 Boston 54 68 .442
Phils... 73 <7 .609 j B’klyn. 54 71 .432
Chicago 71 56 ,55V | Cin’natl 64 78 .409
P'burg.. 67 5'J .532 1 St. Lo.. 46 85 .352
Thursday's Results.
Brooklyn, 6-1; New York, 2-2.
St. Louis. 4-4; Pittsburg, 2-5.
No other games played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
Chicago at St Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland
New York at Washington.
I Bosftjn at Philadelphia.
Virginia League.
Petersburg, 4; Norfolk, 4.
Roanoke. 4; Newport News 0.
Richmond, 5; Portsmouth, 1.
International League.
Jersey City 3: Baltimore, 2.
Toronto. 3; Rochester, 2.
Buffalo, 6; Montreal, 4
Providence, 6; Newark. 2.
Federal League.
Chicago, 6; Cleveland, 5.
Appalachian League.
Championship Game—Knoxville, 2;
Johnson City. 0.
Texas League.
Dallas, 4; Austin 2
Houston. 2; Galveston. 1.
Beautmnt, 4, San Antonio, 4.
Fort Worth. 6 Waco, 2.
Fort Worth, 4, Waco, 3.
T)AVB ROBERTSON, the league’s
leading slugger, looked painfully
weak facing Conzelman’s big drop
and darting fast ball, right up to the
crucial test in the ninth.
Then Dave looked pretty fair.
Conzelman was loping stuff in that
inning, anyway. He worked slowlv,
and his fast ball hadn’t near its usual
jump. As for Campbell, he looked
like an Iron man. The veteran used
his head and his fine balk motion to
save himself with men on bases, and
pitched a remarkable game.
A ND what are we going to do to
day?
Your guess Is ns good as Mlque
Finn’s, Di.ly Smith’s, and anybody's
but the Hon. von Herrmann, who may
decide to put the whole works on the
blink.
* • •
B Y the way of an apology at advance
■tore, the first game will be called
at 1:30, and will be pitched by Messrs.
Cavet and Price.
The next game will start ten min
utes after the first one 9tops, If at
all, and probably will And Thompson
and Heine Uerger at loggerheads.
• • •
A ND don’t forget this:
We’re still THERE—
STILL!
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Old Irony of Fate Lands Clean Knockout on ‘Kid Youth Must Be Served’
TIE GAME HORNS IN WHEN JEPE PUIV IS MERCIFUL
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
C RUCIAL Series came, made his
bow and remains with us.
While There's Life, There’s
Hope paraded the stage for a pair
of days. Youth vs. Age, and Youth
Must Be Served did its little act until
suddenly hooked from behind the
scenes. And now comes our ancient
honored, most accepted friend, old
Irony of Fate. He plants himself
in the calcium and his shadow throws
a pall of gloom as sinister as the
moment of silence between the light
ning flash and the thunder roil.
We had hoped to escape Old Irony
during this present never-to-be-for
gotten scries between the Crackers
and the Gulls. There had been so
many other things in evidence dur
ing the progress of the titanic strug
gle that we thought for once he had
been crowded out
• • •
TN fact, yesterday afternoon until a
1 late and unseemly hour- we could
see no possible chance of doing aught
but taking friend Youth Must Bp
Served down from an upper shelf an i
putting him in play again.
Then, before we really realized whar
had happened if Youth had any in
tention of being served, the waiter
forgot the order.
At a loss for an idea, we wandered
from the ball park, knowing some
thing had happened, but no tangible
results had been obtained.
And then some genius with a cig
arette between his lips and the visor
of a cap over his. eye spake in classic
words: • “Ain’t it the helluvathing
for to Just miss old Jupiter Pluvlun
and then have a tie game horn in and
leave the day wasted?”
His companion spoke In well-set
terms; “It’s the Irony of Fate,”
quoth he.
It was. You might call It the
blankedety blankedest luck. You
might plow through the entire dic
tionary to find the words to describe
it properly and at the end of your
labor you would have to fall back on
Old Irony of Fate. For Old Irony it
was.
TJERE’S the situation as it was, is.
1 1 hut can’t forever will be. in plain,
blunt words:
Crucial Series had paraded half
way through fis existence. Four
games the Crackers had to win from
the Gulls to have even a chance for
the pennant. Two games had beer
played. The Crackers had won both.
They still had their chance. In fact,
the chance looked rosy. The third
day of the Four Days of Strife was
reached and the elements threatened
to end the combat.
Mind you. had rain interfered yes
terday, a double-heeler would had
•had to have been played to-day, and
should rain or anything else inter
fere with to-day’s pastlmlng. the pen
nant is practically the Gulls’.
Wherefore It behooved the rain god
to ”be easy with his watering can. es
pecially In the general direction of
Ponce DeLeon Park.
• • *
IT seemed that Friend Fates Wera
* Against Us was preparing to ap
pear throughout yesterday. The early
risers yesterday morning found a
tang of autumn In the air and a cold
mist splashing in their faces.
If the sun hat* ajiy refulgent glory
It failed to show it yesterday. When
the time for pastiming approached
the Heavens seemed to be weeping
their sympathy for the downtrodden
Gulls.
There seemed about as much
chance of peeing a baseball game as
there Is for John D. Rockefeller to
blow his fortune in a night’s revelry
But then White There's Life
There’s Hope entered and the effect
of his appearance was as potent as
a catfish sandwich at a negro pri-
mary. Atlanta fandom showed its
true colors when It meandered ou'
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like 9,000 strong in a downpour to
take chances on drawing a rain-check
and an all-winter cold for the trouble.
A PTER this display, Nature seemed
to relent. It’s true the heavens
continued to sniffle a bit through five
innings, but when Nature saw that
the game was going to be played
regardless. Nature relented and al
lowed the clubs to fight It out.
Enter Youth vs. Age. William An
drew Smith picked joe Conzelman, a
gentleman of youth and abilities, as
his white hope.
And Mike Finn, just to make the
contrast good, selected Billy Camp-
f bell, a warrior full of years and dis
cretion. to do his work for him.
Both managers picked well. Con
zelman seemed the personification of
youthful vigor. Campbell seemed to
be the living example of the wisdom
of years.
Conzelman was sdntlllatingly bril
liant. His speed was dazzling. His
curve ball was absolutely perplexing.
His drop fell with the suddenness
of Niagara Falls. His control was
perfection.
And what Campbell lacked in bril
liance of quality he made up from
“the wealth of nis store of experience.
Every ball he hurled was carefully
considered. On two occasions, with
‘Never Say Die’ Spirit Was Present
-l*#-!* •!*•♦!-• *!*••!•
Mobile Showed Great Gameness
By Lou Castro.
HPHE “never-say-dle” spirit of the
I Mobile ball club showed Itself
In the ninth inning of yester
day’s game, and as a result the Crack
ers and Gulls will clash In a double-
header this afternoon.
Seemingly beaten for eight innings.
Finn’s men came in to take their final
turn at bat. O’Dell was the first
man to face Conzelman. He went out,
Smith to Agler. When Paulet was
disposed of by Smith it looked as
if the visitors were doomed for an
other defeat. Probably every one in
that ball p«ark was willing to con
cede the locals another victory.
Up came Dave Robertson, the
league’s leading slugger. He waited
the string out until he had two and
three. Dave slammed the ne^ct pitch
for a single to center. Schmidt was
up next. The Gulls’ backstop hit to
Holland. But here is one ^nan who
doesn’t know what the word “quit”
means. He dashed at full speed for
first ba.se and the unexpected hap
pened. Agler dropped Holland’s poor
throw and Charlie was safe with
Robertson on third. 0
* * •
THE Gulls were fighting mad.
Schmidt’s fighting spirit had
aroused the entire team. Conzelman,
for the first time, seemed to be weak
ening. He had beer pitching his head
off and the Gulls were working him
to the limit. Two voungsters fol
lowed Schmidt to the plate, Clark
and Miller.
Conzelman got tw’o strikes on Clark
and it looked as if It was all over.
However, the Mike Finn fighting
spirit had been drilled into this player.
He refused to quit and instead pound
ed a single and Robertson scored
while Schmidt beat it to third. The
strain was telling on Conzelman, but
it looked as if lie would pull out.
All he had to do was to dispose of
Miller. The latter also had two
strikes on him. One more strike and
the Crackers were to walk off the
field a winner for the third succes
sive time. But the inevitable pinch
hit came. Miller singled to center
and the game was tied. Campbell
went out. but the damage was done.
The Gfills had scored two’ runs and
the game was tied.
• * •
I N choosing Campbell to face the
Crackers yesterday, Mike Finn
showed excellent judgment. Camp
bell is a veteran of the old school
and is a wonder in a crisis. He
pitched a great game and appeared
to be strong at the finish.
So much for the Gulls. They dis
played gameness that was probably
never equaled. I couldn’t help but ad
mire the boys from Mobile, even if
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* * •
TOE CONZELMAN deserves the lion
J share of the glory given the
Crackers. The youngster surely
hurled a marvelous game and was the
big king in the pinches, except in the
final session. He pitched like a vet
eran and it was certainly tough luck
that he didn't cop. Whenever a hit
meant a run Cor/ielman showed at
his best. His drop was a wonder
and he had Finn’s crew puzzled. He
also used a dandy fast one.
Probably the sorriest man in At
lanta to-day is Joe Agler. After prac
tically winning two games for Smith’s
crew, Joe made a costly error yester
day. True, the ball was close to the
runner and hard to handle, but it is
a 100 to 1 bet that Joe would eat up
throws of that kind if he was in the
same position again. There were two
out at the time and had Joe caught
the ball the game would have gone to
the Crackers. But it is things of this
sort that make baseball the most
uncertain sport.
• • «
YY7ITH Campbell and Hogg out of
W the wal the Crackers will prob
ably face Berger and Cavet to-day.
Of all the twirlers on the visiters’
staff it is my opinion that Campbell
is the hardest of all for the locals to
beat. Finn will probably shoot Cavet
in the box in the first game and he
will probably be opposed by Gil
Price. Should the home boys cop
this battle, then look out.
The Crackers’ chances for the pen
nant are harder than thev were be
fore yesterday’s battle. The tension
that ball players labor under when
In a double-header Is terrible. Espe
cially when each contest means so
much. Should Smith’s men cop they
will be accomplishing something that
Atlanta can well be proud of. If
they should lose I hope that the fans
will give the boys credit for the great
fight they have put up.
* * •
’"THE boys deserve the support of
A every fan in Atlanta. They have
fought for the honor of the city, so
let’s hope that a monster crowd turns
out this afternoon to cheer them on.
They are still fighting and are made
of the right stuff. They are facing a
wonderful teafn and the games to
day should be worth going miles to
see. I’ll be there for one, and if the
record attendance is not broken I
will surely be one surprised party.
For the sake of the sport and fair
play may the best team win.
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Harry TVelchonce, the most dreaded
Southern League batter up and runs
imminent, he made the big outfielder
look silly by absolutely outguessing
him. I is doubtful if man ever worked
a headier game of ball at ^?once De
Leon than the veteran southpaw dii
yesterday. It is doubtful if man ever
will.
* • •
T T Is useless to recount the feature!
A of the game. It was so replete
with them that it would require more
time, more energy-, more brains than
is on tap right here. Besides, every
body in Atlanta either saw the battle
or has had it talked to them a dozen
times, so what’s the use.
Suffice it to say that both teajns
fought desperately. There was nonn
of the amateurish nervousness ap
parent that so marked the first twd
struggles. Time after time, when
either the Crackers or the Gulls!
seemed about to end the pastiming,
brilliant baseball would prevent scor
ing.
O UT Youth Must Be Served had
I-* entered by this time. As brainily
as Campbell was working, he couiu
not altogether stave off the fury ot
the Cracker attack, and as Mobhe
came in for their ninth inning the
Gulls faced a lead of two runs, which
seemed a million to all practical pur
poses.
Then some rude stage hand ex
tended the nook and yanked Youth
Must Be Served behind the scones.
Before the 9.000 fans could realize it
the score had lit. n tied.
Old Irony of Fa.te was the only
victor.
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