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TIFF: ATLANTA CLCROTAN AND NEWS 'I'LL FIGHT --AGLER Here s l Gill Vho 1 D rice, Grach Vill Hurl ( iers ’ Sensational Southpaw, Opening Game at Poncy To-day Crackers, Sore at Yesterday’s Mischance. Are Spoiling to Get at Gulls. By Joe Agler. T HERE isn’t very much I wan' to say about that game yesterday that can be printed in a news paper that goes into the home. I don’t feel talkative about it, and neither do the other boys. They were one raving bunch in the clubhou?*> after the game, and Rill Smith—well, I’ve seen Bill upset before, but yes terday he laid well over everything I ever saw him pull before. At that, I don’t know that he was any sorer than the rest of us. I don’t know if sorer is a good word, but it’s what I want to say, anyhow. • * • VV7 E’RB sore—and we’re going to ** do Bomf fighting to-day that will make our former efforts look like rooking the baby to sleep. Either that, or I’m away off in my estimate of the bunch. I don’t know that any excuses are in order for what happened yester day. I’ll shoulder my share of the blame and swallow the dose in as few gulps as possible. There’s not much good yelping over spilt milk, anyway, and if it happens to be sour milk, why, all the leas use, the way I look at it. • * • IT was too had that Conzelman bad * to get only a draw after the class of ball he pitched. He was in trouble in the majority of the innings*, but. let me tell you. that youngster has the old determination, and it was only a raw deal by the old luck that nosed him out of a well-earned victory. Old Billy Campbell was mightv good, too, and his wise old head had us hitting had ones, while his fine little balk motion kept us tied to first base whenever we got that far The fielding nn both sides was pretty good, considering the fearful strain. I pick Bisland’s play on O’Dell’s grounder in the first inning as the star fielding play of the game, but there were some other mighty good ones. • * • L ET’S talk about to-day’s game, how’ever—and the only thing we are hoping and praying for is that the rain holds off and let us have our two whacks at them. That’s all we ask of Dame For tune—a clear day Gil Price and Carl Thompson will be our pitching entries, and they can’t very well shoot anybody at us but Pug Cavet and Heine Berger. Xo boasting, mind you—but I just believe we are going to hammer the filling out of at least two Mobile pitchers before the sun goes down to day. We’ll do our best. Heisman Lands 4 Crack Prep Men CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Sept. 5.— When Coach Heisman taps the gong for the preliminary practice of the Jackets at Atlanta next week, four star ath letes from this self-same burg, the cream of the local "prep" school talent, will be present to battle under Tech's colors. The quartet Is composed of Jene Patten, the Baylor warhorse; Hawlev Cushman, the former McCalle and Central star; Douglass Morrison, of the same institution, and JTally John son, the star lineman of Bill McAlles- ter's 1912 High School aggregation. Chamber of Commerce Fans to Attend Game Members of the Chamber of Com merce (and there are 1,650 of them) and every citizen of Atlanta Is urged by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to at tend the double-header between the Gulls and the Crackers this afternoon. Cards to that effect were sent out to every chamber member last night as soon as returns of the game were re ceived. . , The Chamber of Commerce officials are the most enthusiastic fans in At lanta. The Official Score Following is the official score of l third game of the Atlanta-Mobile rles, compiled by O. B. Keeler, of te Georgian, official scorer for the Southern League in A season. Mobile. ab. r. Stock, ss. . . . . 4 0 Starr, 2b. . . . o 0 O'Detl, 3b. . . ! 4 0 l’aulet. lb. . . . . 4 0 Robertson, cf. . . 4 1 Schmidt, c. . . . 4 1 Clark, If. . . . . 4 0 Miller, rf. . . . . 4 0 Campbell, p. . . . 4 0 5 11 3 3 1 13 0 8 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 1 1 1 0 10 2 Total . . . Atlanta. Agler. lb. . . Tong, If, • • Woletionee, cf. Smith. 2b. . . Bisland. ss. . Holland. 3b. . Nixon, rf. . . Chapman, c. . Conzelman, p. Total . • • .34 2 8 27 11 3 ab. r. h. po. a. e. 1 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 o 2 1 0 10 '3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 2 10 .30 2 9 27 19 2 Bill Smith Sure Crackers Will Grab Both Ends of To-day’s Double Bill PRICETHOMPSON PICKED FOR HURLING HONOR Sporting Food Score by innings: It Mobile .... .000 000 002 - 2 Atlanta 010 000 010-2 Summary: Two-base hits—Starr, Schmidt. Struck out—By Campladl 3. Conzelman 5. Bases on balls—Off Campbell 1, Conzelman 2. Saerlflo ],it—lams. Stolen bases—Stock. Starr. Miller. Time 2:2.1. Umpires. AJAil WjliU i IaaA’IijU.HA By Bill Smith. 1 AM uhedding no tears. I am not blaming anybody. I am not oussln' my luck. I believe, and 1 say it honestly, that to-night will find the Crackers lead ing Mobile one full game In this pen nant chase. And If we do that, w» have the pennant non. You can bank on that. Now, there's no use In my telling the fans that I don't regret our not coming through with a win yesterday. I do regret it. I regret It especially when 1 think how nearly we had it won. But we were not beaten, and we've got another day to fight in. That'? all we want. Believe me, we will light. As a result of the tie game though, I have hud to switch my battle plans a bit, but I think they will work out just as well as if we had copped yes terday. • • • IX to-day’B double-header, I realize * that the first game is all-lmpor- tnnt. And I figure that Mike Finn realizes the same thing. I see nothing for him to do but to come back in thin battle with Pug Cavet. I will use Gil Price, and I’ll t«d1 you why I nm convinced that Price will be able to take Flnn’9 star t wider’* measure 1 realize that Cavet is a grand pitcher and I know him to bo a twirl- er always oapabif of making trouble But he Is one of those long, lean, beanpole sort of chnps who can stand Just so much work and no more. When you give them more than their normal amount of work they crack like thin ice under a 400-pound lady, and with just a* dire results. Then Cavet has not been In any too good health. He is having all sorts of trouble with his eyes. Even now he has to wear a shade over his right optic while pitching. • • • N O man, especially this man. likes to speak of a fellow ball player’s Infirmity, but the fact remains that Cavet. with his weak eyes, will not be nearly so formidable a proposition as Cavet with his eyesight good. Now take Price. He is built like a truck horse. He’s the kind that thrives* on work. He has had two days of good rest and should go to the hill to-day as strong as an ox, ready to go on over any kind of a route. He has* sublime ner\f\ and that alone will ^nrrv us through, for 1 be lieve after the Gulls had victory so THE FAG END. (By A. Magnate.) Those melancholy days have come, The dullest of the year, When gate receipts are on the hum And magnates shed a tear. Within the glade big seores are mside While athletes smite the pill. ' They drive the hall against the trail, But gate receipts are nil. The crowds that once through turn stiles came Have left us in the lurch. It is as quiet at a game As in a Quaker church. In gentle spring the rooters bring Two hits or so per head, But noui they stay far, far away, And gate receipts are dead. I hate the haze of autumn days, When pennant races lag. If I could pray, *twerc always May, When magnates get the swag. We note by the papers that Knockem- out Brown can’t fight any more In In dianapolis. We also have a hunch that he can’t fight any more In any place. Mr. McGreevey, the umpire who re signed. shewed that even umpires are afflicted with human intelligence. All things are for the best. The opera tion which robbed Ad Wolgast of his title also amputated Tom Jones. 4 The fact that Chicago oarsmen beat Milwaukee oarsmen has not caused.any paroxysms of surprise. Milwaukee never has been strong on water. If George Stovall were to be consulted he might remark that the American League is afflicted with Too Much John son. Among the baseball records of 1913 thf»re is the fact that Johnson and Boehllng were whipped in one day. Not to mention the extraordinary fact that Johnson lost two straight games. Eddie Clabby. the Assistant Pride of Hammond, Ind., reminds one of his brother, Jimmy. He is so absolutely dif ferent. A baseball scribe Informs us that the Athletics are weaker than they were last year. This leads one t o suspect that the rest of tne teams in the American League are suffering from paralysis. AFTER SEPTEMBER 1. There was a man who owned a hat which was a hat of straw. He heard the quips and jests and gibes of every one he saw. But as I felt the torrid air and gazed upon his hat I wished that I possessed the nerve to wear a lid like that. Thomasville Winner Of Empire Pennant THOMASVILLE, GA„ Sept. 5.—Dud ley’s Thomasville team yesterday after noon won the first Empire League pen nant by administering the fourth straight defeat to Otto Jordan’s Val dosta club. The score was 5 to 0, and the contest was replete with excite ment throughout Cheney worked for the locals, and his control was never better, only nine teen men facing him in the first six innings. Six hits were secured, but they were widely scattered, and with men on bases he tightened at all times. Walker pitched splendid ball, but could not so successfully keep hits scattered as his opponent. Mobile-Pelican Series to Stand LITTLE ROCK, ARK., Sept. 5.—Pres ident William M. Kavanaugh, of the Southern League, has decided that the games which New Orleans protested against Mobile because the pitchers’ box in Monroe Tark at Mobile was too high; would he awarded to Mobile. President Kavanaugh stated that Memphis had played at Monroe Park prior to New Orleans, and had made no complaint on the pitchers’ box. 200 Athens Fans to Root for Thompson Two hundred fans of Athens, Ga., will attend to-day’s double-header in a body and cheer for the Crackers. The fans saw Carl Thompson pitch many a game when he was twirling for the University of Georgia and they will be on hand this afternoon to cheer him in his attempt to trim the Gulls. MORAN AFTER SMITH. NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Frank Moran, who scored a clean knockout over A1 I’alzer Wednesday night, to-day made overtures to Gunboat Smith, the lead ing "white hope” for a bout early In October Several clubs here are bid ding for the match which promises to be one of the most important neavy- ENTRIES AT TORONTO. FIRST—About 6 furlongs, selling: Ca sanova 106 Hildas Sister 106. Ponka- tasset 111, Tee May 111, Scarlet Pim pernel 114 Running Account 114, Ossa- bar 116, Danville II 116, Longus 116, Miss Menard 116. SECOND—About 5 furlongs, selling: Pretty Molly 106 xNemesis 106, xLa Sainrella . 106, Tiny Tim 111, Carrillon 111, Star Ashland 116, Dorothy Webb 116, Maxton 116 May Bride 116. Alooha 116. THIRD—Selling. 7 furlongs: xGay 104. xPort Arlington 105, Dust 110, Sam Bernard 110, Lily Paxton 110, Tiger Jim 110, Gagnant 110 Horicon 113, Radation 110, Montagnie 117. FOURTH About 5 furlongs, selling, Mother 115, Golden Ruby 115, Shreve 116, Booby 115, Delightful 115, Mon Ami 115, McAndrews 115, Jim O. 116, Miss Dulin 115, Donation 115. FIFTH—Selling 6V4 furlongs: xMlss Primity 111, Lou Lanier 116, Mirdli 116, Colonel Brown 116. Kaufman 116, Barn Dance 116, Mamita 116, Black Branch 116. SIXTH—Selling, 6 furlongs: xLeialoha 111, Adriuche 116, Yankee Lotus 116, Elma 116, Glipian 116, V. Powers 116, Pierre Dumas 116, Modern Priscilla 116. SEVENTH—About 5 furlongs, selling: Ladv Robbins 102, Lewis 105, Johnnie Harris 109. True Step 111, Skeets 112, Protagoris 106, John Bowman 109. Isa bella Casse 109, Ynca 111, Carissioa 114. EIGHTH—About 5 furlongs, selling: xCecil 106, Dick Deadwood 109, Ancon 111, Janus 111, Susan 116, xGolliwogg 106, Koroni 111 Starboard 111, Curious 116. xApprentice allowance cl|iimed. Weather clear; track fast. AT MONTREAL. FIRST—Tv.^year-olds and up; $500 added; 5% furlongs: Amazement 104. Zodiac 108. Privet Petal 108, Emerald Gem 105. Czar Michael 108, Indolence 111, Water I^ady 108, Cannock 113. SECOND—Selling; $500 added.; three- vear-olds and up. 6 furlongs: Euterpe 96, Toison D’Or 103, Clem Beachey 105, Fred Levy 107, Oakley 108, Jim L 108, Sylvestris 108, Camel 111, George Karme 99 Battery 104. Tom Sayers 106, Luria 107, Bobby Cook 108, Veneta Strome 108, Spring Mass 111, Lord Welles 114. THIRD—The King’s Plate, $1,100 add ed; three-year olds and up; 1V4 miles: Irish Heart 115, King Saxe 121, Floral Crown 129, Planover 112, Bacchante 112, Song Bird 112, Stoney Croft 112, Bush Lark 121. FOURTH—Steeplechase handicap; $700 added; four-year-olds and up; about 2 miles: Velsini 130. Young Morpheus 134. Luokola 143, Bello 152, Jack Denner- lin 134. Jiu Jitsu 140, Bill Andrews 148. FIFTH—Handicap; all ages; $700 add ed; mile: Par.dorina 95. Plate Class 125, Donerail 113. G. M. Miller 112, Airey 100. SIXTH—Purse, $500 added: three year-olds and up; selling; mile: Ursula Umma 89. Chemulpo 100. «’og< 106, Ches ter Kbum 110. Tom Holland 94. Trovato ‘ i Spellbound 103. York Lad 107, Apias ter 110. auvaKmu u.iu». iu »•*' This young man won the first game of the series for the Smithmen and is confident that he will repeat this afternoon. Gil is in fine condi tion and if the Crackers will only give him a run or two he’ll cop sure. Evans and Travers May Clash for Title GARDEN CITY, N. Y., Sept. 5.— Chick Evans, of the Edgewater Golf Club, Chicago, and Jerome D. Travers, the national champion, will probably clash for the title again Saturday. Evans has acquitted himself in top- notch style all through the week, while Travers has been less steady, but equally successful at every stage of the tourney. Both seem likely win ners in their respective matches to day with J. G. Anderson, of Braeburn, Mass., former champion of Massachu setts, and Fred Herreshoff, who is entered from the Ekwanok Club, of Vermont. Petersburg Wins Virginia Pennant PETERSBURG, VA.. Sept. 5.—By not losing yesterday's game Petersburg cinched the 1913 Virginia League pen nant. Should Petersburg lose all of the ten remaining games scheduled and Roanoke win them all. Petersburg would win the pennant by a margin of t points. ... Heinie Busch, who has manager the Goobers three consecutive seasons, has in that time won two pennants and lost the pennant by 2 points once. SIDELIGHTS GAME AT ON THIRD PONCY PARK added; three-vear-olds and up: Ella Grane 97. The Rump 104. Lord Liam 109, Bernadotte 100, Beach Sand 109, Haldeman 108. Weather clear. Track fast. AT TIMONIUM. FIRST—Purse $J0O, maidens, all ages, 5 furlongs: Carolee 112, Abbottsford 115. Caatara 99, Bthel Berry 112. Garter Knight 112. Elk ridge U2._Mabrey 112, Blitz 112. Judge l.andla 117. SECOND—Purse $200. 3 years. 6 fur longs: Jean Wagner 197. High Mark 107. Lasaja 107, Double F. 107, Lyn- brook 112, Lord Leighton 107, Racing Belle 107. Detect 107, Royal lane 107. Carroll 107. THIRD—Purse $300. all ages, 6*6 fur longs: Whisper Belle 118, Golden Cas tle 120, Monty Fox 131, Slim Princess 125, Bay Brook 120, Punamel 93, Little England 125, Royal Vane 120, Pons Ne ville 125. xl’rsula Major 125. FOURTH— Purse $200. steeplechase, about 2 miles: Mullahane 151, Orderly Nat 130, Voltaire 148, Essex 139, Tom Cat 139. Irwin P. Diggs 180. FIFTH—Purse $200, all ages, 6 fur longs: Top Rock 120. Double F. 120, Mollie S 120, Dan E Denoyles 120, Sandy Flash 120, I^asaja 120, aSlim Prin cess 120. SIXTH—Purse $200, selling, 6 fur longs: Sylvan Dell 123, Ballanler 123, Sandy Flash 123, Golden Cluster 123. .Judge Landis 123, Steal Aawuy 118, By W. S. Farnsworth. S a coacher Gil Price is some pitcher. It was his work on the coaching line that really cost the Crackers a victory yesterday. To be sure, Joe Agler dropped Hol land’s throw for what would have been a third out in the final spasm, and then came the t&o runs that tied up matters. But you can excuse Joe for mak ing an error. The best of ’em do that. At that, Holland’s throw was far from being a good one. Still you can not overlook dumb work, and especially when It comes from a coacher. Here is how we were beaten out of a run that would have won for us in the last of the eighth: With one down. Bisland singled and Holland walked. Then Nixon slammed a pippin single to right. Miller let the ball get away from him and Bis land tore all around for a run. Hol land also beat it around to third, but Price, in his excitement, forgot all about coaching Holland. And Holland pulled up at third to see where he was at. Harry decided to take a chance. Miller had thrown the ball into the infield. Nobody was after It. Holland tore for the plate, but O’Dell grabbed the pill and got it to Schmidt a wee bit of a second before Harry slid in. Now, if Holland hadn’t pulled up at third he would have scored easily. And Holland would have never slowed up at the far corner had Price been there to advise him. But Gil is going to pitch the opener this afternoon and we are betting the works that he will cop. • * * Conzelman pitched 129 balls yes terday, while Campbell hurled 125. Here’s the count by innings: Conz’lm’n C’pbell First 15 16 Second .. 7 22 Third 13 8 Fourth .. 14 8 Fifth 12 10 Sixth .... 17 13 Seventh . 5 20 Eighth . . . 21 16 Ninth .... 25 12 —- -—- Total .. 129 • • ♦ 125 Hats off to those Gulls. They sure are game fighters. Two runs be- hind, two out and two strikes on Robertson and still they go out and even up the count. • • ♦ Every Gull batter had two strikes on him in the ninth before he go* in the ‘‘dirty work.” • • • Conzelman’s first ball of the day was a fast one that cut the plate for a strike. • * * Campbell’s opening offering was also a fast ball that went right over the middle of the pan. • * * During the early innings Conzel man displayed a drop hall not a whole lot unlike Mathewson’s fade away. • • • The best play of the day was made by Bisland In the first inning when he made a great stop of O’Dell’s grounder back of Holland that was tagged for a one-timer at least. Bizzy was out of position when he made the scoop, but he uncorked the finest peg to first that I have ever seen. • • • Bisland registered the first hit of the game. It was in the second period and was a short one-cushion soak to left. Campbell was lightning fast on * r_ line in the second, and he made a sweet chuck to first. • • • Campbell can hold a runner closer to first hast* than any man in the league. He has a beautiful balk mo tion. • • • Welchonce got a rap in the stomach that knocked the wind out of him when Campbell’s line drive for a base in the third bounded hard and un expectedly. • • • Agler should have tried to score on Welchonce’s out in the third instead of holding third with one down. Harrv hit to Starr who was out of position to make the throw. Joe could have easily scampered home in time. • • • Conzelman fanned Robertson on three pitched balls in the second. The last one was a beauty drop curve and Davy missed it a yard. « • • Mike Finn changed his bats all around in the third Inning. The Irishman was superstitious of some thing. V • • • Holland has a black spot on his bat that he expectorates on every time he comes to bat. • • • Conzelman proved that he is a nice fielding pitcher by running over to the first base line for Schmidt’s tap in the seventh and touching out the batter. • • • The Gull player* threw shoes, hats, sweaters, bats, bat-bag and every other loose thing on the bench in the seventh. They sure were pulling for a "break.” • • • Campbell’s first fan victim was Conzelman, in the seventh. • • • Pfenninger chased Manush off the coaching lines in the eighth for wav. ing a towel. Dunn rushed to the rescue. • • • A foul drive off Bisland’s wood in the eighth came mighty close to knocking Gil Price’s bean off. Gil was coaching at third. • • • Stock was nipped at the plate all right on his attempted pilfer in the eighth. He failed to touch the plate. • • • Holland had a good eye in the eighth and waited out for wide ones for transportation. • • • With the weather man’s consent we are going after that double bill to day. If the Crackers beat Cavet In the first game the second ought to be easy with Berger on the mound. • • • Chapman’s fingers suffered som- pain In the fourth when they got in the way of a foul tip off Paulet’s bat. * • • Conzelman makes a balk every time he winds up. He holds the ball at arms’ length in both hands above his head and then looks over the situation before turning the pill loose. • • * Agler made a regular Hal Chase stop of Robertson’s wicked grasser in the fourth and beat the batter to the bag - . . . Mllltfr robbed Bisland of a Texas Leaguer in the fourth when he ran way over to the foul line for a hoist that looked good. • * * Schmidt's two-bagger in the fifth would have been good for only one base had not the ball taken a nasty bound over Long’s shoulder. • • • Gonzelman pitched masterly ball after Schmidt opened with that two- base clout. He fanned Clarice, caused Miller to pop to Smith, and then Crackers Deserve Free Fares Home The Atlanta Baseball Associa tion—Messrs. Callaway, Nunnally and Ryan—are verily going to 4 ‘do something” for their athletes for the great showing they have made of late. • Their great finish has added thousands of dollars to the treas ury of the club. A nice present would be trans portation to their respective homes, seeing to it that each player occu pied a “lower,” and the price of all meals needed to feed their ever- hungry stomachs. Benefit Races for McNeil's Family at The'Drome To-night To-night’s the big night at the local motordrome. The races to-night will be run for the benefit of Jock McNeil's family. All the proceeds from the meet will be sent to Scotland to bis aged mother, who grieves over the death of her boy. The newspaper men, - the riders, the officials at he track, are giving their services to-night, and will also pay their way in at the gate. It is a worthy cause and, with the splendid program that they have ar ranged, the management hopes that the crowd of the season will be on hand. The feature event on the program will be the special match race between Tex Richards and Morty Graves. These two met Monday night. Graves won the first heat, Richards the second, and the third was a dead heat. The races were the most thrilling that have ever been staged on the local saucer, and the time the fastest that has yet been uncorked. In the 2-mile heat, which Richards won, the time was 1:22, an average of 88 miles an hour. Richards has got one leg on the hand some trophy offered by Bill Stoddard for the winner of three finals in the Southern championships, the first event on the program each night. He won the finals Monday night. The man that wins the finals three times gets the cup and the title of Southern motorcycle champion. Here Is the complete program for to night: Southern Championships. Heats 1 mile, finals 2 miles, 25 points for first, 15 for second and 10 for third. First heat, Lockner, Lewis, Glenn and Graves; second heat, Renal, Luther, Swartz and Richards. Special Match Race, Beat two out of three, 1, 2 and 3 mile heats, for side bet of $50—First heat, 1 mile, fllnal Southern championships. Sweepstakes. French point system, 10 for first, 6 for second and 3 for third; three heats, 3, 6 and 7 miles: First heat, 3 miles, Lockner, I^ewls, Glenn, Swartz, Luther and Renel; second heat, special match race (2 rnllesj; second heat, sweepstakes (6 miles); third heat, Southern championship; third heat, sweepstakes (7 miles). CROSS VS. HYLAND. BUTTE, MONT., Sept. 5. —Leach Cross, the New York lightweight, and "Fighting Dick” Hyland, of Han Fran cisco, have- been matched to meet here during the first week In October in a twelve-round bout. LORE TO BOX HOMMEY, NEW YORK. Sept. 5 Johnny Lore, of the West Side, und Lackey Hommey, the East Side lightweight, will battle In a ten-round bout .Saturday night. BROU’S INJECTION A PKIt- M A N K N T V V It F, of the most obstinate ca«es guaranteed in from 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. Sold by all druggists. nearly in their grasp and let it Blip as they did yesterday, they will never be able to come back and play that satrie desperate game they mowed In our tie battle. I am not worrying about the second * game. If we win the first, the second is as good as ours. According to my present plans, I’ll send In Carl Thompson. The Geor gia lad has been as eager to get in the fray as an Irishman is to enter a St. Patrick’s Day pil*oession. And. believe me, he’s right And who has Finn to «end against him? I don’t believe Hogg can come back after one day’s rest and pitch winning ball. Bill Campbell is out of the way. Finn’s sole hope Is Heinie Berger. • • • DERQBR ha* been a great pitcher, but we are talking 1913 stuff now. and 1913 is far from being the Dutchman’s best year. I am confident that if he goes in, we will give the Gulls such a trim ming that it will hurt the sharks out in Mobile Bay. In short, I am just as confident of taking those two games to-day as I have ever been of doing anything in my life. I mean every word I say. The Mobile bunch is bolstering up their courage by saying there is a hoodoo that keeps the Crackers from winning a double bill. It's true we haven't won a lot of them this sea son, but I believe we will add one to our list to-day. • * • 17 VERY ball player is superstitious. Av You saw that yesterday when Finn had the bats in front of his bench mussed up and then threw everything that the men didn't need in the pile, including his own new straw' hat. He thought that would work a charm that would change his luck. Maybe it did a little bit. But If he talks about jinxes, I can remind him of a couple that will make him see blue monkeys. Do you recall the fact that twice Finn has had the Southsrn League pennant sewed up in a sack only to be nosed out at the finish by less than a full game? Well, it’s so. Newt Fisher beat him in this kind of a driving finish, when Newt had Nashville and Mike had Little Rqck in 1902. They weren’t a game apart at the wire, but Newt was in front. Welchonce May Set New Record To-day Harry Welchonce and Dave Rob ertson dropped a point yesterday, in their race for the batting honors of the Southern League. Both got only one hit in four times at bat. They are still 4 points apart. Welchonce, by making three hits in the double-header with th§ Gulls this afternoon, can break the Southern League record for the number of hits made in a season, which is 191. made by Heulsman, of Schreveport, in the season of 1901. Here’s the way the two leading bat ters stand: Players. G. Ab. R. H. Pot. Robertson. . .132 603 86 172 .342 Welchonce . .143 559 86 189 .338 Collars for Every Cracker Making Hit The United Shirt and Collar Com pany, makers of the famous Lion col lars, has agreed to give every At lanta player making a hit in the dou ble-header with the Gulls this after noon a box of this faipous brand of collars. This offer held good yesterday, and every Cracker \yho made a hit Thurs day will be given a box of collars. Agler, Bisland and Nixon will get two boxes of collars each. The collars will be distributed to the players through Parks-Cham- bers-Hardwick Company. HOUSTON TEXAS WINNER. DALLAS, TEXAS, Sept. 6.—The 1913 pennant race of the Texas League was settled yesterday afternoon when Hous ton defeated Galveston 2 to 1, at Hous ton. and thereby took the game neces sary to put them .beyond the possibility of losing first place. Houston won the 1912 pennant also. 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