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Old Irony of Fate Lands Clean Knockout on ‘Kid Youth Must Be Served'
TIE GAME HORNS IN WHEN JEPE PLHV IS MERCIFUL
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But What Do You Know About a Rally in 1-3 of 1-3 of the Ninth Inning?
NO CHANCE TO DIE GAME IN SAFE AND SANE STYLE
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By O. B. Keeler.
T HIS Dying Game business Is one
thing.
This going violently Insane
Just ns tho £ or rowing friends are
milking out the Final Tear with a
lemon-squeezer—
Well, that is something else again.
THAT for the Gull*.
• • •
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
Rut it doesn't look ns if the Atlanta
fans are going to pass on in any safe
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
“Were 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, i. e.—
"We're there. STILL!”
• • •
Blamed still, if anybody should ask
you.
• • •
AND now we've got to go out there
** and die game all over again—
maybe twice in the same place.
You know what these Siamese bills
axe
Also, you will be shoe-horned into
that ball park at or before 1:30 o'clock
—everybody will—and then there will
be some more of the same thing.
You know.
• • •
LI AVINO stalled as long as possl-
1 1 ble, we now arrive at the guests
section of Round 9. which we have a
sneaking suspicion will be discussed
elsewhere in this newspaper, also.
Before any of the Expert Rrlgado
beats us to it, we want to pull an
old one.
Round 9, Division A, Game 3. wap
exn< tly what W. Tecumseh Sherman
said war was.
And then some.
• • •
YY7 HY, man alive—there were two
** strikes on Dave Robertson —
and two out—and two runs in the
lead—and—
Put the fire to it. Shade of William
Tecumseh: it's stone cold.
Well, then, the old brimstone broke
out of Dave's system, and he hooked
a clean drivo 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 tc go—and all than
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 th€* end of a ‘Tiding.
Now. Holland's peg wasn’t the bes
in the world. It waa too near th«
( lumpily bounding Schmidt. And i
did look as if Schmidt’s final bound
agisted the pill to hop weakly out
of Jog Agler a gr**p.
A NYHOW, there was Dave on third
and Schmidt on first, and TWO
STRIKES on Clark—and two out—
ami two runs needed—and then—
Blooie, and then—
Another blooie.
The first blooie was Clark’s ground
hit past Blalnnd.
Blooie No. 2 was Miller's clean rap
to left after there were TWO
STRIKES on him.
Two runs.
Score tied.
What - Sherman-paid-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.
Rut it was a heluva a one-third of
a one-third of an inning.
THE Gulls showed the raw stuff
* just then.
It 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
Pfenninger ruled against the Gulls on
a mighty close play. Then the Crack
ers added their i vAmd run. and 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 Rill Campbell
somewhere near on f the run. Then,
with Holland on first rfnd Blsland on
second, Nixon singled to right and
Miller let the ball roll through him.
BIsland scored and Holland raced
tip to third—and stopped and looked
for the ball.
The ball was rolling carelessly
through the Infield.
Holland took a new start—and was
nipped at the pan.
That pause cost a run. shut off a
rtilly, cos' the Crackers a hall game,
and probably a pennant.
Charging hesitation to Holland Im
plies lack of coaching on the part of
Gil 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 Conzelnrwi
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
Risland, whose play on O’Dell’s
grounder was the most spectacular
feat of the day; Paulet. Joe Agler,
Miller and Billy Campbell himself.
T YWE 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 losing ptuff in that
inning, anyway. He worked slowly,
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 yis 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 as good as Mlque
Finn’s, Billy Smith’s, and anybody's
but the Hon. von Herrmann, who may
decide to nut the whole works on the
blink.
• • •
B Y the way of an apology at advance
dore, the first g^me will be called
at 1:30. and will be pitched by Messrs.
Cavet and Price.
* * •
The next game will (tart ten min
utes after the first one stops. If at
all. ami probably will find Thompson
and Heine Berger at loggerheads.
A
ND don’t forget this:
We’re still THEP.E-
STILI.l
BASEBALL SUMMARY
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Friday.
Mobile at Atlanta; two games
game called at 1:30 o’clock.
Memphis at Birmingham.
Montgomery at Nashville.
New Orleans at Chattanooga.
First
Standing of the Club*.
W. L. Pc.
Mobile... 80 65 .603
Atlanta. T9 56 .686
B’ham. 73 64 .633
Chatt... 69 62 .526
W L. Pc.
Mont... 68 65 .511
M’phis. 62 73 .450
N''vilie. 61 75 .448
New O.. 44 86 .338
Thursday’s Results.
Atlanta.. 2, Mobile, 2 mine Innings,
darkness)
Birmingham, 3; Memphis, 0
Nashville, 6. Montgomery, 1.
New Orleans, 4, Chattanooga, 3.
National league.
Games Friday.
Philadelphia at Boston (.two games).
Brooklyn at New York.
St. Louis at Pittsburg (two games).
Cincinnati at Chicago.
standing of l he Clubs.
\Y. U IV. | W. L. Pc
New Y.. 86 41 .678 Boston. 64 68 .142
Phila... 73 47 .609 B’klyn. 54 71 .432
Chicago 71 56 .659 , Cin’nati 64 78 .409
P’burg . 67 59 .6321 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 Sr Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland
New York at Washington.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pc. t W. L Pc
Phila. .. 84 44 .656 Boston. 64 62 .508
Cl* land. 77 52 557 i Detroit. 67 71 .446
Wash... 70 56 .556 St Lo.. 49 83 .371
Chicago 67 64 .611 I New Yo 44 SO .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. 3
Minneapolis, 5; Kansas City, 2.
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,
Johnson City, 0.
Texas League.
Dallas. 4; Austin 2
Houston. 2; Galveston, 1.
Beaumont, 4: San Antonio, 4.
Fort Worth. 6; Waco, 2.
Fort Worth, 4, Waco, 3.
Subscriptions to
‘Cracker Fund 1 Hold
Good, Win or Lose
Now that the fans subscribing to the
Cracker Fund have come through like
real sports and promised the money,
win, lose or draw—and not on the mere
chance of a long-shot penhant—The
Georgian is happy to add its support to
the fund and Its warm encouragement
to hesitating contributors.
BUI Smith and the Crackers have
made one of the'grandest, gainest uphill
fights In the history of baseball. Win or
lose the pennant, tho performance of
the Crackers of 1913 has earned the re
spect and the support of every true At
lanta fan.
This subscription Is just & little way
of showing appreciation for a great fight
by a gTeat ball club. It now amounts
to more than $300. The “man with the
barrel” will be on the job at the double-
header this afternoon, and there will be
a fine chance for you fellows wljo cheer
for the Crackers to come through with
a bit of solid appreciation.
Subscriptions also are being received
a: the Turr.lin Bros.’ cigar) store, and
Charley Kingsbery. who operates the
cigar stand in the Grant Building, raised
$43 yesterday and adde it to the fund.
Make It a big day, to-day, all around.
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, mos«t 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 roll.
We had hoped to escape Old Irony
during this present never-to-he-fnr-
gotten series between the Cracker®
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 Be
Served down from an upper shelf and
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 Pluviuf
and then have a tie game horn in and
leave the day wasted?”
His companion enoke in well-set
terms: “It’s the Irony of Fate,”
quoth he.
It was. You migdit 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 voui
labor von would have to fall bark on
Old Irony of Fate. For Old Irony it
was.
• • •
TIERE’S the situation as 1t was. Is,
1 1 but can’t forever will be. in plain,
blunt words:
Crucial Series had paraded half-
wav through its existence. Four
games the Crackers had to win from
the Gulls to have even a chance for
the pennant. Two games had been
played. The Crackers had won both.
They still had their chance. In fact,
the chance looked rosy. The third
day of the Four Pavs of Strife was
reached and the eletnents threatened
to end the combat.
Mind you. had rain Interfered yes
terday. a douhle-he;Ver would had
had to have been played to-day, and
.should rain or anything else Inter
fere utth to-day’s pasttming. the pen
nant is practically the Gulls’.
Wherefore, it behooved the rain god
to be easv with his watering can, es
pecially In the general direction of
Ponce DeLeon Park.
• • •
IT seemed that Friend Fates TYera
* Against Us wa* preparing to ap
pear throughout yesterday. The early
risers yesterday morning found a
tang of autumn in the air and a cold
mi:®t splashing in their faces.
If the sun hat* ajiy refulgent glory
It failed to show it yesterday. When
the time for pastimlng approached
the Heavens «»eemed to be weeping
their sympathy for the downtrodden
Gulls.
There seemed about as much
chance of ‘«eeing 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 out
to the pastimlne- pasture something i
like 9,000 strong in a downpour to
take chances on drawing a rain-check
and an all-winter cold for the trouble.
A FTER this display, Nature seemed
** to relent. It’s true the heavens
continued tc 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. A<e. 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- i
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 sclntillatingly 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
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By Lou Castro.
T HE “never-say-dle” spirit of the
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 inning®.
Finn’s men came in to take their final
turn at bat. O’Dell was the first
man to fa>ce 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 park was willing to con
cede the locals another victory.
Tip came Dave Robertson. the
league’s leading slugger. He waited
the string out until ha had two and
three. Dave slammed the next pitch
for a single to center. Schmidt was
no n^xt. The Gulls’ backstop hit to
Holland. But here is one man who
doesn’t know what the word “quit”
means. He dashed at full speed for
first base and the unexpected hap
pened. Agler dropped Holland’s poor
throw and Charlie was safe with
Robertson on third.
• * •
T HE 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 be°r pitching his head
off and the Gulls were working him
to the limit. Two youngsters fol
lowed Schmidt to the plate, Clark
and Miller.
Conzelman got two strikes on Clark
and it looked as if it was all over.
However, the Mike Finn flghtins
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 he 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 Gulls 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
I I am a gTeat admirer of the home
boys.
* * •
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. lie pitched like a vet
eran and it was certainly tough luck
that he didn’t cop. Whenever a hit
meant a run Conzelman 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-
dav. True, the ball was close to the
runner and hard to handle, but it is
a 190 to 1 bet that Joe would eat up
throws of that kind if he was in the
same portion again. There were two
out at* the time and had Joe caught
the ball the game would have gone to
the Crackers. But it js things of this
sort that make baseball the most
uncertain sport.
* • •
YY/ITII Campbell and Hogg out of
** the wal the Crackers will prob
ably face Berger and Cavet to-day.
Of all the twirlers on the visitors’
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.
Ths Crackers’ chances for the pen
nant are harder than thev were be
fore yesterday’s battle. The tension
that bail 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
thev 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
* 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 sti!’ fighting and are made
of the right siuff. They are facing a
wonderful team 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.
Harry Welchonce, 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 Ponce De
Leon than the veteran southpaw' did
yesterday. It Is doubtful if man ever
will.
• • *
IT is useleps to recount the featurel
* 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 teams
fought desperately. There was none
of the amateurish nervousness ap
parent that so marked the first two
struggles. Time after time, when
either the Crackers or the Guild
seemed about to end the pastimlng,
brilliant baseball would prevent scor
ing.
• • • •
B UT Youth Must Be Served had
entered by this time. As brainily
as Campbell was working, lie cornu
not altogether stave off the fury oi
the Cracker attack, and as Mobile
came in for their ninth inning the
Gulls faced a lead of two runs, whk i
seemed a million to all practical pur
poses.
Then some rude stage hand ex
tended the nook and yanked Yojith
Must Be Served behind the scones.
Before the 9.000 fans' could realize it
the score had btv n tied.
Old Irony of Fa.te was the only
victor.
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