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i ; tl** A I LAA i A Ui\UlUi IA A AA U JN h. VV M. V Old Irony of Fate Lands Clean Knockout on ‘Kid Youth Must Be Served' TIE GAME HORNS IN WHEN JEPE PLHV IS MERCIFUL «tk2i i 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 k 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 ■{*•*!* Y • 4* +• + Mobile Showed Great Gameness Core* in 1 to 5 dnyi #4 unnatural di»cbarges f$ Contain* no poison and ft U W yT may be used full atrengtl absolutely without fear. Guaranteed not to stricture. ITevents contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Druggists, or we ship express prepaid upon eceipt of $1. lull particular* mailed on request CH£ EVANS CHEMICAL CO„ UnaiMtl, a 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. ‘THE OLD RELIABLE' REMEDY: dr MEN AT DR US6ISTS.0R TRIAL BOX BY MAIL SOc FROM PLANTER 93 HENRY ST, BROOKLYN NY .-3EWARE OF IMITATIONS-- T li T T E R Tetterlne cures tetter. Read what Mrs. V. C. McQulddy, Kstlll Springs. Tenn, Rays I had a severe case of tetter on both hands and I finally got helpless. A leading physcLn knew of no cure. I decided to give Tatterlne a trial. To my utter surprise and satisfaction It worked a speedy cure. Use Tetterine , It cure* eczema, tetter, erysipelas*, itching , piles, ground Itch and all akin maladies. 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