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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. GROGGY AND ANXIOUS By Tad Copyright, 1913, International News Service. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Old Irony of Fate Lands Clean Knockout on 'Kid Youth Must Be Served' TIE GAME HORNS IN WHEN JEPE PLEV IS MERCIFUL But V NO V/iaf Do ) CHANCI fou Know About a Rally E TO DIE GAME I in T-3 of 1-3 of the h N SAFE AND SAI^ linih Inning? [E STYLE By 0. B. Kepler. T HIS Dying frame business Is one thing. This going violently insane Just as the sorrowing friend* are milking out the Final Tear with a lemon-squeezer— Well, that is something else again THAT for the Gulls. • • • F OE 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 tlgure on fits as an accompaniment to the de mise One may die game outside of Mat* tea wan. But it doesn't iook as if the Atlanta fans are going to pass on in any safe and sane manner. Not while the GuIIb 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. viz. 1. e.— "We're there. STILL! H • • • Blamed still, tf anybody should ask you. • • • A ND 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 arc 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. • • • I_I AVTNG stalled as long as possi- * 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 Brigade beats us to it, we want to pull an old one. Round 9, Division A Game. 3 was exactly what W. Tecumsek Sherman •aid war was. And then some. • • • VY7 HY, man alive—there were two W strikes on Dave Robertson — and two out—and two runs in the lead—and— Put the fire to it,’Shade of William Tectunseh; it's stone cold. Well. then, the old briin^one broke out of Dave's system, and he hooked a clean drive to center for one base. Then came up this pugnacious Irishman. Charles Schmidt, and there were t^o strikes on HIM—and two out—and two runs tc go—and all that tort 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 a aiding. Now. Holland's peg wasn't the bes* in the world. It was too near the clumsily bounding Schmidt. And i» did look as if Schmidt's final bound assisted the pill to hop weakly out of Joe Agler* grasp. A NYHOW, there was Dave on third and Schmidt on first, and TWO STRIKES on Clark—and two out — and two runs needed—and then— Blooie, and then— Another blooie. The first blooie was Clark’s ground hit past Bisland. Blooie No. 2 wan Miller’s clean rap to left—after there were TWO STRIKES on him. Two runs. Score tied. What - Sherman-art id- wsr-wa*. 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 i-ne-thlrd of a one-third of an inning THB 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 Pfennmger ruled against the Gulls on a mighty close play. Then the Crack ers addt i d their second 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 Bill Campbell somewhere near on the run. Then, with Holland on first and Bisland on second, Nixon singled to right and Miller let the ball roll through him. Bisland 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 nipped at the pan. That pause cost a run. shut off a rally, cos*, the Crackers a ball 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. * * • O ELAPSING from analytical to general discussion. It may be stated broadly that Joe Conzelman was In serious trouble in five out of the nin£ 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. Wallv Smith was partly himself again and his fielding was clean ami ac curate. He handled eleven chances without a skip. Other brilliant performers were Bisland. whose play on O'Dell’s grounder was the most spectacular feat of the day. Paulet. Joe Agler, Miller and Billy Campbell himself. n.WE 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 stuff 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 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 as good as Mlque Finn's. Billy 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 dope, the first game will be called at 1:30. and will be pitched by Messrs. Cavet and Price. * * • The next gamp will start ten min utes after the first one stops, if al all, anti probably will find Thompson and Heine Berger at loggerheads. A ND don’t forget this: Were still THERE— STILL! BASEBALL SUMMARY First SpUTHERN LEAGUE. Game* Friday. Mobile at Atlanta; two games, game called at 1:30 o'clock Memphis at Birmingham. Montgomery at Nashville. New Orleans at Chattanooga. Standing of the Club*. W. L. IV. W L Pc. Mobile. 80 55 .593 Mont 68 65 .511 Atlanta. 79 56 .586 M'phis. 62 73 .450 B ham. 73 64 .633 X*villa. 61 76 .448 Chatt... 69 62 .626 New O.. 44 86 .338 Thursday’* Result*. Atlanta. 2: Mobile. 2 (nine 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. Ia>ula at Pittsburg (two games). Cincinnati at Chicago. Standing of l he Club*. W. L. Pc | W L Pc. New Y. 86 41 .678 . Boston. 64 68 .443 Phila. 73 47 .609! B'klyn. 54 71 .432 Chicago 71 56 .569 j Cin’nati 64 78 .409 P’burg . 67 59 .532 1 St. Lo.. 46 85 .352 Thursday’s Results. Brooklyn. 6-1: New York. 2-2. St. Ijouis. 4-4: Pittsburg, 2-5. No other games played. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Friday. Chicago at St. Louis. Detroit at Cleveland. New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia. ^ n - Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pc. f W. L Phila..., 84 44 .656 Boston. 64 6? CTlan<l 77 52 .697 Detroit. 57 71 Wash. 70 56.556 St Lo.. 49 83 Chicago 67 64 .511 I New Yo 44 80 Thursday's Results. New York. 8: 'Washington. 2 Boston, 8-5: Philadelphia. 2-2. Detroit. 1; 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, i Minneapolis. 6; Kansas City. 2. Virginia League. Petersburg. 4; Norfolk, 4 Koanoke. 4. Newport News 0. Richmond, 6; 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 *f 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* . ^ Pc. r.os .416 371 356 Subscriptions to ‘Cracker Fund' 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 pennant—The Georgian is happy to add its support to the fund and its warm encouragement to hesitating contributors. Bill Smith and the Crackers have made one of the grandest, gamest uphill fights in the history of baseball. Win or lose the pennant, the performance of the Crackers of 1913 has earned the re spect and the support of every true At lanta fan. This subscription is just a little way of showing appreciation for a great fight by a great 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 tine chance for you fellows who cheer for the Crackers to come through with a bit of solid appreciation. Subscriptions also are being received at the Tumi in 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. 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 betwreen the light ning flash and the thunder roll. We had hoped to escape Old Irony during this present never-to-be-for gotten series 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. • • • [N fact, yesterday afternoon until a late and unseemly hour we could see no possible chance of doing aught but taking friend Youth Must Be Served down from an upper sheif ani 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 ah idea, we w’andered 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 Pluvlu.« and then have a tie game horn in and leave the day w’asted?” His companioQ 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 And the words to describe it properly and at the end of voui labor yo j would have to fall back on Old Irony of F'ate. For Old Irony it was. • ♦ • T-JERE’S the situation as it was, is, 1 but can’t forever will be. in plain, blunt words: Crucial Series had paraded half way throitgh 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 Days of Strife was reached and the elements threatened to end the combat. Mind you. had rain Interfered yes terday, a double-he;\ler would had had to have been played to-day, and should rain or anything else inter fere with to-day’s pastlming. the pen nant is practically the Gulls’. Wherefore It behooved the rain god to he easy with his watering can. es pecially in the general direction of Ponce DeLeon Park. • • • IT seemed that Friend Fates Were 1 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 ha^. ajiv 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 seeing a baseball game as there Is for John D. Rockefeller to blow’ his fortune In a night’s revelry. Rut 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 Big G; Otm in 1 to 5 dsyi unnatural discharges, Contains no poison ana may be used full strength absolutely without fear. Guaranteed not to stricture. Prevents contagisiw WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? It Druggists, or we ship express prepaid upc* eceipt of $1. l-'ull particulars mailed on request tut EVANS CHEMICAL CO«* CabomaO. 4X to/the pastimine nasture something 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 to sniffle a bit through live 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. Willikm 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 bell. a warrior full of vears and dis cretion. to do his work for him. Both manager^ picked well. Con zelman seemed the personification of youthful vigor. Campbell seemed to be the living example of the wisdom of years. Conzelman was scintillatingly bril liant. His speed was dazzling. His curve ball was absolutely perplexing. His drop fell w’ith the suddenness of Niagara Falls. His control was perfection. And what Campbqli 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 •Fan- •J*f*i* +•+ Mobile Showed Great Gameness "THE OLD RELIABLE” Planten-s OR BLACK. CAPSULES By Lou Castro. T HE “never-say-die” spirit^pf 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 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 park 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 next pitch for a single to center. Schmidt was up next. The Gulls’ backstop hit to Holland. But here i9 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 beer 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 flghtlne 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 wns 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 flfeld 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 t’ 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 REMEDYforMEN AT DRUS6I6T8.0RTRIAL BOX BY MAILSOc FROM PLANTEN 93 HENRY3T BROOKLYN.NY. OF I M ITATIQMS—- TETTER Tettertn* cures tatter. Re«d wh*t Mrs. V. C 1 McQulddy. Eetlll Springs. Tenn, says I had * *«v*re ease *f tetter en beth bends and I finally «ot helpless. A leading physelan knew of no cur*. I decided te five Tetterlna a trial. Te my utter surprise and aatirfaetton it worked a speedy cura. Use Tetterine It cure* eczema, tetter, erysipelas, itching j piles, ground Itch snd all skin maladies. 50c at druMlste. or by rasli. SHUPTR1NE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA. T am a great admirer of the home boys. * * * J OE CONZELMAN deserves the lion 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 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 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 thir sort that make baseball the most uncertain sport. • * * VJT7ITH Campbell and Hogg out of y* 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 they 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 thev 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. • * * T HE 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 still fighting and are made of the right stuff. They are facing a wonderful team and the games to day should be worth going miles to see. I’ll be there for ont, 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 \>est team win. Harry Welchonce, the most dreader! Southern League batter up and runs imminent, he made the big outfielder look silly by absolutely outguessing him. 1 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. • * * |T is useless to recount the feature® * 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 tlu. use. Suffice it to say that both teams fought desperately. There was nose 1 of the amateurish nervousness ap parent that so marked the first two struggles. Time after time, when either the Crackers or the Gulls seemed about to end the pastiming, brilliant baseball would prevent scor* lng. ass B UT Youth Must Be Served hafi entered by this time. As brainll.r as Campbell was working, he could not altogether stave off the fury of the Cracker attack, and as Mobil* came in for their ninth inning tha Gulls faced a lead of two runs, whicli seemed a million to all practical pur poses. 1 Then some rude stage hajid ex tended the hook and yanked Youth Must Be Served behind the scenes. Before the 9,00(i fans could realize it the score had be«?n tied. 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