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Old Irony of Fate Lands Clean Knockout on 'Kid Youth Must Be Served' TIE GAME HORNS IN WHEN JURE PLEV IS MERCIFUL 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 By O. B. Keeler. T ina Dying Ghitip business is on* thing. This ^o1ng violently insane Just as the sorrowing friends are milking out the Final Tear with a lem on - sq ueezer— 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 te# wan. But it doesn't look as 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, w-e 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. i. e.— "Were there STILL!” • • • Blamed still, if 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 are. 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_1 A VINO stalled as long as possl- * * 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 u» to It, we want to pull an old one. Round 9, Division A. Game 3. was exactly what W. Tocumseh Sherman »ald war war And then soma. • • • W HY. man alive—there were two strikes on Dave Robertson — and two out—and two runs In the lead—and— Put the Are to it. Shade of William Tecumseh: it's stone c old. Well, then, the old brim-aone brok- out of Dave’s system, and he hooked a clean drive to center for one base. Then came up this pugnacious Irishman, Charle* Schmidt, and there were two strikes on HIM—and two out—and two runs tc go—and all that sort of thing. And then he cut one to Holland n slow bounder, and legged it to first like a runaway gondola loaded with coal, off the end of a .tiding Now, Holland s peg wasn't the be*-* in the world. It was too near the clumsily bounding Schmidt. And \f did look as if Schmidt’s final bound assisted the pill to hop weakly out of Joe Agler’t 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 ( lark’s ground hit past Bteland. Blooie No. 2 whs Miller’s clean rap to left—after there were TWO STRIKES on him. Two runs. Score tied. What-Sherman-«aid-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 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 Bieland on second, Nixon singled to right and Miller let the ball roll through him. Blsland scored and Holland raced up to third—and stopped and looked for the hall. 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 bail game, and probably a pennant. (’barging 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 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 hv the help. Wally Smith was partly himself again and his fielding was clean and ac curate. Me 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. Pfmlet. Joe Agler, Miller and Billy Campbell himself. HAVE ROBERTSON, the league's leading slugger, looked painfully weak facing Conzelman’s big drop and darting fast ball, right up to the crucial te9t In the ninth. Then Dave looked pretty fair. Conzelman \yas losing stuff in that inning, anyway. He worked slowlv and his fast ball hadn’t near its usual 1 Jump. As for Campbell, he looked like an iron man. The veteran used his head and his fine balk motion to pave 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 Mique Finn’s, Billy Smith's, and anybody's but the Hon. von Herrmann, who may decide to put the whole works on the blink. * * • H Y the way of an apology at advance dope, the first game will be called at 1:80. and will be pitched by Messrs. Cavet and Price. • f • The next game will start ten min utes after the first one stops, if at all. and probably will find Thompson and Heine Berger at loggerheads. A ND don’t forget this: We’re still THERE— STILL! BASEBALL SUMMARY SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Friday. Mobile at Atlanta; iwo games. First game called 1:30 o'clock Memphis at Birmingham. Montgomery at Nashville. New Orleans at Chattanooga. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. W L. Pc. Mobile. 80 55 .593 Mont . *8 66 511 Atlanta. 79 56 .585 M'phis. 62 73 .450 H ham. 73 64 .533 N'ville. 61 75 .448 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. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Friday. Philadelphia at Boston (two games). Brooklyn at New York. St limits at Pittsburg (two games). Cincinnati at Chicago. Standing of l he Clubs. \V L. Pc. | W L. Pc New Y. 86 41 678 Boston. 54 68 442 Phlla... 73 47 .609 1 B klyn. 54 71 .432 Chicago 71 56 .569 ; Cln’nati 54 78 .409 P’burg 67 59 .532 1 St. Lo.. 46 85 352 Thursday’s Results. Brooklyn. 6-1; New York. 2-2. 8t. Louis. 4-4; Pittsburg, 2-5. No other games played. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Friday. Chicago at St. Iv>uis Detroit at Cleveland. New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pc. Phlla . 84 44 .656 Cl'land. 77 52 .597 Wash . 70 56 ,556 Chicago 67 64 .511 \V 1 Boston. 64 62 Detroit. 57 71 St Lo.. 49 S3 New Yo 44 80 Thursday’s Results. New York. 3: Washington. 2. Boston. 8-6: 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. Virginia League. Petersburg, 4: Norfolk, 4 Roanoke. 4. Newport News 0. Richmond, 5; Portsmouth, 1. International League. Jersey City S; Baltimore, 2. Toronto, 3, Rochester. 2 Buffalo, 6; Montreal. 4 Providence. 6. Newark. 2. Federal League. r Chicago. 6; Cleveland, 6. 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, W aco. S. Subscriptions to ‘Cracker Fund'Hold Good, Win or Lose Now that the fana 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. y' 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 fine chance for you fellows who cheer for the Crackers to come through with a hit of solid appreciation. Subscriptions alao are being received at the Tundin 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 himseif in the calcium and his shadow throws a pall of gloom as sinister as the moment of silence between the light ning (lash 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. • • • IN fact, yesterday afternoon until a 1 late and unseemly hour we could see no possible chance of doing aught but taking friend Youth Must Served down from an upper shelf and putting him in play again. Then, before we really realized what 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 Pluvius’ 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 voj would have to fall back on Old Irony of Fate. For Old Irony It was. • • • IJERE'S the situation as It was, is, 1 1 but can't forever will be. in plain, blunt words: Crucial Series had paraded half way 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 Days of Strife was reached and the elements threatened to end the combat. Mind you. had rain Interfered yes terday. a double-he;\1er would had had to have been played to-day. and should rain or anything else inter fere with to-day’s pastiming. 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 * Against Us was preparing to ap pear throughout yesterday. The early riser®* yesterday morning found a tang of autumn In the air and a cold mist splashing in their faces. If the sun hasi ajiv refulgent glorv 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 to the pastiming 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 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- ■ 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 seintillatingly 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 Campbqll 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 SayDie’SpiritWasPresent *!* • *1* ^#v *£•••!• •J*#*!* +•+ Mobile Showed Great Gameness By Lou Castro. T HE “never-say-die” 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 innings. Finn’s men came in to take their final turn at bat. O’Dell was the first man to fa.ee 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 ur> next. 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. * • • r HK 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 been pitching ills hea l 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 fighting spirit had been drilled into this player. He refuged 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. A11 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 wae tied. Campbell went out but the damage was done. The Gulls had scored two runs and the game was tied. • • • I X 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 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 TOO 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 is things of this sort that make baseball the most uncertain sport. • • « W ITH 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. 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. • * * 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 tne game* to day should be worth going milesMo 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 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 eve^ will. * • * I 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 tlic use. Suffice it to say that both teams fought desperately. There was none 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 ing. \ • * • B UT Youth Must Be Served had entered by this time. As braini’y as Campbell was • working, he could not altogether stave off the fury of the Cracker attack, and as Mobiie came in for their ninth inning tho 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 scenes. Before the 9,000 fans could realize it the score had he* n tied. Old Irony of Fa.te was the only victor. BicGl Cares in 1 to 5 d»yi unnatural dipc barges. Contains no poiaon and may be used full strength — absolutely without fear. Hu nr sn teed not to stricture. Prevent, contagion. WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? (It DrdKKirts. or we ship express prepeid npon •eceipt of $1. Full particulars mailed on request IKK CYANS CHEMICAL COw CUciamnU. U. 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