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'1'IIK ATIjAJNTA UlVUKtflAJN AINU NEWS. I’LL FIE IT HGLEB Here s \ Gill Vho l D rice, Crack. Vill Hurl C ers’ 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 want to say a*bout 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 wer» one raving- bunch in the clubhouse after the game, and Bill Smith—well, I’ve seen Bill upset before, but yes terday he laid well over everything I ever saw hipi pull before. At that, I don’t know that he was any sorer than the rest of vs. I don’t know if sorer is a good word, but It’s what I want to say, anyhow. • * * E’RE sore—and we’re going to ^ dn some fighting to-day that will make our former efforts look like rocking 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, rnyway, and If it happens to be sour milk, why, all the less use, the way T look at it. • * • TT was too bad that Conzelman had * to get only a draw after the class of ball he pitched. He was in trouble In the majority of the innings, but. let mo tell you, that youngster has the old determination, and it was only ja raw deal by the old luck 'that nosed him out of a well-earned victcry. Old Billy Campbell was mighty pood, too, and his wise old head had us hitting bad ones, while his fine little balk motion kept us tied to firs*. base wh^ngver we got that far The fielding on both sides was prettv good, considering the fearful strain. I pick Bisk nd’s play on O’Dell’s grqunder in the first inning as the *tar fielding play of the yame, but there were some other mighty good ones. • • • L ET’S talk about to-day’s game, however--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 agjk of Dame For tune—a clear day Gil Price and Carl Thompson will be our pitching entries, and they can’t very w°ll shoot anybody at us but Pug Cavet and Heine Berger. No 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. Heisma i Lands 4 Crack Prep Men CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Sept. 6.— *When Coach Feisman taps the gong for the preliminary practice of the Jackets at Atlanta next week, four star ath lete? 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; Hawley Cushman, the former McCalle and Central star; Douglass Morrison, of the same institution, and Tally John son, the .star lineman of Bill McAlles- ter’s 1912 High School aggregation. Chamberof 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 Bill Smith Sure Crackers Will Grab Both Ends of To-day's Double Bill PRICE=TH0MPS0N PICKED FOR HURLING HONOR Following is the official score of tie third game of the Atlanta-Mobile erles, compiled by O. B. Keeler, of 'he Beorgian, official scorer for the iouthern League in Atlanta this easou. Sporting Food QSORQB B. PHAIN THE FAG END. (By .A. Magnate.) Those melancholy days have come, The driest of the year, When gate receipts arc on the hum And magnates shed a tear. Within the glade big scores are made While athletes smite the pill. They drive the ball against the wall, Hut gate receipts are nil. The crowds that once through turn stiles came Have left us in the lurch. Jt is as quite at a game As in a Quaker church. In gentle spring the rooters bring Two bits or so per head, But now they stay far, far away, And gate receipts are dead. I hate the haof autumn days, When pennant races Jag. If I could pray, ’twere always May, When magnates get the swag. We note by the papers that Knockem- out Brown can’t fight any more in In- dianapqlls. We also have a hunch that he can’t fight any more In any place. Mr. McGree\ T ey, the umpire who re signed, showed 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. 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 there is the fact that Johnson and Foehling were whipped in one day. Not to mention the extraordinary fact that Johnson lost two straight games. By Bill Smith. 1 AM shedding no tears. I am not blaming anybody. I am not cussin’ my luck. I believe, and I say It honestly, that to-nlght will find the Crackers lead ing Mobile one full game in this pen nant chase. And if we do that, we have the pennant won. 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 tight In. That's all we want. Believe me, we will tight. As a result of the tie game though, I have had to switch my battle plans a bit, but I think they will work out just, as well as If we had copped yes terday. • • * I N to-day’s double-header, I realize that the first game is all-impor tant. And I figure that Mike Finn realizes the same thing. I see nothing for him to do but to come back in this* battle with Pug Cavet. I will use Gil Price, and I’ll tell you why I am convinced that Price will be able to take Finn’s star twhder’s measure. I realize that Cavet is a grand pitcher and I know him to be a twirl- er always capabif of making trouble But he is one of those long, lean, beanpole sort of chaps who can stand just so much work and no more. When you give them more than their normal arnount of work they crack like thin ice under a 400-pound lady, and with Just as dire results. Then Cavet has not been In any too good health. He is having all sorts of trouble with his eyes. Even now r 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 n 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 nervfJ, and that alone will carry us through, for I be lieve after the Gulls had victory so Eddie Clabby Hammond, Ind. brother, Jimmy, ferent. the Assistant Pride of reminds one of his He is so absolutely dif- A baseball scribe informs us that the Athletics are weaker than they were last year. This leads one to suspect that the rest of the 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. Re heard the quips and jests and gibes of every one he saw. But as l felt the torrid air and gazed upon his hat I wished that / possessed the nerve to wear a lid like that. Mobile. ab. Stock, ss. . . . . 4 Starr, 2b. . . . O’Dell, 3b. . . . 4 1'aulet, lb. . . . . 4 Robertson, cf. . . 4 Schmidt, c, . . . 4 Clark, It . . . . 4 Miller, rf, . . . . 4 Campbell, p. . . . 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 13 0 0 13 0 8 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 Total 34 2 8 27 11 3 ab. r. h. po. a. e. . 5 0 1 13 1 1 0 10 0 0 cf. ss. 3b. 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 2 2 1 Thomas ville 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 titat the games which New Orleans protested against Mobile because the pitchers' box j in Monroe Park at Mobile was too high, would be awarded to Mobile. President Kavanaugb stated that Memphis had played at Monroe Park prior to New Orleans, and had made no complaint on the pitchers' box. 3 0 4 1 o o 2 0 0 a 36 2 9 27 19 2 •e by innings: R , . . .000 000 002—2 a . 010 000 010—2 imary: Two-base lilts—Starr, dt. Struck out—By Campbell lzelman 5. Bases on balls—Off sell 1, Conzelman 2. Sacrifice ,ong Stolen bases—Stock. Miller. Time 2:23. Umpires inger and Kudderham. 200 Athens Fans to Root for Thompson Two hunded 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 manly 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. 6.—Frank Moran, who scored a clean knockout over A1 Palzer 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 he one of the most important heavy weight scraps in several years. 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. Crackers Only Break Even, But The Georgian Scores Another Sweeping Victory THE CRACKERS ARE HALF A GAME BEHIND THE GEORGIAN NOW. THE GULLS HELD THE SMITHMEN TO A TIE YESTERDAY, BUT THE GEORGIAN WENT AHEAD AND WON ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY. THE STORIES WRITTEN FOR THE GEORGIAN BY JTHE BASE BALL EXPERTS JUST SIMPLY CLEANED UP AS ON THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS. TO-DAY A DOUBLE-HEADER IS SCHEDULED AT P0NCY PARK. THE CRACKERS ARE GOING TO TRY TO WIN BOTH GAMES. THE GEORGIAN ISN’T ONLY GOING TO TRY TO WIN, BUT ABSOLUTELY WILL WIN. THIS AFTERNOON ALL OF THE GEORGIAN’S EX PERTS WILL BE ON THE JOB AGAIN. BE SURE TO READ WHAT THEY WRITE. IT IS SPICY, AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING. AMONG THOSE WHO ARE “COVERING’’ THIS SERIES FOR THE GEORGIAN ARE: BILLY SMITH, THE CRACKER MANAGER, THE MAN WHO BROUGHT A RANK TAIL-ENDER OF 1912 UP TO THE TOP. JOE AGLER, THE CORKING FIRST BASEMAN, WHO HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY JERSEY CITY, BUT WHO WILL BE WITH THE YANKEES NEXT SEASON. LOU CASTRO, FORMER CRACKER, WHO KNOWS “INSIDE” BALL BETTER THAN ANY OTHER MAN IN THE SOUTH. 0. B. KEELER, THE GEORGIAN’S BASEBALL EX PERT, WHO WRI’iES THE BREEZIEST ARTICLES OF ANY CRITIC IN THE SOUTH. W. S. FARNSWORTH, SPORTING EDITOR OF THE GEORGIAN, WHO FOR SIX YEARS TRAVELED WITH THE RED SOX, YANKEES, GIANTS AND DODGERS. FUZZY WOODRUFF, KNOWN BY EVERY FAN IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE, WHO HAS A WONDERFUL STYLE ALL HIS OWN. INNIS BROWN, FORMER VANDERBILT HERO, WHO PERSONALLY KNOWS EVERY MEMBER OF THE GULLS AND CRACKERS. SIDELIGHTS ON THIRD GAME AT PONCY PARK By W. S. Farnsworth. A 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 two runs that tied up matters. But you can excuse Joe for mak ing an error. The be.^t 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 af. Harry decided to take a chance, filler 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 16 Second 7 22 Third 13 8 14 8 Fifth 12 10 Sixth 17 13 Seventh 5 20 Eighth 21 16 Ninth 12 Total 129 125 Hats off to tho86 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 got in the "dirty work." m m m Conzclman’s first ball of the day was a fawt one that cut the plate fur 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 ball 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 9een. • • • 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 Conzelman’* tap down the third base line in the second, and he made a sweet chuck to first. • * * Campbell can hold a runner closer to first base 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 super»tltious of some- thing. • • • 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 players threw shoes, hata, 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. • • • Pfennings chased Manush off the coaching lines in tne eighth for wav. ing a towel. Dunn rushed to the rescue. • • • A foul drive off Bisland’s wood in the eighth came mighty clone 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 nut for wide ones for transportation. • • • With the weather man’s consent we are going after that double bill to day. If the Crackeis beat Cavet in the first game, the second ought to be easy with Berger on the mound. Crackers Deserve Free Fares Home The Atlanta Baseball Associa tion—Messrs. Callaway, Nunnally and Ryan—are verily going to “do something” for their athletes for the groat 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 hom«s, seeing to it that each player occu pied a “lower,” and the price of all meals needed to feed their ever- hungry stomachs. nearly in their grasp and let it slip as tluy did yesterday, they will nev.tr be able to come back and play that me desperate game they showed 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>cesslon. And. believe me, he’s right And who has Finn to send against him? I don’t believe Hogg can come back aftrtr one day’n rest and pitch winning bail. Bill Campbell is out of the way. Finn’s sole hope is Heinie Berger. • • * O FORGER haw 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 nm 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. • * * E VERY ball player is superstitious. 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 *i charm that would change his luck. Mavbe 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 von recall the fact that twice Finn has had the Southern 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 Rock in 1902. They weren’t a game apart at the wire, but Newt was in front. Benefit Races for McNeil’s Family at The Drome To-night To-nigbt’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 his 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 hay* 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 last 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-mlle heat, which Richard* 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, Renel, Luther, Swartz and Richards. Special Match Race. Best two out of three, 1, 2 and 3 mile heats, for side bet of |50—First heat, 1 mile, flinal Southern championships. Sweepstakes. French point system, 10 for first, 6 for second and 3 for third; three heats, 3, 5 and 7 miles: First heat, 3 miles, Lockner. Lewis, Glenn, Swartz, Luther and Renel; second heat, special match race (2 miles); second heat, sweepstakes (5 miles); third heat. Southern championship; third heat, sweepstakes (7 miles). 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. Welehonre, by making three hits In the double-header with the 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. Robertson. Welchonce Collars for Every Cracker Making Hit The United Shirt and Collar Com pany, makers of the famous Lion col lars, has agreed to gi\je every At lanta player making a hit in the dou ble-header with the Gulls this after-, noon a box of this famous brand of collars. This offer held good yesterday, and every Cracker who made a hit Thurs day will be given a box of collars. Agler, Illsland and Nixon will get two boxes of collars each. The collars will be distributed to the players through Parks-Cham- bers-Hardwlck Company. G. Ab. R. H. Pet. 132 BOS 86 172 .342 143 559 86 189 .338 Chapman’s Angers suffered som pain in the fourth when they got in the way of a foul tip oft 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 bas - . . . Miller 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. • • • Conzelman pitched masterly ball after .Schmidt opened with that two- ( base clout He fanned Clarke, caused'’ Miller to pop to Smith, and then struck out Campbell. CROSS VS. HYLAND. BUTTE, MONT., Hept. 5. — Leach Cross, the New York lightweight, and “Fighting Dick” Hyland, of San 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. 6.—Johnny Lore, of the West Side, and Packey Hommey. the East Ride lightweight, will battle in a ten-round bout Saturday night. \ KCT ION - A IVKK- M AN ENT Cl’HK of the most obstinate case* guaranteed in from 3 to G days ; no other treatment required, gold by all druggists. 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. BASEBALL —TO-DAY- MOBILE vs. ATLANTA DOUBLE HEADER GAME 1:30 LYRIC ALL THIS WEEK IMitlnaa* Tue*.. Thur*. and Sat. EMMA BUNTING In Her Greatest Success “THE CIRCUS GIRL” Next Week—“Call of the Heart" LYRIC NEXT WEEK THE SEASON'S GREATEST PLAY “THE CALL A”. HEART" Wilh a Cast of Merit, k Great Stage Production Matinee Price* I Night Prices 15c to 35c I lSctoSOc FORSYTH TO-NIGHT 2:30 8:30 Sam Mann & Co., WILLARD SIMMS & CO. ALEXANDER & SCOTT 6ASCH SISTERS MAMIE ELMORE CAMILLE'S POODLES R- E. KEANE KEITH VAUDEVILLE ALWAYS ••THE VICTOR’’ DR. WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM Opium and Whisky these diseases are curable. Patients also treated at homes. Consultation confidential. A book on the subject free. 1>R. 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