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iiNSWLY TIE IN FLAG RACE
‘Crackers Dead Game Team’- Agfa CLUB OFFICIALS
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Boys Swept Gulls Off Their Feet
Cracker Manager Believes Pelicans Will Give Gulls a Fight
BILL SMITH PLANS TO PITCH DENT TO DAY
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No important ball game ever was
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They knew that the Mobile club had
to leave the park at 4:40 o’clock, and
agreed that the second game should
be called at that time.
It was called at that time—and it
was called after the third inning, the
game having gone just 40 minutes.
• • •
I T was bad management.
The directors must have known
I what it meant for Atlanta NOT to
I win BOTH games. Everything was
in Mobile’s favor. If Mobile' should
score at the jump of the second game,
Mobile could afford to play fast and
make it a regular contest. If Mo
bile should be in danger of losing,
the Gulls could stall in a thousand
ways no umpire can combat, and
there would be no chance of making
it a legal contest.
|Iand was declared out stretching
ngie in the- fourth. But Starr THE first game went two hours and
* thirteen minutes — just about
what might have been expected in so
important a contest. Eighteen min
utes were consumed between games
and when play was called in the
second, exactly FORTY MINUTES
remained in which to make the Gulls
stand up and take it.
The Gulls did not stand up and
take It.
They played slow ball. They played
slow ball in the first game. There
never was a chance to make the sec
ond contest a legal game. We are noi
blaming Mike Finn or Mike Finn’s
ball club for stalling. The opportu
nity was rammed down their throats
They simply preferred to take the
chance of beating New Orleans
TWICE to playing it out In one final
death grapple with the Crackers.
On the whole, they probably were
wise.
did put the ball on him.
[ Agler sure did rob Starr of a double,
id possibly a triple, in the fifth,
^hen he pulled down his demon liner.
* * •
| Welchonce now holds the Southern
eague record for hits, with a total
192.
• • *
• Smith threw' Schmidt out in the
sixth, but Agler saved Wally an error
5y digging the throw right out of the
dirt.
.vet deserves a heap of credit for
,ng back and pitching such a nice
And he is not in the best of
J Ileal condition, either.
« % v>cA.vet pitched only seven balls in
TT /tA* sixth inning, yet we rabbed a
40 sain.
GOSSIP.
a fast one and
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nged it on the
bo relayed to
t was a lucky
a bound past
lay after being
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ling back anj
he first spasm
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ile had it been
Deauty stfal of
r hpok slide.
'ming up when
led in the first
ve been out a
in the second
row been low.
in who tied up
i single, looked
s first time up.
irve balls.
Deachy try for
* in the secou.d.
he pill at ^Rls
le Gull infield
With Nixon on
;o sacrifice on
the next ball
d to Stock and
a hit when he
le second on a
w so wide to
lie bag. Starr
as Paulet had
ig fast cover-
asser in the
l pippin chuck
:oo.
* crowded into
e third innin;
nside the
of a sure
land s*ab of
k of second
Paulet’s triple in the seventh would
ive been an easy out had not the
jwd been in the way. Nixon would
ave surely grabbed the ball with a
tear field ahead.
m * •
| In the eighth inning Dent pitched
nly seven balls, but all of them were
arves,
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Holland made his best play of the
tries when he tore in for Miller’s
tort tap down the third base line
the eighth inning. And Harry
4e a dandy peg to Agler, too.
• * •
►nith and Paulet were both hurt
en they collided in the eighth,
pith just did manage to beat out
aeld tap. but he and Paulet both
down in the melee.
• • •
rtapman was a bearcat in the
r _*hth. He caught Cavet napping off
iecond aad then nailed Stock a min
ute later trying to pilfer to the mid-
way. . . .
Long had Stock’s throw of a
grounder beaten two yards to first In
the ninth, but Pfenninger was asleep
and called Thomas out.
• • •
Smith’s three-cushion soak In the
tenth would have surely been a cir
cuit clout had not the ground been
on the job, thereby holding the hit to
a triple,
...
Cavet purposely walked Blsland in
the tenth so as to get Holland, next
up. GBut Bill Smith crossed the Gull
pitcher by sending Manush In to bat
AMD now. where do we stand?
Well, there are about a hatful
of things that can happen in the
three games left of the Southern
League pennant race—our game with
Chattanooga to-day, and the Gulls’
two games with the Pels, one to-day,
one Sunday;
You
' SECOND GAME.
The Mobile players started stalling
for time right off the reel. Stock re
fused to hurry up in going to the
plate. Pfenninger cautioned the young
shortstop to get a hurry on himself.
...
O’Dell made a nice steal of second,
Chapman’s peg being a bit too high.
Paulet was called out on strikes In
the first Inning, although he had only
two against him. The first hall was
a waste ball. The second, he swung
at and missed; and then he missed
another.
...
Thompson was dead game when hs
nocked down Miller’s hot shot In the
ond. The ball was traveling at a
-a-minute rate at the time.
first
H ERE are a few variations,
can devise more, ad lib.
If Atlanta wins to-day and the
Gulls break even, Atlanta wins the
pennant.
If Atlanta loses and Mobile breaks
even, the Gulls win the rag.
If rain prevents Atlanta from play
ing—this is a new hunch—and Mo
bile breaks even, Atlanta will win
the pennant by a fraction of one
point In percentage.
If Atlanta wins and Mobile wins
two, Mobile wins the flag.
If Atlanta loses and the Gulls lose
two, Atlanta wins the pennant.
If Atlanta wins and Mobile takes
one game and it rains out the other,
the season ends in a tie, which prob
ably would be played off In a special
series.
. * «
I E you don’t find your favorite con
tention listed In the foregoing,
work It out for yourself. It beats
Canfield.
I T Is our private hunch that the
court business Is going to increase
horrifically as a result of arguments
to-day on this very topic.
Suggestion; Equip yourself with a
rule book and a percentage table
rather than a pint bottle and Irish
confetti.
...
T AKING it by and large, whloh is
a favorite way of taking things,
It appears that we have a pretty fair
chance. It’s a better chance than It
was a week ago.
It would be a better ohance than
It was after that first game with the
Gulls, except for one thing:
The Crackers’ chances no longer
depend solely on their own courage
and ball-playing ability.
A Third Party has horned in.
New Orleans must win one of those
games from the Gulls, or the splendid
rush of the Crackers of 1913 will fall
just short of the flag.
tnldV* twUttof
O NE cheering ray:
will beat Mike Finn
Cholly Frank
out of o
pennant if he can. He likes the genial
Mlque just exactly that much.
Another hopeful symptom: Cove-
leskle pitched yesterday.
• • •
A VD the best thing of ell. and the
thing that can’t be taken away
from us.
The honest pride and joy In the
grandest fight ever made by an At
lanta ball club
By Joe Agler.
W ITH the ending of the most crucial series of the year the Crackers
have proved themselves to be one of the gamest bunch of ball
players that ever trotted on a diamond. Entering the series with
the odds against us we have accomplished the task of taking three games
from the Gulls and held them to a draw in the other battle. Never once
during these trying games did one of the boys show the white feather.
True, several of us made errors, but the nervous strain the boys
labored under was terrible. Every play practically meant a game and a
pennant. On the other hand, the Gulls had very little to worry about at the
start. They came here one confident ball team. All they needed was one
victory.
* * *
A ND the loyal support the fans gave us made the boys fight doubly
hard. Most of us are sorry that the second game wasn’t finished.
We would surely have got to Hogg before long as he was fast tiring.
Thompson, on the other hand, was fresh and eager for the fray. He had
had a long rest and was going great.
Of course, we do not feel that we have been beaten out of the flag
yet. We play Chattanooga to-day and, believe me, we will be out there
fighting every minute of the time. If the Pels can only take one game
from Finn’s crew we will be one happy lot of ball players. I really think
we have- proven ourselves to be a better ball club than the Gulls and the
pennant really belongs in Atlanta. We beat them three games, and only
the toughest sort of luck robbed us of the fourth.
• * •
T~'vURING the second game the players offered to charter a special train
to take the Mobile team to New Orleans if they would only consent to
finish the second game. This was sure true sportsmanship, but the Gulls
could not see it that way. They probably had enough of us during the
four games we battled them.
Never once during my career as a ball player have I been connected
with as game a bunch of ball players as I am with now. If this team isn’t
the best ball club in the Southern League then I don’t know what I am
talking about And I can safely say that had these same boys been to
gether all season that we would have been so far in the lead at this time
that this series would not have been necessary.
I was to say a few words for Blsland. The way this boy played was
certainly wonderful. He is easily the best shortstop in the Southern
League. His stops and throws have anything beaten that I have looked at
for a long time.
Another feature.of our playing was that every member fought for the
team instead or for individual honor. We stuck together at all times and
the scene after each game in the clubhouse will be remembered by the
boys for some time. All of us knew what we were up against and went
into every game in a “do-or-dle” spirit.
• • •
S EVERAL of the Mobile players admitted to me after the game yester
day that we had it on them. They also admitted that the gameness
displayed by the boys was unlooked tor by them. They really expected
little trouble from us when they came down here for this series and were
handed the surprise of their lives.
As for the Mobile team, we have nothing but praise. They played
clean ball. Most of the boys felt somewhat peeved when the team didn’t
accept our invitation to finish the second game, but I guess the nervous
tension the players were working under had them pretty well worn out
We sort of expected a hard battle, as we knew what we were up against
but they thought it would be an easy matter to capture one of the games.
• • •
T O-DAY’S game brings us against the Lookouts. We must beat them to
have a chance at the rag. The boys know what this game means, and
we’ll be fighting just as hard as we were against the Gulls.
It Is my humble opinion that Finn’s crew will have the time of their
young lives taking two games from New Orleans. They were certainly
one fagged-out team when they graDOea a rattler for home last night The
Pelicans have been taking things easy lately and are primed for a good
struggle. And 1 also have it from a good source that Finn and Frank are
far from being good friends.
Frank intended to send Wilson home for the remainder of the season,
but will, instead, work the big southpaw against the Gulls in the first
game between the two teams. Wilson has always had it on the boys from
Mobile and should cause them a lot of trouble. Billy Smith received the
Wilson Information in a wire from Frank yesterday.
• • •
S HOULD the Gulls manage to trim Wilson they will have to face Wal
ker in the next combat Fans around the circuit are calling this hoy a
second WalWi; jqhiWHh Xtokj e!wi*W Mobile a lot of
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By W. S. Farnsworth.
I F the Crackers defeat the Lookouts
to-day and Mobile wins the two
games with New Orleans, then
tile local club will have lost the pen
nant throug n a bad mistake of the
Atlanta Bas-eball Association.
The directors should have started
yesterday’s double-header a full hour
ahead of 1:30 o’clock. The games had
to be finished at 4:40 o’clock to al
low Mobile to catch a train for New
Orleans.
Mike Finn insisted on two full nine-
inning games. And, thereby, the
Irishman put oue over on the local
directors.
By starting the first game at 1:30
o’clock and allowing a ten-minute rest
between the battles, the two games
had to be played in exactly three
hours—one and one-half hours for
each game.
And what a fine chance!
• • •
TT takes nearly two hours to play
A a game In the Southern League.
So how in the world did the local as
sociation figure they could ever crowd
two decisions in three hours.
It was a big oversight, and it is
likely to cost us a pennant.
You can overlook a ball player for
bootirig one in the pinch, but you can
not overlook this mistake on the part
of the club officials.
Mobile must lose a game to the
Pelicana Of course it could rain in
Mobile to-day and to-morrow,
and then we would have a chance.
But even so, you can not forgive
somebody, whoever he may be, for not
seeing to it that the Crackers had
all the time needed to play that sec
ond game.
• • •
A ND the Crackers would have won
that second game sure. They
were outplaying and outgaming Mo
bile.
The Mobile players admitted after
the game that they were “on the
run.’’
Charley Starr even went so far as
to tell Joe Agler that the entire Gull
Infield were up in the air.
“Why, I didn’t know what I was
doing,” is the exact statement that
Starr made to Agler.
Yes, if we win to-day and are
beaten out of the pennant then there
is no one to blame but the local olub
officials.
• • •
O NE of Atlanta's biggest advsrUe-
ing men called up The Georgian
this morning to tell us how sore he
and many of his colleagues are be
cause the Atlanta Baseball Associa
tion did not see to it that the two
games were played until a decision
was reached.
“We were given to understand that
we would see two games. But we
were bunked.”
H. Welchonce Breaks
Hit Record for Season
Harry Welchonce, the Crackers’
star batsman, got three hits in five
times up in the game with Mobile
Friday afternoon and ran his string
for the season up to 192, according
to unofficial figures.
The Southern League record for the
number of hits made in a season was
191, made by Frank Huelsman in the
season of 1901, when a member of the
f-hreveport team. The last time that
Huelsman was in Atlanta was as a
member of the Mobile team a few
years ago.
Welchonce closed the gap on Dave
Robertson for the league batting hon
ors. Only one point now separates
the two star stickers, with Robertson
still in the lead.
Here is the way the two star stick
ers stand today:
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By Bill Smith.
W E are not through yet.
Not by a long sight, and
I’d rather use an adjective that
begins with “d’\ ends with “n” and
has “am” salted in between.
I am confident that my club will
come back to-day and beat Chatta
nooga. I am equally confident that
Cholly Frank will come through with
at least one victory over the Gulls.
Then the pennant will fly at Ponce
DeLeon. I don’t believe that after
the hard, game fight we have made
that it’s on the cards for us to be
euchered out by that slip-up in time
that halted us yesterday.
I believe that the best team will
win, and I’m dead sure that the
Crackers form the best team.
After cussin’ ourselves a bit for our
slip-up, let’s get right down to rea
soning. and when we <^o we will find
that the sun Is still shining and that
bacon and eggs taste about as well
for breakfast this morning as they
did yesterday.
• • •
T REALIZE that we are up against
* just as tough a proposition with
Chattanooga as we were with Mobile,
maybe Just a. bit tougher. But it
seems* our luck right about now to
be able to beat the tough ones. “The
bigger they are, the harder they fall,’’
old Bob Fitzsimmons used to say.
Well, that’s about how we feel toward
the Lookouts.
We have been able to take their
measure pretty consistently during
the season. There’s no reason why
we shouldn’t be able to repeat when
we come to the pinch.
I see where Coveleskie worked yes
terday. , That means that the Big Pole
will not work to-day. Sommers
worked the day before. It’s hardly
likely that he will appear at Ponce
DeLeon. Then Elberfeld has Kroh, of
his left-handers left, and Kroh has
been mighty easy for us. and I know
we can take any of his right-handers
into camp.
If I don’t change my plans at the
last moment. Elliott Dent will be my
selection for hurling duty to-day. He
looked a bear yesterday after I sent
him in to relieve Price. He worked
four innings and I believe he will
be Just as good to-day. If he is, I
will be surprised to see the Lookouts
score a single run. For he had about
everything yesterday.
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N OW to leave our own affairs for a
second and take/a Journey down
by Mobile Bay. i
Finn will have the advantage of
being at home, and there’s no doubt
about that being a big advantage.
But I have rarely seen a club in
worse shape for two tough games
than the Gulls are right now. It is
an absolute cinch that he will not be
able to use either of his star hurlers,
Cavet and Hogg, against the Pelicans.
They have already done the work of
a pair of truck horses.
He might use Billy Campbell in
one of these games, but it’s no easy
Job for an athlete as ancient as Billy
is to come hack after a game like he
had Thursday and work a good game
as early as Sunday. Mique will havo
to use either Berger or Robertson in
one of these games and I believe that
the Pelicans can trim either one of
them, especially if Frank has Wilson
cocked and primed for the fray.
• • •
AND don’t think for a second that
** those Pel games won’t be tough
affairs for Finn. These tail-end clubs
have an awful habit of spilling the
beans for league leaders. In addi
tion to this there is not one speck
of love lost between the big Dutch
man, who is the boss of things in the
town where the gin-fizzes come from,
and the big Hibernian, who holds
forth with the oysters and oratory
of the Gulf coast.
It’s a pipe that Frank will try his
best to trim Mique. More power to
him.
I mean it for more reasons than
one, too. Of course, I don’t blame
Mique for wanting to win a pennant.
I’ve got a hankering of that kind my
self. but I’ve got a mighty fine hunch
that Finn handed the Atlanta public
one yesterday.
W HEN it became certain that we
couldn’t n-et through with the
second game before train time. Presi
dent Callaway went to Finn with a
proposition. Here is what he agreed
to do:
He offered to charter a special train
for the Mobile club, the train to con
sist of two Pullmans and a diner and
the limit of expenditure was the blue
sky. He offered to dig down in his
own pocket and pay for this if Finn
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would consent to play out yester
day's second game.
Would Finn do it?
Hardly.
He knew that his club was on the
run. He knew we would trim - him
that game as sure as It was played
out. No inducement could get him to
stay. He was content to stall around
and let a train schedule keep him
from defeat.
That may he sportsmanship. Tm
not saying, but I’d hate to wear a title
of “champion” won by any euch
methods.
Diamond Stickpin
For Tommy Long
At the start of the 1913 season
Henry Muench, the Peachtree street
jeweler, offered a diamond studded
stickpin to the Atlanta ball player
scoring the most runs for the sea
son. Tommy Long, the speedy left
fielder of the Crackers, gets this pin
for a total of 110 runs to date.
The pin is a handsome piece of
jewelry in the shape of a bat, with a
big cluster of diamonds at the end.
In winning this prize. Tommy Long
broke the league record for runs
scored by a big margin, the previous
figures being 99 runs, made in 1902 by
Gus Hill, of Nashville.
The pin will be presented to-day
and, says Mr. Muench, “it was surely
well earned.”
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