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NLV TIE IN FLAG RACE
J delays; no wranglings, not much
fring.
important ball game ever was
Jyed in an hour and a half, and the
owners must have known 1L
m FOURTH
NCY PARK
in the fourth was
Jisrt the “smoker.”
right up
Hand was declared out stretching
single in the fourth. But Starr
r did put the ball on him.
jgler sure did rob Starr of a double,
id possibly a triple, in the fifth,
en he pulled down his demon liner.
• • •
Telchonce now holds the Southern
fcague reoord for hits, with a total
192.
a • •
■Smith threw Schmidt out in the
£th. but Agler saved Wally an error
digging the throw right out of the
a vet deserves a heap of credit for
ning back and pitching such a nice
And he is not in the best of
kical condition, either.
Hfaxth inning, yet we grabbed a
« ^ • • •
^aulet’s triple in the seventh would
ive been an easy out had not the
owd been In the way. Nixon would
ive surely grabbed the ball with a
ear field ahead.
• • •
In the eighth inning Dent pitched
lly seven balls, but all of them were
iirres.
nries when he tore in for Miller's
hort tap down the third base line
the eighth inning. And Harry
lade a dandy peg to Agler, too.
m a 9
Smith and Paulet were both hurt
they collided in the eighth,
ust did manage to beat out
d tap. but he and Paulet both
in the melee.
• • •
nan was a bearcat In the
He caught Cavet napping off
. *err#TO1 aid then nailed Stock a mln-
* later trying to pilfer to the mid-
ray.
• • •
Dong had Stock** thsow of a
rounder beaten two yards to flfSt in
h*» ninth, but Pfennlnger was aateop
nd called Thomas out.
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.
Tho directors must have known
what it meant for Atlanta NOT to
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.
«.• * *
T HE first game went two hours and
thirteen minutes* — just about
what might have been expected in sd
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 content a legal game. We are not
blaming Mike Finn or Mike Finn’s
ball club for stalling. The opportu
nity was rammed down their throats
They simply 7 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.
* * a
A ND 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,
t>ne Sunday.
• * •
H ERE are a few variations. You
can devise more, ad lib.
If Atlanta wins to-day and the
Gulls break even, Atlanta win* the
pennant.
If Atlanta loses and Molblle breaks
even, the Gulls w'ln 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 percentaga.
If Atlanta wins and Mobil© 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
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‘Crackers Dead Game Team’-Agler CLUB OFFICIALS
•{•••{• +•+ 4* #4* 4*s«fr
Boys Swept Gulls Off Their Feet
Bv .Toe 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.
Smithip thrso-cushion soak In th«
enth would have surely been a clr-
•uit clout had not the ground been
m the job, thereby holding the Mt to
t triple.
• • •
Cavet purposely walked Bisland In
he tenth so as to get Holland, next
jp. But BUI Bmlth crossed the Gull
kitcher by sending Mravih in ts bat.
SECOND GAME.
The Mobile players started stalling
time right off the reel. Stools re-
’nsed to hurry up In going to tna
binte. Pfennings* cautioned the young
shortstop to get a hurry on himself.
% • • •
O'Dell made a nice steal of second.
Id - I.
tn J
m J -Th
til >or t;
id | jfuset
jchapmun'B peg bel^g ^
g a bit too high.
strikes In
had only
!d ! Paulet was called oat on I
the first Inning, although he
two ageinst him. The first ball was
r- a v kte ball. Tb© second, h© swum
hn at and missed; snd then be misMi
ck another, , , ,
Thompson was dead game when h»
to knocked down Miller's hot shot in the
Ig I second. The ball was traveling at a
rk mllet a-mlnute rate ;• the time.
0 *
Longh' single in the first *pa*m
tit j handcuffed O'Dell.
In, 1 ,. Pfennlnger called a third striko or.
* Hol'and In the second that was a
¥ irve which broke outside the plate
ad was way low.
Canfield.
I T Is our pri
court business is going to Increase
horrifically as a result of arguments
to-day on this very topic.
Suggestion: Equip yourself with a
rule bock and a percentags table
rather than a pint bottle and Irish
confetti.
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TAKING It by and large, which is
* a favorite way of taking things,
It appears that we have a pretty fair
ohance. It’s a better ohanoe than It
was a week ago.
It would be a better chance than
It was after that first game with the
Gulls, except for one thing:
The Crackers’ Chances no longer
depend solely on their own oourags
and bail-playing ability.
A Third Party has horned In.
New Orleans must win one of those
games from the Gulls, ot the splendid
rush of the Crackers of 1618 win fall
just short of the tlag.^
O NE cheering rayu Oho By Frank
will beat Mike Finn ont of n
pennant If he can. He likes the genial
Mlque just exactly that much.
Another hopoful symptom; Cove-
leskte nltched yesterday.
• t/ •
A ND the best thing ot aU and the
thing that can’t be taken away
from us.
The honest prifle and joy in the
grandest fight ever made by an At
lanta bell club _ ,
Win, lost or draw—THAT GOES:
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Cracker Manager Believes Pelicans Will dive Gulls a Fight
BILL SMITH PLANS TO PITCH DENT TO DAY
A
ND the loyal support the fans gave us made the boys fight doubly
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.
D u *
^TIRING 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 use 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 hall 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 wan 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
hoys for some time. All of ns knew what we were up against and went
Into every game In a “Oo-owdte" spirit. _ „ . ... : ...
• • • — —— .
S FJVEBAI, of the Mobile players admitted to me after the game yester
day that we bad R 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 Jives.
As for the Mobile team, we have nothing but praise. They played
otean balk Most of the boys felt somewhat peeved when the team didn’t
accept our invitation to finish the second gome, bnt I guess the nervous
tension the players were working under had them pretty well worn out
We sort ot 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 ODAY’S game brings us against the Lookouts. We mnst heat them to
have a chance at the rag. The boys know what this game means, and
weTl be fighting Just os hard as we were against the Gulls.
It Is my humble opinion that Finn’s crew will have the time of their
young IIvob taking two games from New Orleans. They were oartalnly
one fagged-out team when they grabbed m rattler tar home last night The
Pelicans have been taking things eaey lately and are primed for a good
straggle. And I also have It from a good source that Finn and Frank are
far from being good friends.
Frank Intended to send Wilson borne for the remainder of the season,
but will, Instead, work the big southpaw against the Gulls in the first
game between the two teams. WUson 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 Prank yesterday.
• • •
S HOULD tho Gnlls manage to trim Wilson they will have to face WrtV
ker In the next combat. Fans around the circuit are calling this boy a
second Walter JehnsuA. These two harlots should cause Mobile u lot of
trouble. -
By W. S. Farnsworth.
I F the Crackers defeat th© Lookouts
to-day and Mobil© wins the two
games with New Orleans, then
the local club will have lost tho pen
nant throuf n a bad mistake of the
Atlanta Baseball Association.
The direc.ors should have started
yesterday’s double-header a full hour
ahead of 1:30 o’clock. The games had
to b© finished at 4:40 o’clock to al
low Mobile to catch a train for Now
Orleans.
Mike Finn Insisted on two full nine-
inning games. Ajft, thereby, the
Irishman put one 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 chancel
• * *
IT takes nearly two hours to play
1 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
booting 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 th© Crackers had
all the time needed to play that sec
ond game.
• • •
A ND the Crackers would have won
t,hat seoond game sure. They
were outplaying and outgamlng 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'* biggest advertis
ing men called up The Georgian
this morning to tell us how sore he
and many of his oolleagues 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 wore ghren to understand that
we would see two games. But we
were bunked.”
By Bill Smith.
W E are not through yet.
Not by a long sight, and
I’d rather u9e an adjective that
begins with “d”. ends with “n” and
has “am” salted In between.
I am confident that my club will
come ftack to-day and beat Chatta
nooga. I am equally confident that
Cholly FYa A will come through with
at least on^Tlctory 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 do 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
1 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 EHberfeld 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 he my
selection for hurling duty to-day. He
looked a bear yosterday 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.
N OW to leave our own afTairs for a
second and take a Journey down
by Mobile Bay.
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 hurlera,
Cavet and Hogg, against the Pelicans.
They have aJready 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 back after a game like he
had Thursday and work a good game
as early as Sunday. Mlque will have
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.
• • •
A ND 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 19 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 Mlque. More power to
him.
I mean it for more reasons than
one, too. Of course, I don’t blame
Mlque 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 p-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
would consent to play oat
day’s seoond game.
Would Finn do it?
Hardly.
He knew that hta dob was on the
run. He knew we would trim him
that game as sure as it was played
out. No Inducement oould get him to
stay. He was content to stall around
and let a train schedule keep him
from defeat.
That may be sportsmanship Tm
not saying, but Td hate to wear a title
of “champion” won by any such
methods.
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H. Welchonce Breaks
Hit Record for Season
Harry Welchonoe, 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
Shreveport 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:
Player. G. A.B. R. H. P.C.
Robertson. . .133 508 86 178 .341
Welchonce . . . .144 664 ki 192 .349
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Henry Muench, the Peachtree street
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In winning this prize. Tommy Long
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