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6 TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Crackers Were Greatest Team Ever in Southern League, Says Billy SMITH PROUD OF VICTORY-PROUD OF HIS MEN By Bill Smith. F OR th© third time, I am to-day the leader of a Southern League pennant winner. For the third time Atlanta can boast a championship club. It is entirely natural that I am proud. But my proudness comes from the thought that I have had the honor of leading the greatest, gameet club that has aver fought for a Dixie title. There have been clubs to win pen nants before, but there has never been a club to come from behind and, with relentless purpose and undying splrl’. do the things that my club has done. I take no credit for myself. I be lieve that every man, from Agler to Welchonce, and that's as near to the end of the alphabet as I can come, have contributed as much arid more to the success of the club as I have. • • • AND don't think for a second 1 am ** overlooking old Charley Frank In the last analysis, Frank won the pennant for Atlanta. The schedule makers put this Job up to him rather than to me. No two cities In the league are more closely allied than Mobile and New Orleans. Frank hltm'elf l* a native of Mobile. There is where his family lives There is hie real home. But Frank proved the honesty of baseball He knew that his two games with Mobile would decide the series. He tried his best in each game. He battled valiantly for the first and came near winning. When he sent "Finis” Wilson In for the last he knew he was doing all that mortal man could do. He didn't want to beat Mobile. He didn't want to ild Atlanta He wanted only to preserve the in tegrity of baseball. And he did it. T GUESS the fans of Atlanta can * realize how I felt yester «ay Can you imagine your sensation when you are handcuffed and a rjbtnr is g »ing through your pockets? Can you imagine how you would feel when your automobile breaks down in the middle of the Sahara Desert for lack of water'.’ You know’ that you have got to de pend on some one else to Iwlp you through. You know that you are helpless In aiding yourself. I had to sit. through yesterday afternoon listening to the telegraph Instruments, end I thought ’hat every dot and dash would mean blighted hope and unachieved ambition to roe 1 couldn’t see the sunny side at all. And when the last message came over, I was too faint to cheer, but I will nay that I rendered a prayer of thanks. Aftermath stuff is always had. • • • I WANT to say just a few things in A conclusion, though. Atlanta fas been represented by the best ball club this year that ever won a Southern League pennant. That team has been supported by the most loyal fans that ever gave encouragement to a band of profes sional athletes. I believe the Southern League has seen its best race this year. Mont gomery finished fifth and was in the race for the pennant up to tw’o weeks ago. That’s enough. Ah for next year. I have only this to promise. I will work as hard as I did this year. My hope is that I will have the splendid support that players and fans gave me this season. If I do. another pennant will fly at Ponce DeLeon. Cotton States Play Begins at East Lake This Afternoon Match plays Inu the four flights for the golf championship of the Atlanta Athletic Club will commence this aft ernoon over the East Lake course. Here are the pairings in the four eights: First Flight. George Adair vs \V. P. Hazelw’ood. J. S Deer vs. 1. L. Graves. H. C. Richards vs. Lowrv Arnold. J. Ormond Smith vs. C. E. Corwin. W. R. Tlchenor vs. R. L. Winston W J. Tllson vs. H. Block. F. G. Fay vs. R G. Blanton. Second Flight. Perry Adair vs. Milt Saul. J. S. Raine vs. S. C. William**. C. J. Holdlteh vs. R. T. Jones. Jr. R A. Palmer vs. A. T. Todd. D. E Root vs. R. E Tripper. W. H. Rowan vs. G. N. Howell. R. P Jones vs. Frunk Adair. A. A. Doonan v». C. B. Hott. Third Flight. C. Q. Lippold vs. D. R. Henry. D N. Spring vs. N C. Warren R. J. Morris vs J M. Hoxsey. W Markham vs. K. R. Cobb Clark Donaldson vs. H. M. Ashe, ft. I. Gresham vs. Scott Hudson. E. H. Barnett vs. S. Hard. H R. Calef vs. Winter Alfriend. Fourth Flight. O L. Simpson drew a bve. J. C. McMiehael vs. J J Smith W. B. Seabrooke vs. W. B. Nlnlnger. EJ. D. Richardson vs J. S. Cohen Dr. Jackson v*. J. E. Hickey. D. A. L’Esperunce vs. J. G. Darling B. M Blount vs. Keith Conway. * ’ il # Unofficial Figures Give Welchonce Batting Trophy Unofficial flg-urea rive Harry Wel- honce, leading rtickman of the Champion Craokera. the top place in ihe Hat of Southern league batsmen /or the season just ended Wel chonce and Robertson of the Gull* Were tied at .340 when Mobile atvl FOUR MUSKETEERS By O. B. K. (Being a Small Argument for an Old Contention That a Team Is as Good as Its Pitchers.) You may sing of the speed of the Rabbit— Of the noodle of Billy Smith; You may point to the bludgeon of Welchonce As a scepter to conjure with; You may boast of the smooth machination, Team play at the top of its bent— But the heart of that organization Was Thompson, and Price, and Dent— And Conzelman. While you cheer for a pennant, unfurling, As the work of a master-mind Spare some little praise for the hurling That trailed eager foemen behind; And the moral of this little story, While proudly the gonfalon flies, Is to give a big slice of the glory To Thompson, and Dent, and Price— And Conzelman. New Orleans started their final strug gle. The great Dave failed to get a hit in four times at bat. and hlipped back below his rival for the first time since early In the season. Unless the official figures turn up a discrepancy. Welchonce will get the handaom© Rose medal for batting and will establish a new record for total number of hits in a season, his mark being 193. as compared to Huelsman's total of m in 1901. Sports andSllCh THE WONDER. "Look well upon yon white man's hope," a stranger said to me; "Look welt upon yon gent—he is a wondrous sight to see. He never tool a wonder as a wiclder of the mitts; An ordinary white man’s hope could put him on the fritz." “Then tell me why the lowbrow is so famous" answered I. "He never whipped Al Falser" was the gentleman's reply. Bill Carrlflan has been condemned to manage the Red Sox In 1914, but It strikes the casual observer that the Job Is more In Oscar Hammerstem’s line. Frank Chance has signed a youthful pitcher named Georqe Shears, probably on the theory that ne will cut a wide swath. HARVEST TIME. (An elegy written by a wrestler.) Full many a dollar lingers all un seen Within the pockets of the wrestling fan, Full many a healthy roll of virgin green. Full many a coin we call the Iron Man. The boasts of challengers, the pomp of pow'r And all that press stuff lures the wrestling (rank. We cop the coin and fourflush for an hour— The paths of wrestlers lead hut to the bank. Frank Gotch has returned to the game, but not because he needs the money. It Is simply bscauss collecting coins is one of his Incurable hobbies. One deplorable feature of Mr. Qoteh's return Is that It will cause one Zbyssko to burst In with an ultimatum or two. Messrs. Gotch and Zbyszko wIM un doubtedly meet this winter. If the pub lie will stand for It. P.S.: The public will stand for any thing. No Heart-Breaking Rally, No Blood-Sweating Finish, Can Beat Us Now! THANKS TO C. FRANK WE’RE STILL THERE-TO STAY! By O. B. Keeler. F OR the LAST TIME, boys— We re THERE! We’re there, and we’re *t111 there, and were going to STAY THERE. Champions—1913! MO hard-luck flurry In the ninth can rob us now. No more blood- sweating finishes; no mote heart breaking rallies; no more agony of suspense as brain and whip are pitted against brain and bat In the pinches. It’s all over. And we're THERE! * • • T HANKS, Dutchman! We couldn't have done it better ourselves. Thanks, Finis Wilson. Your good left whip wrote a mighty "FINIS" under the last chapter of that absorbing serial, "The Pennant of 1913” Thank*. Pelicans. You cinched the pennant already morally won by Gamest Team on Earth— And you proved again, and bril liantly. and gloriously, the ABSO LUTE HONESTY OF BASEBALL! • • • THE Crackers de.^rved that rag, if * ever any club deserved anything Bill Smith deserved it. Atlanta de served it. A month ago—two weeks—two days ago, It seemed that the sole reward of a great, game club and its great, game manager was to be the splendid fight they had made, to lo*e at the finish only the crown that would mark, but add no luster to, the Homeric campaign of 1913. And now’ we have the glory of the fight, and the crown of championship, as well. A ND just a word for Mike Finn and the Gull*. They lost, Just as the Crackers came near losing. And they lost fighting—fighting gamely to the end, even as the Cracker* would have lost. In a way, Mike Finn and his Gulls helped the Crackers to the champion ship. For it was Mike Finn’s good, game ball club that finally stopped Montgomery’s long winning streak, and tore the Billlkens from their high place and sent them reeling into the discard. And in doing that, Mike Finn and hia good, game ball club fought out their hearts and arms, and when the final test came, they had nothing but their courage left. That never left them. They re quire no sympathy. There will be no feeble wail from that fine old Irishman. No flowers—no tears for Mike. But—hats off. boys, to Mike Finn and his fighting ball club, that came so near to beating us! N OW, about this Honesty of Base ball thing. How many unwitting fans—or imi tation fan*—have you heard say in the last two weeks: “Oh, it’s all a frame-up, to g*t the gate receipts. It's all fixed for Mo bile to win out from the Pelicans. Mobile didn’t need to win in At lanta." And how many times have you heard it said in the last three days: "Well, It will be a tie, now—and a fat series to play it off in.” If the last game of the season in Mobile did nothing else, it added one more ABSOLUTE PROOF of that clearest and cleanest thing In the realm of sport— THE ABSOLUTE HONESTY OF BASEBALL. • * • W E’LL let It go at that, boys, with one more small comment, which you may possibly have seen before— We’re THERE! j Sporting Food I By ' QIOKM E. PH AIR- BUSI N ESS OF YAWNING. In the days when trees are budding and the baseball bat starts thudding And the baseball teams are all a'thirst to get each other's gore, Hen will hang around the ticker watching for each little flicker And on every mortal's lips we hear the question: “What’s the score f" But in days of mild September there is but a dying ember Of the flame we mortals cherished in the happy days of yore. Xo one hangs around the ticker watching for each little flicker And we answer with a yawn wheb someone questions: “What's the score 7” Just as we had begun to think thsre was nothing nsw In baseball Tom Lynch busts in and decides a protested game against the Giants. Mr Lynch deserves great credit tor his adamantine firmness, etc., but the Giants didn’t need the game, anyhow. We note by the paper that Cleveland fans are looking forward hopefully to nest year. This Is the best little thing they do In Cleveland. Babe Adams Is now the Iron man of the National League, but It would take an expert accountant to keep track of all the \jrooden men. WHAT’S THE USE? “/ am worth ten thousand dollars," said the player from the bush. But / failed to notice any signs of gladness on his mush. “I am worth ten thousand dollars," he repeated teith a sigh, And he wiped away a tear drop that was shining in his eye. “/ am worth ten thousand dollars to the tunn I’m working for, But J haven't had a two-bit piece for seven days or more.” Clark Griffith arises to offer 3100,000 for Trie Speaker. Clark la bound to be one of our beet little spendthrifts, as long as It doaan’t coat him anything. Another s'gn of approaching winter la the annual tala that Joe O’Brien !• going to be president of the National Leagua. HARBINGER. Full well I know that summer wanes and autumn comes apace. ’Tis not because 1 see the gold upon Dame Mature'* face 'Tts not because I see the leaves are falling all about While children wend their way to school, nor pause to laugh or shout 'Tis not because I see the flowers die in glade and glen— I know it teAen / read that old Frank Gotch is loose again, Richards and Graves to Clash +•+ +•+ *•+ A—+ +•+ Big Race at ’Drome To-night Gf^WO of the greatest speed mer- J chants in the world will hook up to-morrow night at the Mo tordrome when Tex Richards on hia Indian flyer and Morty Graves, strad dling his Excelsior record-maker, will engage in three heats of a special match race of one, two and three miles, respectively. Last week they staged the greatest match races ever pulled off with mo torcycles. Graves won the first heat, Richards the second and the third was a draw’. They went at an aver age speed of 88 miles an hour. Can you imagine Just how fast that is? They circled the local saucer four times in 41 seconds. That’s al most as fast as you can tell about their doing it. The remainder of the program Is also good. There will be the two heats and the finals in the Southern championships and the three heats of the sweepstakes. Here is the complete program: (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 aide bet of $50.) First Heat (1 mile)—Final South ern championships. SWEEPSTAKES. (French point system, 10 for first, 6 for second, 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—Sweepstakes (7 miles.) Persons with gambling Instincts are laying slight odds that tne Braves beat the Red Sox in October when the two teams meet In an inter-city series. Thh Brave* for the past three weeks have been putting up Just about the best brand of baseball being displayed in the National league, and if they go into the eerie* with th* Red Sox trav eling at their present dip it would not be surprising if they grubbed the city championship in easy fashion. see Just about the best slugging exhibi tion of the year was staged in Chi cago yesterday against the Cardinals when the Cubs. Tn a double-header, punched out three doubles, six triples, three home runs and five singles, which swats were enough to give them both game. e e e Baumgartner. of the Browns, triumphed over the White Sox in a pitchers' battle with Bentz and Clcotte, gaining the count 1 to 0. e e e Those pesky Naps refuse to let Con nie Mack and his Athletics dream un interrupted pennant dreams. Counted out of the race at least a half dozen times in the laat eix weeks, the Cleve landers continue to harass the Phila delphian*, and now are only six full games behind the league leaders, with each team having about twenty-five games still to play • • e It was the wonderful fielding and tima- ly batting of Larry Turner, the veter an thlnVsackar. that enabled the Naps to win over the Tigers yesterday. Time and again Turner stopped Detroit ral lies by brilliant stops and throws, and it was his war club that earned three tallies for the Naps. • • • Mathewson, of the Giants, has been skidding badly In the last month, being beaten in the majority of games in which he has started. Frank Schulte, of the Cuba, who is aiming for the title of the best home run hitter in the old league, craoked out a brace of four-base swats yester day. • * • Walter Johnson, the wonderful twirler of the Senators, whose $7,000 contract expires this season, has announced he will hold out for $12,500 for next sea son. It isn’t likely that Johnson will hold out for very long The Washing ton management is said to be perfectly willing to pay him the price he de mands and give him a three or five year contract to boot. “Kid" Elberfeld. the old Yankee shortstop, has resigned as manager of the Chattanooga team, in the Southern League, and will handle the reins for the New Orleans team next year. The Giant and Athletic recruits and substitutes clashed in Newark. N. J., yesterday in an exhibition game for charity The battle ended In a 1 to 1 tie at the end of the eleventh Inning because of darkness • « * Ty Cobb, of the Tigers, gained on Joe Jackson, of the Naps, who is leading him in batting in the American League, yesterday. Joe went hitless In five trips to the plate; Ty got one out of three at tempts. Play Starts To-day For A, A. C, Title The third annual tournament for the Cotton States Tennis champion ships is to begin this afternoon on the celebrated red clay courts of the Atlanta Athletic Club at East Lake, with one of the finest cards of tennis cracks ever assembled In a Southern meet. Forty of the best players in the South are entered for the tourney, which was obtained by the Athletic Club as Its feature sporting ©vent this year. Carleton Smith was at the head of the movement to get the Cot ton States event here, and his work has been amply rewarded by the claas and number of the entrants. Players from Birmingham, Chatta nooga, Nashville, Knoxville, Macon, Montgomery, New Orleans and other cities are here as guests of the Ath letic Club, while Carleton Smith, Bryan Grant, Nat Thornton, Ed Car ter, and a host of other local cracks are prepared to bring the big title to Atlanta, if it can be done. The present titleholder, Lee Allen Brooks, of Birmingham, will be here before the week is out to defend his title against the winner of the tour ney, while Brooks and Barrett, also of Birmingham, will be contestants In the doubles matches. The drawing for the opening round are being held at the East Lake club house this morning, and play will be gin this afternoon before a great crowd of tennis fans. Special ar rangements have been made to hajkU© th© attendance, which is expected to be record-breaking. THE ATLANTA MATINEE WEDNE8DAY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, LITTLE MISS FIXIT Night,. 25c to *1. Mat., 25c to 78c. FRIDAY & SATURDAY The STRAUSS Muelc Play The Merry Countess Orchestra of Fifteen. SEAT SALE TUESDAY. Night*, 25c t© $1.50. Mat., 25c to $1, LYRIC ^ Mats. Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday The Season’s Greatest Play THE CALL OF > HE HEART A Cast of Merit A Great Stage Production. Matinee Prices, 15c, 35c. —mmmm>>|B N i i£h^Prlce8^15c^50^ MOTOR RACES Tuesday Night 8:30 P. M. MOTORDROME FORSYTH DAILY MATISEE 2 30 r i in night «t mo WORLD’S GREATEST TURKEY TROTTERS, Frank Inez HALE and PATTERSON LYDIA BARRY queen of klUiNDHVVnr SIN9IN6 COMEDIINNCI Del more and Lee; Doris Wilson ^^^m^Company^an^others^^^