Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-19
BY Percy H. Whiting.

ing and hits and partly a
state Of mind, You can know as
little about psychology as a dog.
about doggerel and still have pref
ty clear bunch that when team
gets the winning bug in its bonnet
it's hard to beat-and that If 1t
gets In losing notion IT can't win,
Just merely for clubbing 'em away
Look at the cases in point
Washington and Atlanta.
The Senators have about as much
license to be winning umpsteen in
a row as 9OO-to-1 shot has Of
winning race, only less
Why. drst that team. It ought to
60 to lunatic asylum en- masse.
as 1t were; Just for the crazy way
It is "gooing" up the American
league race
Look at the team: It's virtually
the same old collection Of msfits
that has been the laughing stock of
civilized baseball for years Look
at the pitching staff Walter John
son and a collection of eleventh
raters. Look at the manager: Griz-
zly old Clark Griffith who hasn't
been able to create even faint
nutter in either league since Jack
Chesbro was a kid-and goodness
knows that was several years back
What's the matter with Wash
iugton?
There isn't but one answer: Gone
plumb crazy.
They have got into winning no.
ton They've hit a streak. They
can't lose for winning The old
psychology stun is getting In Its
deadly work They think they are
winners. Normally It would be a
bum think, but they are getting
away with It. And once let a team
Of one-lesged men get 10 thinking
that nobody can beat them and
they are likely to win a worlds
championship.
I HE Atlanta team is playing the
same shot with a reverse Eng
lish, is hooking instead OF slicing
this psychology stuff. as II were.
They are obsessed with the losing
habit and can't seem to shake it
Off
1t would take a thousand years to
convince me that there isn't a win
ming combination in the players
Hemphln has on hand It's first
division bali club right today.
The addition Of Russell and Bra
DIV has strengthened the pitching
staff, provided the last games
pitched by the pair are to be taken
as a criterion Dessau. Sitton and
Atkins VIII win three quarters Of
their games with a fighting. zippy.
confident team behind them Hemp
hin is bound to be able to work
out good inheld from the mate
rial on hand The outfeld is strong,
especially now that Dave Callahan
seems to have got his stride
All the Crackers need now IS
little of that hop-stuff that started
off the Washington club on its mad
career II the players can recover
from their crouch, get a little con-
ddence and get in the winning spir-
Il, there will he nothing more to IL.
THE Southern league racers are
nearing the half pole. And it's
a great struggle. Any time the
field is punched SO n can be COW
cred with 200 point blanket
there's race in progress Here is
how the contest in The Southern
sizes up
Birmingham - Running nicely.
with Jockey Wordsworth riding as
Il each post we're his last one.
Couldn't do any better under pun
ishment It all depends on the rest
Of the field. If anything challenges
LOUD there will he no answer
Mobie-A hop" horse, running
strictly on the tea" When the
dope dies out-good night Has a
wise jockey who is riding as though
he feared his horse would die under
him
New Orleans-Under whip and
spur has managed TO get up in the