Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-30
Bv Percy Fl. Whiting.


managed ball club may not
be any better than that which
played under Hemphill But it
looked better, anyway-and played
better yesterday.
The old, morose pep" less gang
of the earlier part of the season is
gone. In its place is team with
lot of life and considerable APP
parent fondness for the work The
long faces, the grouches. the SOM
sberness of the old gang have de-
parted In it's place is club that
Is fighting baseball battles for the
love of the fighting
Yesterday they fought the Peli-
can team to an S-to-7 victory Ad-
mittedly. it was town ball" 1t
had more rough edges than por-
cupine 1t was the old biff- bang
stuff, with small science and much
sport. But chiefly of interest is
the fact that the Crackers won. No
matter how many runs the Pell-
cans made. and they made plen
ty, the Crackers always made just
one more. They tied it and united
1t time and again. But always the
Crackers were there with just
enough of the old punch to score
the winning run And when the
tight pinch came in the first of the
ninth the waivering line of defense
stiffened and held. And the Peli-
can attack was thrown back and
battered down.
Also it looks as though the
Crackers had plenty more of the
same stuff packed away for use to-
day and tomorrow and all the rest
of the season.
U EFORE the end of the week the
Crackers will be considerably
strengthened for the final rush to
the wire The Atlanta Baseball as
ISOLATION has gone into the thing
deep now Before the purchases
contemplated now are finished 1t
will run to $4,000 for the season
The coming OF Kid Howard Will
his wing back he will be the Won
der of the league He was a very
marvel last fall This spring his
arm was pitifully weak and that
not only made him look a boob in
throwing. but ii got his goat so
badly that he forgot how 10 field.
It was on the testimony of Buck"
Becker, the Washington pitcher
that Alperman decided to recall
Howard. Becker had seen Howard
play recently and said that his arm
appeared all right
With Howard on third and McFl-
veen in the outfleld the Cracker
team ought to look pretty fair.
nON'T forget one thing
- Whitley" Alperman is going
to manage the Cracker ball club as
lone*as he is manager The direc-
tors gave one manager free rein
and he didn't do much for the
cause Rut that hasn't sickened
them of the system They have
turned The club over to Alperman
just a. absolutely as they turned ii
over 10 Hemphill It's up to him
And as for Alperman. hes toll
erably determined chap himself and
cau handle the players
It IS strongly suspected that the
first thing Alderman will do with
the club viii be TO reform or Ere
any hard drinkers ,lperman Is
'Dutchman" and doesn't see any
harm in beer But he's down ON
the old red eve and he is likely
TO deal harshly with the lushers on
the club He hasn't made any
particular threats. but ID is noted
that the consumption OF we juice
has fallen of very sharply.
Another good point about Alper-
man D. that he Is able to handle his
players without friction do doesn't
believe Ia "bawling lem ont" He
doesn't object 90 SHOW of good
: spirits by his men. however. and
~nt likely to fine anybody for a