Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-13

they accomplished that distinction
last year
= AY what you want TO about po
litical steam rollers-they
aren't anything compared with the
Nashville diamond variety The
Rock city machine. piloted by Lii
censed Engineer Schwartz, again
hattened the Crackers to postage
stamp thinness yesterday after
noon and won another game this
time somewhat better one than
usually score OF TO 2.
Such rough work by some brand
new, doube-action. thirty-ton roll
er might not be surprising, but TO
see st accomplished by a contrsp
ton that has wabbled, squeaked
and all but blown up on several oc-
casions this season was painful A
while back the Vols we're as abject
and broken spirited Ito change the
metaphor with abruptness) as life
termers in the Bastile Now they
are yipping, scra piping, tipping,
hard hitting aggregation with as
much confidence as the Barons.
1t was pitful about the Vols a
While back They we're absolutely
detected Their condition was due
more to mental than physical fall
ings They couldn't win because
they knew they couldn't win. And
when that condition set In. the
slumpiness of their slump was aw-
full to behold
Then Manager Schwartz who
knows lot OF stuff that isn't in
the rule book at all, set to work to
liven 'em up. Before one game he
bought strychnine and made every
player take dose He practiced
mental suggestion He encouraged
the players TO do stunts to get their
minds off baseball
The players caught the fever and
tried by every method known to
ba seball to change their luck. Three
or four OF them bought billikens
and the other players bought In
Several wore little religious charms
around their necks. one or two
actually resorted TO prayer.
Then finally the luck changed.
And now the Volunteers are fight
ing and scra piping upward They
never were cut out for tail end
team. and they will Impress the
fact on the league before they are
done with IL.
THE pitcher who has jinxed At
lanta all this season. Lefty
Summers. was largely to be
blamed for Atlantas downfall He
looked for nine solid innings as
though he were about TO explode
but he hasn't done II yet. Two sin
giles and an error let the first At
lantan across. Two singles and a
sacrifice fly let the other one home.
Otherwise the Crackers were help
less before his delivery Yet so
near did he wander on the border
line OF total witness that through
out good part OF the game Earl
Fleharty was busily engaged in
warming up.
This is the third game Summers
has downed Atlanta in three
starts though the one Of June 10
goes to him only because Of the
faujtiness Of the Southern leagues
asinine rules for scoring games
won and lost Fiehsrty was really
the man who saved IT, Summers
also beat Atlanta April %, In a o.
contest
MANAGER HEMPHILL rather
W. wanted to try Lefty" Russell
again in this game, but after warm
Ing up the $4,000 wonder changed
his mind and AL the last minute
Slipped Brady in That u was
strictly an eleventh hour switch is
evident from the fact that Hemp
BIN haggged Umpire Breitenstein
iust AS ne was ready 10 announce
"the battery for the home club
and substituted Bradys name for
Russens They got 70 the ex-
Brave three times in nine innings
not hard hut firmly enough 70 win
In the hfth Schwartzs single, Nc
Donald g sacrifice Glenn's three
Dagger and SUMMER single net