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


team! The new. Alperman
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
bernesk of the old gang have de-
parted In its place is club that
is fghting baseball battles for the
love Of the fighting.
Yesterday they fought the Pei-
can team to an S-to-7 victory Ad-
mittediy. it was town ball" II
had more rough edges than a 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 Peli-
cans made. and they made plen-
~. the Crackers always made lust
one more. They tied it and united
IL 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 wavertng line OF defense
Etiffened 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 stun 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
sociation has gone into the thing
deep now Before the purchases
contemplated now are finished IT
will run to $4,000 for the season.
The coming of Kid Howard will
be grand help. If the kid" has
his wing back he win 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 ook a boob IN
throwing, but it got his goat so
badly that he forgot how TO field
1t 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 NOEL
veen in the outheld. the Cracker
team ought to look pretty fair.
DON'T forget one thing
Whitley" Alperman is going
to manage the Cracker BAH club as
long as he is manager The direc-
tors gave one manager free rein
and hc didn't 90 much for the
cause. Ban that hasn't sickened
them Of the system They have
turned The club Owe 10 AIperman
just a, absolutely a- uey turned ii
over 70 Hemphil lcs MP TO him
And as for Alpprmau. hes "A toll
rrably determined enap himself and
cam handle tine PLAYERS.
u IS strongly suspected that the
first Ching Alperman Will do with
the club will b. "a reform or nre
any hard drinkers Alpemlan is p
"Dutchman" and doesn't see any
harm in beer But he's down on
the old red eye" and he is likely
to deal harshly with the lushers on
the club He hasn't made any
particular threats. but il is noted
that the consumption Of we juice
has fallen off very sharply.
Another good point about Alper-
man is that be IS able to handle his
players without friction. he doesn't
believe 10 "bawing 'em out" r.
doesn't object to show of good
. spirits by his men. however. and
ish hkeiy TO fine ybody for a