Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
BY Percy H. Whiting.


ing the Crackers play these
days. even if they do lose at
least every other game. For
Hemphil's bunch is real ball
club, made up OF real ball players,
and when its pitching strength Is
increased until it is on a par with
its playing and its batting strength
it is going to sweep the league.
And don't care If they did lose
to the debilitated Billikens yester-
day afternoon, score to 3.
The Cracker and Billiken teams
showed about equal offensive and
defensive strength yesterday az
ternoon, outside the slab position.
But Paige pinned 1t on the Crack
ers. while Atkins was hit hard
Yes. true enough, Paige was,
just the other day, Cracker And
he couldn't have won regularly in
that uniform against the tail-end
team OF the Federal Penitentiary
League Neither was Bert Max
well any good as a Cracker, nor
Neal Ball, nor Al Demaree Though
they didn't even bother to find out
in AIS case.) They were no good
as Crackers They become won
ders elsewhere. We don't attempt
an explanation. It's just "one Of
them things" The fact remains,
though, that Paige, who couldn't
win for the Crackers, managed to
win from them yesterday with
something almost bordering on
ease And he won because he out
pitched Tommy Atkins and not
through any failure on the part of
his teammates.
A LII OF which brings us back to
= the original contention that
Atlanta has a real ball club. And
more than that. Atlanta has the
best fielding first baseman that's
been in the league since the days
Of Jake Daubert His name is Joe
Agler. and he hasn't been Crack
er long
ANY time you want to see rea'
baseball player in action, come out
to the park and watch Joe go to 1t
Now. of course. when in any mi
nor league II becomes necessary to
talk Of great performing on the
first sack it is customary to lug
in the name of Harold Chase, erst-
while great player of the never
very wonderful Highlanders. Now
Agler is no Hal Chase and he's
not even Jake Daubert or a
Frank Chance. But his fielding
certainly does remind one, in
mild way. OF Chase's work. He
pulled some stuff yesterday after
noon that would have been some
what to the credit even of Chase
Agler Is built more along the
physical lines OF Chase than he Is
of the conventional first baseman
of the Jim Fox or the Abstein type
tie is slight. flexible agile quick
And he'll do for the Cracker team
You expect pretty good bali for
Agler. for he has been playing in
the International league. and has
had the benefit Of the tutoring Of
the Cub STAFF of experts, But
man who Is showing lot of whom
so much is not reasonably to be
expected. is Douglas HARRISON
This youngster from the deep and
dingy bushes came almost unher-
aided. but he came with rush
and he has been coming right
along ever since
WHY, drat that Atlanta team
w it's real BAN club as "
stands today Callahan has bios
somed out 10 point where he is
even better than he was his best
day last year Bailey is improv-
ing every minute McElveen is
putting up game that Is on a par
with his best ever shown in the
southern The catching star con
tlnues to de we'll And the two
VINO have been going good every
minute Of every game AN the sea-
SON Hemphiu and Alperman
continue in The same stride.
And vet blast The luck. the