Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-11
.UMPIRES HELP
CRACKERS LOSE
To GULL CLUB
By Percy H. Whiting.


THE umpires in yesterdays ball
game were Wright and Wrong
= chiefly the latter. or, any
how that's the way the fans felt
a they filed sadly out Of Ponce De
Leon Park. hooting at Umpire Pat
Wright and hurting cat-calls after
the Gulls.
Yet 10 our own private notion,
the poorest time 70 register KICK
against the umpires Is after a losing
ball game-and especially after one
Of the most horrible exhibitions OF
a generally ragged season.
Another thing-a poor umpire Is
generally the most honest thing IN
the world
There was never any deception al
all about Umpire Wright, poor soul
He was doing his best. and it was
very bad. But he broke It as fair
as he could.
And the Crackers, If anybody
should happen TO ask you, lost the
ball game-and they lost II good and
proper.
IT ought to have been parade.
The Gulls are crippled, and they
started In the game with the pep ~
a cart horse For the Crackers, Gil
price was his bully best and ought
to have had a shut-out up 10 the time
the rain fell wet up the BAN and
cost him his effectiveness
The Crackers just refused 10 win
the game. They damned II down the
fhrosta Of the Gulls They firmly
insisted that Firms men MUST win
it, And, after displaying the proper
reluctance the Guils did IT, And what
was more, they got so much amuse-
ment out Of the fielding efforts of
the Crackers, and so much encour
agement over their cinchy victory
that they laid I'm a stock Of enthusi-
asm and confidence that may last
them the rest Of the season
nON'T let Yesterdays game worry
- YOU II was horrible In the eX-
treme But a team that has been
playing as the Crackers have for a
couple of weeks are entitled to one
real bad one It's shame that 1t
has 10 20 against Price. II ever
man pitched winning ball he pitched
f. His own fielding blunders and his
own Wild pitch looked bad. But In
the matter of hurting he was there
strong.
THE crowd does not deserve any
i especial commandments is
the part Of ii who Chucked pop bot
ties ar Umpire Wright and later stood
around the Gulls' bus and shrieked
The Crackers lost the game The
hest thing to do was to take It
calmly
The incidents yesterday empha-
sized more than ever the necessity
Of dressing rooms on all grounds
for visiting ball players.
Baseball should be high class
game. It will never reach the right
plane SO long az the visiting team
returns 10 its hotel In a bus the
butt Of jokes and gibes. and occasion
ally the target for rocks and sticks.
The big leagues have walked up to
that The Southern though
be II said TO Atlanta's credit that the
directors Of the local club have al
ways been In favor Of dressing rooms
in every burg in the league for visit
ing players. and win provide one, II
the other cities Of the league viii.
THE game had lot Of wild and
festive features. The most mar
Vicious was the fact that the Crack
ers pulled four errors in the first
inning
Here are some more:
For six innings (and until II rained)
Gil Price gave up but one hit
a press box enthusiast propounded
this query why not feed Cavet?'
He was referred TO Mike Finn.
Mobile used a patched up team,
with Robertson at first, Paulette at
second and Clark and Campbell in the
outfeld-end vet it had a game
thrust upon II
Hint: Chain Joe ARler. He mussed
up two plays by going after pop-uS
that belonged TO another player.
Sanitary suggestions Chain the
sewer II smelled most awful vile
yesterday.
Price beat out his usual bunt. He's
a marvel at that.
In the fourth inning Cavet retired
the Crackers on four pitched balls
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