Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14

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MI The Turtles are on the
road now, but they get
back July II for long stay. Eight
cen games on the home lot are sched-
uled. Ordinarily this would bring JOY
to the hearts of the local fans. but in
view of the fact that the Coleman ag-
gregation has been playing Glass c
ball for some time. the announcement
will probably bring nothing but wrin-
llles to the brows of the official scorer
and the pop boys who will be com
PEELED to witness them.
Unless something is done before
that long home series is unreeled the
sessions are going to be pathetic.
That interest in the Turtles doings
has sagged pitifully% Was evidenced
when a scant 5000 witnessed the
game of Sunday. July G. If the Tur-
ties can't draw a crowd In a Sabbath
game with the league leaders then II
stands to reason that a continuation
of poor playing will mean empty
benches during the week days.
The situation is distressing, because
Memphis is by long odds the best
baseball city In the league. despite the
claims of Atlanta, Birmingham and
Mobile Given team that would
make decent and respectable show
ing and keep its head about the murk
of the second division. Memphis would
break all attendance records Last
year with team that finished down
In the running Memphis was second
in point of attendance.
But enough is enough and too much
is suihCienCy, to use some Weber
Fields stuff. Anyway, that's the way
the average fan is looking at the sit
uation. and when he Graves excite
ment nowadays he goes out to over
ton or to Edgewood Park and watches
the amateurs.
IOF course. there are some few base
ball enthusiasts who will stick to
the last ditch, but even these have
about decided that the last ditch Is
mighty close at hand. \ few more
exhibitions of loose. indifferent and
downright rotten playing is going to
| sicken even the most ardent enthusi-
asst 10 the point that he win be com
PEELED To admit that high class base
ball in Memphis is a lost art.
At that though. there il a chance.
The question Is. however have the
Turtles any really good games left in
| them
II they have the local club will emo
| the season with the balance on the
right side of the ledger, for it is not
believed that to date there has been
any deficit. to say the least
II OCAL fans have been loyal to a
l. fault They have turned out in
goodly numbers and they have stuck
| to the Turtles in fair weather and
| foul Then. too. the weather man has
| been unusually kind to the local man
| aEement. To date not single Sun
| day game has been prevented by
rains, and not even a heavy cloud has
| appeared just before game time "a
/ keep hundreds Of enthusiasts at home
All things considered, it's been a
lucky season thus far for the cash
| box. but a decidedly bad one from a
simon pure baseball standard.
\ Sunday game means at a con-
| servativs estimate, from $500 70
| 800. And last season the club was
cheated out of several Of these Juicy
dates right at the start 10 say moth
ing of many week day games that
We're prevented during the early part
OF the year Thus it is easy to pre-
sumo that so far the team isn't a
loser. but it's now a matter of dollars
and cents to the club owners Either
the team must take a brace or be boil
stored or deficit is going to be
chalked up for its a cinCh that the
Memphis fan is going TO scratch Red
Elm of his visiting list If some i'm