Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

Rhodes was pitching The opposi-
ton put on the squeeze play, and
when the ball was hunted BLUM came
| tearing in, along with the runner
from third. Bluff got the bah in
| good time, picked IL up. stopped to
think, and then conceived one Of the
most daring subterfuges Of baseball
history Clutchiug the ban tightly
IN his trusty right hand he ran like
wild for third base.
! What In heavens name he was
| thinking Of don't know, ana /
| doubt II he did. Anyway ] guess he
woke up for he turned when he got
| nearly there and delivered one Of
| the widest heaves toward first ! ever
| saw The ball went TO the moon and
/ tho runner scored
| And what Rhodes did was TO lie
! face down on the diamond and stay
right there till they carried him of
but that strategy of running for
| third with the ball ON "a squeeze play
| has had the baseball world wabbling
! ever since"
G. Winters Miracle Play.
IT you want To know the queereat
play George Winters ever saw.
here it is. !, came about in "a game az
Ponce DeLeon Park and it happened
| that. with two gone the Crackers one
run behind in the last 81 the ulnta,
| two runs were scored and the game
won without hit, without a base on
balls and without "a man getting a
time at bat--and FOUR Crackers lis
urcd iu the play.
| IupussihS, you say
| or highly improbable. at any rate.
| Well. this IS how ii happened
Winters was al bat. with the con
I ditlous az narrated.
Get ON any old way called QUO
| Jordan from the bench.
| In q pinch. George knew but one
/ sure way TO get on, and that was 90
/ step into the ball lie did ana Went
/ to urst. sid Smith followed.
Get on" shriekcd Jordan
So Sid stuck his arm In front Fl
/ the bail and went To hrst forcing
/ Winters 20 second.
Jordan tagged the next batter and
/ called MvAIurray and kirkraricN over
| to him. "Yuu guys take the places
of those two men and try the double
l steal on the first ball pitched
When the pitcher wound up the two
| men ne out. McMurruy for second
! kirkpatrick for third. The Little
/ Rock catcher heaycd a terrible hall
tn second and 10 lit Just short Of the
/ center fielder. on went the runners
ana In came the Centertieldcr for the
/ ball BY the time he had recovered
/ Il McMurray was home and kirkpat-
rick was rounding third,
/ Winters had taken his place At
1 third as coacher and when Kirkpat-
rick reached the bag he shrieked;
| Beat Il. you big buzzard RUN
Kirk" thereupon lit out for home,
/ the center fielder threw wild, kirk
/ patrick tailed and won the game.
How Lou Castro Paid OF.
HUGH CORDOBA says he fun
niest play he ever heard Of
wasn't made on the diamond. but in
the telegraph office.
Last year the Portsmouth club. OF
which Lou Castro was manager
wasn't getting paid Off with great
/ regularity. one DAY. with salaries
about a month to the bad, they had a
big day az Richmond.
/ Castro went to the box Office after
| the game. grabbed Portsmouth's
l share OF the receipts. paid of every
| player and then wired as follows:
/ captain Bland President BAH Club,
I Portsmouth Va.
Come get your ball club. We've
/ got ours. Lou tASIlto.
A New Way Of Umpiring.
II OF NIALLISTEE says she queer
est play he ever saw came up IN
/ the home o. queer plays-Jersey city.
Lew was catching Tor Buffalo one
day and Jake Gettmau was playing
goHtes field The batter hit the bail
an awful uaLlop and Gettmau turned
and went almost 20 the fence after 10
The bah sailed over his head. hit the
fence. hit fHe ground and bounded
into Gettuau.~ hands.
II happened that while an this was
I going uU GttLmau la. placed himself
f between the umpire and the bah. ard
/ that worthy couldn't tell for tile life
of him whether the bail had been
caught on the fIy or ou the bound
+ Like an umpires who are uncertain.
De tool, q goo. guess.
"N're out" la surieked
The batsman nearly feH dead and
1 MyA.ister all but choked while swal-
! lowing an attack % the dry grins.
/ OF course. the Jersey city team put
up fierce SHREK and the jumps saw
he had fooled.
/ 50 out into center field he marches
There was man on ton Of q house
right back ~ the center field fence
Come down from there. shriyksl
the amps.
dom know.