Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15
CRACKERSNOW
BATTLING FOR
GRANDOLD RAG
They Could Make Only Thirteen
Runs Monday, but Managed
to Win-Race light,
BY Percv II. Whiting.


season. 1t IS stu linking Take
10 yesterday The Crackers were play
ing marvellous offensive game sim
ply marvellous. Yet. try as they could.
old Thirteen had 'em anchored. They
got right up TO thirteen hits and thir-
teen runs and there they stuck
IL was surely uuucky
Yet as the league leading Bill
keus could make only seven runs
through all a hot afternoon, the
Crackers won.
And since Chattanooga kindly
trounced Mobile. the dear old race
frightened up another notch.
FINE doings now in the first d.
diSon! Montgomery has two
games and a half on Mobile Mobile
has one on Atlanta. The locals are
a game and a half ahead Of Chat
tAnoOEa.
Verify some contesti
II Montgomery and Mobile lost
again day-which would mean that
Atlanta and Chattanooga must win,
the race would tighten beautifully.
The Biuikeus would hold lead OF
q game and a half But the Crack
ers would pass the Gulls, while the
A-ovhNANS NoAtA tlpSo ~
THE pennant bug seems 70 have bit
a ten the Crackers az last. They
played to win yesterday strictly. And
they won
A team that viii bat can not long
be denied. And the Crackers ever
lastingly mauled the pellet yesterday.
They had to-
Good old GIL Price was bad, and
run after run sifted IN while he pre-
sided. Then they warmed up Dent
at the earnest solicitation Of Whitley
Alperman. who nearly waved off an
arm getting tho thing started. The
Washington chap pitched pretty well
They got 10 him for q run IN the sixth
and I'm the seventh he contributed
again this time with the assistance
OF an error in the outheld Before
the Billiken scoring ended seven runs
were chalked up against the Crack
ers But that amounted TO nothing
The locals knocked the Brown Boys
y, and C., out OF the box IN the or
der named Then Dobbs. having no
pitcher put in Breen. on appear
ance. Breeu Is 70 the pitching mound
what cart horse is 20 a pair OF
racing shafts. But ne proved the
best hurler OF the three. and the
Crackers scored but two runs while
he performed, and those were helped
along by two errors.
q NE COB OF gloom cropped out when
- Wally Smith hurt his hand try
ing 20 stop a terrific liner and was
forced 10 retire. But the fans were
cheered by the excellent playing of
Mauush
Apparently, Smith has forked a
HH l.. L. No.
slow bali pheuumenallv Wen, hauled
down "a pop, and looked useful at the
bat though he didn't happen to grab
a hit
THE game was fun OF weird bat
ting performances Here Is a
partial list
Though Bailey scored three runs
DE was only given one time at bat.
once he walked, once he sacrificed,
and twice hc was hit lie seemed TO
think that g. Brown was trying to
bean him and when for the second
successive time he was hesned that
time with a terrific BAH 20 the Jaw
he tried his best TO throw his bat
at Brown Fortunately. Douahue saw
the motion. grabbed the bat and hos
Titles were called on To return to
the batting performances.
Long only made two hits-for seven
baseSi
Smith hit two sacrifice flies out OF
four attempts.
Agler got to first three times and
scored every time
Dent made two hits for three bases
and scored one run.
Wares made hits his first four times
up. He began with two Dagger.
Then he slumped to singles his next
pair OF times out. Then he hit a
three Dagger. A fly to Welchonce
in the eighth marred perfect bat
ting score