Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
CRACKERS HAVE
ONLY GULLS To
BEAT FOR RAG
By Percy HI. Whiting.
THE Cracker Club better forget
that there are any other clubs
in this Southern League except

q NE CldCh6A OAuB btlleT forget
that there are any other clubs
in this Southern League except
Mobile.
The race for the rest of the sea
sOn-or for n month anyhow-is
bound to be between the Gulls and
the Crackers.
1t has been a hard matter to take
the Gulls seriously. If class really
counts they are nowhere Paulet,
Starr, Stock and O'Dell don't i'm
press as an infield. Clark, Robertson
and Sentell are not exactly our idea
of a great outfield. Schmidt has
proved to be a useful catcher. but
he can't win pennants by himself.
The pitching staff is good but lacks
"A lot of being great
Yet this Gull team goes right
ahead winning two out of every three
games il plays. 1t has been doing it
since the season started. Every time
they lose one and you get a little
encouraged they go out again and
win two and it's all off once more.
To-day the Gulls have won a shade
less than twothirds Of their games.
They have a lead of over 100 points.
or games, over the Crackers. This
isn't much, provided the Gulls will
on winning two out of every three
games they will be hard to head.
IT Is getting time for the Crackers
to settle down and chase the
Gulls. You can probably disregard
Montgomery and Chattanooga. Nash
vile is a foxy team, with a wise
manager But it lacks class. Biz
mingham is going to improve a lot
but it will start too late
The race from now on Is likely TO
be a two-team affair. The Crackers
are going to have to hustle to keep
ahead Of Nashville and Montgomery.
But they are going to have to FLY to
get to the Gulls.
It is a foolish thing that the Crack
ers are behind the Gulls. Size the
teams up man for man. and the
Crackers should DE leading by Cou-
pie Of hundred points
The Cracker pitchers are coming
around. They are pitching nice bali
now. 1t is up to the team 1t is going
TO take hard work 20 get to the Gulls
They can't kid along and do it. 1t
viii be a stern chase from now on
It's all right to say team like the
Mobile club hasn't class.
1t hasn't.
But as long as it goes through the
season winning two out of three
games it takes a lot Of beating.
THE final game in Chattanooga
doesn't look serious Next week
the Crackers are home They
open with the pesky Nashville club
and follow with three games against
the Barons
That week at home will give the
Crackers a good chance to show that
they are in earnest i'm this pennant
chase. The Vols have always given
them nothing but trouble. With the
pitchers going right it is high time to
shake off this Vol jinx
The Crackers had better pile up
what they can this week and next
For the week after they start barn
stormlng. and they keep it up until
Fourth Of July week.
r EFORE George Stalings started
- out on his present season as
manager of the Braves he said that
he was going to make good this time
or quit baseball. The Braves are now
in next to last place. And the ques-
ton arises, Does the trick Of ele-'
waiting the Braves from last to next
TO last constitute making good ?"
considering the Braves and every
thing else, it probably does
Right now the Braves aren't so far
behind St Louis and are within
shouting distance Of Pittsburg With
q little luck, they might finish near
the top Of the second division.
HEY'VE revived a fine old story
at the expense of Honest Dan
Pfenninger. 1t seems that one day
over in Birmingham, when the Crack
ers and Barons were mingling-oh. It
wasn't this year; in fact, it was some
years back-the grandstand was oc-
cupied by a bowling mob And one of
EN- was drunk. The chap who was
jingled stopped a pop boy and in
quired: SHAY, m lad. is it true that
F--f-f-f-fenniger is night washman ?"
Yes, sir answered the boy, they
say he works for Judge Kavanaugh as
night Waterman"
The man relapsed Tito a maudlln
stupor and Dan continued to call
them-wOrse and worse. as usual
Again the gent with the jag called
to the pop boy.
M lad said he, mus be mis-
take bout Dan being night washman.
'F"e can't see 'em by daylight,
hOW'n'el can he see EN- in dark"