Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
RACE TIGHTENS
Up; MOBILE IS
SLIPPING BACK
By Percy H. Whiting.

ME race IN the southern League
is tightening up like a cheap
suit on q rainy day. The Look
outs, going at an unexpected speed,
thanks to CoveIeskie's great hurting
and Elberfeld's wonderful playing. are
now only 41-2 games behind the
Gulls. The Mobile team lost a dou-
ble-header Tuesday that dropped it
back a good bit. MONTGOMERY is lust
.o0l behind Chattanooga. Atlanta is
only half a game behind Montgom-
cry. Nashville is but three games
back of the Crackers. Memphis is
only half a game behind Nashville
Birmingham is only one game behind
Memphis. Only five games separate
the second team from the seventh.
Verify, II groWeth some torrid in
TINS Dixie country, in more ways than
the thermometer shows.
WO smashing hits in the thir-
teenth inning of the ball game
at Ponce DeLeon Park yesterday
busted the giddiest tie of the season
on local lots and gave the Crackers a
victim. The score was seven to six.
which is admitted to be very close
and which was a good deal closer
yesterday than it looked.
The game proved one thing-that if
the cracker pitchers can hold the OPP
position long enough the Cracker
matters will always wallop in with
the hits necessary to win. But some
times it is an awfully trying wait.
For instance yesterday:
Councilman pitched a most excellent
game of ball against the Nashville
club, game that was calculated to
bring victory
Of course the Vols made 10 hits off
his delivery in thirteen innings. but
earned runs We're scarce and if an
error in the outfield had not let in
Gibson when perfect playing would
have held him on bases. Councilman
would have been the winn@" at the
end of the ninth.
THEN the excitement did get plen-
tiful, for sure. Schwartz made
single in the tenth but couldn't get
anywhere. In the same inning Bailey
walked and stole but couldn't get
past second. In the eleventh both
sides went out one two three In the
first of the twelfth More got to first
He was sacrificed to second by Daley
and went to third on Galatians fly
to the outfield. This put it up to
Perry but he grounded feebly to AL
perman
Long opened the last of the twelfth
with a single through More He was
sacrificed by Welchonce Rugged the
bag after Alperman's short pop 10
Callahan and died there when Bailey
hit foul fly to Schwartz.
WHEN the thirteenth rolled
w around the fans were hystari-
cal. Councilman got Schwartz, Young
and Lindsay in quick and satisfying
succession.
Then came the last half of the thir-
teenth.
Waly Smith. mighty clouter, swung
his well-knOwn willow against the
sides of a Reach sphere and it iolted
a small boy off the far corner of the
sign board On this terrific wallop
Smith took third.
Of course the fans had a hunch
right then that it was all up with
the Vols for that day and their sus-
picions were quickly confirmed, for
Bisland laced into the first ball pitch
ed him. sending it flying past
Schwartz for a clean. conclusive, con-
Guiding single. And the game was
over.
Up to the tenth inning you would
have wrecked your Imagination in
trying to picture 1t a great ball game
Neither team was fielding as well as
it knew how. The Crackers, after Tet-
ting a lead that looked as safe as a
government bond, kissed away one
third of it in the eighth inning and
the other twO-thirds in the ninth.
There's one thing about the Crack
ers-giVe them time and they viii
spring a batting rally that will beat
any team. The Vols gave them until
the thirteenth ana they did the rest.