Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-09

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pennant- win
ming season
Bill smith viii take almost the
whole works To Chattanooga. lie win
leave at home only George Bause-
vein WHO is slightly injured. and
Jack Herman. who viii not bc needed.
barring some awful catastrophe. ow-
ing 20 the fact that Leonard pobard
viii be on the bench, ready To mn
any gap
Smith has definitely decided on his
pitching schedule Weaver for
Thursday. Price for Friday and Mus
ser Tor Saturday OF course II Kid
Elberfeld's minions knock any of
these pitchers out of the box il will
shake up the pitching schedule pret
ty badly But no teams which have
faced the Crackers this season have
made any regular practice 81 knock
ng out Cracker hurlcrs, and Smith
willing To- chance the Chattanooga
rev
Smiths announcement. made yes
erday that Heating would play
shortstop in the opening game at
chattanooga has been hailed by the
fans with joy They are wild about
The kid, and they showed IL yesterday
BY applauding him every time he
came TO bat The boy is binding
whirlwind ON the paths he fields
ana throws well and hits about mp
% the shortstop average.
"A SIDE from the changes indicated.
the Cracker line up will be the
same IN the Chattanooga series that
q has been i'm the recent exhibition
Games
What Bill smiths batting order lis
going 10 be nobody ever knows uu-
~ iust before game but IL Is
hardly likely that Smith will change
for the present a batting order that
has served him So wei u the cN-
lihltiun games
And speaking Of these exhibition
games, never before has Cracker
team shown SO well TN the spring
contests as the 1913 Crackers. True
he opposition has been weaker than
usual nut the way the Crackers play
ed they would have made IA trouble
some Tor any opposition.
RlIl SMITH who isn't much OF
- hand FOR meetings and confer
-HDes got the Crackers together yes
erday and held "a long mental work
out with them None hut the play
ars know just what happened there
Buck Becker who is Irrepressible
came out with the remark. Well
it's settled then We win the pen
naut n We win enough games but
most uf the other players emerged
from the club house looking deter
mined and not saving 20 lot. one
thing discussed al the meeting was
signals and the way To make PLAYS.
The players have the signals and the
inside stun pretty well IN mind
Three of the nhelders all Of the out
felders and two of the catChers have
had big league experience or train
ing, and there lis little fear hut that
they viii make their plays right
enough,
THE Crackers are taking their hual
workout this morning before the
opening of tho season. This after
noon they viii he busy packing up
and making plans for their first road
trip of the season Late this after
noon They roll north headed for chat
ranooEa Too night they win spend
at the Hotel Patton Tomorrow
morning they viii loaf. Tomorrow
afternoon they move against the
Chattanooga club. Beyond that we
can't go. But the baseball extra viii
And ten thousand loyal fans viii bp
waiting around lo buy them when
they appear
DILL SMITH hasn't much leo say
- about the probable outcome ut
the ChatJauOaga series. HE would
rather win it than eat Tie will so
after d. as strong AS he ever went
after anything HUT BE- Is mp 60 the
players They are wei conditioned
they are wen trained. they are good
Individual performers. they have
made wonderful showing IN the
training season. How they viii show
under fire we shah know later.
p1 way uf conclusion BE- might hc
- mentioned that the Crackers lost
the final game Of their exhibition
series. 10 g The Rochester club
was the winner. Eut Manager Gam
zel had TO stick iu three pitchers to
make IT, In the third inning she
Crackers .aSssIled keefr ~o vigorous
ly as To- score six runs Becker had
the international L-aEu-r shut uut
uurl the seventh Then De fIgE-rvd
and lbe visitors began pIlGl up runs.
lu tle FIRST half of the ninth they
took fha lead. Iu tle last uf sa- ninth
the Crackers made three safe hits
without Eeff#uL "A run over fHa plate