Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04
LOOKS BRIGHT
ONCE MORE FOR
CRACKER CLUB
Their Fourth Straight Victory Is
One Fine Ball Game-Pen-
nant Hopes Revive.
Bv Percy II. Whiting.
THE Crackers came home from
their road trip looking Ike

THE Crackers came home from
their road trip looking like
pennant winners. They went
crazy with the stick. ran bases at
VIII and played erroriess bail
No team has looked better here this
year
or course any hyper enthusiasm
can be discounted two ways to wit.
First Way-The Crackers have
looked Ike pennaut winners a score
or times this season-and the next
day Il rained You get the idea
Second Way-The local team was
playing against one OF DiXie's sad
dest little teams, the puny Pelicans.
put after you've discounted all the
~ notes of gloom and after you've
made due allowances for everything.
the Crackers still keep right on look
ing like a million dollars
They not only won Thursdays gam
against the PeliCans 9 to @, but just
previous to that they had won two
from the league-leadinR Gulls and
one from the powerful Billiken club.
Also they just managed to lose the
semi-final BHHkeu game by one run
and miracle.
Price pitched a positively bully
game yesterday The Crackers ham
mered Walker clean sideways and
the whole affair was fine.
There wasn't a sad note struck until
after the game, when the current gave
out and left most Of the baseball
cars stranded, halfway between
Ponce De Leon and Atlanta. II must
havc cluuded up out at Bull SIuice or
sprinkled in Marietta
THURSDAYS game was ilmmi-
mated by some Of the most bril-
liant fielding that good old Ponce De
Leon ever saw The star performance
BY an infelder was made by Mellow
ell In the third. with Price on first
(aud he got there with hits three
out Of his four times up, Welchonce
grounded briskly about ten feet to
the right of second base. Mcdowell
went for H. reached out, caught the
BAH, fen down and threw to second.
all with one motion Price was forced
and Mcdowell sprawled all over the
ground, with the ringing cheers OF
the Atlanta spectators In his ears
r. Tommy Long absolutely discounted
that In the ninth Spencer hit a
low fly to right held II sailed, al
most on a line. right smack TO the
right field sign boards-which are
deep as the bottomless pit. How
Tommy Long got back there nobody
knew. but he did, made terrific leap
and plucked the pin right off the
sign board. He came down all sprad-
died and II was not until he climbed
back on his feet that the spectators
realized he had held the ball
nv HEN the game was over Charley
Frank stroled out TO his limou-
sine (oh. yes, he rides in EN- now
grinning. II was too awful to worry
about And surely the PeUcans would
be any mans idea OF nothing on
earth to worry about It's "A great
team but ii isn't syucnronized. Moth
ing comes of right They hit-but
nobody IS on. They cover bases
bat somebody has Just covered II
for them, They run bases-but ar
rive too late They field brilliantly
at odd times-but bohblc in the
pinChes
However, Charley Frank may wake
them up yet. He has several PLAYERS
on the teani-and up to the time he
hooked up with Cleveland he was
mighty Tesourceful about getting
players when he needed them.