Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06

But the score was 9 to against
Atlanta, and Fleharty was working
finely in the box for the visitors.
There was a pretty girl in the grand
attention during his leisure moments
Fleharty has an undoubted eye for
beauty, but business Is business and
he attended strictly to It while he
was pitching. To tho little attributes
Of speed and curves that go to make
star twirler he combined the
grit Of the legendary mud turtle,
which never let's go until It thunders.
As there was no sign of thunder
storm. the outlook was dubious for
the Crackers.
Fleharty Craftily passed Gordon
Kelly to first every time he faced
him, despite the boots Of the crowd,
and inning after inning passed with
out Atlanta being able to add more
runs 20 its total. Musser also tight
ened up and BANKED the Vols for
the remainder Of the game. That
brought things up to the last half Of
the ninth inning, Atlanta needed
five runs TO win and the task seemed
impossible.
But
Strange things happen In baseball
Dobard. the first man up, scratched a
single which Fleharty KIN Jcked down,
but couldn't field in time to. get his
man at first The crowd cheered
feeblv, Graham dropped a Texas
Lacquer" over the shortstop's head.
The crowd howled. Long batting for
Musser. shot grounder at Schwartz,
which the Vol first baseman fumbled
and the bases were fun with no one
out. Pandemonium broke loose. Ag
Ter drove a sharp grounder to Perry,
the Vol third baseman, and the cheer
ing suddenly ceased when DObard
was forced al the plate. But the
bases were still full and the cheer
ing started afresh when Whitley" AL
perman strobe to the plate. Whitley
tried hard and swung viciously, but
only popped up a foul. which Noyes
caught for the second out
Ii Wus now Welcomes turn to
bat He had hardly got set in the
batter's box when he was hit on the
arm bv a pitched ball This gave him
the right to first base and forced
run across the plate, making the
score 10 6 in favor of the Vols, with
two out and the bases still fun.
Kelly at the Bat.
A shout-one long, continuous
shout-now went up from the threats
of the thousands of men and wom-
en- i'm the park. Gordon Kelly was
walking toward the plate. swinging
three heavy bats over his shoulder
The din increased as he threw away
two Of the bats and. grasping the
other one stepped into the hatter's
box and squarely faced the pitcher
He assumed that Ansonesque pose
that was now so familiar to the base
bah populace Of Atlanta and calmly
waved his bat 70 and fro horizon
tally. waiting for Fleharty TO pitch
to him.
Il was the most dramatic moment
Of his life There were two out. the
bases were fun and four runs We're
needed for his side to win. II was
ur 20 him There was no lodging
the issue. And il was Gordon Kelly
Day. TOO. The vast crowd was there
90 see him play his last game with
Atlanta The immense attendance
had gathered at Ponce DeLeon Park
10 pay tribute to him alone. Cor
don Kelly was pale, but as cool as
AN iceberg as he faced F1eharty and
waited.
IL was a very tiCklish position For
the Nashville twirler. too. He could
play safe by giving Kelly four bad
balls which would force another -un
over the plate. and then put his skill
against the next batter But pride
asserted itself and F1eharty resolved
TO give battle TO his redoubtable op-
pouent He. therefore, gazed on the