Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

y about the Cracker bail club
something revolutionary, torrid,
tempestuous, Just what 1t is will de-
velop later For the present there
viii be more pitchers bought. Pitts
burg is offering q good man. subject
to the securing Of waivers. II he
comes through 1t VIII be moderately
helpful
Maybe there win be bigger things
happening
The directors Of the Atlanta Base
ball Association held an indignation
meeting Monday. II was an execu-
tive session and none OF the direC-
tors would talk after IL was over.
What they decided 70 do they win
not say. But they we're warm enough
under the collar TO do most anything
HE local directors are sore, good
and sore. and getting worse every
minute They can't make up their
minds whom they are sore at, but
they are thinking it over.
They feel that they have spent
enough money to buy a good team.
They believe they HAVE a good team,
IL Il would only play ball. They don't
know why il isn't playing good ball
but they are earnestly trying TO find
out
one source Of irritation is Pitcher
Dent. They gave up not less than
$4,000 Of real money for this man.
Griffith, it is understood. wanted
$500 for him. but reluctantly com
promised on 50 600
That IL would have been a poor
buy" at $500 Is the present opinion
of the directors They figure they
were stunE and they have sus-
piCion that Griffith engineered it.
How it's all going TO end isn't for
a mere baseball writer 10 pre-
dict The directors themselves prob
ably are pretty much at sea. They
know only that they are desperate
~ tired Of making explanations, OIL
inventing alibis and Of spending big
money and getting small returns,
IT would not do TO have the d.
rectorg nor the public expect too
much Of the Crackers this year.
We told the directors that at the
1rst Of the season, explaining that
a Two year tail-ender was glued 10
the bottom and could hardly be run
up 10 a pennant IN one year.
But they wouldn't see it-said Il
was bosh and that with a new team
Of good men prnuant would be
easy
It looked for awhile as though they
We're going 70 come clean with ~,
too. But now the team is In a slump.
II the club finished one-two- three
everybody ought 10 be delighted nj
they finish worse. II viii be disap-
pointing, Of course.
To tell what is the matter with the
bunch would take an expert
diagnostician.
Here are a few Of them:
Weak pitching all the season.
Only passably good catching.
Failure to take the thing seriously.
Weak utility man.
Lack Of "condition"-pIaysrs over
weight
Occasional bursts of poor fielding.
Lack Of pepper.
Lack Of teamwork in COVERING
bases, taking pop flies and the like.
Lack OF CAB" and noise.
Poor base running.
THIS Is not intended for a knock,
either.
The Crackers look Ike pennant
Dinners. But they aren't aimed for
lny pennant II is an interesting
question 20 ponder why they aren't
a couple more good pitchers would
help Councilman seems like a corker.
despite his bad showing the last out.
The rest Of them are good sometimes
and sometimes they are not
With the pitching stan strength
ened, Catcher Chapman going right,
little more pep" a little harder
work by the players to get themselves
down to condition, a little more
earnest effort 10 steal bases ought to
help some
But Heaven forbid that / should try
10 tell ANYBODY how to run the bail
club Newspaper correspondence
courses along that line have never
been successful.
II is up TO the manager.
Now is the time for Bill Smith TO
rise 10 the occasion and MAKE his
team finish one two-three.