Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-11
UNPIRES HELP
CRACKERS LOSE
To GULL CLUB
By Percy II. Whiting.

DA 1 tItN II. w ulLlllS'
THE umpires in Yesterday ball
game we're Wright and Wrong
chiefly the latter or, any
how that's the way the fans felt
ss they filed sadly out Of Ponce De
Leon Park. hooting at Umpire Pat
Wright and hurting cat-calls after
the Gulls.
Yet 10 our own private notion,
the poorest time TO register KICK
against the umpires is after losing
ball game-and especially after one
of the most horrible exhibitions or
a generally ragged season.
Another thing-a poor umpire is
generally the most honest thing 10
the world
There was never any deception al
all about Umpire Wright poor soul
He was doing his best, and it was
very bad. But he broke 1t as talr
as he could
And the Crackers. II anybody
should happen to ask you, lost the
ball game-and they lost it good and
proper.
IT ought to have been a parade
4 The Gulls are crippled, and they
started in the game with the pep OF
a cart horse. For the Crackers, Oil
Price was his bully best and ought
20 have had shut-out up 20 the time
1he rain fell. wet up the bail and
cost him hts effective -ss
The Crackers just refused to win !
1he game They jammed 70 down the |
throats Of the Gulls They firmly |
Insisted that Firms men MUST win !
IL And. after displaying the proper |
reluctance. the Gulls did IL. And what !
was more they got so much amuse- |
ment out Of the fielding efforts OF |
the Crackers, and so much enCour- |
Agement over their cinchy victory |
that they laid In a stock Of enthusi- |
ssm and confidence that may last |
them the rest OF the season.
DON'T let Yesterdays game worry |
- you Il was horrible in the eN- |
IRENE But a team that has been /
playing as the Crackers have for "a |
couple of weeks are entitled TO one |
real bad one It's "A shame that II |
mas to go against Price. II ever "a |
man pitched winning ball. he pitched |
st. His own fielding blunders and his |
own wild pitch looked bad. But In |
the matter Of hurting he was there !
strong.
THE crowd does not deserve any |
L especial mmendation-that is |
the part OF il who ChuCked pop bot
ties at Umpire Wright and later stood /
around the Calls bus and shrieked |
The Crackers lost the game The |
best thing TO do was to take IL |
ca lmly.
The incidents yesterday empha-
sized more than ever the necessity |
of dressing rooms on all grounds /
for visiting ball players.
Baseball should be high class |
game 1t will never reach the right |
plane so long as the visiting team |
returns TO its hotel IN bus, the |
butt OF jokes and gibes, and occasion |
ally the target for rocks and sticks |
The big leagues have walked up to |
that The Southern hasn't-though |
be II said TO Atlanta's credit that the
directors of the local club have al
ways been in favor Of dressing rooms
In every burg in the league for visit
ing players, and viii provide one. II |
the other cities OF the league will.
THE game had lot Of wild and
festive features The most mar
velous was the fact that the Crack
ers pulled four errors in the first
inning.
Here are some more.
For six innings (and until II rained) !
Gil Price gave up but one hit
A press box enthusiast propounded
this query: Why not feed Cavet?"
He was referred TO Mike Finn.
Mobile used a patChed-up team.
with Robertson az first Paulette al
second and Clark and Campbell In the
outfield-and yet IL had game
thrust upon it,
Hint Chain Joe Agler He mussed
up two plays by going after a pop-up
that belonged TO another player.
Sanitary suggestion. Chain the
sewer II smelled most awful vile"
yesterday.
Price beat ont his usual bunt. He's
marvel at that
In the fourth inning Cavet retired
ne Crackers on four pitched balls.