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

Bill Smith viii take almost the
whole works 10 CHATTANOOGA. He will
leave at home only George Bause-
wein who is slightly injured. and
Jack Herman. who viii not be needed.
barring some awful catastrophe. ow-
ing 70 the fact that Leonard Dobard
will be on the bench, ready to fiji
any gap.
Smith has definitely decided on his
pitching schedule - Weaver for
Thursday, Price for Friday and Mus
ser for Saturday OF course. il Kid
Elberfelds minions knock any Of
these pitchers out of the box il viii
shake up the pitching schedule pref
~ badly. But no teams which have
raced the Crackers this season have
made any regular practice of knock
ing out Cracker hurlers and Smith
IL willing to chance the Chattanooga
crew
smiths announcement. made yes
terday, 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
bH appiauding him every time he
came TO bat The boy is binding
WhirlWind on the paths. he fields
and throws well and hits about up
To the sliortstop average,
A SIDE from the changes indicated.
the Cracker lineup will be the
same iu the Chattanooga series that
q has been in the recent exhibition
games
What Bill Smiths batting order is
going 10 be nobody ever knows I'M
al just before "a game. But il is
hardly likely that Smith will change
for the present a batting order that
has served him SO well in the eS-
hibitlon games
And speaking OF these exhibition
games never before has a Cracker
team shown SO well in the spring
contests as the 1918 Crackers True,
The opposition has been weaker than
usual, but the way the Crackers play
ed they would have made il trouble
some for any opposition
pILL SMITH who isn't much Of a
- hand for meetings and confer
enCes, got the Crackers together yes
terday and held a long mental work
out with them. None but the play
ers know just what happened there
Buck Becker who is irrepressible,
came out with the remark, Well
it's settled. then We win the pen
nant II we win enough games" But
most of the other players emerged
from the club house looking deter
mined and not saying a lot. one
thing discussed at 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 inhelders, all of the out
fielders and two OF tire Catchers have
had big league experience or train
ing, and there is little fear but that
they viii make their plays right
enough
THE Crackers are taking their final
workout this morning before the
opening Of the season. This after
noon they win be busy packing up
and making plans for their first road
"Trip Of the season. Late this after
noon they roll north headed for Chat
tanooga Tonight they will spend
At the Hotel Patton Tomorrow
morning they viii loaf Tomorrow
afternoon they move against the
Chattanooga club. Beyond that we
aan't go. But the baseball extra will
And ten thousand loyal fans will be
waiting around to buy them when
Ihey appear
Dill SMITH hasn't much 20 say
- about the probable outcome of
the Chattanooga series lie would
rather win it than eat lie viii go
AFTER it 4s strong as he ever went
after anything But IL is up TO the
players. They are we'll conditioned
they are We'll trained they are good
individual performers they have
made "a wonderful showing i'm the
training season. How they viii show
under fire we shah know later
d vsy of conclusion. IL might be
- mentioned that the Crackers lost
The final game Of their exhibition
series tu e. The Rochester club
was the winner But Manager Gam
1el han to stick inn three pitchers 70
make il, Iu Jns third inning the
Cracker assaileI Eeefe So vigorous
DR. as Co score slN runs. Becker had
tue International Lea Suvrs shut out
until the seventh. Then he fiickered
AND tine visitors began piljnE up runs
lu BE first half oi the ninth they