Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

game IN their last seven starts.
Five times they have won, twice
they have tied.
Yesterdays contest consisted,
on the Cracker s part, of making
all the runs in the world in the
first few innings and then see
ing how close they could come
to losing without doing it.
They came within about half a
run Of getting it tied up, too.
If Paul Musser hadn't been
derricked just in time, and if
Gilbert Price hadn' t been pulled
out of three bad holes by three
sizzling double plays, the game
would have gone to glory-and
stayed there.
But let not the idea get abroad
that the Atlanta pitchers We're
responsible for the fact that the
lead was nearly drizzled away.
The infelders did their share
Every Cracker infelder made an err
ror; Bisand made two and Price
contributed one. 1t was CHASTITY field,
ing.
Price Saves Day.
Fortunately, Price is not easily per
turbed. II he had been futter-head-
ed, he would have lost sure. As il
was, he had to hurl his level best 70
escape alive
The Ora plxare tbarn caIt-as s,brr,.o,4 q,
lot Of recuperative powers, too. in
three innings hand-running they got
into trouble through their errors-and
they pulled out again with double
plays. And their hitting put the
game on ice right at the start, though
there were times through the torrid
afternoon when II appeared likely
that the ice was going to melt away
beneath that lead.
The game went off something like
this
In the first half Of the first. Kyle
hit, Mcdowell walked, the next two
went out, Spencer lived on Agler's
iuggle and Kyle scored On Will
liams' hit Mcdowell scored.
Then came a good play, for Wei
chonce threw to third in a fruitless
attempt to head Spencer, and Wally
Smith whipped the ball to Bisland,
who tagged Williams trying to grab
an extra base on the throw.
Soft for Crackers.
In the last of this inning the Crack
ers jounced Brenton for six hits and,
thanks to the additional help of an
error and a stolen base, scored five
runs.
In the second Clancy's three bag
ger and Musser's wild pitch let over
another run.
In the third the Pelicans shaved Oft
bit Of the lead when Hendryx hit
a three Dagger, Bagby singled and
Alperman yanked his one error. This
gave the Pels two runs.
The Crackers got this brace right
back in the third, and made the runs
which saved the game. Bailey and
Smith walked, Bisland sacrificed. Ag-
Ter walked and Chapman doubled.
That gave the Crackers a total OF
seven runs. and there the scoring
ended. After that inning 1t proved
impossible to bunch hits on Brenton.
Errors Crop Out.
The score was then Z to 5. When
Musser was benched in the third,
Price took his place, and the only run
scored during his service on the
mound came in the fifth. And he
wasn't much to blame. either. Me-
Dowell was safe on Wally Smith 5
wild throw Hendryx flied to Long.
Bagby got scratch infield single.
Bislands error and Spencer's hit let
the runner home; and the score was
Z to 6.
1t remained there, too. despite
three earnest attempts on the part OF
the Crackers to toss it away.
Price really pitched mastery ball,
and such honors as go with a rather
mediocre game belong to him. Chap
man played a nice game and his dou-
BILE in the third inning really decided