Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
$40 WORTH Of
BALL FOR TWO
. Bits FRIDAY
By Percy II. Whiting.

THEN dollars worth Of baseball al
10 bits was the offering at
Ponce DeLeon Park Friday aft
ernoon. in a game the Crackers lost
to Chattanooga, Z to 3. The contest
took ten innings. two hours and sew
entcen minutes and pound Of flesh
from the wracked frame of Manager
Bill Smith.
It was surely a cuckoo little con-
test
For eight innings g was an awful
affair. a regular boob game as far
as the Crackers were concerned. They
had made only three hits of Rudy
Summers and II looked as though
they would never make any more.
The score was then FIVE to nothing
against the Crackers, for Chappelle
was no puzzle 70 the guys he used to
work with and his support was much
TO the cheese.
IT HE last half Of the eighth was a
i memorable session. Joe Agler
opened It with a single. Dunn wait
ed-aud walked. Rohe batting 10
CyhappeIlc. flied out Long walked.
a
Of the previous days game. All be
did this time was to triple but that
scored three men and put Summers
in a blue funk Whereupon Alper-
man arose and damned the bah 20
the score board for a home run-and
this tied IL up. Five runs In one In
ming for a tie up! Wow!
lid YOU ever notice that when a.
- team comes from behind they
come Just far enough 10 tie the score
and then stop there2 Il happens
nine times out Of ten. In Friday
game II was obvious that the locals
had Summers absolutely on his last
legs. With only one out and two
dangerous batters in limo II seemed
as though a little more of the same
steam would have put over the win
ming run
IT'S human nature. Tho -. TO pull
up on even terms and % stop TO
breathe believing that tho overhaul
ing win be an easy matter later.
AFTER warming up both Dent and
L Price while the batting rally was
in progress Smith stuck IN the for
mer He retired the first too men
and then got I'm an awful mess by
then grounded 10 Alperman. who
started a double play and pulled the
Crackers through that inning
To the surprise Of everybody FL
berfeld elected TO use Harry Cove
leslSie 10 finish out the game for him.
Considering the Poles uncertainty
and the ease with which he is usual
~ ratified this was a brave choice.
Hardly another manager in the world
would have taken that chance.
But Covcleskie stood the Eaff.
Every Cracker went up TO the plate
with strict orders TO wait him out
II started an right too when Bislaud
walked. Agler sacrificed ham along
but there he c-oaked. Dunn waited
like a statue but Coveleske had the
plate located and Joe finally popped
20 CovelesAie Dent had a lovely OPP
poltunity but was struck out
In the first of the tenth Dent got
his Elberfcld opened with a single.
Elston sacrificed. Johnson singled
Street fractured the tie bv going out
Smith 20 AEler. SO artistically that
Elberfeld tailed Williams was walk
cd And then came the superlative
surprise for CovelesHe hit a clean
single. scoring Johnson and closing
out the Crackers.
In the last half Of the tenth Wei
chonee kept up his great pinch hit
ting with a timely single but Cove
ieslSie was the master Of the rest Of
them and deserved q victory.
This was the first game the Look
outs have won out OF eight attempts
against the Crackers
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