Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
CRACKERS OPEN
SERIES TO-DAY
WITH PELICANS
By Percy H. Whiting.
THE Crackers return from siren
UOus road trip to-day, bringing

7 VIE crackers return from SIREN
UOus road trip to-day, bringing
more victories than was ex-
pected, and open here this afternoon
with the once famous Pelicans.
With the team back in something
resembling its stride now, with a new
and promising pitcher coming, with
Price and Councilman in good trim,
there is nothing to keep the Crack
ers from showing some speed on their
present home stay.
To-day's game is an extra affair,
transferred game from New Or
leans.
On July 4 games will be played in
the morning and afternoon. Satur-
day one game win be played. All
these contests will be with the we'll
ksnown doormats of the league.
MEMPHIS and Mobile will furnish
w the opposition next week. The
week after Montgomery comes for
three games. And then the Crack
ers beat It southwark.
As things stand now the Crackers
are within comfortable striking dis
lance of the lead. All needed is a
good, brisk winning streak to get the
Crackers up there fighting with the
phis games should close up the gap
somewhat. Then the Gulls come, and
If the Crackers can sweep that Sc
ries and trim Montgomery they viii
leave Atlanta for their Southern trip
so close to first place that it will
make it interesting.
Don't make the mistake of figuring
the Crackers out of it yet They
aren't. A squirt will put them up in
the running with a rush.
ITS hard to figure why Carl Thomp-
son isn't making a better show
ing. He looks like a great pitcher
and he wins a few games. But some
how he couldn't stick with Birming-
ham,
Possibly by antagonizing the other
players on every team Of which he
becomes a member Thompson hurts
his own chances. II is certain that
he did not stand high in the estima-
ton OF the other BarOns and that they
did not give him good support. Many
a pitcher has been ruined because no
team would play behind him.
CHARLEY FRANK has won more
- controversies and less ball games
this season than any time in his his
tory. He practically hasn't lost an
argument or won a ball game. OF
course that's an exaggerated state
ment but close to the real facts
If this sort of thing keeps on Char
ley will give up managing and be-
come lawyer
DY way of warning, all chicken
~ owners on the route between
Chicago and Montezuma the follow
ing item from Charley Dryden's pen
is hereby published:
Fred TOney is taking lessons las
soing chickens from the deck Of a
motorcycle. This fall he and Richie
and Lavender will ride machines to
Lavender's home at Montezuma, Ga,
4 and Toney has promised to supply the
grub en- route"
CHARLEY HEMPHILL is not a
- great manager. That has been
demons trated Probably Charley him
self would hardly argue that he was
But he can still hit that old pellet
Up in the husky American Associa-
ton where 20 men are batting over
800, Charley is next to the top, with
a batting average of .S5S. r. Miller
of Columbus, is the only man who
tops him.
TWO International League clubs are
l fighting over the services Of
Claude Derrick, ex-University Of
Georgia player, now with the Ath-
letics Both Baltimore and Roches-
ter want him, with the chances fairly
good that he will go back to Balti-
more.
Derrick can not seem to stick in
the big leagues but he is plenty good
enough for the fastest of minor
leagues and should have many good
years in the international.