Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-05
for gordon kelly the man
wot sold lots of papers
for US from the newboys.
good luck.

Holding two of the urchins by the
hand and with others standing in
front of him, Gordon Kelly was Pho
tOgra phed again. amid cheers OF the
throng The players took their places
once more and Kelly stepped to the
plate. He let two balls go by and
drove the next one between the cen
ter and right fielders for three bases,
scoring AIperman and Welchonce.
The roar that went up from the crowd
was ike the sound of a mighty water
fall
over in the directors box sat Nc
Aeer and Taylor, of the Boston club,
the guests of President Galloway.
The other big league moguls had de-
parted for home, but the Boston men
remained to take Kelly North with
them after the game. No more ardent
baseball fan" than Taylor exists
When Kelly scored the two runs with
his three base drive TaylOrs yell
could easily be distinguished above
the din. He turned to MCAleer with
a broad smile
Better not stop payment on that
$50 600 check yet a while; eh, Mac
NO. it looks like we had picked up
a pretty good ball player but we
will need that worlds series money
to pay for him. replied the Red SoX
president.
ANY time YOU feel like selling him
back TO us for the same price Just
saw the word" remarked Director Gus
RYAN. That boy would earn more
than $4,000 for the Atlanta club, as
an attraction here and on the road. %
Perfectly Satisfied.
we are perfectly satisfied to let
the matter stand where it is replied
MCAleer. Gordon Kelly is the high
est priced ball player in the world,
but ! think the Boston club has struck
a bargain, at that
The Vols were blanked in the sec
ond inning, and in their half the
Atlantans put three more runs across
the plate. driving Pitcher Case from
the box. and making the score TO 2
i'm their favor. Neither side got a
run across in the third inning, Cor
don Kelly drew pass his next time
up. but the side was retired without
him scoring.
In the fourth inning the Vols de-
livered a blow that well-nigh broke
Atlanta's back Three sharp hits,
with a base on balls and couple of
infield errors sandwiched in sent
three runs over the plate before you
could say Jack Robinson. Brady was
and Price, a left handler, was sent in
to stem the tide He promptly filled
up the bases with free passes and
Callahan stepped to the plate. He
took a toe hold, breathed in several
cubic feet Of atmosphere and laid his
bat against the ball. The ball shot
/ far out into right field, where there
was no ropes with WelChOnCe and
I Gordon Kelly in deadly pursuit At
once the diamond took on the ap-
! pearanCe Of Coney Island merry go
round. Before the ball could be re-
trieved everybody had scored and
when things settled down the bases
! looked as deserted as last years birds
nests
/ This made the score TO in favor
1 of the Vols. and the end was not yet
I Perry, the next batter put up a high
pop fly between Agler and Alperman
Either could have got il, but they
didn't. Neither did they throw out
/ Cautionary signals or use the Gus
! tOmary frantic howls with which the
average fielder announces TO all whom
il may concern that he Is about "a
catch a ball. The result was the two
men came together in a crash and
the ball landed safely on the ground
There was only one out at the time
and the vast crowd began TO boot and
yell in deTision and cry Take him
out"