Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15
CRACKERSNOW
BATTLING FOR
GRAND OLD RAG
They Could Make Only Thirteen
Runs Monday, but Managed
to Win-Race light,
BY Percy II. Whiting.


Atlanta. It's been jiux ali
season Il is stiI linking. Take
IT yesterday. The Crackers were play
ing a marvellous offensive game-sim-
ply marvellous. Yet. try as they could.
old Thirteen had EN- anchored They
got right MP 10 thirteen hits and thir-
teen runs and there they stuck
III was surely uuIucky.
Yet as the league leading Bill
keus could make only seven runs
through am hot afternoon, the
Crackers won
And. since Chattanooga kindly
trounced Mobile, the dear old race
frightened up another notch.
FINE doiugs now IN the hrst d.
dision! Montgomery has two
games and a half on Mobile Mobile
has one on Atlanta. The locals are
tanoOga.
Verify. some contest,
If Montgomery and Mobile lost
again to-day which would mean that
Atlanta and Chattanooga must win,
the race would tighten beautifully
The BilUkeus would hold a lead Of
q game and a half. But the Crack
ers would pass the Gulls while the
Lookouts would close up.
THE pennant bug seems 10 have bit
ten the Crackers at last They
played TO win yesterday strictly. And
they won.
A team that viii bat can not long
be denied And the Crackers ever
lastinEly mauled the pellet yesterday
They had To-
Good old ell Price was bad, and
run after run sifted IN while he pre-
sided. Then thCy warmed up Dent
at the earnest solicitation of Whitley
Alperman. who nearly waved OF an
arm getting the thing started The
Washington chap pitched pretty well
They got 20 him for a run In the sixth
and IN the seventh he contributed
again, this time with the assistance
Of an error IN the outneld Before
the BilNken scoring ended seven runs
were Chalked up against the Crack
srs. But that amounted 10 nothing
The locals knocked the Brown Boys.
"a and c.. out OF the box In the or
der named. Then Dobbs. having no
pitcher. put IN Breen. on appear
anCe. Breen IS 10 the pitching mound
what a cart horse Is 10 a pair OF
racing shafts. But he proved the
best hurler OF the three, and the
Crackers scored but two runs while
he performed, and those were helped
along by two errors.
n NE COB of gloom cropped out when
- Wally Smith hurt his hand try
ing 10 stop terrific liner and was
forced TO retire But the fans were
cheered by the excellent playing OF
Manush
Apparently. smith has forked a
prize in this chap He handled one
slow ball phenomenally we'll. hauled
down a pop. and looked useful az the
bat though he didn't happen 70 grab
"a hit
HE game was fun Of weird bat
ting performances Here is
partial list
Though Bailey scored three runs
he was only given one time at bat
once he walked, once he sacrificed.
and twice he Was hit. He seemed to.
think That G. Brown was trying to
bean him and when for the second
successive time he was beaned-that
time with terrific ban to the jaw
he tried his best TO throw his bat
at Brown Fortunately Donahue saw
the motion grabbed the bat and hos
ttlities were called OFT To return to
the batting performances
Long only made two hlts-for seven
bases!
Smith hit two sacrifice flies out OF
four attempts
Agler got 10 first three times and
scored every time
Dent made two hits for three bases
and scored one run
Wares made hits his first four times