Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-14


in this Southern League except
Mobile.
The race for the rest of the sea
son-or Cor month anyhow-is
bound to be between the Guus and
the Crackers.
u has been a hard matter To take
the GuDa s.riousiy II class really
counts they ar" nowhere, PaUlet.
STAR. S-oc'- and O'Dan don't i'm
press as an infiold. Clark. Robertson
and Sent-ll are not exactly our IDEA
OF great outfeld. Schmidt has
proved to be useful catcher but
he cant win pennants by himself.
The pitching staff IS good but lacks
lot Of being great
Yet this Gull team goes right
ahead winning two out of every three
games it plays. 1t has been doing Il
since the season started. Every time
they lose one and you get little
encouraged they go out again and
win two and it's all Off once more.
To-day the Gulls have won a shade
less than two-thirds OF their games.
They have lead of over 100 points,
or games, over the Crackers. This
isn't much, provided the Gulls will
only slump. But if they keep right
on Winning two out of every three
1T Is getting time for the Crackers
to settle down and chase the
Gulls. You can probably disregard
Montgomery and Chattanooga. Nash
vile is a foxy team, with a wise
manager. But it lacks class. Bir-
mingham is going to improve a lot
but ii will start too late.
The race from now on Is likely TO
be a two-team affair, The Crackers
are going to have TO hustle to keep
ahead Of Nashville and Montgomery.
But they are going to have to FLY to
get to the Gulls,
It is a foolish thing that the Crack
ers are behind the Gulls. Size the
teams up. man for man, and the
Crackers should be leading by cou-
pie OF hundred points.
The Cracker pitchers are coming
around. They are pitching nice ball
now. Ii IS up to the team. II is going
20 take hard work to get to the Gulls.
They can't kid along and do It. III
VIII be a stern chase from now on.
It's all right TO say a team like the
Mobile club hasn't class.
II hasn't.
But as long as it goes through the
season winning two out Of three
games it takes a lot Of beating.
THE final game In Chattanooga
doesn't looN serious. Next week
the Crackers are home. They
open with the pesky Nashville club
and follow with three games against
the Barons
That week at home viii give the
Cracker, a good chance to show that
they are in earnest in this pennant
chase. The Vols have always given
them nothing but trouble. With the
pitchers going right. it is high time to
shake of this Vol jinX.
The Crackers had better pile up
what they can this week and next.
stcrming. and they keep it up until
Fourth Of July week.
2 EFORE George Stallings started
- out on his present season as
manager Of the Braves he said that
he was going to make good this time
or quit has ball The Braves are now
in next TO last place. And the ques-
ton arises, Does the trick Of ele- \
waiting the Braves from last to next
to last constitute making good"
Considering the Braves and every
thing else it probably does.
Right now the Braves aren't So tar
Eehind St Louis and are within
s7outing distance Of Pittsburg. VITA
= little luck they might finish near
the top of the second division.
T HEY'VE revived a fine old story
az the expense Of Honest Dan
Pferutnear II seems that one day
over i'm Birmingham. when the Crack
ers and garous were mingling- oh, II
gv,