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

Atlanta. II 8 been ink al
season. tits sul linking Take
it yesterday The Crackers were play
ing a marvellous offensive game sim
ply marvellous. Yet. try as they could.
old Thirteen had 'em anchored. They
got right 40 20 thirteen hits and thir-
teen runs and there they stuck
II was surely uu.ucky
Yet. as the league leading Bill
kens could make only seven runs
through al hot afternoon, the
Crackers won.
And. since Chattanooga kindly
trounced Mobile, the dear old race
frightened up another notch.
ZINE dotngs now in the first d.
diaon! Montgomery has two
games and a half on Mobile Mobile
has one on Atlanta The locals are
a game and a half ahead Of Chat
tanooga-
Verify, some contegti
II Montgomery and Mobile lost
again o-day-which would mean that
Atlanta and Chattanooga must win,
the race would tighten beautifully.
The Biuikens would hold a lead OF
q game and half But the Crack
tAE NNhAAA pass Allp JULIE " AAtt hlAH
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
lastingiy mauled the pellet yesterday
They had to.
Good old Gil Price was bad and
run after run gifted in while he pre-
sided. Then they 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 70 him for O. run IN tho sixth
and in the seventh he contributed
again. this time with the assistance
Of an error in the outheld Before
the Billiken scoring ended seven runs
were chalked up against the Crack
ers. But that amounted 10 nothing
The locals knocked the Brown Boys
IL and C., out Of the box IN the or
der named Then Dobbs. having no
pitcher. put in Breen. on appear
ance, Breeu Is to tho pitching mound
what a cart horse IS TO pair OF
racing shafts. But he proved the
best hurlsr 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 ont when
~ WaIly Smith hurt his hand try
ing 10 stop a terrific liner and was
forced 10 retire, But tho fans we're
cheered by the excellent playing Of
Manush
Apparently. Smith has forlSed
prize In this chap. He handled one
slow bali phenumenally wen, hauled
down pop. and looked useful at the
bat though he didn't happen to grab
"a hit,
THE game was fun Of weird bat
ting performances. Here Is a
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 c. Brown was trying to
bean him and, when for the second
successive time he was heaned that
time with a terrific BAH TO the jaw
he tried his best TO throw his bat
at Brown Fortunately. Donahue saw
the motion grabbed the bat and hos
Ulues We're called of To return to
the batting performances
Long only made two hits-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
up, He began with two Dagger.
Then he slumped TO singles his next
pair Of times out. Then he hit a
three bagger. A fly TO WelchonCe
in the eighth marred a perfect bat
ting score