Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
LIVELY WEEK
IN FRONT Of
ATLANTA TEAM
Newark, Yanks and Boston
Braves on Tap for Local
Engagements,
ATLANTA MEDICS, ALSO
F. Chance, J. Evers and Other
Celebrities Will Entertain
at Ponce DeLeon.
ATLANTA MEDICS, ALSO
By O. B. Keller.

1E Jury OF the elements having
STAYED off all the Crackers
practice games with the Maps
except one indecisive and startling s
to s affair Thursday, Bill Smith and
his men prepared by taking a good
long rest for lively week, starting
Monday.
The first game Of the week probably
viii not a very severe affair. The
team from the Atlanta Medical Col
lege will oppose the Crackers, and
most of the second string men will
get workout in that contest That
will be Monday, after which the rest
of the week, weather permitting, will
run along as follows:
Newark Tuesday and Wednesday.
New York Americans, Thursday.
Boston Nationals. Friday and SAT
urday
Beanies Here ssne More,
The Braves lias Beanies) also will
collide with the Smithites Monday
and Tuesday of the following week,
after which, April | and 2. the Cleve-
landers will return to our midst. and
then Rochester will wind up with s.x
games, taking us up through April /.
That is a tempting lay out, and
ought to draw good houses at t..
bits throw, if only gentle spring will
ease into the offing AID start the cold.
cold ground to thawins This thing Of
competing against snow and ice and
sleet and SO on is no gooG for exln-
bUoh games, or practice, or anything
else. except selling coal and plumbing.
Stars Will Shine,
nyWay, il the sky will stay cIes:.
there will be plenty of stars twinkling
at Ponce DeLeon from now on 10
make up for the stingy glimpses that
were all the fans could get of Joe
jackson, Larry Lajoie and the other
Napland heroes on their late excur-
sion here
The Maps will be back. for one
thing, and we will have another
c..ance to look them over the first OF
the coming month.
In the meantime, we will have the
pleasure of deciding whether Frank
Chance las done anything good to the
hitherto hopeless Yankees, with MAJ
sci and Gilhooley and all the rest Of
the speed boys with which Mr.. Peer
less Leader arnished the hilltop last
season.
Evers Will Be Here.
Also there will be the chance to see
Johnny Evers, about whose devoted
pericranium ragged the terrific storm
that finally ended in the ditching, cT,
at least, the sidetracking of c. Webb
Murphy. Johnny is one of the big
cards of baseball. 1t is just his way
of doing things-Winning a pennant
Mr.. Merkle had not touched second,
driving the shattered Cubs to a
mighty finish last season, and finally
landing on G. w Murphy with such
jolt that c. w. bounced back, and
(to all intents and purposes) out OF
baseball
Hub Perdue, an old friend of the
Southern League fans will be with
the Braves also. and Rabbit Maran-
Vile, one of the most spectacular
shortstops of last year And it will
be some fun looking over a Boston
National League) ball club that ac-
tually is picked to be in the running
for a pennant. That in itself will ne
q strange and unique occurrence.
Maps Retreated From Cold.
Initiating a certain great and SINH
larly named general, the Maps gave
up in the face of the cold and sleet
Saturday, applauded Billy Smith when
he called off the game set for that
afternoon. and beat it back to Athens,
Ga, starting at 4 o'clock in the aft
ernoon, with sack Knight Just hook
ing the last car Of the RATHER after
another day (almosD Of (almosD golf
at East Lake. Jack called up from
the clubhouse and found the train and
the team were going at o'clock. A
desperate race then ensued. and Jack
won. but we will risk a trifie that he
didn't get his wind before disembark-
ing.
Bill Smith is not regretting the loss
of the two days practice games so
much as one might suppose. The help
has been a little famed up by the hard
work right at the start, and the extra
two days rest served to bring around
a good many sore whips and iron out
a budding charley horse or two.
But there will be lively doings this
week-weather allowing.