Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-20
CRACKERS COME
To LIFE AGAIN
IN WEIRD CAME
Browning Still Looks Like Regu-
lar Pitcher - Flanagan Hits
Hard and Makes Circus Catch.
BY O. B. Keeler.

T was only a practice game, to
be sure, but it might have served
as an epitome, or something like
that. Of the Career Of the Perennial
Maps.
They almost That was it.
How long has ii been, old friend.
since the Maps weren't threatening?
season in, season out, the Maps
threatened to win a pennant IN the
American League. Season in, season
ont. the White Sox won ii, or the
Red SoX. or Detroit, or the Athletics
These are not mentioned in order.
They don't have TO be, The point Is,
the Maps always were threatening.
why. back in 1908, all the Maps
had 10 do TO win the rag was TO go
to ST. Louis and win a couple OF
games out Of three HeIgh-hol They
lost the two right of the reel.
Well
WELL we didn't set out to mourn
Wv about the Maps; they don't need
II, and our job is TO dope out the
Crackers, anyway Just watching
that game Thursday, you know, and
seeing the Maps threatening like
fire in an excelsior works, and then
exploding as the water reaches the
powder magazine, and letting the
Crackers tie 1t up. TO ., you know.
pUNCHING the dope, as the Maps
- punched runs and errors, we
should remark that our fielding looked
almost human once more, only Tom
my Long achieved the cleanest and
most elaborate miss Of J. Jackson's
ground drive IN third that II has ever
been our acute misfortune to Wit
ness. II is not possible to decide
what portion Of Tommys anatomy
that powerful wallop slfted through,
but 1t continued far enough TO stretch
q neat single into a run, fortunately
with no one on the bases. Tommy
might lie down in front OF them
there are things that look worse for
an outhelder to do.
THE rest OF the fielding, barring
i a cross up in signals pulled by
Mcconnell and Schwind, in which
neither covered in time, looked very
fair The Cracker hitting was light
with Steamer Flanagan biting off the
lions share with two smacklng singles
and two bases on balls In his four
times at bat, The big fellow tears
INTO fast pitching in good shape. and
Yesterday he slashed one hit TO left
and pulled another TO right, which
would seem to indicate versatility Of
attack
THE heavy artillery Of the Maps
performed as per schedule. Jack
son beltcd two on the nose and beat
out a cleverly placed hunt, and leaned
In htQ tlgtlaf farm
Aside from that. the Cleveland hit
Ting had nothing on that OF the
Crackers Ehrd seemed to have a
good deal of stuff, in spite Of his sore
wing, Lawrence confined the big fell
lows 10 two hits and no scoring in his
session. and Browning suffered only
one puncture fearful three ply
punch by bloke named Billings in
The seventh. which was made Into a
run by means Of a sacrifice fly This
Browning person continues to look
good. lie fronted Messrs. Jackson
and Lajoic who led off In the eighth
and got away clean. assisted by fine
running catch on the former by MIR,
Flanagan and neat bit OF lnheldng
by Andy Mcconnell
THE return of Harry Holland. vino
~ 'Npt 'Nu HNNA NNtNl VIZ S''hNl
help To solve b, Smiths puzzle. or
Complicate il. or both. Clark Grifilth
advises that he has been working
Harry al short. and that he looks
good in that role, Billy Smith says
he viii start trying Holland out as
soon as he lights. and that will leave
TWO jobs 90 be prorated among Ma
nush Lynch, Schwind and Harry
QEFERRlNG 10 the Maps. We have
~ the also perennial gas about
l4aiole slowing down. Yes? This
year we understand that Larry has
had his glove made a shade larger
than formerly quarter Of an inch
longer In the fingers. Larry says that
will about cover the shrinkage in his
ground recovering capacity