Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
NINTH-INNING
RALLY DOWNS
ILLINOIS NINE
Jackets Score Two in Final In
ming and Win, 8 to pitts
on Slab To-day,
By ]. W. Heisnnan.
THE nlini came to Atlanta yes

Yellow Jackets, and 1t was decidedly
SOME and considerable Of a ball
game. Not until after the last ball Of
the last half Of the last inning had
been flung over by Pitcher Gunkel did
the big crowd know which team had
won. Then, in something less than
two s4conds as a line drive travels,
it dawned, faster than a daybreak
usuall- dawns, that Tech was going
to win, was winning, HAD won. Then
broke loose the yell of a college base
ball crowd, a roar that would have
made old Tiber tremble underneath
her banks as badly as when In an
cient days she shivered under the tri-
umphant yells of Romans celebrating
a return of victorious Pompey or Gaze
sar.
Illinois has good team and played
excellent ball They could not DO
much with Pitcher Bryant in the pill
pasting end of the job, but until the
fatal Cts always fatal in that inning
in which some team loses) ninth the
Jackets did even less with Pitcher
Halas. This young man of pleasing
personality and graceful department
had speed, control and curves and
whatever il takes to make an oppos-
ton ball team look like a lot Of
weddings. Again the Jackets were
not striking out, but they just couldn't
hit EN- where the lilies weren't.
c OUTHPAW BRYANT worked out
y his first full game for Tech. He
was right" and the result was ten
strike outs of the visitors. Besides
this. he gave up but five hits. Barring
some wildness, which, by the way,
resulted badly, for both men who
scored for Illinois got on by the big
four" route, he pitched a superb
game. He is especially cool and
steady in the pinches.
Shafer. at third base for the visi-
tors. put up a grand fielding game
knocking down a lot of nasty ones
and throwing them with deadly ann
to the first sack. Tolmie, at second
also distinguished himself by some
exceptionally nice work.
TOR the Jackets. Witherlngton
L plaved his usual steady game be-
hind the mask and protector, making
one specially brilliant catch OF a most
difficult foul fly, and clinching with
one man trying to steal home In a
wav that suggested a wrestling match
with fine catch-as- catch cannot
barred. but doc" held TIE ball AMI
rubbed It all ,over his man without
anv doubt Of consequences
Techs three errors were distributed
around among the infield and were
fairly simple and to cause a muttered
tut, TUT" Those Of Illinois, OF
which there were four, were equally
reprehensible, but Suter had the mis-
fortune in right field to let them seS
through when Tech men were On
bases, and that proved rather dam
aging to hts teams cause
DOTH teams got a man on in the
d first but there they stayed in
the second Illinois opened up by Ar
buckle walking, taking second on
Skaters sacrifice, and then when Burr
threw wild to third to stop nm from
pilfering that sack he came nome
In their half Of the third the Him
scored again. once more Bryant
walked the first man up-the pitcher
at that. Halas was pushed down oas
nv Tolmies act aof renuclauoh' aIu
came home on Phelps slashing single
to center.
That ended the scoring for both
sides for quite a spell, the game III
the meantime being filed up oy solle
clever exhibitions of fielding by pom
teams and some classy pltchlhs'
Then in their half Of the seventh
the entire crowd of spectators stand
ing up and calling on Iech 70 40 VI
die Pound was pinked by Iast one
and trotted to first. Wooten sent
long single to right, whlch Sueca
failed to flag and Pound came nome
with Techs first rum leaving Wo9'tn
on third Hill here attempted ~
squeeze Wooten in but ms oa
proved too porous ana LaIe"e'
Bradley put the harpoon lh'o ii''''
THINGS "sagatiated" along with tne
l score 2 TO 1 in favor OF the Visitots
until the last half Of the ninth w ltu-
erington, first up, spanked one uJMH
to third. Shafer handed IL c.eaus Dur
stumbled over himself bit threw
late, and the first basema,n aI0ppg T,rrr
anyway 50 DOC" had TO be safe. Burr
now chipped in with his first safety
of the dav. which went, as In tooIOa,I;
For Two noints. or two bases ! shouIu
have said. putting Witherington On
third. Up stepped Captain Fou aLst
and ne smote one out TO lett tl4s
was neatly trapped by Larson, 6ut -, ~
was hit for all that And tnis, Nv
the way. had happened after Pitc me-.
Halas had been removed from the DoS
Following Burrs two Dagger an
Gunkel substituted. Gunkei had Ine
sneed stun. too, but Pound likes thSl
Kind which was something MT; w.
didn't know. Burr had remained az
second on Pounds single to lett, anu
SO he and Pound were shoEed up
neg each by Wooten's sacrifice hl!,
struck out. and so with two OUT anu
u Montague up the question Wa
whether to let him try his hand ONE
more or put In a pinch hitter. ~ va
finally decided to let him nave tns
chance 10 accomplish that than WhlCn
fbe dear angels are not more 70 pr
relied unon. II was a lucky suess
FOR Edgar stung it to right center any
the game was won by a score Oh
20 g. ...,,,, mill
lock horns again Joe Pitts VIII prop
ahlv twirl for Tech and GunKel LOT