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 10 pitts
on Slab To-day,
By j. W. Heisman.

TT HE nlini came to Atlanta yes
terday to battle for the first
time in their careers with the
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 seconds as a line drive travels,
usual dawns, that Tech was going
to win, was winning, HAD won. Then
broke loose the yell of a college base
ball crowd, 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 it 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 Witness which, by the way,
resulted badly, for both men who
scored for Illinois got on by the big
four" route, he pitched superb
game. He is especially cool and
steady in the pinches.
Shafer, at third base for the visit
tors, put up a grand fielding game,
knocking down a lot of nasty ones
and throwing them with deadly aim
to the first sack Tolmie, at second,
also distinguished himself by some
exceptionally nice work.
TOR the Jackets, Witherington
L played his usual steady game be
hind the mask and protector making
one specially brilliant catch of most
difficult foul fly and clinching with
one man trying to steal home in a
way that suggested a wrestling match
with the catch catch cannot
barred; but doc" held tie ball ana
rubbed it all over his man without
any doubt of consequence.
Techs three errors were distributed
around amone 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 ee-
through when Tech men were on
bases, and that proved rather dam
aging to his teams cause
D 9TH teams got man on in the
ID 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 him from
pilfering that sack he came home.
In their half of the third the Illiui
scored again. Once more Bryant
walked the first man up-the pitcher
at that Halas was pushed down ode
by Tolmie's act of renucation, ana
came home on Phelps slashing single
to center
That ended the scoring for both
sides for quite a spell, the game IN
the meantime being filled up by some
clever exhibitions of fielding by both
teams and some classy pitching.
Then in their half of the seventh,
the entire crowd Of spectators stand
ing up and calling on Tech to do or
die. Pound was pinked by fast one
and trotted to first Wooten sent a
long single to right, which Suter
failed to fag and Pound came home
with Techs first run, leaving Wooten
On third. Hill here attempted to
squeeze Wooten in but his bat
proved too porous and Catcher
Bradley put the harpoon into him'
THINGS "sagatiated' along with the
1 score 2 to in favor of the visitors
until the last half of the ninth With
erington, first UP, spanked one down
to third Shafer handled it clean, but
stumbled over himself bit, threw
late. and the first baseman dropped It !
anyway. SO DOC" had to be safe. Burr
of the dav. which went, as in football. |
FOR two points, or two bases | should |
have said, putting Witherington on
third. Up stepped Captain Pound, |
and he smote one out to left that
was neatly trapped by Larson, but it |
was a hit for all that And this, by |
the way. had happened after Pitcher
Haas mad been removed from the box
following Burrs twO-bagger. ana |
Gunkel substituted Gunkel had the |
speed stuff too but Pound likes that
kind which was something Mr.. q. |
didn't know Burr had remained at /
second on Pounds single TO left, and !
so he and Pound were showed up 2 |
neg each by Wooten's sacrifice. Hill |
struck out. and so with two out and |
e Montague up the question was |
whether to let him try his hand once |
more or put in a pinch hitter 1t was |
finally decided TO let him have the /
chance to accomplish that than which |
the dear angels are not more to be !
relied upon. II was a lucky guess, |
for Edgar stung II to right center and /
the game was won by score OF ] !
TO ..
This afternoon the two teams will !
T1a Va