The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-14
I've Been Extending Them.
kelyes to the Limit to Win
Almost Every Game
FHLETICS HAVE BEEN
WINNING MORE EASILY
me Naples Force Mackmen
10 Go 13 Innings to Win Yes
terday's. Though

Dne big reason why the Athletics
universally picked to win the
erican league pennant In spite of
chase the Maps are giving them Is
% the former haven't had to extend
mselves to the limit to win their
hes the way the Maps have. The
|vous tension upon the Mackmsn IL
|ch less than that upon the Birming.
n contingent.
keeping up that nerve racking
BIT, however. Yesterday they forced
Athletics with Bender pitching to
Is innings to win 81 game In
lch there wasn't an earned run,
|chell and Kahler opposing the
(ef.
The Is inning game was won on
day the 18th with hits for Is bases.
fhis IN oen Of the few games which
Athletics have had TO crowd them
YES to return the victors,
Winning 10 straight games might be
(ected to produce a nervous tension
bng the members of the Athletics
| worthy the attention OF a psy-
|lOgist like Professor Hugo Mum
rburg. but II would take even more
lcate instruments than he has yet
Used to reveal any mental strain
the part OF the flying Mackmen.
Managers the country over acknowl.
70 that to keep up a long winning
les means considerable wear and
r on the players nerves. The more
elligent a player the more keenly
eloped his nervous system, as q
eral thing, and some managers de-
re that It Is much better for a tea m
win two games and drop one than
grab of twenty and then slump.
history OF athletics has shown
{ periods Of great stress and finely
wn triumphs have usually been
owed by corresponding declines.
his might be true of the Athletics
hey had just won fifteen hair-rais-
battles, being returned victorious
one-run margins. n the games had
n pitching contests with conse-
Int low scores, with the opposing
vers fighting tooth and nail for a
run lead, a severe slump might be
ked for when the moment OF de-
/ finally arrives.
but the Athletics have not been en-
led IN close, Aercely-fought battles.
BY have won most of their games
comfortable margins. In the ma
lty Of cases their pitchers have
little to do with their successes,
there has been no occasion for
I've and mind-wrecking exertion on
part OF the athletes.
fhe Athletics. In the final analysis.
be won the Is because they simply
classed every team they met. Their
>eriority has been manifested, with
\ exceptions. early in the game.
tially II seemed that the Mackmen
n the game In the inning they
bse.
Recently the team has been hitting
IDLY. They have treated every
cher the same. pecking constantly
by at his delivery until they found
J vulnerable spot. Having found It
" ripped into 1t until they pounded
a victory. They won by comfort.
|e scores, usually doubling the gen.
|us total they allowed their oppo-
hts.
Therefore the fear Of cracking" as
bleachers term the sudden and
|nplete decentralization OF a winning
I'm, Is hardly to be feared In the
be of the Athletics. They are not
lying beyond their strength; they
not accidental June champions"
|arly every member OF the team has
en through the grueling mill before;
BY have tasted the joys and shout
red the responsibilities of leader.
|p In the pennant race. Out In front
) been their natural place for many
ksons, and the burden does not trou.
them.
Is In a different predica.
int. The Maps have closely trailed
Athletics during the season TO
be, have won consistently at home
y abroad under Manager Joe Birm.
kham's leadership. Comparing pitch
stan to pitching STAFF. the Maps
he an advantage over the Athletics.
eveland has some mighty hard hit.
h. men extremely dangerous at any
he.
But Cleveland has been winning It's
mes in a fashion different from the
|hletics. Following the pace cut out