The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-30
Braves Cop National League
Pennant With Tuesdays Game.
Giants Defeat by Pittsburg
Cinches Pennant for Boston.
FROM TAIL END TO THE TOP
Stallings' Climb Is Sensation of
the 1914 Baseball World.
Johnny Evers Is the Hero of the
Boston Fans.

The Braves are the pennant win
ners in the National league as a result
of Tuesdays game with Chicago and
their climb to first place for this hon.
or is the most remarkable feat of 1914
baseball. Stallings' team can now lose
all the remaining games on the sched-
ule and still McGraw can't touch them
in the final averages.
A tafl-ender at mid-season, the
Braves began to climb topward on
July IA and never since have they
wavered in their steady advance. Sew
eral remarkable things are also fea-
lures of the Bean city's victory. STALL
ings has won his honors with a short
pitching staff and has proved that 1t
Is not necessary to carry a big string
of pitchers and allow each to take a
long rest after pitching a game. And
IL Stallings wins the worlds series in
the same manner, he will have
smashed to smithereens an important
baseball precedent.
Also, the most remarkable player
Of the Boston team is Johnny Evers.
Evers has played ball this season I'M
der the most unfa, orable circum-
stances. Sickness and death have Wis
tied his family and Johnny's worry
has been apparent from his haggard
look and his loss Of flesh. However.
the plucky little second sacker has
STUCK TO his Dag throughout anu mas
worked with a determination and an
enthusiasm that have won for him a
permanent place in the hearts Of all
Boston fans.
Chicago 2, Boston 5.
Boston, Sept. 30.-A double by
Whitfield liter Evers had been passed
broke a tie in the ninth inning Tues
day and Boston not only defeated Chi
cago but won the National league
a ct on nf the
season here for the now champions.
Tom Hughes. formerly of the Roches-
ter Internationals, who pitched his
first game for Boston. ED the wis.,
tors to five hits. Their first run was
due to Moran's muf of Goods long
fly, netting three bases, and Saier's
sacrifice fly. Safer singled in the
wild pitches. When Schultz hit to
Hughes, Safer was run down, Schultz
scoring on Bues' triple. Boston's first
runs were due to four successive bases
on balls, and a squeeze play, Maran-
Vile bunting towards first as Whitfield
raced home. Score:
Chicago. 100 100 0OO-z
Summary: Two base hit-whitted.
Three base hits-Zimmerman, Bues.
Bases on ba-ls-On Cheney, II; OF
Hughes, 2. Struck out-By Cheney,
3: by Hughes, B. Omp1reS- 'COnuOr
and Byron.
Pittsbu-g 5, New York 2.
New York. Sept. 3O.-New York.
three times Champion of the National
league, Tuesday lost its last chance of
winning the fourth successive pen
nant. Pittsburg defeated the Giants
here while oston, winning from Chi
cago, was clinching the 1914 cham
pionship.
Harmon held the local batters safe
in the pinches, while Pittsburg hit the
ball opportunity. O'Toole gave way
to wiltse after passing the first two
men in the first inning, and Wiltse
after the fifth gave way to Schupp.
who held the visitors to one hit in
four innings. Konetchy's homer into
the left field stand was feature.
Score:
New York. ...........1 100 900 1902
Summary: Two base hits-Besch-
er, Carey, Schang, J. Kelly. Doyle.
Three base hit-Viox. Home run
Konetchy. Bases on balls-Oh
O'Toole, 2; of Harmon. 2; on Schupp,
2. Struck out-By Wiltse, 3; by
Schupp, 2; by Harmon, 4. EMPIRES
Hart and Rigler.
Only two games scheduled in Ma
tional league.