Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-26
Touring the Sporting
WOT/0 A Few Side Lights Enroute
(By Benz

Very seldom, indeed, is a major
league pennant won by team de-
pending upon three pitchers to rush
in and grab the gonfalon out of the
melee. In fact, until the Boston
Braves contributed their remarkable
chapter to baseball history. it usually
has taken whole army Of infielders,
outfieldere, utility men, pinch hitters
and star battery of six or seven
men.
But Bostons triple alliance-Ru-
dolph, Tyler and James-haVe turned
the pitching trick this season. That
trto Of hurlers has established pitch
ins record that is, unique; In baseSaat
Dick Rudolph, erstwhile Giant cast.
Off, has been glutton for work, but.
he has thrlved on it no more than
Tyler and James. They have taken
all kinds of punishment, but always
have, come up grinning. They bore
the brunt of the, remarkable march
from the cellar to first place, and.
now are shouldering the responsible !
ty Of Keeping the team out in front. :
A backward glance at their, per
iormance of the past two weeks is
not amiss.. Since September 10 the
Braves have played fifteen games, and
those three pitchers have started and
nnished In twelve Of them. Davis,
the youthful no-hit star, started one
OF them, but had to be relieved by
Tyler. The other two games were
pitched by Davis and Crutcher.
Rudolph performed the remarkable
feat of pitching two shut-out games in
two days. Thursday, he blanked the
Cincinnati Reds, 5 to 0, and yesterday
he shut them out, to o. A total Of
IL hits were made in the two games.
since September 12-except in case
OF doube-headers-it has been Ru-
dolph. James and Tyler. That has
been the order. and Stallings has not
departed from it.
On September ~, Brooklyn defeat
ca Boston, to 8, and Tyler and
James worked in that game, the
the following day, and, on September
Il, Rudolph defeated Brooklyn. to
); September is, James defeated
Brooklyn, Us; September Is, Tyler
defeated st. Louis, 6-3; September ~.
Rudolph won from st. Louis, 5-1;
september 49,, James fought the st.
Louis hurler to a IL tie; September
IS, Davis started against Pittsburg,
hut was relieved by Tyler. who finally
won out. 9-3. September 20 was Sun
Der FL, Rudolph trimmed Pittsburg,
e-6; and, the following day, Tyler won
from the same team, So.
On September 2s, the series with
Cincinnati began. James won the
first game. 3-2, and. in the second
contest on that date, Davis pitched a
nurling duel with Lear, another coll
lege star, the latter winning, 80. On
september "a. another double header
was was played, Rudolph winning the
hrst, 90. Crutcher pitched the Sec
ond game. which resulted in tie, 20.
Yesterday. Rudolph blanked the
Reds again. 20, and, in the play-off
OF the Thursday tie, James won. 4,8.
It evidently is stallings' purpose to
use his star hurlers as much as DOS
sible In an endeavor to cinch the flag
as early as possible, and, then, II. able.
70 save them during the last week.
the team along, and they will have to
do 1t In the worlds series.
Contrast, Stallings' methods with
those Of Connie Mack. Since the Ati1.
iettcs were practically assured Of the
pennant, Mack has been saving .his
moundsmen. When the Boston, Red
sox commenced to creep closer, Mack.
OF course. was forced to send them
BACK, but they have. not been over
and will go into the worlds series in
excellent trim for a hard fight.
sts
Cling Desperately to Lie. (;
Tie funny how man will cuddle and
nurse forlorn hope; yet a doll with
out sawdust is better than no, doll at
all. - 80 - -
The New York Giants have had the
everlasting stufhngs kicked out Of
their three-year Pennant DOH. and
yet they are hanging desperately 10
the limp legs In the wild hope that
some dick will breeze along and All
the thing up again. -.
Christy Mathewson, who. on GER
tain days, has been about as relisbie
as q be-spavined. wheesing old dump
cart nag In the Kings derby declares.
in an article in The New York Ameri.
can, that the pennant argument has
not bean settled by any means.', He
York has . chance to shove the.
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