Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-08

vasion of the Feds would have been
more severely felt Because of the
war. and other things, perhaps, this
has been an off year for the great
national game. But "along came a
Ruth in the form of the Boston
Braves. and interest was at once
aroused. Now the fight between the
Giants and Stallingss warriors is the
talk of the baseball world. The teams
are battling neck and-neek, and one
is unable to get away from the other
Even after a doube-header yester-
day the warning factions stand tied
today. The Braves won in the morn
ing-beat the Great Maryland the
Giants won in the afternoon. 1t is,
perhaps, the most spectacular race in
years, for the Giants and Braves are
not the only fighters in the swim, for
the Cubs and the. Cardinals are not
altogether out of it, by any means.
tracted to the efforts of the leaders.
The Cubs. as some say, may come on
and win at the end. and the Cardinals
may take a stiff brace and cause a
lot of trouble, but judging the stu
alton as now presented, the team that
beats the Giants will win the flag.
One game yesterday at Boston was
very good for the McGrawites,
although the one they lost with Matty
In the box was the one they counted
so much on winning. 1t is that very
uncertainty that keeps up the interest
in the race.
Glass generally tells in a big, long.
hard, nerve-racl1ing race, and class is
sure to count when 1t comes down to
the test, as between the Giants and
the Braves. New York is better
team today than New York has been
for years, and it is only the unfor-
tunate breaks of Rube Marquard that
have kept the Giants from being in a
commanding position in the standing.
The Rube has pitched good enough
ball to win yet he doesn't appear able
to get away with victory. He must
come back, of course, for he surely
has the goods. and then the issue will
be settled. With Marquard in VIM
ming FORM 1t would give McGraw
three dependable pitchers. Matty and
Tesreau have shown their strength
and Just one more reliable is required.
Demaree can win, but he is spas
modic, and Marty O'Toole, the new
acquisition, is an experiment. He
won his first game and pitched pretty
good ball, and one more trial in the
box may show whether he is there OF
not. The Giants have the vim and
the fight and McGraw will make them
stick as long as there is a ghost of a
show. The Braves are full of pepper,
and Stallings is driving them to the
limit to keep in the race. They
haven't the class, though, and they
haven't been through the grind like
the 1Gants. When they go up they
will go to pieces, but that. of course,
may never come to pass. The
gamester, in any event, is going to
win, and the team that cracks first
will be beaten.
Boston is all ''het up" over her
ball club, and the fans in the Hub
are fighting every inch of the way
for the Braves to win. The Boston
enthusiasm, however, is sort of a
vaneer, and it will chip off just as
soon as the tide changes. I am
taking this for granted because of
the manner in which the fans acted
when their popular Red Sox were
playing the Giants in the worlds
series. While Boston was winning
and looked like cinch the towns
people were the best on the earth.
But just as soon as the Giants began
to win the Boston fans quit cold and
said the series was a fake. Boston
finally won the championship, and l
presume the Boston fans felt that
everything was all right, but they
showed the white feather under
fire, and there is no reason why they
won't do it again.
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Down in Boston yesterday there
was a tendency on the part of the
fans to display rowdy tactics. They
got after Fred Snodgrass for no good
reason. and at the request of Mayor
Curley, who is said to be lime
lighter of no mean order, Srfodgrass
was taken out of the game. Snod-
grass's offense, it seems, was in start
ing the rally of tie Giants in the
second game. That, of course. was
objectionable. and the fans clamored
for his scalp. McGraw. too, offended,
and he was put out of the morning
game and kept out of the afternoon
game, Otherwise. outside of the en-
thusiasm of about 10000 persons who
witnessed the two games, everything
appears to have been all right.
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The International League is not in
very substantial condition, and it
wouldn't be very startling to see
something happen any day. The club
owners are up a tree and don't know
what to do. They are losing money
hand over fist and they are simply
sticking around in the hope that a
new light will be turned on. 1t is
any old odds that the magnates have
been promised something-financial
help, perhaps-or else they would
have given un the ship long ago No
men, or no set of men, are going to