The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-10
BRAVES OUTCLASS
ATHLETICS IN
FIRST GAME
Boston Defeats Philadelphia By
Score of I to |
DRIVE BENDER FROM The BOX
Rudolph Master OF Worlds Champ
ions in Every Inning While Team
males Hit Ball Hard

Philadelphia, Pa, Friday, October
9.-The Boston Braves, kings of the
National league. clearly outshone the
Philadelphia Athletics, best OF all
American league clubs. this after
noon in the first game of the series
for the worlds baseball champion
ship. The victory was wide. sweet
and sensational. The score was Z TO
1.
Boston not only outplayed Philadel-
phia, but added further to the many
sensations of the baseball year by
knocking from the rubber that nigh
ty pitching hero, Chief" Bender.
The National league champions
pounded the life out of the Chlppe-
wa Indian. The cool and efficient
veteran pitched great BALL used all
his speed. cunning and general skill
to thwart the attempts of the Boston
batsmen. but he was outgeneraled.
beaten badly and compelled to retire
from the game in the sixth inning.
And when the noble redskin was bat
ted out of the combat he suffered
ignominy that no other Philadelphia
pitcher has ever been forced TO ac-
cept in worlds series game.
The Athletics were beaten before
the eventful sixth inning, but they
kept striving, hoping to accomplish
the extremely difficult, but never sue
ceeded. IL was a Boston victory
with a Boston color all over the
game. and with trimmings of rich
Springfield hue. for Meanwhile was
one of the heroes. The Athletics
played excellent baseball. bur were
outstripped by those sensational
Braves in pitching. batting and gen
eral offensive work.
To Dick Rudolph. Giant discard.
belongs the individual honors of the
day Rudolph baffled the Athletics.
He had them bewildered by his slow
curve ball and when the situation
seemed to be momentarily slipping
from him he rose to the occasion and
frustrated the time-honored Philadel.
phia smuggling batsmen. Rudolph Was
always master lie had them sized
up to a nicely He knew they could
maui speed and he was just as con
fident they could not whale his curve
ball. Rudolph allowed but five good
hits and those FIVE clean drives, with
fly balls that Bender and Collins sent
to Whitfield and Connolly, respective
ly, represent the only batting Phil.
adelphia did beyond the infeld. Phil.
adelphia could do nothing with the
clever and now famous Rudolph.
This was evident long, long before
tho game was over
Eight times Rudolph sent Ameri.
can league heroes back to the bench.
victims of strikeouts, Home Rus"
Baker swung in vain; so did McInnis.
Eddie Murphy. Schang. Barry and
Oldring. the latter pair twice sue
cumbing. Jack Barry is not noted
for his hitting. but he is a batter of
strength in the pinches. Twice he
stroked the air at critical epochs
once with runner on third base and
another time with runners on third
and second. There was no chance
for Philadelphia with Rudolph at his
best The five Philadelphia hits came
in separate innings and the lone run
Tailed resulted from base Oh balls.
followed by lariuping drive official.
ly but not justly scored as a single
for Amos Strunk and an error Cor
Moran. His hit was truly three
baggc,.
The battle between Philadelphia
and Boston was as uneven as the bat.
tie between Bender and Rudolph.
The Braves had the better attack.
just as much GOODNESS. less confidence
and more determination. They used
more skill at the bat Bender pitch
ed excellent ball. but he was out
guessed. The Braves cOrnered MIN
and sloughed him They made him