The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
deal S BAsERuNN|hG WINS
GAME FOR BOSTON BRAVES
Holds Athletics and Audience Smell
bound by His Daring Pilfer
of the Third Sack.
'LAY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY
Contest the Most Brilliant Exhibition
OF Pitching Skill Ever Witnessed
In IA Worlds Series Contest-Nn-
tional Leaguers Nag Quakers.

PHILADELPHIA, October 1O.-Su
perstitious old baseball men gravely
wag their heads and tell YOU that
such things as TRANSFERRED at Shibe
Field here this afternoon are the mani
restations of diamond fate.
An almost uncanny quirk In the lucl,
that came in the ninth inning gave the
BOSTON Braves another victory over
the Philadelphia Athletics by n score
of i to O. and the graybeards OF the
game say that this strange uuirk came
because 1t has been written that the
boston Braves Shall be the champions
OF the baseball world.
Men are still debating that play to-
night as the scene OF the worlds series
shirts TO Boston. and doubling that
they VIII be called upon to return to
Philadelphia for acknowledgement games.
The star of the American League
seems to be slowly sinking. Eight
innings of a bitter pitching battle be-
tween Eddie Plank, the 'Gettysbure
Gatling.' last OF the Athletic ..old
guard" and Bill james, the giant
young Brave from the far Northwest,
had passed. anh while 1t was plain to
be seen thaS the Bostonians were slow
ly cutting down the veteran from be-
hind their breastworks of six feet
three OF youthful bone and sinew. the
Mackmen were at no disadvantage as
the ninth came on.
Rabbit Maranville was quickly re-
tired on roller to BLACK jack
Barry. accounted one of the safest.
surest and steadiest men of his time
Then Charley Deal, who got into the
Brave lineup only because "Red''
Smith broke his leg just before the
series opened. and who had done no
hitting up to this time. drove a liner
over Amos Strunks head to deem
centre.
Strunk seemed to misjudge the ball
he started forward, then commenced
70 stagEer backward as the drive kept
moving onward and gathering force
Finally the ball landed In the grass
Wen out OF Amos's reach, and Deal
reached second. A moment later. as
James came to bat, Walter Schang. the
Athletic back stop, noted that the
oase runner was playing very far of
the middle bag.
While many spectators thought this
was bit of stupid base running. by
Deal for taking such a long lead of
second, they forgot he had pulled that
identical play earlier in the game. and
boston players claim he has been pull
Ing 1t on National League catchers all
season.
1t, therefore, takes rank as most
brilliant manoeuvre, and had much to
do with the turn of the game, as 1t
seemed to upset the Athletics infieid.
schnne Whips Hall to Second.
AS Plank blazed side-arm slant
across the letters on Bill James's
chest. Schang whipped the ball down to
second, to catch Deal mapping. and
Barry took the throw. Instead of
trying to return to second. however,
Deal, tore on toward third. 1t may
be that m"'en fear OF the wrath to
come frcia ..e glowering figure of
George Stallings, on the bench of the
Braves. lent wing to his heels, but 1t
seemed to the spectators that he would
be sure out.
To the Amusement OF every one,
Barry did not throw to Baker. Ho
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