The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-04
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SECOND STORY woBBLY
May Conceal Some Real strength, 90
Expert Advises Picking Winners
When Series Ends,
Not Before.

by Hal Sheridan. written for the
United Press.1
NEW YORK, Oct 3-.Johnny Evers
has been voted the most valuable
player to his team in the National
league, and will be awarded horse
less carriage. OF course a number OF
other players have been OF vast as
sistance to the Braves. but 1t would
have taken ten or twelve buzz-carts
if an attempt had been made to re-
ward all the Giants who laid down
and died just at the time their king
and their country needed them most,
and thus evacuated first place and
surrendered the pennant without a
struggle.
without Johnny in the lineup is all
that Is necessary to carry any argu-
ment to the advantage OF the Trojan
when values are being discussed.
Without Evers at second the Boston
in-field looks about like any other
garden variety that may be viewed in
a dozen ball lots. Little Rabbit Mar
awhile is wonder. at shortstop but
he fairly flashes with Evers on the
other side of the keystone sack.
The Braves lost two and won one
TO the Giants in the last two days with
Eyers out of the lineup. With Johnny
operating at his station on two prev
ious days they won two games and
tied one. 1t is true that in the last
game Butch Schmidt was also absent
from first and Gowdy was given rest
from service behind the bat but the
poised steady defense of the Braves
is missing without Evers. II any
thing should happen to the Trojan In
the coming scrap with the Athletics,
the Mackian artillery would have
every chance OF blowing up the Braves
defenses and putting them to COM
plete rout.
Upon the shoulders OF Rudolph
James and Tyler, rests the task OF
subduing the Mackian sluggers II they
are subduabIe, unless one OF Stallings'
second string bcxmen should become
les fever-it is seriesitis-and uncork
a Babe Adams" or prove as effective
as did young Bush for Mack last
year.
Second String Weak.
In their performances against the
Giants they have not been impressive,
even against the woefully weak at
tack of the Giants. Davis won his
game but Crutcher and Strand were
wobbly.
Four bases on balls. forcing in the
only run the Giants scored. was
Crutcher's effort today, after relieving
Rudolph. Strand took up the burden
after Crutcher had issued another pass
and Marquard drove out single.
This brought the head OF the batting
order up, but Strand worked himself
out when Smith was thrown out at
the plate after weak effort by Beech
er, and Doyle and Grant did no bet
ter. Strand stood the Giants OF dur.
ing the remainder of the game and
issued only two bases on balls. but it
was on Wednesday that Strand got
his. Crutcher was walloped for four
hits In the two and two-thirds In
nings he pitched. Hess came through
in the first game today and held the
Giants OF with one run while his
teammates were gathering four. He
was touched for seven hits after he
took up James job in the fourth, but
the Giants did no concerted firing.
Both James and Rudolph breezsd
along in their three inning workouts
today with everything that was nee
essary and something to spare. They
are ready. Stallings declares that
when the bell clangs this pair. with
Tyler, may be depended upon to
spike the Mackian guns now dominat.
ing everything this side of the Helles.
pont.
Passed Win FOR Them.
The Giants would have won their
second game today If they had not
struck a blow, the four passes OF
Crutcher forcing in the only run so
that the hit by Marquard, the Giants
only safe wallop Of the gas was super
fluous. The Rube was in the throes
of a comeback and yielded only four
scattered knocks.
But in the big blow OF beginning
Friday, Evers will be back at second.
Rudolph, Tyler and James will be
sent away with all sails set for fun
nine inning effort. II the Eackian
machine breaks through the first line
of defenses there are your possibil-
tiles