Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13

but Moran, however, walked, thanks to a
couple of fine balls which his majesty,
the so-call~d best umpire in the Ma
tional Les ue, saw fit to call otherwise.
E.vers fol- we'd this up with a sharp sin
gle to ri-ut, which put a man on third
and one on first. Connolly's long fly to
Walsh eqsily allowed tn" diminutivc Bos-
ton night fielder TO score the tying run,
and once again our seeming advantage
was eclipscd 10y the perseverance OF tn"
relentless Braves.
Nothing doing for either side in the
eleventh. James having taken uD where
Tyler left off and Bush still continuing
for us.
In the 18TH Eddie Murphy again Offered
MS an opening but neither myself nor Nc
Innis was equal 10 the emergency, Baker
having been walked purposely in the
meantime. 1t was fast getting dark when
Boston went to bat in their half, and il
was n clnch that this would be the last
inning that could possibly he played.
Lanky' Gowdy was the first man up,
and as it turned out he might lust as
well had been tho last. because II Is to
him, and to him alone, that the Braves
owe nIne-tenths Of their present advan-
taGe over us. lust as though II We're a
habit, he doubled to left.
say for the love Of Mike what can't
YOU ht?" asked Barry Of the tail mask
man rs he smliugly logged to second.
them out. fast ones look like duck soup
and now you kill a slow ball What do
YOU hit during the season." I overheard
our shOrtstop ask Gowdy. in the interim
that followed, while tn" board Of strategy
got in its work on the Boston bench when
Gilbert was sent M 70 hit in place OF
James. "Oh. about .2i",' smilingy re-
piled the jubilant Brave "Well, ! guess
you must have saved all your hits for us,
judging the way you are going against
us" was all that Barry could answer
DOPE ALL RIGHT, BUT
It was decided by us TO pass Gilbert
intentionally. which would enable us TO
make a force play at third, "a it was al
most 100 to / shot that Moran, the fol-
lowing batter, would hunt our deduction
Of the play was o. X. but its execution
n. K, as Bush was late I'm getting over
10 the third base line TO field MOran's
hunt, and his throw which ought 10 have
retired Mann, running for Gowdy, at
Bakers station was necessarily hurried
and wild, and as a result game 40. 3 was
gone by the board. aS far as the Athletics
are concerned. There is no good of max
ing any excuses. because the result will
remain unchanged regardless of what
might have been.
/ am only repeating when ! say that
IL was GOWdE who was again mainly
instrumental I'm our downfall, and 20 him
Is due the lions share of the credit for
Boslon's victory In this worlds series
We have learned what il Is not 10 get
the breaks although / guess II is true
Of every team that loses 70 think tnat
same way Bush pitched a Credita0le
game a game which ought 10 have won
for him nine times out OF ten In the
fielding line We again more than held
I.fFf
noticeable by their absence, whereas their
conspIcuousHess was only TOO evident
among the Braves for our comfort. If
the Braves can win three straight why
can't we2 This Is the way 20 look al it,
] guess / must be a hard loser, because
even If we should lose tomorrow I would
never be convinced they are a better bail
club than ours. We nave "a lighting
chance left and YOU can bet that we are
going 10 make tine most of il, and If We
lose we are al least going 10 have the
satisfaction that We died a-hghJiHg.