Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-10
QUAKERS BROOD
OVER DOWNFA ALL
OF ATHLETICS
Baseball Fans Still Gloomy on
Account of Defeat of Chief
Bender.
BOSTON RoOTERS WANT 7
TO S; 0UAkERS OFFER oTo s
Evers Praises StaIlings and Ru-
doIph for First Win Over
Athletics.
RYL. p. N. .

SH1RE PARK, Phl1adelphla, fa.'
Oct. 1O.-old William Penn and all
the little Penns are sorrowful sights
today This is the early MONDAY
complexion of the sun. Later on,
when this days toll is over, things
may be different, but just now it is
gloom, gloom, gloom with the natives
of this quiet little town down here.
Following the rout yesterday of
their great ball team, the fans dom
know where they are at. They are
endeavoring to keep stiff upper lip,
but it is a hard job The poor old
Philadelphians are sick at heart. and
there isn't any two ways about it
The Athletics were licked" to a
"fare-the welT' yesterday, and the
blow was bad in its effect.
The town that sleeps so often when
ether towns are wide-awake is snor~
ing its head off late today. The ma
tives will be at the game this after
noon in full blast, but they'll be a
very pensive assemblage unless their
bali team does something startling TO
wake them up again.
The downfall of Chief Bender IS
one of the main topics of discussion
here. Sympathy is expressed all
who has won so many battles FOR
his team. He has been world y
series hero for years, though; now
he is a fallen idol.
He Is popular with everybody, and
everybody has a kind word for him.
Hope lis expressed that he will come
back yet. Those who should know
declare the chief is doomed.
Chief Bender May "come Back"
He did not have thing, as the
saying goes, yesterday, and he was
especially prepared for the first
great battle. He may come back
with a few days rest, but he is an
''old Bird and these "eld birds" do
not recover like the young fellows,
with youth and spirit and determine
ton in their favor. Bender has beeu
sent often in these worlds series af-
fairs and he has always come out
whole I'm the battle yesterday ne
was battered to pieces.
WitnoH6 Bender 10 depenu aSos@s I
is figured that Connie Mack is In a
hole. He has Eddie Plank, of course,
and there is Rube DressIer his other
southpaw. and Joe Bush, who made
good against the Giants last year.
and Bob Shawkey and Weldon Wyck-
ofY who did fairly well yesterday.
but outside of Plank these men are
only experiments, of course. one OF
the Youngsters may come through as
a hero, but in any event Il is one
big, long chance, one big, long guess.
Mack is weak in the pitchers box,
and that's where he will lose the
series If the series is to be lost to
Philadelphia.
If Philadelphia is in gloom for her
beaten Athletics. the Boston crowd is
oh be- joyful over the success Of
the Braves Dick Rudolph is the
hero. of course but he Is sharing
the honors with Hank Gowdy, who
led the team in batting yesterday.
Rudolph pitched, according to all ex-
perts here, one of the greatest games
in the history of the worlds series.
He not only fooled the murderous
batting of the Philadelphia team, but
he laughed In their faces while doing
It, He Is young and strong and
merry, and there appears to be no
good reason why he can't come back
Monday at Boston and repeat his
brilliant performance of the opening
game,
Boston Team In Favor.
The whole Boston team is in high
favor here, from playing stand
point. No matter how strong the
supporters of the Athletics may be,
they are free to admit that the Braves
played the champions off their feet
and beat them at eve> turn of the
game. For the time the Staliings
crew must be considered the better
team.
IT Is admitted. of course. that a
team that doesn't hit looks weak
against a hitting team, but still.
allowing for everything, the Braves
not only hit the ball, but they
landed the game in a most artistic
manner. The consensus of opinion is
that If the Bostons play as well
throughout the series as they did yes
terday Ii won't take more than five
games to settle this years champion-
ship.
George Stallings is becoming reg
ular fighting man. and he has on his
war paint for fair. Numerous efforts
have been made to bring the Boston
manager and Connie Mack together
and patch Atlp their difference, but
Stallings insists that Mack is a
''cheap sport Mack refuses to dis
cuss Stallings at all. He is follow
ing his quiet, easy way of doing
things, and refuses to get into any
controversy. 1t is believed that IL
Boston wins Stallings will make
up with Mack, but if Boston is
beaten Stallings, II is feared will
carry his animosity to blows. This
is to be a bitter series-a bitter fight
and it should not be surprising IL
something happened.
Evers Praises Teammates.
Joanny Evers is not taking any of
tine credit upon himself for the
Braves victory of yesterday He is
giving most of the credit to Stallings
and to Rudolph and he always adds,
''and don't forget the other boys on
the team all did their share to carry
the day"
Notwithstanding the Braves great
showing yesterday, the betting on
the series has changed mighty little.
The bettors are offering to that
the Athletics will win the series, but
the Boston hackers are asking to
5. Even at these odds there is not
much Boston money in sight. On to-
days game the betting Is to 5 that
the Athletics win if Plank pitches,
but 1t is only even money If any
of the other Mack pitchers is sent
into the box.
In any event, speculation is light
because of the absence of Boston sup
portcrs. One would think that the
Braves would be a big favorite for
today's game and for the series, but
such is not the case. The New York
gamblers, 1t seems are backing the
Athlekics and the New Workers seem
70 have all the money