Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-05
OLD And new IN BIG SERIES
Athletics Veterans, While Braves
but Recent Big Lesguers.
ATHLETICS AN OLD MACHINE
Professional Services of MacLmen
Longest and Bender, Plank,
OIdrinE and Lapp Are Vet
Grams of Both Teams.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4-When the Phila-
delphia Athletics and the Boston Braves
go into action in tho twenty-third series
for the worlds championship base ball
honors the diamond campaign will be
fought out by teams which represent the
old and new in the national sport AL
though the average age Of the leading
players Of the two combinations is not
widely separated, the Athletics machine
is so famous and its success so striking
that It appears old by comparison with
the squad that George Sailing whipped
in shape in midsummer and thus won a
) pennant for Boston. Taking twenty odd
players Of the two teams as a basis II
will be found that the average age Of the
Athletics 10 2615 years and the Braves
AK years.
While less than two years in average
age separates the teams the extremes
are more marked in the Athletics than
the Braves. Plank, Bender, COMBS Old
ring, Lapp and Thomas are all past 30
but the majority of those who will figure
in the daily lineup are several years I'M
der this age, The three youngest play
srs in the squad are the pitchers, Bush,
Pennock and Wyckoff
Advantage of Experience.
The American league representatives
have the advantage In years Of base ball
experience, for the Philadelphia club play
ers average fully a year more in time
spent upon the professional than the
Boston players. The Braves average is
approximately, five years, with Johnny
Evers heading the list with twelve years
OF play. In point OF professional serv-
ice Plank leads the Athletics with thir-
teen years of base ball play and expert
ence at his back. Bender is but one year
behind and several others just fall short
of double figures in their diamond career.
As result the Athletics average is six
years, Notwithstanding the fact that a
number Of comparative youngsters are
marshalled under the Philadelphia flag.
The team whict will act as the stand
ard bearers Of the National league is an
interesting combination of the youth and
the age of the diamond. In some cases
extremes have been blended by Manager
Stallings in artful manner to make of the
Braves a winning team. This fact is
illustrated in two notable cases. Prin-
cipal figures in the scheme of attack and
defense which enabled the Braves TO win
10 the front of the stirring race In the
National league, Johnny Evers, veteran
of nearly 1900 games, a figure prominent
ir the recent history of the sport has
worked in effective collaboration about
second base with Rabbit +N49Tanville
barely more than a boy, playing his sec
ond season with major league club. The
same combination Of old and young is
found in the records Of the men Of the
outficld and OF the pitching staff. These
figures show the oldest member of the
team to be Otto Hess. with thirty-three
years behind him. Almost boy, Paul
Strand, at 10 years is the baby Of the
team
Statistics of Players.
The statistics of the players who are
likely to participate in the worlds series
of 1914 are as follows:
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS.