El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-21

TEw YORK. oct e1-The Athletics
Nj aren't through. The Braves trimmed
- ,reat Athletic machine still is intact.
still rossessed OF the terrific power OF oid.
sun able to crush n-arly every opponent
me Etbletics were outcIassed in the
worlds series and this has caused Ilaly
persons to believe that the Erand ol1 -, -
chime has lost its drive and Its smashing
force But such a belief is erroneous ne
Athletics today are Just as good as lh-y
80 IN 1910 1911 and in 1913. when they
crushed the Cubs and the Giants 1hey lcsl
+r5g ,-sa- because they met q better team
They were beaten by a team travelling at q
clip that no power IN baseball could stop
The Athletics Iost-but not without non2r.
affer the most bitterly contested series IN
The world history The Braves tiuinpIAe4
largely because lhe. plass - -
and partly because the Athlellgs. over ~
ious. threw away many natllns clsa -liit,.-5i
The Athletics were beaten ID! ~. - -
game through an error IN inc Jl-s-l-e'i. -. "
their manager. They were beaten in Two
Others By remarkable. almost lillracl lous
plays by Walter Maranvllle' the Dl1'e7
Sh0l's'0P Athletics still Strong
And So lust because they were beaten
four games in a row. IS no fe $500, ~ No.
still are in our midst. ranHlnE - one -
the most wonderful uasepaLl -l-a-ll-l-79 -
ms Tbe - B-Sves travelling at the clip they set
IN me world series games. could have oe1t-
IN anv collection Of baseball PLAYERS IN Inc
r-1rTT- Probably il would have taken them
more than four games TO beat an olLLil tp-ll-
posed Of all stars. such as JACKSON Speai,eL'
Tobb Walter johnson. Mathewson, Iesreau.
Daubert Collins. Baker and Few others OF
the same type. bat they would nave peateh
them ultimately The Braves were the IRE
sistible force
Picked the Braves.
In my preseries stuff. IL may be reln2Irl-
bered IL was pointed out that the Braves
had mighty fine chance 10 Wih. IL We
stated that the Braves, as a rnachlle. com
pared fav0rabIy with the A-hletlcs- AS
choice was the Braves. y because had seen
them in action several Slnes during their
,-bi-Iv-fnd rush from the bNttom 20 the top
And my predictions came true Inc Braves
won. and in the most decisive fashion pos
But Just because they beat the Athletics
IS no reason for anyone TO believe thaL tEe
Athletics have gone back me Fhllaue--
pnians rank as the greatest hitting team IN
baseball history. But in that series Inelr
war clubs were almost useless before the
MAGNIFICENT pitching Of the Boston trio me
Athletics exhibited the worst display OF Elt-
ting Judgment that ever has been seen IN a
world series battle
Athletics Were Over Anxious.
The Athletics were over anxious at the
beyond any question OF doubt that they
were batting wonders And their anxiety
led them into pitfalls They swung at every
thing that offerec-and the brainy Boston
pitchers offered them. in the mai1. the kind
OF balls they couldn't hit with any degree
OF success
praise and all the glory that goes with a
victory so decisive ard wonderful
theirs No one should take from the Braves
any OF the ful merit Tor their victory by
saying that they beat a team that IS disrn-
Mack Is BasebaII's Brainiest Man.
Connie Mack went into the 1914 worli's
series with fandom hailinE him as the
craftiest, brainiest man in baseball He
emerged with the fans wondering II the
halls were justified. for Connie in the four
battles against the Braves. made four bones