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Boston Had the Fighting Spirit
and Pepper in the Worlds
Championship Series

ChafnpionShi Series
Ty Cobb, the worlds champion bats
man and believed by many the great
ball player in the world, wrote series
OF articles fer a newspaper syndicate
upon the recent worlds series. With
the keenness of an experienced judge
he picks out the weak points in the
Athletics and explains their defeat
After the Athletics had allowed the
fighting Braves to come from behind
and win the third game of the series,
Cobb said
The Athletics are what call sue.
cess-worms, so satiated with successes
that when they met a nervous young
team which was upon its toes In this
series and found that the Boston club
could stand up against them, they did
not have reserve force enough to rally
and stave off defeat Tonight, for the
first time, figure the Athletics a
beaten club in this series.
AS / have said before, the Athletics
went into this series fun or confidence
and shy on pepper, as developments
have. proved. The Boston club went
at 1t determined to- fight to q finish,
and it has outgamed the Athletics AT
every start. Up until today figured
that once the Philadelphia club got in
front. it would not be caught, but what
the Braves did today excluded this
belief.
The Athletics have not done any,
thing radically wrong in the series
nor have they done anything radically
brilliant. On the other hand, the
Braves pulled bones today and then
came back with the most spectacular
work of the series.
The Boston club has evidently d.
rected its game at Collins in this Sc
ries, Stallings figuring him rightly tC
be the most dangerous man on Mack's
club. Once today the Braves passed
up Collins to take crack at Baker
Yet IL was Collins and McInnis today
who seemed to be holding the club
together. Outside of Collins, Schang
Murphy and McInnis there has moi
been much hustling on the Philadel
phia club In this series. The failure
of 0ldring and Baker to hit has hurt
the Athletics chance to a great ex
tent, since each has had several OPP
poFtHnities to win games.
In passing j want to point out that
the, game today clearly demonstrated
the honesty Of baseball and the men
who play It. Just before the twelfth
inning began KLEIN and Dineen had q
conference and the players Of both
sides realized that this would be the
final inning whether the tie was brok
en- or not, since il would be necessary
to call the game ON account of dark.
ness after it.
Cut or Another $4,000
When the Athlerics failed to score
In their half Of the inning the Braves
knew they could not be beaten. II
the. game had been a tie it would
have necessitated the playing of anoth,
er game in Boston sure and this would
have resulted in about $4,000 being
added to the receipts, but the Boston
club went in there and fought for that
extra run necessary to win and scored
ii. This meant that there would be
no play-off game OF the tie and II cost
In money about $4,000.
Personally am very glad that the
game did not end In tie, although ]
have naturally favored the American
League Club in my preferences in the
series. II the game had resulted in
a tie lot of croakers would have de.
ciared that it was framed. This is
only enc OF the many proofs that the
game is honest to its core.
In the first part of my. article I said
that the Athletics we're success worms
and that they were careless about lit.
tie details to which they had paid SO
much attention in previous years.
Here is concrete case in that game
today:
Here 10 the Case.
In the twelfth inning Gowdy, the
star of this particular game and the
entire series as well, led off with a
double.
Gilbert was sent to the bat for
James, and the Athletics board OF
strategy at once decided to pass Gil.
bert, to get chance to make force
play at third. II was good baseball.
They figured that Moran, the next
batter, would bunt to- advance Mann,
who was running for Gowdy;
The whole thing worked out as had
been planned except for one little de
tail. Bush neglected to hold Mann
close to second base, so that he would
not get a good start and they would
stand better chance of making the
play to third for him. Moran hunted
and hunted almost perfectly, but Mann
was off for third with the bunt and
Bush had no chance of getting him
there If his throw to the bag had been
perfect instead of elnding Bakers
hands as it did Had Bush held Mann
close to second base the play might
have worked as the Athletics figured
il would.
Then Gowdy in the tenth hit q
home run. Nothing could encourage a
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