The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-21
DEFEAT BY BOSTON
LEAVES ATHLETICS
GREAT NINE INTACT
Mackmen Still Possess Ter
rifle Power to Beat Down
Most Teams-Braves I'm
beatable in Series.
By FRANK G. MENkE,

NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-The Athlet-
les aren't through. The Braves trim
med them four times in a row. but
the great Athletic machine still is in
tact, still possessed Of the terrific
power of old, still able to crush nearly
every opponent that stands in its way.
The Athletics were outclassed in
the world series and this has caused
many persons to believe that the
grand, old machine has lost it's drive
and its smashing force. But such a
belief is erroneous. The Athletics to-
day are just as good as they were in
1910, in 1911 and in 1913, when they
crushed the Cubs and the Giants.
They lost this year because they met
team that was their peer; they were
beaten by team that was travelling
at a clip that no power in baseball
could stop.
Lose With Honor.
The Athletics lost-but not without
honor. They were beaten, but they
were beaten only after the most bit
terly contested series in the world
history. The Braves triumphed large
ly because they played better baseball
and partly because the Athletics, over
anxious, threw away many batting
chances The Athletics were beaten
the third game through an error in
the judgment Of their manager. They
were beaten in two others by remark
able, almost miraculous plays by Wal
ter Maranville the Braves short stop.
And so, because they were beaten
four games in a row is no reason to
heave sighting remarks at the Ath-
letics. They still are In our midst,
ranking as one OF the most wonderful
baseball machines of this age or any
other.
The Braves. travelling at the clip
they set in the world series games.
could have beaten any collection of
baseball players in the world. Prob
ably it would have taken them more
than four games to beat an outfit COM
posed of all-stars, such as Jackson,
Speaker, Cobb, Walter Johnson, Math-
ewson, Tesreau. Daubert, Collins,
Baker and few others of the same
type, but they would have beaten them
ultimately. The Braves were the FIRE.
sistable force.
Dope Favored Braves.
IN our pre-series stuff, it may be re-
membered we pointed out that the
Braves had mighty fine chance to
win. 1t was stated that the Braves as
a machine, compared with the Ath-
letics Our choice was the Braves,
because we had seen them in. action
several times during their whirlwind
rush from the bottom to the top. And
our predictions came true. The Braves
won, and in the most decisive fashion
possible.
But Just because they beat the Ath-
letics is no reason for any one to be-
lieve that the Athletics have gone
back The Philadelphians rank as the
greatest hitting team in baseball his
tory But in that series their war
clubs were almost useless before the
magnificent pitching OF the Boston
trio The Athletics made them utter
]y useless by exhibiting the worst dis
play OF hitting Judgment that ever has
been seen in a world series battle.
Praise to Boston.
The Braves won--and they deserve
all the praise and all the glory that
goes with victory so decisive, and SO
wonderful as theirs. No one should
take from the Braves any Of the full
merit for their victory by saying that
they beat a team that is disintegrat-
ing. They didn't beat such team.
They beat the same team that swept
through to victory in the world series
OF 1910, 1911 and 1913 in such easy
fashion. The Braves beat the team
that until their coming ranked as the
greatest In baseball history They
beat the wonderful Athletics, because
they proved themselves just a bit
more wonderful.