The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-10

champion Athletics.
 The victory over the two-to-one Amer ican league favorites was well won no lucky breaks or baseball flukes figuring in the play By sharp, heavy and timely Hitting the Braves piled up an offen- sive lead. which, coupled with Rudolph s sterling box work and the general de- fense of his teammates. left no opening for the Philadelphia clubs attack.
 The Braves were first to score, put t'ng two runs across in the second inning. Whitted walked and scored on a double by Gowdy, who in turn came home on Maranvile's drive to left center.
 The Athletics came back with run in their half of the same inning when Me lnnis was passed and scored on Strunk s single, which Moran let slip through his fingers for three bases.
 In the fifth Gowdy triped to center and came home on Maranviles short hit over Mc1nnis' head Boston clinched the game in the next inning, scoring three runs on Evers' single, Connolly's pass, Whitteds triple to right and Schmidt s single, which was too hot for Barry to hold. Just to show that they could hit other pitchers besides Bender the Braves added another off Wyckoff in the eighth when Schmidt singled, went to third on Gowdys one-base slash and stole home as Maranville famed.
 Weather Conditions Ideal
 Weather conditions were ideal for the ray. The diamond and outfield were dry gnd fast. while warm sun in fieecy sky made wraps unnecessary. Every seat in Shibe park was filled and several thou sand spectators witnessed the contest from stands on housetops which over looked the park. The bleacher stands Tiled almost immediately after the opening of the gates shortly before il o'clock about 1000 men and boys gaining seats be- yond the outfield, while fully twice that number were turned away once the stand was completely occupied. The re- served sections were not thiclkly popu- lated until later. The finishing touch was added to the picture when the Royal Hooters, Boston $ organized roofing corps, marched into the park, headed by their own band ano waving red and blue pennants bearing the word Braves and an Indian head Several leaders wore full Indian wal dress. The battle song, "Tessie," wa: sung repeatedly and the 300 members o
 
 hit or play, and encouraging the team 1T the crucial periods during the second ano seventh innings when Rudolph wayere6 for a moment. When the game ended tn, Royal Rooters paraded around the field singing and snake dancing.
 They finally wound up in front of the Boston bench cheering the team ant players in real college football manner.
 Braves Superior
 Analysed from the angle of cold figures the opening victory of the world series cf 1914 shows that the National league representatives were superior, both col lectively and individually. in every de- partmcnt of the opening game except fielding, where two errors were charged against the Braves while not a single inisplay marred the work of the Ath- letics fielding. The vietors scored seven runs, Il hits and two erl~rs to the losers ore run, five hits and no errors Rudolph famed eight Athletics and walked three Fender struck out three and gave two bases on balls while Wyckoff, who re- licved him, famed two and walked one Brave in the three and two-thirds in- nings. Heavy hitting honors also went to the Boston batters. who totaled 1e tases with Il hits to the Athletics seven on five hits.
 Far more valuable than the capture of the first game is the confidence that came to the youthful aggregation of play ess gathered under the Boston banner, wien they saw the Athletics totter and thsn collapse under fire. Tonight the National league combination actually feel certain of ultimate victory which the players so valiantly proclaimed before the series opened. Until tried Tn world s series they established a new record, for l they drove Chief Bender, the Athletic s surest money pitcher, to the bench, a feat no other club ever accomplished worlds series.
 25,00O See Game
 Fully 25,000 spectators saw the game. While the defeat shortened the betting odds it has not shaken the faith of the average local fan in the ability of the Mackmen to conquer their younger rivals. The official attendance figures gave the paid admissions as 20562, but close to 5000 additional spectators must have witnessed the play from points of vantage sur rounding Shibe park. The gate receipts amounted to $49,6s9, of which the Ma t'onal commission took s4s63.so, the play CTS $26,S05 and the clubs S17S701O
 Tn the distribution of individual honors the lions share went to Rudolph for it was due in great part to his masterly pitching that the Boston club emerged victorious. Except for two short periods he had absolute control
 He mixed speed, curves and slow balls In a bewildering fashion, cutting the corners of the plate and feeding his op- ponents his flatter when danger threaten- ed. It was this slow, deceptive delivery that proved the Mackmens s undoing foI