Evening star., 1914-10-10

Error Allows Score.
A young man named Rudolph, who is
among the smallest men that have ever
gained fame as pitchers, proved to be
the cause of the Athletics undoing. But
for q wobble by Rightfielder Moran. Ru-
dolph would have come out Of this game
with the distinction of having shut-out
the Athletics. AS it was, the only run
charged against him was the result of
the misplay of the fielder referred to.
one Rudolph performed yesterday has
been recorded in the history of the
world series. 1t was the work of an ar
tist. Though diminutive and unimpres-
whole lot about pitching. He reminds
one Of the old masters. Bradburn. Grif-
fifth and Clarkson. He did not pitch a
single ball against the hard-hitting
rivals that did not have a purpose. he
calculated every motion and at all times
displayed great confidence in himself
and gameness besides. Only five times
was he hit safely. Eight men of the op-
position fell before him by the strike
out route, and he walked three. The
Mackmen had but five men left on the
bases, and while there were three situa-
tions which. for an ineffective pitcher,
would have been dangerous. in only
one Of these did the Athletics score. and
then an error gave them the run.
Behind Rudolph the Braves played
brilliantly. they are charged with the
only two errors, and one of these was
ineffective; but their brilliant work on
numerous occasions more than Offset
these misplays.
Chief Bender will remember his debut
against the Braves even after he goes
into retirement. 1t was a memorable
round as If he had never been in better
form. but after that inning he only
shone in spots. and in the sixth inning
suffered the humiliation Of being driven
more than a third retired. His exit no
doubt would have been sooner had it not
been for the sterling work behind him.
Three double plays at critical stages
came plain to Manager Mack that this
was not the Indians day. Bender's trou-
BILE was his lack of control after the
first inning. In his efforts to work the
batters he was constantly getting him
self in a hole and the strain of pitch
ing many balls eventually told on him.
Score In Three Innings.
There were three productive innings
against Bender. The ice was broker
and the way for victory paved in the
very second inning. when two runs
were chased across the plate. There
was a short lull until the fifth, when
another tally crossed. and then in the
sixth three came home before Bender
gave up the controversy. Wyckofr, who
succeeded him, allowed but a single
tally during the remainder of the game
1t was extra-base drives which hurt
Bender, and two Of these were con-
tributed by Gowdy, the Braves big
catcher. who had a perfect record al
the bat.
In the second inning Bender started
poorly and walked Whitted. Schmidt
flied to Oldring. but Gowdy came along
with a screeching two-bagger to left
center, which sent Whitted home. Ma
ranvi1le then scored Gowdy with a
clean drive to center. but a double
play into which Deal hit ended the in
ming. t
1t was in the last half of this inning
that the Athletics looked to have a
chance to tie the score and got their
only run. In trying to work McInnis
Rudolph walked him. Strunk followed
with a hit to right, which Moran al
lowed to get through him. and McIn-
mis- ran all the way home, while Strunk
reached third before the ball could be
recovered. But Rudolph was not dis
couraged. He famed Barry. Schang
drove a sharp grounder to Evers
whose throw beat Strunk to the plate,