The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-19
BOSTON BRAVES
 MAKE NEW RECORD

| V t1hNtlb ASNSAAARAA1AS1 s.@S ~-FF- impossible in baseball by climbing from last place lp the National League to the leadership of the league in scarce six weeks time, the Boston Braves are still maintaining tho terrific pace which has made them the idols of the baseball world today and are mere than holding their own with the New York Giants, who are making a game struggle to retain the laurels they have 80 long defended.
 Unprecedented in the annals of ma. for league baseball, the recent accom-. plIshments of stalllng's warriors will go down in the pages of baseball his tory as the most remarkable perform ance of the age.
 To Seattle the Boston showing means much from sentimental stand. point; for among the Braves are a group. of stars who formerly wore Sc. attle uniforms. They are James, Wha- ling ard Mann--but, the greatest of these is James.
 Diving into tho statistical story of Boston's remarkable climb to first place, it is found that not streaks of brllliance has brought them to the coveted position but continuous su. preme effort. From July 6, when the Braves, then in,last place in the leagle, began their remarkable performance, until Thursday of last week. Boston had played 61 games. Forty-six of these they won, many by one run and many more after gruelling, extra ming struggles, scoring 255 runs and making 5O3 hits against the combined efforts of their rivals, to headsthem.
 No partiality was shown by the Braves, then in last place In the league, to the hopes of those teams which sought to stay their progress; for, in. cluded in this string of victories they hold the scalps of each and every team in the National League. Practi- cally every two hits the Braves col lected manufactured arun and an idea of the desperate baseball they have been playing can be gathered from this fact.
 But the chief strength of the Braves during their period of conquest has been in their ability to hold their op' ponents scoreless. One hundred and sixty.seven runs Is the total that the other National League teams have been able to amass from the offerings of the Boston twirlers in the last sey- on weeks; while these same oppo- nents tallled but 332 hits and won, in all, IA games. Never before has this record been equaled.
 From now on the Braves play prac- tically all their games at home and if that is any advantage 1t can be depend ed upon that they will make the best of 1t. The sages of the game, at the head of whom stands Connie Mack, are sincere in their statements that the Braves can not be headed now and, with about 25 more games to play their pennant chances are exception. ally good
 Ty Cobb put Georgia on the base ball map. Mathewson Is responsible for Pennsylvania's baseball fame, but the accomplishments of Bill James, a "made.in-seattle" pitcher, has helped put this burg in the atlases.
 Of the sixty-one games in which Boston has participated since July 6, James, name has been found in the box score on nineteen occasions. He walked to the bench fourteen times with another victory added to his string. Twice during the last ten days he has pitched the crucial game which gave the Braves the lead, the last time a lead they have so far maintained and increased.
 Two games James lost on July 9. when Chicago beat him Il to 3, and on August p when Pittsburgh forged out ahead in to 2 contest. On two other occasions he was relieved in the box with the score against him but his team won and he was not charged with loss. Once he relieved q pitcher when the game was already won. His hitting has been timely and consistent and more than one of his victories have been due to his own husky cloutlng.
 Bert Whaling, another member Of the famous Seattle battery which is startling the National League this year, has also been telling factor 1 in Boston's success. His receiving has been of the finest and few baserunners have run over him. His hitting, for. merly only ordinary; has even i'm. proved over what it was here and his general value to the team has often been commented upon. Leslie Mann, 1 the third member of the trio of Seat tie men who joined the Braves, is al so doing well, his fielding and batting both being up to his usual standard He relieves in the outfeld when left handlers are working against Boston. 4 1. (. < I. {. S,e. A $sSS < < @ < f I% cLAssIFnED ADV I