The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-14
BOSTON BRAVES
NEW CHAMP|0NSOF
BASEBALL WORLD
Defeat Athletics in Fourth
and Final Battle of
Great Series.
GfeaC series.
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about a tie for interleaguo honors,
since American League and National
clubs, each have won five champion
Ship pennants. The American League
Victories and the clubs that won them
follow:
1905, Chicago.
1910, Philadelphia.
1911, Philadelphia.
1912, Boston.
1913, Philadelphia.
- The National League triumphs were
Won:
l9O5. New York.
81. 1907. Chicago.
2 1905. Chicago.
- 1909, Pittsburgh.
1914, Boston.
MACK ALSO STUMDLI3S
OVER FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Connie Mack. the Athletics leader,
Is tho only manager who has won three
worlds championships. anu he appears
to have stumbled over tho mystic
fourth Just as Managers McGraw, Jen-
nings and Chance have failed to win
four league pennants in row.
The final game was the least eN-
citing OF the series. There were few
brilliant fielding features that are not
seen in games during the league sea-
son. Meanwhile made great stop and
throw on hard hit ball by Collins.
and Mann brought cheers on fine run
iiing catch In the outfield.
The batting also was of the ordinary
Kind. Whitted got two singles. Moran
made a double, and Evers, Schmidt and
Rudolph each got base hit. Scven
OF the ten men in the game for the
former worlds champions made n hit
Those failing to connect were Murphy,
schanG and Pennock Tho latter was
at bat only once The hits made by
Walsh and Shawkey were two-base
drives. --,.-~
Rudolph struck out seven men, his
~, M.
Barry, Shawkcy aud Schang, the latter
twice.
There were but three strike outs
against Boston-Evcrs. Schmidt and
Gowdy falling victims to Pennocks
fast curves. Shawltey gave two bases
on balls In the five innings he pitched,'
and Pennock also gave two. Rudolph
gave one base on balls and made one
wild pitch.
The new champions cXcclled the hth-'
lstics In hitting, but not i'm fielding.
BOSTON made total of sixteen runs Ia
the four games, thirty three hits for u
tbtal OF Rfty-six bases and four errors.
The Athletics gathered only six runs.
made twenty-five hits Tor a total of
thirty-one bases. and three errors.
Boston played one errorlcss game and
the Athletics two. ut oaday's contest
was the first IN; thief last four worlds
.eries, IN which both teams played
without error.
Evers made seven singles in the Sc
,ies. Gowdy had six hits, for total
OF fourteen bases Schmidt made five
Fits, and Baker made four hits In the
four games, Murphy three; Collins,
three; Schang, two; Mclnnis, two, anu
Strunk, two.
ENTHUSIASM FURNISHES
TiiRII.i.ING CLIMAX
Despite the rather mediocre play OF
The final game, the enthusiasm OF the
thousands Of spectators. furnished Il
thrilling climax when the last Athletic
WAS put out, and championship honors
were assured for the Braves. Cheering
thronGs piled out Of tho stands and
bleachers, and rushed across tho field to
the Boston bench, but the Mackmen
were first to the dugout, and were
shaking hands and congratulating their
late opponents before the first of the
fans reached the scene. Once the
crowd gathered force. the police had
difficulty in holding II in check. Gowdy
Meanwhile, Evcrs and other heroes of
the series, We're lifted on tho fans
I shoulders while a roar OF applause
went UP that could be heard on Boston
Common.
:. The Royal hooters brigade formed,
3nd with the band and it's Indian clad
leaders at the head, marched around
Che field. cheering the empty Benches
Where but Il few minutes ago the Mack
men had conferred on the last bit OF
baseball strategy, and then Joined the
thousands paying homage to the
Braves. Mayor Curley. President Gaff-
ncy and Manager Stallings all made
short speeches in response to the
cheers.
Weather conditions were not as good
as on preceding days. The temperature
had taken sharp drop over night, and
Mayors and fans awokc to find the
tang of autumn in the air, and con-
ditions more suitable for football than
baseball.
Because Of the shortness of the series
the club owners and National Commits
sion divide Il smaller sum than in any
worlds series since 1910. The attend
ance at to-day's game was S4.3G3. and
the receipts, s62,G53. Or this sum the
players received S3S,S32.62; the club
owners, S22,551.0S. and the National
Commission. sG,eco.30.
u Total attendance for the series was
l11'0o9; receipts, s226,739: players
share. sl2l.900.9i; each clubs share,
S40.GS2.5S, and the National Commits
sions proportion, S22,673. AS winners.
the Boston players receive 60 per cent
Of s12l. o00.a4 or s73.l4056. while the
athletics, as losers, get s4S.760.3S.
TwENTy-sIN PLAYERS
ELIGIBLE TO SHARE
z OC the Boston club. twenty-six play
crs are eligible TO share in the prize
money, giving each man s2,S13.1O
sHouX tne money he divided equally.
OF tile Athletics. twenty-four players
are entitled to divide the losers end
which would give each Mackman ST.
( q3l.GS. on a share and share alike basis
The players of neither club have, as
Yet. notified the National Commission
hlst how the money Will be divided
The players received less money than
has fallen TO thor lot since the series
OF 1910 Each of the four umpres re-
ceives $1,000. The money coming from
the National Commissions percentage
Z of the profits.
BOTH SIDES QUICKLY
Nh RETIRED IN FIRST
Rudolph. opened the game By groov-
: ptg strike on Eddie Murphy The
Hext was ball Murphy drove the
4 third one straight at Evers, and was
out al first. Oidring, who has been a
& IGOR performer with the bat in the Sc
ises, sent up a high foul to Gowdy.