Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-27
Braves Due For Lacing in Big Series
Mackmen Seem Too CLASSY for Champs
Pitchers Must Crack for Connie to Lose
Comparison OF Teams; Collectively and Individuality Shows
Athletics Haze Cass-Euers and MoranUWe Only CLASSY
Men With StaLings Braues.

Athletics or Braves in the world
series?
This is the question baseball fans
are asking each other today.
Like every other question, opinions
differ. In some cases, especially among
the partisans of the rival clubs, who
cut the big melon next month, why's
and wherefores are advanced showing
the Stallings or Mack machines super
ior at every angle of the game.
Dozens of strong points can easily
be made for either club. Among the
Braves followingt here is nothing to
the series. Stallings' men are all
youngsters is one feature of the argu
ment. They have courage. If they
didn't possess this requisite they could
not have crushed the Giants. And
so far as brains is concerned isn't
Evers one of the geratest thinkers in
the game?
Arguments can also be heard by the
hour as to the prowress of James, Ty'-
er and Rudolph. Comics hitssmiths,
to hear the Boston partisan tell it, will
face different brand of twirling than
that offered by Mathewson, Marquard,
Teereau and Demaree in the two pre-
vious sets of games.
Boston, because of the sensational
spurt-from last place on July IS, to
the top on Sept. 5-breaking all mod
ern records, naturally has the admira-
ton of the fans. In a way, the Stallings
crowd is the underdog in the big bat
tie.
When the two clubs are strung out
on the field, however, sympathy and
dope cuts no figure. 1t is real good
ball playing that is going to land one
or the other worlds champions.
Athletics Undoubtedly
Have Shade On Braves.
But when all of the arguments are
stripped of the ever-ready "if," there
is no denying the fact that Connie
Mack has what is regarded the ball
club of the country. Collins, Bender,
Baker, Plank & Co., have repeatedly
proven they are in a class by them
selves, and it is because of this show
ing they rule odds-on favorites.
OF course, Boston has chance,
real good chance, but it is difficult
| task to find the Braves as real trouble
some opponents if one attempts to an
alyze the two clubs, collectively or
individually.
Collectively, Mack's crowd stand out
in the light. Individually, McInnis is
a better man than Schmidt the Braves
first sacker. Evers' brains hardly Off
sets Collins ability to hit run, field
and think. No less an authority on the
sport than John j. McGraw conceded
Collins the worlds greatest all player
year ago. At short, Meanwhile, SEN
sation of the National League is not
better than Jack Barry. Over at third
base, there is positively no class be-
tween Red" Smith and "Home-Run"
Baker, while the outfeld shows Old
ring, Strunk and Walsh overlapping
Moran, Mann, Gilbert, Whitfield, Con-.
molly & Co., as major Lacquer does a
Glass A player.
Behind the bat, the argument is
much the same. Whaling and Gowdy,
good catchers, it is true, but there is
Schang, Lapp and Thomas, and the
dope shows Schang so good that Thorn
as continues to wear out a uniform on
the bench year after year.
How James, Tyler and Rudolph will
compare with Bender, Plank and Bush
is, of course, open to argument, but at
this time Comics only chance to lose
the series is for his veteran pitchers,
Bender and Plank. to crack.
Stallings' Men Beat
Punctured Machine.
The Braves deserve lot of credit
for the remarkable race they. have