The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
ATHLETICS SWEPT
OFF THEIR FEET BY
BOSTON BRAVES
Seem Dazed by Whirlwind
Attack and Wonder
full Defense.
LIKE "BUSH LEAGUERS"
BEFORE REAL ARTISTS
Unless Miracle Happens, Bean
caters Will Be Next
Champions.
BENDER KNOCKED OII1' OJ- RDy
BENDER KNOCKED OUT OF BOX
Result of First Game Cadscs Big
Reversal I'm Betting
Odds.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.] J


PHILADELPHIA. October e.-The
Graves met tho Athletics here this at
:ernoon before 2o.5e2 fans In the first
battle for the baseball championship OF
the world. and beat them to pulp. /
They outclassed the American League
champions in practically every depart |
r'ent OF the game. and the result never
vas In doubt after the second inning.
The Braves. playing the kind OF base
ball that lifted them from the bottom 10
the top of the National League. swcpt
the Athletics off their feet with their
whirlwind attack and their wonderful
defense at critical moments The Ath- |
:etics seemed dazed by the onslaught,
and there was something almost pa
'hetlc In the way they took their beat
ing.
The Braves to -dny looked like one of
the greatest ball tenms ever welded to-
aethcr. The Athletics, wonderful as
they may be. seemed like bush league
performers In comparison with the !
iashing Bostonians. Unless some base
bali miracle happens, or the Braves
show great reversal from the form
tney displayed to-day, they will be the
next champions of the baseball world.
The Athletics Tonight seem stunned
by their defeat, The worst blow of all
WAS. .lhat Bender, their pltcilinss star.
and the man WHO is regarded as the
greatest money" pitcher. In the world,
was knocked out OF the box. II was the
hrst time that Bender has ever been
removed from u world series, and the
psychological effect bodies i'll for the
AthletiSs' chanccs.
The defeat Of the Athletics day
Las caused s big reversal in the bet
ting odds The Braves, who were on
The short end OF the > Ito 4 before the
battle. are now ) to faroritea for the !
series. And there's mighty little Ath-
letc money in sight Tine odds pre-
vailing tonight are 3 TO that the
Braves VIII win the game tomorrow,
with Athletic supporters, SO confident
before. asking for better odds
"NI:AS-HFrrING" BRAVES
KNOCK BENDER OUT
The weak hitting Braves. drove |
Bender from the mound in the fifth |
inning with fusillade OF blows. They
slammed his fast ball and his curves
with equal case almost from the start
of the game. and not one OF the hits
made off the great Indian pitcher WAS
Of nnkey nature. Every one was a
whistling drive. two OF them being
for doubles and two others for TRIPLES
in al. the Braves made eiGht hits and
siN runs off the Indians delivery during
the five and one-third innings that he
worked
Rudolph, the midget Boston pitcher
.wirled one OF the greatest games OF
his career. He never was in danger
throughout the battle and he kent !
his hits scattered.
The five hits that the Athletics made
were scattered over as many innings.
Rudolph had tho heavy-hittinc Ath
letics breaking their backs on his slow
ball, tanning eight. including Collins |
and Baker.
The Athletics showed the poorest hit
ting Judgment ever exhibited in n
worlds series battle Rudolph seemed
to ha vs5 them iiypuotized. Early in thei
game he noticed that they were swing
ing at-and missing-low balls and
high ones. They didn't wait for them
to come over the plate. From that
time on Rudolph did not aim to get
them over the plate. What was the use J
OF growing them when a groove ball ,
wasn't necessary to get the Athletics
TO swing? Rudolph discovered that the
Athletics would offer at any kind of n
bali that came within three feet of the
plate, and that's the kind he fed them. |
Result: eight strike-outs
Those batters who didn't strike out |
but went out via some other route, |
usually had two strikes on them before
they connected with the ball.
When the second inning ended, the
game was practically over. as far as
the Athletics were concerned. The
Braves had found" Bender--and Ru, |
dolph was mystery to the demon
cloutcrs OF the American League out
fit. The Braves. confident and gingery
away rrcm the Athletics from that
moment OH.
While the big Boston contingent,
headed by Honey Boy Fitzgerald, for
mer Mayor of Boston, whooped things
up for the Braves. the big crowd of
Athletic fans and fannes sat back ir.
gloom. They had admitted the posi-
billty of defeat by the Braves-a rare
possibility, in their minds--but they
never for moment thought 1t would
be such a runaway victory. And the
way the Braves overshadowed the
home team was a shock to the home
fans /
BRAVES PROVE GREAT
AS BASE-RUNNERS
The Braves, regarded as the poorest
base-runners In the National League,
stole three bases on Schang, who has
the reputation of being one of the best
throwing catchers In either league
They executed a double steal In the |
eighth inning, as Maranville famed,
and Schmidt scored. The Athletics
didn't steal n base.
= The Athletics fielded in faultless
style,while the Braves piled up brace
Of errors. Yet both were OF an ex-
cusable nature. In the seventh Baker
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