The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-03


Washington 5 Philadelphia g.
He has won the remnants in 1891
and 1892 for the sautoso Rey, Cal,
team. Then he went to Augusta,
Ga, and won q pennant for them
in 1898, going to Nashville in 1895
and winning the pennant there. In.
| 1904 and 1906 he won pennants for
Buffalo, n. Y, clubs six times from
l1891 to 1906 he won pennants AMI
in other six years his club finished
second, certainly a good showing
StalIings managed the New York
Yankees in 1911 and brought them
from the bottom well into the first
division But he was deposed and
the club has never amounted to
anything since StaIlings took hold
OF the braves in 1913. They looked
like hopeless lot of tail-end propo-
sition. He landed them in fifth
place despite fact that he was away
from them for quite a time owing to
illness.
What he has done with the 1911
Braves is history.
Braves Not Far Behind Athletics i'm
Stealing Bases
New York. Oct. 3.The impress
sion that exists that the Athletics
far overshadow the Braves in base
running is erroneous.
The Athletics have the edge hut
the edge il small
FNandom took squirt at the num-
Der of stolen bases credited TO
Eddie Collins of the athletics and ut
once concluded that all the other
Athletics were likewise. They arm -
nor anywhere near it. Collins, as q
base runner. is a marvel, but none Of
his teammates are anywhere near his
Glass; The other Athletics are just
ordinary base runners.
Collins. with a record of so stolen
bases up to Monday, has lead OF 16
over johnny Evers, the best base
stea1er OF the Braves. And 1t IS thai
edge of 16 fbasses that gives the Ath-
Ietics their main ase-running adj
vantage.
The Athletics up to Monday, have
averaged 2s17 stolen bases per game.
The Braves average Is Is. Should
the world series run, six games and
11cD4l, +1,a,,,,, 49,, ~ -. -
ing averages during the series. the
result would be that the Athletics
will steal approximately f3 bases and
the Braves il. Is there such won
derful edge on that2
There's more than an even chance |
that the two teams will not maintain
their base stealing average during
the world series not With GoWdy
and schang in perfect form. Both
rank as the hest young catchers IN
their respective leagues. OF the two
Sehang is the better al round catch
err but he hasn't any real advantaga
over Gowdy in throwing.
The Boston youngster, REGARDED
as mere novice at the beginning OF
the season, has come to the front
with rush. His catching has been
bne Of the great factors in the squirt
Of the braves that gave Bosfonians
the pennant.
iGoWdy il a fine general He ts
heady and cool. and has almost IN
canny Judgment as to what balls to
sign for. Time and again during the
dash of the Braves, when the opposl-
ton had the Braves pitchers In badI
hole. Gowdy would signal for GER
tain ball and the pitcher would shake
his head. Again Gowdy signaIled,
and finally, and with reluctance, the
pitcher delivered the ball that GoWdy /
called for. invariably the ball was
a fooler. The great trio Of Boston
pitchers has come to the point nov
where it relies implicitly IN Gowdy !
Judgment and the success Of. the
Braves speaks volumes for GoWdy.
Schang, in addition TO being q
great backstop, is a dangerous play
.er at the bat. His drives, invariably
are long ones, and when he connects
with ball it usually goes to the ex-
IRENE edge of the field. Like Gowdy,
he is fine general, and has been
great help to Connie iMack's young
pitchers
In this battle TO come, the Athlet-
les have the edge in the catching de-
partment, but it is slight, and main
" thru Sehang's superiority asa hit
ter.