Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-10
WHICH TEAM
Will FACE
ATHLETICS?
Mack Sure of Another Pennant
but Race Between Braves and
Giants Is Real Thriller
IBy Latest MALL

II
NEW YORK.-The batteries for tn,
first game of the worlds series will b,
Bender and Sehang and -?
Although 1t will be six more week
before the 1914 campaign closes, tn,
Athletics have practically clinched tn,
American League nag, and il seems
that only a miracle can prevent then
from clashing with either the Giants
or the Boston Braves in October fol
the highest baseball honors.
Connie Mack and his wonderful az
gregation OF diamond stars are so fal
ahead of their nearest riyals-the Bos
ton Red Sox-that all interest has APP
parently disappeared In the American
League race, and all eyes are now 70
cused on the doings of the Nationa
League champions and the sensational
Braves. Nearly every person residins
outside of this city is pulling" for the
Braves to overhaul the Giants and
beat them for the National League
pennant. And there are fans here who
are roofing the same way.
The Braves have three great pitch
ers, perhaps the best in the old league
two wonderful infelders in Evers and
Maranville and a manager that ranks
with the best of them. Each mem
Der of the team is boiling over with
enthusiasm to face the Athletics in
the worlds series, and, besides, while
it has not been announced, it is said
that each player viii be handsomely
rewarded by President Jim Gaffney II
they finish In front.
Have. the Giants gone stale? is a
question often asked now. Apparently
in the last few games at the Polo
Grounds, and especially those against
the Braves, the McGrawItes seemed to
have lost their fighting spirit and at
times their playing was listless. How.
ever, McGraw is not manager who
win allow his players to succumb
peacefully to the attack of the enemy.
The Little Napoleon.. Is ont to set a
new worlds record by winning four
consecutive National League remnants,
and II the Giants fail to accomplish
this feat for him 1t will not be his
fault.
One Of the reasons the Giants are
not far out in front by this time Is
the poor showing of Pitcher Al De-
maree. He has done comparatively
nothing since the beginning OF the sea.
son and in his last few starts has
been routed in the early innings.
The Cartoonist pitched splendidly
last year for the McGrawites and was
considered one of the best youngsters
in the National League. Last year De-
maree won thirteen games and lost
four. This year he has taken part in
twenty-six games and has only won
eight. He is charged with twelve de-
feats.
AS in the previous years, Mathew
son is McGraw's old reliable, and
when all else fails the "Old Master"
Is called upon. 1t was no fault of
Mathewson's that he lost the final
game against the Braves. The
breaks of the games have been
against him in recent starts and there
lies the story Of his four straight de-
feats.
The Braves have been fortunate
enough to have everything in their
favor in their rush pennantward. Stall
ings has been securing nearly all OF
the breaks" However. there Is no
denying that tie leader of the Braves
has built up great team out of
tail-end combination. The record of
the Braves is even more praiseworthy
than that Of the Athletics.
Mack has the greatest baseball ma
chine that ever played together, while
Stallings began the season with a
poor outfit. he got away to a bad
start; everything went against him;
his team went from bad to worse, and
there were several different players in
the lineup each day. The Braves soon
became the joke of the National
League. and out of the first twenty
four games played they won only four.
But after many experiments Stall.
ings found the key to the situation,
and since then the Braves have been
setting the National League on fire
by their wonderful playing. Stallings
is now praised by everybody; his team
attracts big crowds, and in the final
game between the Giants and the Bos-
ton team more than $4,000 fans paid
admission to see the game. This was
the second biggest crowd of the sea.
son at the Polo Grounds.
Stalling's cry just now is Take the
lead" and many fans have taken up
the cry. The Bronx is roofing hard
for the Braves. Dick Rudolph, one
OF the Braves three great hurlers,
halls from the new county. At pres.
emit Rudolph is more in the limelight
than Walter johnson. He is within
hailing distance of the great record
made by Rube Marquard of the Giants
when he won nineteen straight games
in 1912.
Rudolph has gained eleven straight
victories and there is good chance
for him to equal Marquards feat. He
pitches on an average of two games
a week. and as there are still seven
weeks of playing left, the Bronx boy
will take part in fourteen games or