Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-29
CONOUERINC MARCH Or THE BRAVES
staings Men Swept Through the Defense of All Teams The TrumPhal March Started July 6ti-Braves Equal the Mackmen in Long Hits-World Series Will Open Friday October 3.

account for many a victory, but the
 above table will show that the Braves
 outfit can hit for distance themselves and though they number but 20 less safe hits they are only nine lower than
 the Athletics in the number of total
 bases. The long clouts of Connolly, Gowdy. ct al., have told their tale. In fielding the two teams have trav- eled at practically the same clip, what advantage there is being in favor of the Braves. The latter have -felded for just .970 as a team and the Mack men have handled their chances at the rate of .969.
 The base running record shows the Athletics to be somewhat clever on the base lines, yet just how this will
 benefit them can only be proved after a thorough test of Hank Gowdy's arm.
 The record gives the Mackmen total
 of 121 pliers, while the Braves ne gotiated but S6. In sacrifice hitting
 the locals have exceeded the Philadel- phians showing with 115 for the Braves to 80 for the Mackmen.
 Final Arrangements for Series. Final arrangements for the worlds series will be made by the national commission at Philadelphia, Wednes- day. Ban Johnson and August Herr
 mann will favor Gov. Tener, the Ma tional league head. by a trip east ward for the conference.
 | The meeting of the triumvirate is said to be but matter of routine | formality. Tentative scheduled, it is said on excellent authority. were ar l ranged some time ago, when the big | three met to consider the major league club owners secret drafts upon minor l league players.
 i By Wednesday both the Boston Ma tionals and Philadelphia Americans probably will have officially qualified | as entrants for the highest prize of organized baseball. That will leave l the powers little to do besides select i ing two umpires from each league to
 officiate and assigning officials to su- perintend the distribution of tickets.
 It has been learned on excellent au- thority that the worlds series will open on the afternoon of Friday, De- ] tober 9. The schedules of the major league do not call for a windup in the I east until Wednesday, October '. But Phi 'adelphia and Brooklyn have both got permission to move the final game forward one day. That would permit l the Braves to close Tuesday and the
 Athletics to finish in a bargain day with New York at Shibe park the
 would then have two days in which
 to tune up for the great struggle. l Until the usual coin is Tipped it will not be known which city is to have the honor of the first game. If the dis I tinctiOn falls to Philadelphia, a some
 what unwieldy draft of dates may be necessary. One very close to the plans of the triumvirate declares that every effort will be made to play the Satur- | day game in Boston. Fenway park is more conmodious than Shibe park and l Boston is a far better baseball city than Philadelphia. The commission has decided to give Boston the Sat- urday game regardless of circum- stances. If Boston gains the opening day attraction the teams will play the first two games at the Hub. An al- | ternating schedule will not, be at tempted, as has been the case in the last three seasons. Philadelphia and Boston are too far apart for comfort liable daily jumps.
 It is a very significant fact that the
 office forces of both Boston and Phil
 Iadelphia clubs have been receiving ap-
 pIications for worlds series tickets.