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LUCK IMPORTANT
FACTOR in BIG
LEAGUE
"Matty" Thinks that Boston
Has Been Getting "the Break"
While Giants up Against it.
sy cHRisTY MATHEWsoN.

BY cHRisTY MATHEWSoN.
The further go in this pennant race
the mere | agree with McGraw when
he says that luck is ont-third OF base
ball. The Giants have had their share
OF good luck in the last three years
but they arc getting grand collection
| of tough breaks this season And
since the Boston club started on its
winning streak the Braves have been
receiving the big breaks
Stallings has been working three
pitchers and the Giants have been
counting on one of this trio cracking
which would mean that Boston would
find every third game the tough one
10 wins Rudolph. James and Tyler
have been hammering away with great
regularity since the first part Of July
now, yet something always seems to
come up to give them little rest.
For example, after tough series In
Cincinnati the Braves went to Pitts
burg. The first game with the Pirates
was wen by Boston ard the pitching
stan was more o. less shot to pieces.
II needed rest. The next day 1t
rained.
ssCornie'' Mack is responsible for
the statement that luck does not
amount to anything in baseball when
II Is stretched across a schedule OF
154 genes. In q short series such as
the worlds series, the manager of the
Athletics believes that the breaks
may determine the victor. but he
thinks that over the long period OF
season luck is all evened un. At
least. that was what he thought before
1912, when the Boston Red Sox beat
the Athletics out of the pennant after
The PhiladelDhia team had looked un-
heatahle at the beginning OF the race.
The Red Sex went through that sche-
sule without a break in the regular
lineup to amount to anything 1t was
not 80 with the Athletics.
Why Managers Err.
Winning or losing many game de-
nends on en- instant's decision. and
'tsis Cor this reason that fans ,criticises
nlanagefS so bitterly, the fans them
selves ALWAYS getting a chance at the
second guess. The Giants won ona
eame OF the. worlds series last fall
h extra innings after the Athletics
had q great opening IN the ninth.
when they filled the bases with none
rut. Among the batters who follower
tbs ripe situation was Eddie Plank.
the pitcher Plank came up with one
cut and fafled to deliver. and thou
sands Of fans and experts declared
afterward that Connie" Mack had
made q mistake in leaving Plank in
70 bat when he might have put In
ninch hitter and looked for long
nv which would have scored the run
that at that stage would have won the
game. This criticism. was 80 persist
emit that Mack called his players
around him afterward and asked them
what they thought he should have
done. To q man they agreed with
their boss. Then all he had to say
IN explanation was this:
Plank had been hitting, and the
chances of pushing fly out seemed
brighter than those Of man who
went into the game without having |
looked at the pitching"
1t was mere or less case Of luck |
Plank delivered or not II |
he had. the sharps would have pro-
nounced Connie q great manager.
As It was. they said he should have
Inserted an emergency batter Base.
hall Judgment is being able to guess
The chances Of success and then hav-
ing your guess backed up by luck. |
Stallings Is a great manager and his
ruesses have been backed up by luck
ately This makes him even greater
Mccrsw Plans : shakcup.
McGraw is thinking Of big shake |
NJ In the Giant lineup If the club
ioes not take q brace soon. He Is on
he edge OF his baseball dream now
four championships in row-and |
his best friend among the managers
George Stallings-is threatening to
beat him cut Of his fourth straight |
McGraw is searching for
/ capable pitcher, but he has not
'ound the other clubs receptive when
I comes to trading material to the
Giants, for most Of them would be
zlad to see the New York club beaten.
rhe cracking Of the New York pitch |
ng stan at this stage Of the race,
,ombined with some bad breaks, has
pulled the club back.
Larry Doyle came up to the bat
hree times in one Of the games in
cincinnati with Beseher on first base.
md he could not do anything for the
unner. One tally would have won
he game. This Is having them break
ough for YOU
McGraw is threatening big shake
I'D all around. He has long had his
we on George Burns as an infielder
ince the fast outielder worked on
he inner defenses In the minor
eegues. have heard McGraw regret
hat he did not develop Burns into an
nfelder instead Of putting him where
le is. The club has plenty Of out
Ielders at present. i
The members of the team are not
discouraged. They feel that Boston i
las the hardest part OF the journey
o 60. and we all expect to come
through in the stretch Our pitching |