The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-10
BOSTON BRAVES
tco.sausd from FIRST p~s..,


odds In the betting, Il has not
shaken the faith Of the average
loyal fan In the ability Of the
mackmen TO come from behind
and conquer their younger and
presumptious rivals. The official
attendance figures gave the paid
admissions az 2o,s62. while Close
TO 5000 additional spectators
must have witnessed the play
from points OF advantage sur
rounding shibs park. The gate
receipts amounted 10 s4s, $50, Of
which the National commission
took $4,ee3so; the players s26.-
so5. and the clubs st7ys7o.to.
In the distribution Of Individual
honors the Hons share went 70
Pitcher Rudolph for II was due In
great part TO the mastery man
Ipulation Of the ball that the Bos-
ton club emerged victor In the
first game OF the series. With
the exception OF two short periods
during the contest he had abso-
lutte control OF HIS delivery and a
hypnotlxino effect on the Athletic
bat swlnoers. He mixed speed,
curve and slow balls In a bewii-
der1ne fashion, cutting the COR
ners OF the plate and feeding his
opponents his fioater when dan
ger threatened. u was this slow,
deceptive delivery that proved the
Maekmen's undoine. for they are
VIGOROUSLY weak on this service,
and Rudolph was at his best In
this respect today.
Bender Appeared Weak.
Bender, who opened for the
home club, appeared unusually
weak against the Braves, and once
they had seen his offerings, they
took liberties with the Indians de-
livery that astonlshed the thou
sands Of Athletic supporters who
thronged the stands. Sizzling
singles, doubles and triples rama
OF their bats, flashing over or
through the infieId until at last
Connie Mack slgnalled the Chief
to give way TO Wyckoff, and thus
broke the record Of never having
removed a pitcher from a worlds
series. Coombs' withdrawal from
the box In the 1911 series against
the Giants was due to an injury,
and not TO any falterina In his
pitching game.
After the contest Manager Mack
said that Bender did not seem to
be right, and that he had little
or . nothing on the ball. Mack
pointed out that the Athletics did
very little work with the stick
themselves, and said that while
he looked forward to a series, he
and his players were not a bit dis
Outraged over the initial setback.
He was asked II he thought his
club would hit any better against
the other Boston pitchers, and
came back with the characterize
ic answer:
~ should hate to think that we
won't"
StaIiIngs Elsted.
Manager George Staillnos, OF
the Braves, was greatly eIated
over the victory OF his players.
He said:
well, the boys did exactly
what I expected Of them, and won
on their merits. ! hate to pull the
= told you So stuff, but I guess
that the fans are beginning to
realize now that we have GOT a
ball club Of real class. When we
started our rush In mld-season Il
was generally predicted that we
couldn't keep up the pace. The
nnourners have been waiting for
us TO crack ever since the end Of
July, but ! guess that we can
stand the strain Of winning for a
few days more at least"
Certain u 10 that the Boston
players held 70 their task man
fully, both In the field md at bat.
Catcher oowdy secured a triple,
a double, single and a free pass In
four trips 10 the plate. Connolly
GOT one hit and a pass In three
times az bat Schmidt and Ma
ranvllle each secured two, but
Deal, who took Smiths place al