Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-12
LUCK IMPORTANT
FACTOR in big
LEAGUE CONTEST
"Matty" Thinks that Boston
Has Been Getting "the Break"
While Giants up Against it.
By cHRIsTY MATHEwsoN.


the more | agree with McGraw when
he says that luck is. onG-third of base
ball. The Giants have had their share
Of good luck in the last three years
but they are 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
ccunting On one Of this trio cracking,
which would mean that Boston would
find every third game the tough one
TO win. Rudolph, James and Tyler
have been hammering away with great
regularity since the first part of July
now, yet something always seems II
come up to give them a little rest.
Fer example. after tough series in
Cincinnati the Braves went to Pitts
burg. The FIRST game with the Pirates
was wen by Boston and the pitching
staff was more c. less shot to pieces.
II needed rest The next day 1t
rained.
connie" Mack Is responsible for
the statement that luck does not
amount to anything in baseball when
II IS stretched across schedule OF
l54 games In a short series such as
the worlds series. the manager of the
Athletics believes that the breaks
nav 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 Philadelphia team had looked un-
heatable at the beginning of the race.
The Red Sex went through that scbe-
fule without a break in the regular
lineup to amount to ANYTHING. 1t was
not so with the Athletics.
Why Managers Err. LII
Winning or losing nanv game de-
nends on an instant's decision, and
T. Is for this reason that fans critscisel
so bitterly, the fans them
selves always getting chance at the
second guess. The Giants won oRs
same of the worlds series last tall
\ extra innings after the Athletics
lad, great opening In the ninth,
when they filed the bases with none
ut. Among the batters who follower
his ripn situation was Eddie" Plank,
he pitcher. Plank came up with enc
aut and failed to deliver, and thou
sands Of fans AMI experts declared
,fterward that Connie" Mack had
made q mistake in leaving Plank in
q bat when he might have put in a
inch hitter and looked for long
w which would have scored the run
hat at that STAGE would have won the |
ZANE. This criticism was so persist
mt that Mack called his players |
round him afterward and asked them
What they thought he should have
'cne. To a man they agreed with |
heir boss. Then all he had to say |
n explanation was this:
PLANK had been hitting. and the I
hances of pushing a fly out seemed
Fighter than those Of man who
rent into the game without having |
Doked at the pitching"
Ii was more or less case Of luck
rhether Plank delivered or not If
e had, the sharps would have pro-
Connie" great manager.
is 1t was, they said he should have
Inserted an emergency batter. Base.
all Judgment is being able to guess
he chances Of success and then hav-
ng your guess backed up by luck.
is great manager and his
uesses have been backed up by luck
ately. This makes him even greater.
ieGraw Plans . shakeup.
McGraw is thinking of big shake
Ip in the Giant lineup If the club
oes not take brace soon He is on
he edge of his baseball dream now
cur championships in row-and
is best friend among the managers
George Stallings-is threatening to
eat him cut OF his fourth straight
McGraw is searching for
capable pitcher, but he has not
ound the other clubs receptive when
comes to trading material to the
Iiants, for most OF them would be
lad to see the New York club beaten.
he cracking of the New York pitch |
lg staff at this stage Of the race,
ombined with some bad breaks, has
ulled the club back
Larry Doyle came up to the bat
lree times in one Of the games in
incinnati with Bescher on first base,
nd he could not do anything for the
INNER. One tally would have won
he game. This Is having them break
ugh for you.
McGraw is threatening a big shake
p all around. He has long had his
We on George Burns as an infielder
nee the fast outfielder worked on
he inner defenses in the minor
'agues. / have heard McGraw regret
lat he did not develop Burns into an
lfielder instead of putting him where
e is. The club has plenty of out
elders at present il
The members Of the team are not
iscouraged. They feel that Boston
as the hardest part of the journey /,
} go. and we all expect to come
trough in the stretch. Our pitching i
h1IS 1911. .