Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
BRAINY BALL w
PLAYED BY
BOTH TEAMS
Expert Observer Declares
Third Game of Series Wa,
Magnificent Exhibition on
Each Side.
By HUGH s. FULLERTON

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of Johnny Adams into the bay and set
up one of John Evers, and went VIVA
Nothing will persuade them now tho,
after triumphing in the greatest and mos,
exciting game in the history of the WORLDS
series anything will stop the Braves
! 1t was the last-line stand of the Ain
letlcs, who, refusing to withdraw, stood
and gave battle to the charging Braves
fought them to a standstill broke their
defense, and, rallying desperately. raw.
Boston taste of the real old Athletic
baseball game. Then broken by the sbaer
desperation of the Braves attscls tbev
wavered, allowed them to tie it up and
in the twelfth inning their defenses
preached, they broke-and Boston won
to 4.
In the attack Hank Gowdy, McCraw,s
desInsed cast-off, led, and his terrific
swatting earned Boston its runs Three
times he drove the ball over fences into
the massed maddened mobs, twice for
two-baggers under ground rules, and once
for a home run.
SPIRIT PREVAILED.
1t was great baseball; soul and spirit
and courage against sheer power and
skill, and again spirit won. Never, savs
In the first game of the 1897 series. he
tween Chicago and Detroit has tbere
been such madness and such breaking
| strain, and never before in a worlds
series has there been such an exhibition
OF magnificent baseball The teams play-
cd wonderful and brainy ball, neither
overlooking a chance, although the de-
Gliding moments during the rush and riot
of the final innings were marked by two
of the ngtnniqhipu
plays ever seem
1t was EVers, leader Of the Braves who
had been presented with golden bats. au-
tomobiles watches, etc, etc, who made
the worst. 1t came in the 10th inning of
the battle. with the score tied and the
entire series in the balance. The bases
were filled, two were out, and Baker. who
has been batting joke, slashed fierce
bounder between second and first Evers
made a marvellous try for the ball.
reached it-almost choked off a base hit,
but the ball struck him on the shoulder
and fell dead and one run went home.
In sheer excess of despair. Evers
grabbed the ball, held it in his hand and,
without looking toward the plate, allowed
the second runner to scamper home. 1t
seemed as if Boston was beaten and
Merkle was avenged. Johnny, the brain
lest of them all, had blundered and al
lowed two runs to count where only one
should have bossomed.
The other boner was pulled by Collins
in the last half of the same inning, when
Evers, his rival, was at bat and deter
mined to retrieve himself for his awful
bunder. Rush was pitching fast balls In
side to Evers and decided to pitch curve.
Evers was set to hit, and he drove
fierce low bounder right where Collins
should have been playing for him with
a curve being pitched. The hit over
turned and came near winning 1t right
for the Braves.
Then came the first real test of nerve
The teams were breast to breast In
hayonet charge. Darkness was on and
Ii tie seemed almost as bad as defeat
for the Braves. \ draw would give the
Athletics fresh toe-hold. There was
no denying they were playing better ball
and with more spirit than they had dis
played in the entire series. But when
they met In the attack, II was the Ath-
letics who broke, and finally 1t was Bush
himself who threw away the game by
a desralring effort to shut Off runner
at third on bunt.
GENERALSHIP EVEN.
As far as generalship goes, the struggle
was even. Both leaders used excellent
Judgment down to the last ditch, when
Mack played it out by passing a batter to
increase by small percentage the chances
of making a play
So far as actual play goes. tho dit-
ference between the teams is the diff
ference between SchanE and Gowdy.
Schang Is catching wretched ball. throw
ing badly and using bad Judgment al
though he handled Bushs terrific speed
yesterday with more Judgment than he
has shown heretofore. Gowdy Is catch
ing maEnifcently, handling his pitchers
well and throwing fairly well. His MT
ting, which has been the sensation OF
the series. is remarkable He is hitting
all kind of pitching and driving hard
against slow and fast balls.
OF the Athletics. every one is going well
save Schang and Oldrlng in all depart
ments and Baker at bat. Baker has been
the joke of the season. The worst feature
of the Athletics is that they are hitting
at bad balls and in untimely fashion,
Either they are slipping or Stallings
pitchers are outguessing them at every
turn
The generalship yesterday was wonder
ful, especially toward the last when the
Athletics were driven back into the ne-
fenslve. After Gowdy in the twelfth
smashed the hall into the hleachers Tor
two bases Stallings rushed Mann. out 10
run for GOwdy because Of his speed ana
sent Gilbert up to bat for James VINO hau
been summoned TO the slab because
pinch hitter was sent in for Tyler. Dig
James almost wept and protested against
being taken out and fought for chance
10 hat. But Gilbert went up and MACK
ordered him given a base on balls TO IN
crease the chances for a force play al
third Moran pushed down the telhhs
bunt and Bush made a desperate eHoIt
TO throw out Mann at third-thTew pn
wild and the ball went on to left ana ie'
Mann rOmp home.
Stallings outhgured Mack on pitching
lie drew the Athletics into believing thA'
Rudolph would pitch, then sent in Iylel,
who. while wobbly in spots, pitched grea.
ball II was Tyler's blunder IN thro|ihs
to second IN the tenth inning instead ot
TO first that made possible the two runs
scored BY the Athletics.
TRIUMPH FOR STALLINGs
Getting down inside. it is evident star
lings' system is triumphing over MaeA~
stauinss has two theories; one that
pWtchers must hold runners close 10 bases
and cover hrst base at top speed; lns
other that sluggers can be slow-Daus'
into helplessness. Both are working ou',
Tyler slow -balled the sluggers an
stopped them, and he held up the Athleu0
runners as if they were glued 70 Dess5
Besides that ne nipped Collins on secons
when II seemed the worlds champi'~
were going 10 grab a game,
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