Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-10-07


ably viii b. the. biggest factor in de-
Gliding The baseball championship NJ
the world
WIKI the teams almost evenly
matched II picking power, with the
teams close together 10 batting pow
er. and the fielding edge OF the
Braves Offset By the base-running ad-
vantage OF the Athletics. il Is likely
that the club that wins the series
that starts Friday, viii Be the club
that gets the breaks Of the game.
When it IS admitted by baseball
authorities that luck Is 20 per cent
q baseball and that ability counts
only SO per cent in the grand total.
X wiH be seen just how little de-
peade1ce can - placed upon the
dope that is furnished BY figures.
II two teams Rere 70 fight It out
for stretch Of 90 TO 50 games. the
team that was superior in ability
eventually would rise triumphant.
But in a series limited 10 seven
games. us a different story. One
lucky break may give the team The
edge tn the early part Of the series
and that advantage Nill BE- big
enough 10 carry them through to
victory before the other team has
change to recover.
Luck has figured largely in every
world series game 10 date. and there
Is every reason 10 believe thar the
coming series vii be no exception.
and. as things look now. its the
team that gets the most breaks
right az the jump that will grab
the championship.
The Red Sox defeated the Giants
in the 1912 world series not because
they really we're a superior ball
team. but very largely because they
got she breaks OF the game. The
muf that SnOdgrass made in the
ninth inning OF the final game was
an Inaccessible piece OF wOrk-yet
It was a wonderfully lucky break
for the Red Sox-
The ay that Engle drove at Snod-
grass in that game was the easiest
chance that had been offered to
Snodgrass throughout the series. II
vas a drive that was directly al
him He didn't have 10 move ten
feet Il was so easy that he took it
too easy-and dropped IT, His error
lost the game and gave to the Red
Sox the title OF world champions
i was luck for the Red Sox-
sheer lucks But their luck didn't
begin in that game Several times
during the early part OF the series
they got the breaks and riding
along with the breaks they rode
to victory.
Back in lsos Robe. a substitute in
he White Sox ranks. delivered a
brace OF hits that gave the White
Sox the championship OF the world.
Robe was regarded as the weakest
hitter among the "hitless wonders. "
Yet it was Robe who delivered the
punches. Can anyone deny that the
hits he made al the critical moments
acre not hits Of luck for the White
Soxs II Robe had been a 200 hitter
fandom might have expected him to
deliver timely swat But he wasn't
800 hitter. He's gone hitless DAY
after day during the regular season,
yet when the world series was
played. he smashed out the wallops
hat were fatal TO the Cubs.
In nearly every world series in the
past there are records Of breaks
hat have come at some time oil
other in nearly every game. And. tbs
simmer Of the series invariably has
been the team that has garnered the
larger share OF the breaks. There
have been times when the division
Of breaks has been about even
and neither side has been favored
But those times have been rare
John McGraw is among the mani
baseball men who declare that abil
ity counts for only abont 80 per cen
deciding a hall game.
A game is 20 per cent lucky re
marks the Giant leader. IF YOUR
lucky you'll win. no matter what
dub team You are handling And. i
yon're unlucky. you won't Kin. n
|. matter how many stars you have il
your lineup"
Christy Mathewson. hero OF hun
ireds OF diamond duels. agrees wit
his chief
There have been many times i
my career when / have lost game
that ! should have won had tn
breaks been with me" says Matty
And there have been other time