The Washington herald., 1914-10-14
Evers' Hit Makes
Baseball History
Trojan Johnny" Single IN
Fifth Paves Way for New
Worlds Record.
FAIRLY CRUSH MACKMEN
ny FRANK G. MENKE.

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Evers smashed out a single In the nth
inning Of this afternoons baseball game
and the impossible had happened. Two
Boston runners crossed the plate, cfinch-
! ing the game for the Boston Braves. Civ
ing them their fourth straight victory
! over the Philadelphia Athletics and the
baseball championship OF the world.
Four straight victories for the Braves
over the once peerless but still wonderful
Mackmen. What a marvellous achieve
ment! Not one fan in every million In
this land, great as he may have thought
the Braves were, predicted such e. thing
as has come to pass-the doling out by
the Braves to the Athletics OF four sue
cessive beatings.
The Braves won today. and they won
the other three days. not through luck,
not because they got the breaks OF the
game, but because they outplayed the
Athletics in every department Of the
game. They outbatted the slukging Phil
adelphians. they outfielded them, and
they outpitched them, they out caught
them and they out ran them And by
their remarkable showing in this series
they deserve TO rank ahead Of the Ath-
letics-they deserve to be placed on the
pinnacle of the baseball world SO that
all should pay them homage.
Fairly Cruuxh Maeks.
There was nothing fiukey about the
Braves first victory in Philadelphia on
Friday. They fairly crushed the Athlet-
les that day. They played a game then
that caused the experts to predict they
would be the next champions OF the
world unless they showed startling re-
versal OF form. But the reversal didn't
come, nor did the crack come. The
Braves held together because they are
welded into one solid, compact mass that
no force in baseball at the present has
been able to stop.
The Braves won Saturday because
James, the huge Boston twirler. held the
enemy in the palm Of his hand, and be-
cause the great infield of the Braves
and checked every Athletic rally that
started.
The Braves won on Monday because
they showed their wonderful gameness-
because they fought from behind, time
and again, never despairing, never dis
couraged. always rushing forward and
rushing forward fast The poor judg-
ment Of Connie Mack in the tenth inning
Of yesterdays game when he let Joe
Bush remain in the box with $3.50 fans
shrieking in his ears, may have helped
the Braves But maybe II didn't Had
Connie substituted some other pitcher he
might have Jared the same as did Bush
in the tenth and the final twelfth inning
and probably worse.
Smash Way to Victory.
The Braves showed their wonderful !
lighting spirit yesterdays spirit Of the I
kind that nothing daunts. Nothing seems |
too hard or impossible for them to ac-
on a ball field. And. in this |
series. nothing was too hard They |
smashed their way to the championship !
Of the world by the most direct route !
four straight games-and in doing so
established a record for world series bat
Ties that never can be beaten.
There was nothing undeseryed. nothing
lucky about tn Braves victory today.
They won because they deserved to
their own defense was .
Gibraltar in every crisis
The Braves took the lead in the fourth
nning by scoring one run. Evers walked
and went TO second on Connolly's out
Thitted singled. sending Evers to third
md Trojan Johnny" scored on Schmidt's
,ut.
The Athletics tied up things in their
laif Of the fifth on Barry's single,
out (Which advanced him to
econd). and on Shawkey's double, when
3arryaraced home.
Their 1t was the 1886 shivering fans,
and begging for the Braves
o break the tie had their shrieks an
wered. For il was in their half Of the
fifth that the Braves crashed their way
o victory and to the highest hOnors in
,aseball.
With two out Rudolph surprised him.
elf and the fans by uncorking a single.
doran followed with a double. sending
rudolph to third, Evers stepped up and
nth the count three and two, picked out
ne Of Shawkey's fast ones and sent 1t
ailing to center. Rudolph and Moran (
coring. while the crowd went mad andI ]
e Musicians Band hammered out fierce
lasts Of JOY on their Instruments.
Evers' hit practically ended the game. /,
rom that moment the Athletics were Z
elpless before Rudolph. He threw them {
Ugh. low. and he grooved them, but l
he greatest hitting team in the world" !
lissed and missed again. In the ninth, !
nth the Athletics "wrecking crew" up in :
rder. the Philadelphia fans nursed a :
Amt hope. But it soon died. Collins, the I
rst man up. fanned-and he famed in q
Baker was an easy inaeld
ut. McInnes smashed a vicious bounder l
/ Deal The Braves third sacker FUN
led 1t for a moment, recovered 1t and =
hipped it over to first The ball arrived \
fraction of a second ahead Of the rae a
Ig McInnes-and the baseball season Of I
IA was a thing Of the past
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