Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
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DURING PAST YEAR
Greatest Surprise, However, Was the
Braves Winning -Four Straights
From Champion Athletics.
TY COBB BATTING KING
Again Proves Himself the Star Of tho
American League-Daubert Leads
Nationals-A Few Performances
on the Diamond.

A general review of the fie!d OF
athletics. In every branch. for the past
year shows an almost constant develop
ment. There is hardly u sport in which
ne" records were not created, and 1T
ls questionable IL there is one In which
unusual progress was not noted, with
inc possible exception OF the adverse
erect which the war in baseball
brought on that game. general up
llft, though. was noted in boxing, on
the turf and other popular methods of
competition.
The greatest surprise of the year
was tho result of the series for the
world baseball championship The
race In the American League had been
close for while. but toward the end
me Athletics drew away and won tho
titlo with ease. SO well did the Mack
men perform that they were generally
rated aB tho greatest team that ever
existed. with ono possible exception
and 1t was the consensus OF opinion
'nat they would take the world cham
pionship Just as easily. The Boston
braves started the season In the Ma
tional League an II they would he
seventh or eighth at the end of the
%chr. Instead they furnished ono of
me most remarkable spurts baseball
mas ever known and won the league
'itle be- fair margin.
Braves Take Four Straight
In the final series It was not thought
- my VI lHt ttptTlS tnAt inc braves
would have more than m outside
chahcc to win from the great Phila-
delphia team. What was the surprise
though. when the final ties, came when
the Braves took four straight contests
and decisiveiy outplaycd the great
White Elephants in every department.
Iy Cobb again was batting king. He
led the batters OF the American
League. proving himself the same com
petent performer az OF yore Jake
DauDcrt of -
League star with the willow. Walter
Johnson had something OF an off year
but produced more winning contests
than any other pitcher in the Ameri-
can circuit.
The war between organized ball and
the Federal League undoubtedly
caused falling of In the interest OF
Tue public 1T also was responsible for
:, poorer class of ball. the big money
talk OF the Feds exerting a detrimental
effect on the players
Some baseball Records.
nero are some OF the baseball
records created during the year:
Minneapolis, April 22-In game
between the University of Minnesota
1nd iiamlIne University, Pitcher Rohn.
~ the former team. pitched a no-hit
i,anc.
Iowa City. Iowa, May 2.-"Shorty Dcs
Chicago; May sl.gJce Beng. pitch hi :;
q.
the Maps down without II hit, win
, i:I.. to 81 }: WI. a., >,
tched no hi, game for Green Bay
sninst Appleton.
M Mn" oasTle InnH
cation record when they played a
MISUNDERSTANDING game that was won by
cedar Rapids, Iowa. June 2G-Gould
ftched no-hi, game for Muscatine
WACO. Tex. July I-Thp Austin
Wac Texas lGhfSue dSf ha, to
- be new worlds record of thirty
orsecutive defeats
edar Rapids. Iowa, July lo.-"Lefty"
eiar Rapids against Buriins tom ne '''
"1W Haven. Conn. July li.-After a
ord Won from ~S New f Haven .n9i to
''isi pitched for Hartford and Jensen
o. ,; N9W Haven k,!en ,u,. ,o,o VIZ,
~. pitched Il no-hit no-run game for
l'nlnth against Virginia.
League. battled twenty-five innings
F'fS for lhs s M6n the g9ms
with score of 3 TO =.
rittsbuTTGh. Pa, July 17;--New York
FOR New YORK Adams FOR 'Fittsoarsh.
Rranch CN: - team, shut out the ST.
out a run hit.
Detroit, July 2S.--Walsh. Collins. Nc
lnnes and Schang. OF the worlds cham
pion Athletics pulled a sensational
triple play in the fourth inning Of a
game against Detroit.
Saginaw. Mich, August 2l.-Russell
Robbins hurled q nine-inning, hit
to game for saeinaw against Jack
son. of the Southern Michigan League
Mount Clemens. Mich. August III
Pitcher Bravener. OF the Mount Glenn
ems club, went eleven htless innings
against Battle Creek.
Waterloo, lowe. September Fin n
game against Keokuk Tom sDrohnn.
the Waterloo twirler. pitched a mo- hit,
no-run game.
Buffalo: N Y. October 16.-During a
game OF field events between the
Brooklyn and Buffalo teams, Ollie An
derson, of the Brookfcds, made the
bunt and run TO first in 3 ] . seconds