Evening journal., 1914-10-05
VICTORY FOR Braves
WOULDCROWNCAREER
Drive From Cellar to Top
of League Unparalleled
in Baseball
TEAM EXPECTS
TO BEAT ATHLETICS


ager of the Boston Braves, one of the
most brilliant triumphs in the his
tory of baseball. Already this season
Stallings has established a record
uneQualled by any other manager,
that Of bringing an apparently hope
less tailender from the bottom TO a
championship in less than half the
season This wonderful achievement
has been approached only once. In
1906 Fielder Jones carried the White
Sox from seventh place TO a pennant.
He kept right on in the classic against
the Cubs and annexed the highest
honOrs of baseball.
Stallings already has overshadowed
one part Of Fielder Jones's stirring
triumph It remains TO be seen If he
can continue so successfully in the
second part OF his task. The cases
of the White SOx in 1906 and the
Braves in 1914 are very similar. At
ter fighting his way painfully up step
BY step, Jones had to line up his hit
less wonders against q team which
at that time and subsequently was
considered one Of the very greatest
ever assembled. This was none
other than the Cubs-the Cubs at
the heyday Of their career
The Cubs OF 1906 outclassed the
rest of organized baseball's star
teams as far as the Athletics now
outclass the general run of major
league clubs. That season the
Chance men won 116 victories, a re-
cord never since approached. Chance
had an infield which many claim was
the greatest OF all time. No outfield
ever was put together that bettered
Shockard Schultz and Slaele at their
best. Johnny King was at the zenith
of his career backing one of the
finest pitching corps the game has
known The White Sox did not begin
TO class with the Cubs. The odds of
3 to laid against Jones's men were
not false. Yet the White Sox sur
prised all form and won cut easily.
IL is with such hope as this that
the country in general Is now pulling
for Stallings to crown his successful
season with the greatest triumph oi
all Certainly Boston's chance:
against the Athletics appear better
than did those OF the 1905 White So,
week before the series with tn
Cubs Stallings has far more hittinl
has better pitchers In spite Of the fac
that Ed Walsh was nt his very besl
i'm 1906. The Athletics OF today art
scarcely more formidable than the
Cubs Of eight years ago.
Stallings and his boys have done a
great deal for baseball BY winning
the National League peunant They
saved that circuit from financial
|nII nd Ha nVfA
year from becoming the hippodrome
that the general public would have
regarded Il no doubt If the Athletics
had met the Giants again The
Braves could do greater good by
trimming the Athletics.
As a matter of fact the Athletics
are too good for the welfare OF tn,
game They have been sort o
pennant trust since 1910. They die
slip up before the Red Sox in 1912
but that was all a mistake. as late
events proved. The Athletics hav
won so often and so easily that peopl
throughout the United States hav
tired Of them. They have become
menace to a sport loving public tina
worships competition rather tha
carnage. Because of this marked su
not aroused in their home town IN
enthusiasm which usually rewards
team Of exceptional class.
Boston is confident Of victory owe
the team that has been a terror .
all rivals. But outside OF the city
culture the chances OF the Brave
are not regarded SO highly LOCAL.
the high esteem i'm which the Brav.
were held during their plucky figl
for the title has suffered somewh;
from the recent series against n
Giants. The team has let down pc
ceptibly since clinching the pennan
And no team can afford Ia let u
against such worthy foemen as II
White Elephants.
It is quite true that every ball clu
has It's day. Sooner or later tn
greatest teams pass into the discar'
Such a day is surely coming to Mack
wonders. Often the break come
where least expected, as witness IN
case of our own Giants.
Often an ordinary pitcher or som
obscure infelder will develop into tn
sensation of a worlds series. Bah
Adams of the Pirates beat the Tiger
almost singlehanded IN 1909 He wa
unknown, practically. before tha
time. George Robe, a very bad bal
player, who never afterward figurel
prominently, had most TO co with tn
overthrow Of the Cubs in 19O6-h
and Nick Altrock. an erratic south
paw who soon slipped back into IN
a.. III enes unexpected chiefly center
me nope of Stalling's friends. Ther
httie doubt that the Athletics ar
me classier Of the two entrans,
inere IS no a weak spot anyTbe~e 1
the line and Connie Mack can must,
more hitting strength and as mn,
speed as any man in the game wiz
IN the past four years his team N
been through three successful wori,
championship struggles He co
quered the Cubs and the Giants. I,
Of the best teams the National Leag
had produced in a decade. This ,
perience cannot be regarded light
On top Of all this the schedule fav,
him. The first two games are TO
played at Shibe Park. the home
the Athletics. where tine team alws
has been almost invincible
Boston will give a good account
itself in ;he opinion of most of
students Of the game stallings
marked advantage in pitchl