Evening journal., 1914-08-06
BOSTON BRAVES ARE
SETTING BALL Pace
EverlaStingly Keeping at 1t
Has Pulled Club Out
Of the Rut
GIANTS LOOK GOOD
TO WIN OUT AGAIN
by HAL SHERIDAN.

NEW YORK, Aug. b.-They were a
ong time doing IL but that fact does
not take anything away from the
feat Of the Boston Braves in making
good for an those who had kind
words 10 say for them in the pre-
season chatter back in March and
april Hiking ones SELF from the
hold 70 the middle deck with pros
poets of grabbing a better berth later
on shows there must be considerable
class lurking about on their last
Western trip the Braves hung nm n
record for the league in their climb
to the first division Pittsburgh is
Boston's only rival insofar as a
speedy switch in standing is CON
cerned, only the Pirates made their
record dash in the opposite direction.
II was everlastingly keeping at it
that finally brought the Braves ont
OF the rnck. They played with oil the
baseball luck against them at the
opening Of the season and simply
could not lose their jinX. JOHNNY
Evers Jawed just as hard over de-
cisions, however as if the team were
fighting for the lead The rest m
the gang kept going and on the last
swing they swept through like
prairie fire, leaving nothing but ruins
and ashes in their wake. George
Stallings isn't through. either lie
las his eye fixed on a higher spot
lhan fourth place which spot the
Braves occupied aud had marked
with their initials when they finished
the last invasion of the West. He
has every expectation of keeping the
team going and even of giving The
Giants a battle through August and
September
incidentally MeGraw should ox-
tend Stallings a vote Of thanks. n
Was while the Giants were showing
signs Of whitening up and blowing
away that the Braves started Oh their
rampage. McGraw's men were ham
mered and almost massacred III 81
Louis, and they tottered through the
Cub series with ffty-fftv break
lt was an uncertain outlook. but the
Braves We're walloping teams that
might have benefited by the Giant
hesitatloilf and McGraw's lead re-
manned intact Just as lons as The
Giants stick TO their gait. McGraw
VIII be drawing nearer and nearer
NE goal OF his ambition, goal no
olner manager has yet reached
fourth consecutive pennant
The Giants appear to be primed for
their drive into the stretch. The hard I
est part Of the pennant fight Is stiu |
ahead. Through the whitening DAYS Of
August and on through September and
early October the old pep begins to oozc
and the eve 60 show slgns of desiring !
TO wobble away from the fast ones.
But the return from the Western in /
vasion found AleGraw's pitching staff in (
its best form. Nattys Tesreau and /
Marquard had hit the old winning gait /
and the prospects appear rosy for Nc /
Graw.
With the old NackiaH strength as
sorting itself the Athletics have con
tnued their way towards the worlds
series swag. Each uprising of other /
clubs has. ~ measure, only served to
build up the ramparts little bit higher
around Connie Mack. Tearing loose in
reckless fashion the New York Yam
KEGS showed new life in mid-lulv. They
peeled the hide of the Tiger from De.
troit and nailed il high on Coolan's
BluH This all but put the kihosh on
the Jennings crew The Nanks cut them
down without mercy The rampage Of
the White Sox which died away with an
easy wheeze also helped Mack along. for
the Callahanites had broken when they
finally met Mack Washington appears
not to have all The stuff needed 70 give
Philadelphia fight. The Boston Red
Soy, il looks now. are the only ones who
will be contcndcrs.
It is history that bah club doesn't
win a pennant all alone AT some criti-
cal time another team rises mp and
tears the lining out Of the nearest rival
and the leader pulls away. leaving the
gap yawning without doing any more
than holding a steady gait.
In years CONC by, when the old bat
tie royals between the Cubs and Giants
were hottest, the Brooklyn Dodgers
could be depended on to give the Giants
a lift at critical times Though they
might be hammered from pillar to post
by other teams, the Dodgers would sail
into the Cubs when Chicago needed
games the most and rip off large strips
IF corey pelt.
washington, likewise, was long the
Nemesis Of Cleveland. In the days when
Washington was first in war, first in
peace and last in the American League,
ana Cleveland was to be reckoned with.
would always tear into the
Maps like champions and shove them
down Just when the Maps were closing
in on the Athletics And it was Long
Tom Hughes easy for other clubs. who
could be depended on to NOW those
Mans down like wheat nnder a sharn / \