Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-14
BEAT ATHLETICS
IN -FOUR STRAIGHT
Win in National League by
Making Sensational climb
From Last Place.
MACK
MEN IN BIG r
Philadelphia Crew Has No
/. Alibis to Make-Sum-
mary of Big Games.

The Boston Braves yesterday COM
pleted the most remarkable baseball
performance known. After coming
from last place to the National league
!, championship in a little yer a month,
defeating the Athletics in foul
\ : straight games.
. The worlds championship was we'll
4 earned. Throughout the four games.
. I the Braves out-played. out-gamed,
! ~out-pitched and ~out-batted the Ath-
Cover the Connie Mack plan. and STALL
4 Eangs' pitchers held the famous wreck
\ lS1ng crew helpless.
4 There are no alibis to offer. and,
1 Fin fact, the Mackmen are making
4 Enone. Connie Mack said yesterday.
i eafter the series had ended, that hts
!, Eplayers were ~out-played.
Make Great Record.
To crush completely and decisively
4 Ethe great combination which has rep
/, Presented Philadelphia in the Ameri-
\ scan league in recent years is honor
N Senough for any rival baseball club,
n kbut h raves in their youthful ardor
hand speed did even better. for they
I, established a new worlds series rec
Il Ford by winning in succession the four
) kgames necessary to clinch the title.
N Not since the national commission
y kassumed charge Of these annual inter-
y Eleague contests In 1905 has his feat
Il Fbeen achieved until yesterday. Sew
Il keral clubs nave won o out Of five
I, Egames, and in the early days Of the
u FTemple cup and National league vs..
4 American association straight VIC
B Etories were chronicled. In 1884 Prov1-
\ dence defeated the Metropolftans
sthree straight. In 1894 the New York
club defeated Baltimore in four
! games for the Temple cup, and two
years later Baltimore won four o
Il eeecutive victories from Cleveland.
n. Tenth Straight.
h worlds series Of 1914 was the
Il tenth the pennant winners
Of the two major leagues since the
y national commission. the highest court
" autumn championship battle in 1905.
4; Yesterdays victory of h Braves
y brings sui q tie for inter-league hon
Eors. since American league and Ma
81 ttonal league clubs each have won
& ave championship pennants. The
D lub that Won them are as. follows:
al 1906-Chicago.
M, 1910-Philadelphia.
n 1911-Philadelphia-
NJ 1912-Boston.
a.. 1913-Ph1ladelphia~
The National league triumphs were
iso5-New York.
B 19o7-Chicago.
190s-Chicago.
H 1909-Pittsburgh.
u 1914-Boston.
# Connie Mack, the Athletics leader,
Il lts h only manager who has won
X fHhree worlds cham pionships. and he
n appears to have stumbled over the
" .rnystic fourth Just as Managers Nc
+ asSGraw, Jennings, Chance and Mack
Ealave all failed to win four league
y fpennants in a row.
81 Small Profits.
n Because of the shortness Of the
1 Aeertes the club owners and national
\ commission will divide a smaller sum
than in any worlds series since 1910.
The attendance at yesterdays game
4 n total attendance for the series
I ters' share, 1921, 900. "a: each clubs
Il sshare. $~4o,e32.5s, and the national
Il commissions proportion S22,573.
81 AS the winners. the Boston players
h Efeceive 60 per cent of the 1921, 800. "a,
5s eor $73.140.66. while the Athletics as
n Hoeers profit to the extent of s4s,-
OF the Boston club. tw~enty-six
akDAyers r eligible to share in The
atpF!se money. giving each Ia 3d.
%fs13.10 should the money be divided
EteQuaMy. On the Athletics, twenty
Hkfolr players are entitled 10 divide he
5~f3o9erS end, which would give each
u EMacknaan $2.031.68 on a share alike
gEbasts The players Of neither club
SEhave as yet notified the national com
EEmission just how the money will be
Abdivtded.
The players receive less money than
|EEQ1AS fallen to their lot since the series
[of 1910. Each Of the four umpires
~AErecetves $1,000. the money coming
|Effrom the national commissions per-
RfCAutake Of the profits.
Hi The final game was the least ex-
l9Ectting Of the series. There were few
sNfbr1lliap fielding features not seen dur
Nf1ng the league season. Maranville
3EmAde 2 great stop and throw on a
EEghard hit ball by Collins. and. Mann ex-
N ecuted. a fine running outfield catch.
IN Rudolph famed seven. Pennock,
Who went in for shawkey in the
sixth. famed three. Shawkey walked
II two, Pennock two, n Rudolph one.
i'll game, Also was Of the ordi-
nary Kind. Whitfield got two singles.
n Moran made a double and Evers,
& Schmidt and Rudolph each got a base
nit Seven Of the ten mon in the
ESame for HI former worlds cham-
ptons made a hit. It was their best
oeSsnss Of the series. Those failing to
connect were Murphy, schang and
Rennock. Tho latter = at bat only
AA0nce. The hits made by Walsh and
kDh9wk0y were W base drives.
braves Excel in Batttne.
Ihe.snew champions excelied tho
kthlete1 IN hitting but net in neld-
M. made a total Of sixteen
N4NS 4 the four games. SO hits for
9EtotAir Of IS bases and four errors
- Athlettcs nthered only nix rum,
80 + 4 5aaits for 81 basss and three
@Sptx BoGton played one errorIe0
11es the Athaetfcs two. Ysutscdaye
4GMkADe sWa1 tn fir1f same in the lAak