Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-14
Third Game Was Only One
in Which Athletics Had
Chance and Bush Hurt His
Own Game There.
All of Mack's Men, Except
Murphy, Were off Their Stride.
Bad Judgment Responsible in
Part for Poor Showing.
Rr EDDIE COLLINS

| do not want to attempt to conceal the
fact that we were outplayed in every par
ticular. In the first place 1 cannot ex-
pect to do it, and in the second place I
want to give the new worlds champions
all the credit to which they are justly en-
| titled.
Throughout the entire series we seemed
| to bo in bad on nearly everything we
tried whereas everything they undertook
usually went through. In fact, the only
thing about which we called the true turn
was the number of games played in the
series, namely four Only instead Of us
being the winners, we are now the
losers.
Analysing each game separately, the
third one, in which Joe Bush pitched,
was the only one which we really had
license TO win. This game, to our way
Of thinking. was the turning point in the
series. Had we won that affair, i am
confident that the final result would have
been different, but things broke against
US and we were thrown on the defensive.
Starting the last game we still were con-
fident that we would strike our stride
and get going right, but it was not to be.
In the first place we were up against too
good pitching. James and Rudolph pitch
ed almost unbeatable ball. They held the
upper hand at all times, really making
our best batters look bad. As long as
I have seen our present club play, 1 can .
never recall q time when we looked as
helpless with the sticks as in the series
just passed. Not only were our attempts
to connect fruitless. but at times they
seemed even ridiculous, so far did we
miss some balls.
Particularly was this true with Rudolph
pitching. as he used a slow ball very
often, and against this we were never
able to connect. In the last game we hit
him harder than in the first, but his
him out of danger
OPPORTUNITY MISSED.
In the fourth inning we missed good
opportunity to get the jump on the
Braves when Bakers single, which struck
Schmidt on the jaw, was followed by a
hard drive to left by McGnnis. on which
Bake" by good running, made third,
only to have "Stuffy' nipped trying to
make second on tho throw-n. If he
had made it. this would have put man
on second and third and necessarily
drawn the Boston lnfeld in with only
one man out. Boston broke the ice In
their half and scored one run. due prl-
marlly to my failure to handle two
ground balls which Connolly and Whit
ted, respectively. hit to me, but their ad-
vantage was short-lived, as Barry's sim
gle, feder's choice and Shawkey's dou-
BILE put us on even terms once more.
With the exception of Plank's game,
on the part of our pitchers
put us under a severe handicap. Particu-
arly was this true in the game Bush
pitched, in which the Boston Braves ran
bases almost at random, as one or two
runs resulted from these pliers. 1t was
not hard to see one reason why We lost.
'Wally" Schang, 10 our way of thinking.
came in for lot of unjust criticism be-
,ause his throwing was erratic. How
,ver, when It is taken into consideration
hat Bush gave them such running leads.
[ is not so hard to understand why
;chang's throws were necessarily hurried
md consequently not true to the mark.
PITCHERS WORKED POORLY.
Not only did our pitchers show careless
ess in watching base runners, but they
worked poorly on some batters who
roved to be dangerous antagonists.
Gowdy and Evers stood out prominently
s individuals whom our twirlers could
ot seem to fathom. Both hit like fiends.
nd. fortunately for us, they distrib-
ted their numerous base hits where
ley worked to the best advantage ana to
ur eventual overthrow. Outside of the
'OstOn pitchers, l am of the opinion,
Owdy, Evers and Maranville stand out
re-eminently. At the same time Big
chmldt, in fact all of the Boston club
imply outclassed us In the entire series.
AIKEN individually or collectively, they
ertainly hit better, ran the bases bet
n and at least helded as well as our
ggregatiOn.
We simply were lacking with the timely
It's and all OF us with the exception OF
dde Murphy seemed TO be off our stride.
ur little right fielder alone maintained
10 quality of ball throughout the series
hich he is capable Of playing. All the
.st of us were either on in some par
cular or other, principally our hitting
on the other hand, the Boston crowd
,uld not seem TO do anything wrong,
nd whenever a hit was needed some one
them was always there to produce.
Furthermore, We used bad judgment. |
, not mean our manager, but our play
s. For instance, in the first game after
OaLoh hdu acquired Such a commanding
ad and II was almost a foTegOne con-
usion, we never attempted to find out
lythins about Rudolph BY this / mean
neither it would be more 10 our adyan-
ge, say, to wait him out, or II bunting
ould upset him.
NO BUNTS ATTEMPTED.
There was not man on our club VINO
en- attempted to make a bunt other
an to sacrifice throughout the entire
rIes. Even though these things might y
It have accomplished anything for US,
that particular game, there was a pos
9llity Of their being valuable TO US
ter on, but that Is all too late now,
Again. In the third game, We realized
ter It was too late that Gowdy should
We been passed Intentionally with two
{ and Maranyills on second base, but
wasn't and subsequently doubled to
Now that Il Is all over We are not
or ashamed to acknowledge defeat and
1llle we did not exhibit a quality OF
II IN the last series that entitled Us
any more thar what We received. How
81 Gs nave n sXt year 10 look forward
teeling confident that We will cross