The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
Will Find Athletics
Easier to Beat in Is
Braves Decisive Triumph Is
Bound to Leave a Lasting
and Disastrous Effect.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
BY WILLIAM PEET.


Now the psychologists come to bat
with lot Of good stun.
Here's the dope, fans, just think Il
over.
Connie Mack's Athletics will ind its
long way to Tipperary next season,
when the American League champion
ship seasons opens.
'I am willing to bet that Mack's
club doesn't finish one, two, three in
1885," a well-known minor league man
ager remarked to the writer when the
big series closed in Boston Tuesday
night.
The psychology OF baseball is the
answer to this question.
The Athletics have been and are today
q great team. 1t is true that they were
licked by the Boston Braves in the re-
cent diamond derby, but they are a
great team nevertheless
Right here is where this psychology
business comes in.
About a week from now the various
nfzlhbers of the Philadelphia club will
just wake up to the fact that they lost
four straight games to the Boston Braves
They are still in a dazed condition at
present
They will try and figure out why they
were beaten and being unable to answer
the question will say to themselves. II
will have to hustle next year to win the
pennant again, etc"
Boston's cleancGt victories are sure to
leave a lasting Impression upon the minds
of every member OF Connie Macks on
cial family. The players are bound to
lose confidence and the other teams in
the Ban johnson circuit will hardly find
them such tough customers as has been
the case in times past
At least this is how the psychologists
figure the thing out, and II is worth con-
sidering, eh fans?
Joe CantiIIon. former manager Of the
Washington club. was in the Capital yes
terday for a business conference with
Clark Grifith. during which time the
sale OF Rondeau, Minneapolis outfielder
purchased by the Nationals, was rati-
fed.
According to Cantillon, the youngster is
a great ball player and sure to make
good for Grin next season.
The Federal Express has begun its sec
ond annual tour Of the majors, picking
up the stars-for the winter only.
Walter Camps retirement as treasurer
OF the Yale Financial Union was a bitter
blow to those interested in the affairs Of
the Blue Since its beginning the foot
ball expert has held the position Of treas
urer OF the union. He has in that capa-
city had charge OF all branches Of Yale
athletics, and under him sports at New
Haven have been put on a firm financial
basis. Camp is known best for his foot
ball writings, the climax Of which Is
reached annually when he selects his
AIl-American football team.
Ssss
Already there have been wagers made
in Washington that the Braves will re-
peat next year. No one, as far as known,
has bet that they will beat the Athletics,
but several bets have been placed at 30
and 10 to 100 that Stallings' team will win
the National League race.
The Athletics feel now that IL they
had an All-Star team such as was picked
for them several years ago by Jimmy
McAleer with Walter Johnson, Harry
White and Ed Walsh, pitching. and all
at their best, during the last week Of the
season they would have been much bet
ter fortified to oppose the sterling pitch
ing of the Braves. OF course, this is an
afterthought for they didn't think that
Rudolph, James and Tyler could baffie
them. Now they know differently. They
only met the fate Of all other champions
who fall into the idea that they cannot
be beaten. They forgot that old saying,
No mater how good you are there is
always some one just little better y
They realize all this now-when IT is too
late. This isn't meant for an alibi or
any reflection on the ability Of the pitch
ing of Boston's triple alllance-It is just
the opinion of Connie Mack and a few
of the Athletics players who know
whereof they speak, the ones who can
not give credit enough to the Braves for
their great efforts.
Financially the past season has been
a poor one for the baseball clubs. From
sources that are authoritative 1t is learn
ed that the Athletics lest close to 10000
on the season, including the worlds series
profits, and that the Braves dropped
81 900 on the season after putting away
the worlds series money. The Braves
did remarkably well in the latter part Of
the season, but didn't draw any one but
the ground keeper when they were losing
in the first half of the season. The St
Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants
are said to be the only clubs in the major
leagues to have made money on the sea-
son. 1t would be a good thing for base
ball IL the major league and Federal
League clubs got together and honestly
told the fans how much money they lost
] on the past season.