Evening star., 1914-10-11

best handlers Of a thrown ball that
one could find, but he has been weak
with the stick, though now that he
has started he may show to better
advantage.
In the game to be played in Boston
Monday, Mack may use Bressler, a
young left-hander, who has a world of
stun, and take chance on his beat
ing the Braves. But q young pitcher
Stallings' crew, which is playing bril-
liantly in every department. and 1t is
lighting for every inch of ground.
On the bases the work of the Mack
men was weak and i'll advised. Three
had they gotten better start or
shown more speed could not have been
pulled OF. Murphy in the very open.
ing inning probably killed chance Of
himself to be thrown ont at second aft
er Schmidt had allowed James throw
to get past him. Schang made a mess
the g Sixth Wen aftsr havinE douSled
he tried to reach third on a half passed
ball. To make matters worse Collins
allowed himself to be caught mapping
of first in the seventh while Baker was
at bat.
Baker, by the way, has not looked
good at the bat in the tive games. He
did get double off Rudolph in the
opener, but he was weak against James
yesterday. James only pitched eight
balls to Baker In the three times he
faced him and then retired him on easy
plays.
That Bill James had a big advantage
better is shown by the number Of balls
that the two twirlers used. In the
nine innings Plank pitched 131 balls.
while James shot over only 95. James.
younger than Plank. and this saving of
strength undoubtedly had its effect.
Today probably was the last time
that Eddie Plank will ever be seen in
a world series game. There is. Of
eran making his second appearance
in the present series and 1t is doubtful
If he will get a chance to appear in
another in the future. His defeat to-
day was to be regretted, for consid-
ering the many years he has served
and the poor offensive support he re-
ceived he gave a remarkable perform
ance in which he had to work at top
speed every step of the way. He could
never let up. for the Braves were con-
clear from the outset that the team
which could get a run would very
likely win the day.
There is no longer anything surpris-
ing about the remarkable race the
Braves put up in the National League.
Stallings has a grand ball team which
Is blessed with as good pitching as
any one would wish to see. It is a
team which is likely to hit most any
thing that is dished up, and while
there may be nothing sensational about
in he ~ ha
to better advantage in this respect
than have Its rivals, the Athletics. In
cidentally, the team has its share OF
stars. There are four or five of its
ball team in the country and improve
1t. Maranville and Evers are a re-
markable pair. Gowdy is a catcher OF
great ability and value to team and
the two pitchers Stallings has shown
are really wonderful performers. The
full class, and on the whole the team
works we'll together and has q lot OF
hustle and spirit. in which respect 1t
stands out over the Athletics, which
found that it could not make base hits
at will.
Jack Barry took a hand at doing the
sensational in today's game. He had
eight chances In the field. and two
OI SuCm "OIo oIl PAdy6 WAASA
brought the crowd to its feet.
The Athletics were desperate today.
They went into the game determined
to get an even break in the series to
date, but It did not take James long
to convince them that they were In
for a strenuous afternoon. Inning aft
er inning he retired them in order. and
he gave every indication of being a
star of the first water. Any time a
pitcher has those Mackmen walking
to and from the plate without accom-
eight innings it is a safe prediction
that he has something more than ordi-