Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-21
Braves VICTORS
IN Close BATTLES
Many l to 0 Games Won
By Boston This Year.
Pulled Out Victor
les Often.

Fortune certainly favored the
Braves in the tight battles in which
the team engaged during the Ma
tiOnal league pennant pursuit, Stall
ings enterprising young athletes
making a grand showing in pulling
games out Of the fire IN the ninth
spasm, in capturing l TO events and
in anncxing extra-inning trays.
Evers q Co. were In what you might
call "A tight" games. OF these the
team took the decision in %, let VIC
tory escape in Is and tied three.
That's percentage Of $40. The
speed of the Braves from July on
is shown by the fact that prior to
that date they landed only four out
OF 13 tight" games; after It, they
won q out Of 2S-a $50 mark.
OF 1 TO 0 games the Braves played
| 10. six of which were victories. Pitts
burg was defeated by this score
/ thrice, Brooklyn once, Cincinnati
once and St. Louis once. The re-
verses of this character were sus-
! tanned at the hands of the Reds
/ twice., of the Cubs (Once) and OF
/ the Giants (once) Ono of the ] to
! o events lasted IL innings and in
/ two of them the games bachelor tally
cropped up in the ninth
The great rallying power of the
Boston team of 1914 is attested by
the number of contests the Braves
4 pulled out Of the fire in the ninth.
/ They took part in 10 aud landed ~
The Giants were humbled thrice in
the last frame, the Cardinals twice
the Reds twice, the Philles twice, the
Pirates once, the Cubs once and the
Superbas once. The teams that
downed Boston by flashing ninth-in-
ming rallies we're Cincinnati, st
Louis, Brooklyn and Chicago. the
first three mentioned teams turning
the trick twice and the last named
club doing il once.
On is occasions the Braves viola
ted union rules and worked ovel
time, their record n extra-inninl
battles being 10 triumDhs. five re
verses and three draws. The tie:
we're played with the Reds the Car
dinals and the Pirates, being 10, 1.
and 10 innings in length. In the NJ
result controversy fought with Her
zog's Uhlans, neither team scored
Tyler and Ames doing the pitching
This was BostOn's record in add
tional round affairs that were de
cided.
! TEN INNING GAMES.
, Won five. Cincinnati, New Yorl
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and ST. Loui
, each being beaten once.
= Lost one, ST. Louis being the vic
s tor.
ELEVEN INNING GAMES.
Won two, Pittsburg and Chicag
'' each being beaten once.
b Lost two, Brooklyn aLo Philadel
9 phia each being succ sssful once.
TWELVE INNING GAMES.
d Won two, Philadelphia and 81
} Louis each being beaten once.
p Lost one. Pittsburg being the vic
tor.
THIRTEEN INNING GAMES.
Won one, Brooklyn beng beaten.
, Lost one, Philadelphia being tn
victor.
In six of the Braves tight" game
the winning run was forced on ther
J. by the opposition, five times on Ell
rors and once on pass issued whe
there was a full house. The me
Il who broke up the other 10 battle
were Hero Hank GOwdy. Rabbit
It Meanwhile, George Whlted job
Evers, Red" Smith Paul Strand, Ri
l. James, Ted Gather. Oscar Dugey, Lee
lie Mann and Charley Schmidt Gov
= dy smashed up four. Meanwhile tire
l. Whitfield three, Evers TWO and the re
:. one each.
Counting in the game taken fro
the Athletics in the ninth inning I
a score of to 0 and their 12-innir
n triumph over the Maclmen. Sailing
"a Sensations captured % tight" ha
ties, lost 16 and tied three.