Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-10
EDDIE COLLINS
SAYS MACKMEN
HAVE NO EXCUSE
Champions Outpitched and
Outbatted, but Overanx-
iety to Hit Aided in Down
fall in First Contest.
By EDDIE COLLINS

the fact than we are right at the present
moment. However. as the sayin. g""s.
"Experience is the best teacher" and. be-
lieve me- we learned not few things
in the game OF yesterday
We have no excuses to offer our de-
feat was decisive enough to forbid the
use of any "buts" and "irs" hy me at
this late hour As is usually the case in
a losing samo, it is easy to look back and
see just what led up to the play that
was the start Of our eventual ruin, SO I
will try to enlighten you as to what we
new believe to bo our mistakes, as well
ns what We figured were the important
winning plays Of our opponents.
We started off quite auspcousiy, aud
when Bender retired Moran and Evets on
easy flies and famed Connolly, ona OF
the Braves best hittcrs, on three pitched
balls he looked to he what is termed
fright" in baseball slang. on the other
hand. our inning showed little brighter
Eddie Murphy singled Cleanly to right
Oldring sacrificed and base on balls
followed to the next man. After this
Baker lifted high foul back If first
which Schmidt, the Boston first hascmar
was able to get and on which Eddie
Murphy cssayCd to 10 TO third. and wiki
n little luck would have made 1t, as he
beat Schmidts throw but unfortunately
he ovcrsId the bag and was ont.
So good was Bcndor's performance In
the first that his sudden transErcssiOn
In the second was most Unexpected Al
least. II came without warning to us
and, as il later developed, it was only
the beginning of the end. Whitfield tho
first batter. got Chief in a hole right
off the reel. but the count came down
to three and two, only to have him walk
anyway. Likewise with Gowdy, as the
latter had our twrler three balls and
nothing before Chief could got over a
strike. The next ball pitched, fast
one, a trhe high, was the ball thlt
won the game for Boston. True, other
timely swats followed, but this crack
of the lankv Boston maskman turned the
tide of the battle. 1t was double, on
which Whitted easily scored With the
count one ball and nothing on Rabbit"
Maranvlle, Chief served another fast
one up. which was sent out 10 centre
faster than it went up. and Gowdy reg
istered run number two for Boston, which
was enough TO win
CHANCE IN. SECOND.
golden opportunity was made pos
sbIe in our half when McInnis walked
and came all the way home when
Strunk's single to right went through
Moran's legs 10 the fence. This put a
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out immensely ny tanning on a ball
almost foot outside Schans followed
and hit a bad ball inside weakly 70
the inholt, on which Strunk was retired
on a close play a the 'lale, and with
which went our last good chance TO
make any headway.
Thereafter until the seventh wo never
were dangerous; in fact. we never had a
chance 10 be. Baker renewed none with
US when he was allowed To reach first on
a tumble by Evers-a hard chanCe-aud
II could have been scored a base hit Ru-
dolph never 4ot "a bail near the plate for
McInnis. and he walked But that was
all for Struuk rolled to the first ba So
man Barry famed and Lam eXnired
Rudolph 10 Schmidt
7 do NOT want TO take anv credit ayva,
tror, Rudolnh because he drscryas sI
~ is coming to him and he Ditrbod a
r,slStarf,II game but INV contention about
The outcome OF yesterdays same lis that