Evening star., 1914-10-10
WORLD SERIES STATISTICS.
NOTES OF OPENING GAME.


Bombardier Stallings punched an ice
man early in the day, and then Ru-
champions.
one person less saw yesterdays game
than the opening home crowd last year
between the Giants and Athletics Yes
terday's official count was 2O,562, while
ZO.563 paid to see the Giants blank the
Mackmen.
Rube Oldring almost broke his back
going after Rudolph's slow balls. They
Invariably broke just outside the plate,
and twice when Rube famed the ball
was low.
While Red Smith was getting the re-
turns of the game in St. Mary's Hospi-
tai in Brooklyn, Deal, the utility third
Deal fell victim three times. but in
the field was marvel
The first hit of the series went to
Eddie Murphy in the opening inning.
1t was a drive to the right Of Evers,
and had him lat-footed.
Christy Mathewson, who beat the
Highlanders in the first game of the
New York series Thursday, was on
hand to see the Braves clean up,
Hughey Jennings was another player
writer in the press box.
Moran made the first error of the
series when he let Strunk's hit get
through him in the second. The little
outfielder also stole the first base and
was the first to hit a foul out of the
grounds.
Bender must have crossed his luck
before the game started. He walked
from the pitchers box over to the
third-base line and half way between
the plate and the bag dragged his
foot through the white chalk line. 1t
left a mark more than twelve inches
long.
Umpire Bill Dineen cautioned the
Braves on the bench several times
the Boston players got after Collins
when he was at bat in the third in
ming, but Dineen soon Quieted them.
Dineen's umpiring on balls and strikes
was f1awless.
The crowd cheered when Rudolph
struck out the mighty Baker in the
fourth. and they were not all Boston,
ians BY that time the Athletic root
ers were beginning to realize that Ru-
dolph was an extraordinary mounds
man.
A kid on the right field wall attract
ed as much attention in the fourth as
the game itself He scaled the wall.
and once on top defled three policemen.
Finally he Skinned down on the goth
street side of the park.
When the lucky {? base libe) sew
enth was being run out, 1t did look like
Philadelphia had come into her own.
The noise was too deafening for any
body in the stands to hear what Barry
said when he struck out, but every
one knows what 1t was.
No matter where one looked there
were people. 1t took brave men to sit
where some of the watchers perched
themselves, and il the architects who
built the houses in the neighborhood
were there yesterday they could feel
justly proud that the houses kept up
right under their human strain.
Out in the northern theater of battle
where the bleacherite was encamped.
there were many policemen picketed
on outpost duty. All they had, to do.
though. was to watch the game. There
wasn't even a fuss.
The redoubtable Gowdy is supersti-
tious to a degree. Every time he came
to bat he wiped his face with his hands
with his hands. dropped his bat, picked
it up and swung it. wiggled his shoul-
ders and made faces at the pitcher.
Incidentally he made three hits.
When Bender was yanked out in the
sixth, the cheers were quite up to the
mark made when Barry made his re-
markabIe catch of a foul fly, but one
couldn't tell If they were out of re-
spect for what the Big Chief had tried
to do, or II they were out Of gladness
that he was coming out. That catch
Of Barry's. by the way, was certainly
some catch. He picked it running face
with the ball, picked 1t with his bare
bled thirty feet before he saved HIM
self from falling. 1t was the best
fielding play of the day.