The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
BRAVES WIN OUT
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DnHvlO WIN UUl
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1t did not have the air-tight qualities
OF the serving done by Rudolph and
James last week. but made trouble for
the Athletics Tyler's change of pace
was good and his control. not perfect
by any means. was best with men on
bases or when he WIS in a hole to the
batter. which was fairly often. Bush
also steadied well and put the ball over
when It looked as If a walk was about
TO take place. Tyler was benched to
make way for pinch hitter. and BIN
James had speed in the last two in
ninEs. which in the dwindSing light
the Athletics could not touch. He was
a trihe wild. however. and sent three
men to bases. one, Baker, intention
ally.
In the last two innings the lighted
matches of smokers looked like bon
fires in the cavernous depths of the
big stand and the play could not have
gone beyond the twelfth round. Be-
Ing confronted with the fact that they
were face to face with a win or tie.
then and there the Braves. preferring
win, plotted and hammered their
way TO a triumph in quick time.
A cloud -streaked sky did not fur
nish the best light in the world at
any time. The weather conditions
were not as good as in Philadelphia.
It was cooler and a brisk wind cut
across the field to hurry the fielders
when trailing fly balls.
Athletics Make Good Start.
The Athletics made a promising
start Murphy opened with a two-
base thurst to left, n clean, spanking
drive Oldring, woefully weak with
the stick, did manage to get in
sacrifice this time nd put Murphy on.
third Collins hit out low and hard to
Connolly in left and Connolly, eager 10
get hold Of the ball and throw home,
dropped It, Murphy pranced in,
something he'd doubtless have done
had Connolly held the ball. Tyler
pulled himself together and struck on.
Baker on Ugh one Next Collins
stole second. but after Mclnnis had
drawn four balls, Evers. light of foot.
clipped over TO second. Tyler wheeled
and threw. and Collins was caught
mapping.
Evers singled in Bostons half por-
ton, but the other home hitters could
not make any impression on Bush.
! Whitfield, the third ont, famed on a
had bali. Walsh and Barry hit
weakly In the Philadelphia second,
and q ope-hauded catch by Evers end
ed the inning The tricky wind gave
the ball fiirt as Evers was backing
/ out for it, He had to make Il quick
grab to nail it.
| There were two out in Boston's half
Of the second before they did any
thing Maranville walked and the
/ slippery Rabbit" still on, stole on
Schang, who threw to bases poorly,
! Then Gowdy came to judgment.
Rugged Hank" got one where he
wanted it and cuffed it srieking over
the plain The stricken ball dropped
in the left field porch and scored
Maranville.
The Athletics built up another one
run lead in their half of the fourth
i After Fvers had throttled Collins
liner Baker was called out on strikes
Mc1nnis wedged a two Dagger in among
the Royal Rioters. occupants OF The
( left field rendezvous Connolly's try
/ for the hit was acrobatic, but futile
/ He tumblcd over the low fence back
ward and dropped out of sight. He
was helped out none the worse for his
! fall. SupplementinE this ground rule
! two Dagger Of McInnis. Walsh came
through with a healthy shot past Ma
ranville and fetches "StuTy" to the
/ finish mark
MaranviiIe Hits the High Spots.
In Boston's half Whitted's blow had
+ tremendous voltage. bat Rush's hand
DETECTED it to Collins, who threw the
batter out. Schmidt had better sue
cess. lie put a single in the center
clearing. Deal rolled TO Collins and
died. Schmidt taking second That's
/ all MaranviIle wanted. The first thing
the Rabbit did was to drive screamer
TO the right foul line, for which Murphy
made a desperate try Schmidt sailed
home Maranville hit the high spots and
! ran all the way in while the visiting
outhelders were frantically chasing the
! ball The home glee, however. was
subjected to n fearful dampener. The
( hall had struck foul. foul by inches.
but 1t might as well have been u mile.
4 Umpire Hildehrand beckoned to KLEIN
I that the hit was foul. Maranville had
! 10 separate himself from the frantic
hugs Of his mates and tried II all over
again He mauled another one. This
one went safely to center just In front
of Walsh, and once more Schmidt ran
home.
Maranville stole second and contln-
ued to third on Schang's maynard
throw. The frowning figure OF Gowdy
persuaded Bush to get rid of that gen.
tleman on four balls The base run
ners sought the double steal method
OF bringing in a run. but Schang
heaved TO Collins, who had come in
close and Collins Tipped the bali to
third before Maranville could slide
back to that haven.
Murphy doubled In the fifth with two
out but Oldrings strike-out stranded
him. The Rube fshed for n low curve
a foot outside the platter. Evers sim
gled In Bostons half, and was left
Collins opened the sixth with an infield
hit and was smothered along with
Baker in double play. II was short
sweet inning as was the Boston sixth.
The latter section contained two
Dagger by Deal. which shaded the foul
line as IL dropped into the bleachers
Two were out at the time and Maran-
VILE hit high into the heavens and was
plotted out by Schang's catch.
Batters toppled fast in the seventh
and eighth innings, but a. beautiful play
hy Schmidt set the stands In a furore in
the eighth. Bush led off and skinned
the first base line with stineer
Schmidt did a kangaroo leap across the
path of the bail, stopped IL. and with
the connivance of Tyler. who came
over at fun speed to cover the base,
retired Bush. Barry and McInnis made
fine plays ON Connolly and Whitted in