Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-06

PENNANTS NO NOVELTY
TO STALLINGS' CHAMPIONS
Mitchell and Evers However, Are Only Members of Braves
Club Who Have Previously Been Major League
Winner-Boston Leader Confident of Success

Though Johnny Evers is the only mem
Der of the Boston Braves who has had
worlds series experience the matter Of
winning pennants is by no means a nov.
city to Stalllngs' men But the winning
days of the present Boston club have
been confined largely. in fact, almost
exclusively, to the minors with the
exception of Evers who was on Chance s
winning Cub machine in 1905, 1907, 1905
and 1910, there is only one man on the
new National League championship team
who was in a major league victory. This
man is Fred Mitchell
Back in the early days OF the American
League. when the young organization
was struggling. for its very existence,
Fred Mitchell was one of Connie Mack's
pitchers, That was in 1902, the first year
that Connie won the flag, and the Sec
ond season of the league. There was no
worlds series that year, hence this Is
the first time that Fred has been able
to get into the same room where the big
dough-puddinE is to be sliced and equally
divided. Besides being with Mack on
winning club. Mitchell having developed
into catcher. was one of the receivers
on the victorious Toronto club in 1907.
In 1911, Mitchell was with the Rochester
club, which won the flag
Ensign Cottrell is another member of
the Braves team who has some honor
aside from being in this years Boston
club. Ensign has never been noted for
being around when many pennants were
unfutled. but he was with the White
Elephants last seasonal part OF the
time. Mack gave him several chances
but he proved to he such wild young
lett-hander that Mack decided to turn
hun over to Baltimore. After sojourninE
with Jack Dunn while he was taken
up in due course of time by George Stall
ings. and will now be ptted. theoretically
only, against the men with whom he
trained and Travelled last season.
Stallings himself has been with more
pennant winners than any OF his players.
In 1883, when some of his young players
had not seen the light OF day. to say moth
ing OF the beans of Boston, Stallings was
with the Stockton team. OF the California
State League which won the bunting that
year. The following year he switched to
Oakland and the flag also switched
In 1891 George moved along the coast
until he arrived at San Jose. There he
remained for two winning years. 1891 and
1892. The next year he made long jour
ney cross country. and finally. In 1894,
he was with the champion Buffalo club.
The next season he went South and for.
tune followed him to Nashville Tenn.
where another flag was raised. In 1896
he went to Buffalo and was with that
club when they won that year. From
then until 1914 Stallings has been unsuc-
cessful as a winner, but his performance
this year in bringing the Joke club of the
league to the top in the greatest race ever |
seen in any league has made up for his
years of varying fortune.
The Braves championship experience is
given herewith:
PLAYED WITH FOUR WINNERS.
Evers-ChicaEo. National League, 1906, |
1907, fSB and 1910. Moran-DuBois, Inter |
state League. 1907; Atlanta, Southern As
sociHfion. 1909. and Rochester, Eastern |
League, 1910 and rs71
PLAYED WITH THREE WINNERS.
Mitchell - Philadelphia. A mer lean
League. 1902: Toronto. Eastern League.
1877, and Rochester. Eastern League. 1911
PLAYED WITH TWO WINNERS.
Devore-New York, National League.
1911 and 1912. Crutcher-Frankfort. Blue
Grass League, 1908. and Enid, Western
A Association, 1909 Hess-New Orleans,
Southern Association, 1910 and 1911. Ru-
Eastern League. 1907, and
Toronto. international League, 1872
Northwestern League
1903 and 1912. Gilbert-Victoria, Southwest
Texas League. 1910, and Milwaukee, Amer
lean Association. 1918.
PLAYED WITH ONE WINNER.
Schmidt-Baltimore. Eastern League.
1905 Gowuy-DalIas' IeNas League lSlV'
Orleans. Southern AsSocia-
hon, 1910 Mann-Seattle. Northwestern
League 1912. James-Seattle, Northwest
ern League, 1912.
George whitted: THE Braves have
beaten all the teams they've played in
the last half OF the season, and I think
they'll beat the Athletics. Any team
that can stand the battle the way the
Braves have needs ask no favors from
anybody. Every man will be on the job,
and George Stallings can come pretty
near doping out the right system"
Herbie Moran: "snce I've been in the
big leagues I've watched all kinds OF
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