South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-22
ATHLETIC TEAM
REMAINS STRONG
American League Leaders Still
Retain Speed That Won From
Giants and Cubs Although
Whipped by Boston Braves.
~ FRANK &. MEME


NEW YORK. oct. 1.-The Ath-
1etics aren't through. The Braves
trimmed them four times M row.
but the great Athletic machine still is
intact. rStill possessed of the terrific
power Of old. still able 10 crush near
iy every opponent that stands i'm its
way
The Athletics were outclassed i'm
the worlds series and this has caused
many persons 10 believe that the
grand. old machine has lost IT'S drive
and its smashing force. But such "a
belief Is erroneous. The Athletics to-
DAY are just as good as they were In
1910, in 1911 and in 1913, when they
crushed the Cubs and the Giants.
They lost this year because they met
"a team that were their peers. they
were beaten by a team that was tray
cling at a clip that no power in base
ball could stop.
The Athletics lOst-but not with
out honor They were beaten. but
they were beaten only after the most
bitterly contested series in the world
histOrv. The Braves triumphed large
" beC luse they played better baseball
and partly because the Athletics
Over-anxiOus, threw away many bat
ting chances. The Athletics were
heater. in two others by remarkable.
almost miraculous plays by Walter
Athletics Still Here.
And so, Just because they were
beaten four games in a row. is no rea-
son to heave sighting remarks at the
Athletics They still are IN our midst.
ranking as one OF the most wonder
ful baseball machines of this age or
any other.
The Braves travelling at the clip
they set IN the world series, games.
could have beaten any collection Of
baseball players in the world. Prob
ably il would have taken them more
than four games to beat an outfit
composed Of all-staTs, such as Jack
son, Speaker, Cobb. Walter Johnson,
Mathewson. Tesreau. Daubert Collins.
Baker and a few others Of the same
type but they would have beaten them
ultimately. The Braves were the ir-
resistable force.
But Just because they beat the Ath-
letics is no reason for anyone 10 be
lieve that the Athletics have gone
back. The Philadelphians rank as
the greatest hitting team in baseball
history But in that series their war
clubs we're almost useless before the
magnificent pitching of the Boston
trio The Athletics made them ut
terlv useless by exhibiting the worst
display Of hitting judgment that ever
has been seen In world series bat
tie.
The Athletics were over-anxious at
the plate. They wanted 10 convince
the public beyond any question Of
doubt that they were batting won
ders And their anxiety led them into
pitfalls They swung at everything
that was offered-and the bratny
Boston pitchers offered them, in the
main. the kind of balls they couldn't
hit with any degree Of success.
The Braves wOn-and they deserve
all the praise and all the glory that
goes with "a victory SO decisive, and
SO wonderful as theirs. No one
should take from the Braves any of
the full merit for their victory by
saying that they beat a team that is
disintegrating. They didn't beat such
a team. Trey beat the same team
that swept through TO victory in the
world series of 1910. 1911 and 1913
In such easy fashion. The Braves
beat the team that until their coming
ranked as the greatest in baseball
history. They beat the wonderful
Athletics. because they proved them
selves just IA bit more wonderful