The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-10-08
AMAZING RUSH
OF BOSTON BRAVES


NEW YORK. Oct. s-With the
amazing eeord-breaking rush Of the
Boston braves 10 the top Of the Ma
tional league after being a poor last
the first Of July taking up all spot
lights in this world Of sport. some 9th
er mighty interesting features in con
nection with the annual baseball mar
athons have been overlooked.
One # these feafures-and one that
deserves far more than ordinary men
len. IL the work Of Grover Cleveland
Alexander. that pitching phenom who
p5ggles for the greatest hard luck
club in the world-fhe Phillies. This
wear Alexander has been breezing
along al the fastest clip Of any pitch
er in the National league loop. literal
~ standing the batteries in that or
ganizafioD on their heads.
Alexander. With a patehed-np very
ordinary dub behind hirl. has piled
NJ the best pitching percentage 10 the
league. His work has been marvel
Gus. considering the support accorded
him. He has been the one and only
consistent winner for the ;shiliies. He
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al year. Doom. determined TO keep
his warriors out Of the cellar. called
or Alexander often and the big twirl-
e. responded with a victory almost
every time.
Which causes as to 'gause and think
what might have hapT ened. just sup
pose for instance. tat Tom Seaton
handn I jumped TO tie Brooklyn Fed
erals. Seatan. wit his class. would
have added at least twelve more win
10 the Philadelphia clubs standings.
And those same victories. marking of
a like number Of defeats. would have
put the Phillies out In front Of the
Braves. shere they could not have
beer headed.
Another thing that figured strong
In the slump Of the Phillies this year
was the absence Of Shortstop Mickey
Doolan. He. too. fell for the big sal
airy indueement held out by the Feds.
Baltimore got him.
Doom was in sore straits to plug
the gap left by Dooian's departure.
For the first three months of the sea
son be kept trying out different ones
there and in the meantime the ones
getting the trials kicked many a game
away for him. These same games
would have been won in all likelihood
IL Doolan had been 10 the lineup.
Reports now have il that Doom j.
to be deposed this winter as manager
OF the Phillies. The runor has ioated
often before. This time il really seems
10 be founded on fact.
Wei. maybe Doom hasn't made
good. He hasn't If you simply look
at the percentage table, showing
where the Philies finished, hut If
you've followed the career of the red
headed s~erapping leader you know
that be hasn't fallen down on the job
through lack of ability.
Doom takes the prize for being the
most unlueky cuss that ever attempt
ed to drive a ball club TO victory. He
knows baseball, knows IL like a book.
lie knows how 10 play ii and knows
also how TO teach others TO play IT,
He can handle men so that he can get
the most out Of them. But when it
comes 10 wrestling with Fate and put
ing that old joykiller's shoulders TO
the mat the sorrel~topped one isn't
there. He admits that is out OF his
his line.
And Fate has sure landed some ter
rife walIops on the fighting jaw OF
Doom. In fact this Fate person seems
to have taken a supreme delight in
just scattering it's punishment along
50 that il could hand the red head
enough every season TO keep out Of the
running.
Ever since he has been at Philadei-
phia, Doom has had a pennant win
ming aggregation-in the spring. The
critics are all unanimous in the spring
in the verdict that on straight form
Dooin's club should make a parade
of the pennant derby, with them
selves SO far out In front that there
wouldn't be anything to IL. And just
as regularly before the season was
very old Old Man Fate would come
along and soak Doom In the jaw for
the count of ten.
First Fate put over his wallop in
the shape of injuries TO players. He
would see that just enough of DOOM
got hurt to seriously cripple the
team. When they would recover he
would see that others jammed up,
keeping the regular team shot to
pieces all the time. Then next Fate
himself by getting Dooin's
star Out. fielder, Shortstop Magee, 10
slam and umpire, with the result that
the outfelder was out of the lineup
for some time. And his absence hurt.
Fate's latest turn was TO lure Doc
in's stars away via Federal league.
Doom might as well give up until he
finds some means of handing this Fate
person q knock out waliop. He Is a