The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-11
FULLERTON Tells WHY IRF
INFERIOR BRAVES TRIUMPH

used this with deadly effect aEsin.,
baker and Strunk especially. MI
Twice the great pitching giant va,.
cred, once right at the start Of ~.
game, when he seemed wild and need.
ed encouragement and again in Tia
ninth inning when with the victory u
sight, he grew too anxious, put tn
much on the ball and gave two pasaa.
putting himself into position whars
single hit or error would have tun,
ed the tide and probably the series,
MaranviIIe's Greet play.
There have been great plays in TIL,
series and today II was clean. hard
fast baseball. with both teams Amt.
ing for every inch. In the last Of tha y
ninth came the great climax. Boston
had made one run. more or less unds
served and the tension was greater
and greater. Two men were on thu
bases and Murphy was at bat, With
one out. He slashed . fast bounder
down toward Maranville. who bounced
upon 1t with the avidity Of terrier
upon q rat and leaped for second
base. Walsh was racing for the base.
He was out and knew 1t, but even vet
there was a chance to stop the double
play and he hurled his heavy frame
at the bantam short stop who hae
reached the bag and was throwing.
A fraction OF second meant much.
MaranviHe threw and instead Of yield.
ing ground he hurled his body against
Walsh. stopped him, and the perfect
throw reached Schmidt. The double
play climaxed the battle and left the
dazed Philadelphians sitting as il
stunned by the disaster.
Braves Fight At Every Point.
Boston is playing that kind OF base
ball, hustling. fighting and playing the
game at every point. They are out
guessing the champs, crossing them
at almost every stage, and blocking
their every plan Of attack. That their
tactics are having effect Is cetrain.
From the fourth inning to the finish
today the Athletics seemed dispirited
and lacked fighting spirit. Their heads
were down and their tails up. Col.
Inns and few OF them kept hustling
desperately. but they had little chance
to do anything.
Plank was pitching magnificent bali
all the way. He did as well as was
expected and he had some magnificent
assistance from Collins and Barry in
the field, and some from McInnis.
Barry Blamed for Defest.
Barry is way or in his work. In
fact, the majority who Witnessed the
game will blame Barry for the defeat.
The play that won the game was made
by Deal. He Was on second base be-
cause with one out in the ninth he
hit long high; fly safely to center.
Strunk would catch that kind Of fly
ninety nine times out OF q hundred.
but this time he hes!tated and al
though he made gallant attempt to
get back, the ball fell over his finger
tips and Deal reached second. A mo-
ment later came the play. Deal ven
tured too far on second and Schang
shot the ball down to Barry Deal
had whiried and was speeding for
third as Barry started to throw, then
he held the ball and Deal landed at
the base safely. In Philly tonight
they are abusing Barry. The fact Is
J. Franklin Baker was lost in the play
and was so far OF third, Barry saw
It was useless to throw at all and
held the ball.
Umpire'e Work Wretched.
The worst feature Of the game was
the entirely wretched umpiring OF
Byron, who made half q dozen mis-
takes. decided three plays before they
we're made, and revealed the danger
of selection OF untried umpires He
called Schang out in . desperately
close play at third base: he called
collins safe on frst when he was out
clearly and then cvened It by calilns
him out on q desperately close decis-
lon when he was nipped OF first. He
called Whitted out at first when he
was safe two steps, but luckily Barrys
throw was wide and McInnis dropped
the ball after fine catch. Byron re
versed himself quickly and all the dlt-
ference 1t made was that the scorers
had to give McInnis an undeserveo
error.
Bitter Feeling Between Teams.
There is an immense amount OF pit
-. foAItn~ o-rowin~, cyYf NJ the 2er1es.