The Detroit times., 1914-10-15
LATE SERIES
PROVES GAME
IS ON SQUARE
Many Chances To Clean Up
Thousands Tossed Away by
Players and Chiefs
Thinning BATTLE is
CITED AS EXAMPLE
lnnumerable Instances Point to
Folly of Questioning the
Honesty of Baseball
By HAL SHERIDAN.

| NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The carpers
who have insisted that baseball Il
crooked and that the annual battles
for the championship of the world
are manipulated to draw large sums
OF money from the public. may now
hunt their holes. IL they can't find
them. they may be aided by the low
murmurs OF those who declared the
Boston Braves did not have class.
and have now crawled In and pulled
the hole in after them.
The victory OF the Braves over the
Athletics was great thing for base.
ball In more ways than one. II placed
upon the highest pinnacle a team full
OF life and all Of the human elements
which go TO draw the admiration OF
the public. The Athletics are great
team. but In their stolid, business.like
Unconditional ways, there Is little to
arouse such enthusiasm as is stirred
by the lighting, tearing tactics OF the
Braves.
The Braves thus brought back the
old yell and whoop to the game, but
above all their four straight victories
demonstrated that they went into the
series with the Athletics to win and
not to pile up vast sum OF money
In the Golfers OF the National com
mission.
The players do not share in the re
|ceipts after the first four games, so
that had the series been drawn out
TO fve, six or seven games, the Ma
tionai commission and the club own.
ers would have been the gamers. In
the tenth inning OF the third game II
certainly appeared as though the
series would go five games. The
Braves were licked, but they didn't
know II. Then they tied the score.
In the eleventh IL was 30 dark the
ball was followed only with the great.
est difficulty. Umpire KLEIN would
have been fully justified In calling
the game on account Of darkness.
Such action would have made a NTH
game necessary, but the two teams
were kept at IL and In the twelfth Joe
Bush uncorked his wild throw to
third on Moran's bunt, Mann racesl
across the plate and the Braves need
ed but one more victory TO clinch the
championship and end the series.
Had the main idea OF the baseball
magnates been, to get as much money
as possible out Of the series, they
were never offered a better chance
than In this game. II virtually rested
with the umpires as darkness took
control OF the game out OF the hands
of the players. Calling the game
when the score was tied would have
sent the series into FIVE games with
a chance OF more.
Neither the players, the club own
ers, or the National commission got
as much out of the series Just closed
rs II usually shaken down. They
might have made more, not only In
the series had lasted longer, but II
the first two games had been played
In Boston. The winning OF the toss
by the Athletics cost every one en-
cerned hundreds OF dollars, as Fen
way park can. seat well over 10000
more people than Shibe park.
When il was suggested that temp
orary bleachers be erected IN center
field at Boston. Capt. Evers, OF the
Braves, promptly vetoed the plan. IL
would have meant at least $4,000
more to the Boston players, but
Johnny declared he would not take
chances on a cramped field Just TO
get some additional money.
In the last few days McGraw and
Chance have gone TO the Federal
league and the Yankees have been
sold. All that remains for the base.
ball scribes is 10 put the Cuban Giants
In the National league.