Evening star., 1914-10-18

Rube Oldring and Bob Shawkey were
which, undoubtedly, had a telling eff
feet on both. A day or so before the
series opened the papers carried a
story about Oldring being sued for
alimony and non-support. Rube heard
about that incident every time he went
to the plate.
Bob Shawkey suffered similarly. IT
had been announced that he was to
marry a woman who had shot a former
husband, and the day he pitched lot
of questions were poked at him by the
Braves. There were suggestions Tor
bulletproof clothes, and he was told
he would be able to duck almost any
thing that came his way by the time
he had finished his game.
Collins and Baker were not over
looked, though the line of talk hurled
at them was of a different nature. COL
Inns was asked what he used on ton-
ME when he got him to give MIN a
$4,000 contract, while BAKER was hlu-
ded because he could not hit. 1t was
evident that the Mack players were
allowing themselves to be dlsconcerted d
by these remarks, and 1t, undoubtedly
affected their playing,
Desnte the fact that the Braves were
believed to have been weakened by the
accident to Red Smith, their regular
third baseman, it is decidedly questlona-
Bile if they would have won four straight
games had Deal not been at third base
II was the remarkable fielding of this
vo,,ngster which ruined many chance
for the Athletics.
| Deal made a star play when he han
died Schmidt's assist in the hrst inning
of the initial game and doubled up Mur-
phy at third. In the famous l-to-O game
Saturday Deal was largely responsive
for the retiring of Schang, who tried
to come from second to third on nan
passed ball, handling Gowdy throw per
fectly and with great speed he MADE
any number of difficult stops of balls
that had all the appearance OF base hl's,
and. incidentally, scored the only run OF
the Saturday game after hanlilg g. NJ lith 10.
a double and stolen third hsu oiiiitn u.
doubtful if he could have been Oh as
much help to his team as was Deal
There is nothing theatrical about bout
man, pure and simple, and he reiuseu
to allow himself to be dragged liito
any other game merely because he
happened to be successful.
Stallings was made hatterihs prop
osition to write his own story OF the
series for syndicate Of newspapers,
but he turned down .he proposltioli
because. he said, that it would ne un-
fair for him to write tor any papers
but those in Boston which had given
him support. and he gave those papers
a statement after every game ana oio
not accept pay for it either.
After the worlds series had been won
by the Braves a theatrical firm oiereo
him d fortune to do short monolosue
around vaudeville circuit. 1t was
figured that Stallings could PICK up
about $4,000 in a little over mohth
but he also refused to enter into that sort
of thing and a day or two after Tue
series was over he went to his pianta-
tlon near Macon, Ga, to spend the
winter
Stallings acts like a regular fellow
about this pennant- winning PROPOSE
ton.
1t was those who have followed base
ball for years and have seen all the
stars of the past and present in action
VINO We're quick to recognize the mar MAJ,
velous ability of Walter Maranvllie,
the Braves.
1t was the consensus OF those long
experienced of the game that Maran-
viile is the superior of any shortstop
the game has ever produced. Ihe
amount of ground this youngster can
cover, the speed he shows in every
thing and the fact that he handles the
pall with grace and ease, not to speak
OF his remarkable throwing, easily
puts him at the head of all shortstops
and that position has been filled by
some of the games greatest stars IN
the past
Just because the Athletics failed to
snow anything like their real form
against the Braves does not neceSSarI-