New Britain herald., 1915-09-21


 The Kennebunk Express
 Yes, it's quite a game, taking it up and down-or coming and going. | Four years around this time Mathew son and Coombs were hooked to- gether in a world series outburst. Both then were at the top of their glory. In that series Coombs tore the lining out of his side and began to slip fast. Two years later he was rated a hopeless cripple-and two years later Matty was still world series hero. Today Colby Jack is back where he used to be and Matty is further down the list than he has ever been in his fifteen-year career. Or, as Plato said first: you can't even guess in this business"
 Close to Record.
 There may have been managers be- fore who debutted with a pennant winner, but at present we fail to re- call the occasions. So if Pat Moran lands where the dope has safely planted him-out in front-he will be at least the first modern leader to open a managerial career under the fiutter and shadow of the flag.
 Hughey Jennings won his first year with Detroit, but Hughey had drawn managerial experience in Baltimore, Frank Chance won his first year out, tut Chance started with ball club tuilt up by others. McGraw, Clarke, Mack and Stallings, all needed time to build up flag machines. But Moran has come further in shorter while than any manager that ever attempt. ed to coax ball playing talent along the field
 The Red Sox and Philliies may not meet in the next world series. and by the same date John D. Rocke- feller may be down to his last kopeck.
 Those who figured the Red Sox as likely to quit and curl up under the Tiger attack haven't followed the for tunes of Carrigans club any great part of the campaign. No club in either league has ever faced the high spots of the entire campaign with the same courage shown by the A. L. leaders When the time came to make good, both at home and abroad, they were the people out there forcing | most of the fighting. This fact is |
  against Tigers and White Sox, for l even on home fields the two latter | clubs were never able to keep the l leaders in check.
 The Ball Players Side. Here is an, opinion from a ball | player in regard to criticism against l Sc much rowdiness upon the field: "Whatever the ball player does is l
 k1,N ,mpires we are rowdies. If we fail l tc go after them and take all de- | cisions as they come we are quitters 1 Or the crowd say we are colorless- just as they said of~ the Athletics. A l number of critics charged us for a long time with being a league of i hand shakers-and said the old fight ing spirit had been killed and that all we thought of was money. Then when we start scrapping to win and exchange wallop or two we are branded as muckers and thugs. The Athletics never protested a decision and never started any trouble, and, in spite of having four pennant win ners, few people, comparatively, paid to see them play. And that the way it has always gone. Whatever we do is wrong."
 For that matter whatever most people do is wrong, according to most other people. Which has very little to do with the heart of the situation.
 Two Examples.
 To the player in question we might refer the Red Sox and Phillies, who have done fairly well this season as such things operate. They have not been accused of 1owdyism or muckerism. They have done very little umpire batting. But they have gone out and hustled and fought for ball games against oppos- ing teams and thereby, in addition to achieving success in the club stand irgs, have probably drawn more 1 money to the gate than any other club, barring only the Tigers, who have worked much along the same lines.
 The Braves Set Back
 The Braves have drawn more than their share of rugged luck this season. But on the side they have tossed 1 many a game by fighting umpires harder than they fought opposing 1 clubs They have had more suspen- | siors than any two pennant conten- eers in either circuit, and to this as l