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ntmosphers and those packed In the
Jtlcdchers wore not uncomfortablo with
their coats on.
BRAVES START PRACTICE.
The Braves Appeared at the park by
noon They Immedlatelv started batting
practice. Most of their efforts were di
rected against right-handers. The crowd
cheered anl generally worked Itself up
There was a sprinkling of fans In the ie
Icefved scats of the grandstand even at
this early hour.
While the Braves were still at batting
practice and the stands were rapidly fill
ing a Pilgrim Father appeared In the
main grandstand About his hat was a
otrlng of frankfurters Another hung
from his neck, and he bore a huge sign
reading
"FOR SALE-BRAVES' SAUSAGES
Made From Connie s Goat.
Tho Athletics appeared on the field at
12 50. Thev were r?iven a great reception
by the Boston fans The bleacherltes
cheered them to the echo, horns were
blown, papers and hats waved as Con
nie's Uam slipped Into its dugout In
the meantime the Braves were poppeilng
tho ball for nil It was worth Gowdy
especially waa trying to kill It. He drove
nvitrnl Into the blcJChClu ,
Cather, Connolly. Mann and Schmidt I
duplicated this feat, to the great de- i
light of the crowd The Braves also '
put In en extended period at bunting ,
practice and hammering al southpaw
shoots to be prepaied for anything Mack (
might spring
Outside tho park there were WOO peo
pie All were clamoring for tickets, and
It ieq lirrd the bravest efforts h the po
lice to keep order Thoo In tho top seats
of tho right fle'd bleachers amused them-
8104 by tusslns inonev down Into n
crowd if small bovs, and young riots
were ccntantlv in progress
The town 1- baseball mad For that
meitler, a larse section of the United
States and Canada Is In the same fix.
Hotels here are Jammed. Fans from all
tectlons of the country have traveled hun
dreds of miles to be on hand for this
crucial strusale today There Is a man
In the State colony at Knst Gardner who
has been alei p for 10 months The doc
tori can't wake him up. but they are
watching cloreh todav for him to sud
denly come to and ask the score The
town Is simply so wroueht up that some
Inhabitants have forgotten for the time
being that they went to Harvard
4000 PRESENT AT SUN-UP.
At sun-up them were upwards of IrtCO
persons waiting outside Fenwav Park for
the opening of the bleacher gates. At S
o'clock others were arriving by tho hun
dreds Among the first 50 In line were two
women More than 1000 men and boys
stood In Un throughout the night, and
the women had been waiting for hours
when the sal" of scats finallv begun Boys
were willing to sell their places for from
$1 :o to H
From T o clock until the gates for the
6"-cent and $ seats were opened tho
great crowd grew by leaps and bounds
Thousands poured toward the pari; from
every direction Tn addition to those
waiting for unreserved seats, more than
KO0 persons were massed about the re
served seat entrance Shortly after 10
o'clock it was planr.'d to sell tickets for
reserved seats which had not been called
for There were not moro than 100 of
these to satisfy the throng which was
waiting.
There were nine long lines of waiting
fan3 stretching down the streets from tho
ball park Between S and 9 o'clock wo
men were arriving by the score All of
those who had been waiting during the
long hours of the night had camp-stool?,
boxes or chairs, and were ocrved break
fasts of coffee, sandwiches and fruit by
venders swarming about the place A
young armv of policemen patrolled the
streets about the park, and thero was no
disorder
-The few tickets which have fallen Into
the hands of speculators were bringing
record-breaking prices today. Nothing
less than $30 would oataln a regular $2
seat. Those In tho SS section were bring
ing $10 to $50 Four New Yorkers paid
$123 for four seats, which were to
gether. The -scat sale makes it certiin that a
crowd of more than 35,000 will wltnS3
the game today. It bing Columbus Day
and a hvhJa' all attendance records fcr
the local park are expected to be broken.
IMPORTANT DECISION
Connie Mac't muit make one of the
most important decisions of his career
in sel.-i.t:n his pitcher If the Brakes
aro to bi stopped they must be stopped
today. Bush, Shaw key and Bress'er are
anxious for a tiv at the Whaling Miracle
Men. Mack did not give the sllghtot
intimation of his possible selection His
final deUsion will proably not be mads
until It U teen how the youngsters warm
up. and it is even believed there Is a
chance that Pender might be sent back
The intn-dt n the series in towns t.r
from Boston "as shown bv the fact that
a majtrin nf -he lines were headed uv
men who hae traveled long distances to
reach here J F Friedel of Youngs
town. O, headed one line He had "beat"
his wa from Youngstown to Buffalo and
then to Boston to see the same Another
lino was headed by W. F. Woodock. o'
Lisbon, Me.
BUSINESS "NEARLY NORMAL"
President Wilson Thus Regards Pre
vailing Trade Conditions.
"WASHINGTON' Oct 12 Business con
ditions in the United States are nearly
normal in the I Hef of President Wil
son Outbids of the South, where the
cotton situation has dislocated business
generally, the industrial affairs of the
nation are in good shap. according to
reports to the White House.
While the effect!, of tho war have been
far-reaching, the President told his call
ers today the courtry has maintained
Us business equilibrium remarkably welt
AXLE BRAKES, ONE INJURED
Man Badly Hurt in Auto Mishap.
Two Escape.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa., 0t 12. Whan
an axle broke on the automobile in whtah
he was riding. George Wagner, elerk -f
the Luzerne County Court, vat thrown
violently to the ground and the automo.
bile turned over on him lie suffered
three broken ribs and two broken finger
and was badly cut and bruised about the
body. The accident occurred In the Po.
cono Mountains Two friends who were
riding with Wagner escaped Injury. The
auto was traveling at a fair speed when
the axle snapped
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"Movie" Picture of the House
WASHINGTON Oct 18 Speaker Clark
went through the motion of calling the
House to ordtr today for the special ben
efit of a muvlng picture man Sunounded
by a caturv of intensely bright lights the
Speaker tapped the gavel, and announced
calmly ' the House will be in order."
while 50 page bovs looked on from the
members' eats The movie man also took
a film, of Srgeant-at-Arm Gordon about
to quell disorder In the House by pre
sentine the historic silver and ebony mace
to the inake-believ riours.
HURT WHEN AUTO SKIDS
MILLVILLE. N J. Oct 12 An auto
mobile driven by James McCaw skidded
on the road between Tuckaboe and Mlll
viUe last night, ran into a trea and de
molished the front of the machine.
Neil lie1 "aw who waa sitting. In the
front seat, was burled over the wind
shield and received a fractured skull
Auto's Death Trail in New York
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Composite Box Score First
Two World's Series Games
Mttrphr. rf
Olctrlng, If
Collins, 2h
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linker, .11 t.t 7
Mclnnls, II)
Stnink. cf
Harry, M .
t.npp, c . .
SrlinnRt c
Heniler, p
Wjckoff, p
I'iank.
WiiWl 0
Totals .-, S3 1 7 10
'Untied for Dank In ninth Innlnir, second game.
BOSTON
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Moran, rf
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Connolly. If 3
Cnthrr, If 3
Mhltted, cf A
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Oon dy, c ....,,..,,, !i
MnrunWUo, s , 0
Deal, 3li fl
Ituclolph, p 4
lames, p 4
Totals 07 8
SCOItK BY
Athletics
Boln
SUMMAIIY
Earned run HoMon, 8. Tw-o-bae lilts Sclmng, Deal, Ontrdy, Wxehoff, nnker.
Three-base hits hlttcd, Oowdy. Left on bases Athletics, 7; Hoston, 14. Struck out
Hj Ilrmlrr, 'li t N.vcknrr. 3 by l'lnnlt, fl by .lame. 8 by Hudolpli, 8. Double
plays Harr, Collins and Mclnnlst Itendcr. Harry nnd Mclnnlsi Hemlrr and .Mdnnls)
llaker nnd .Mclnnlsi Schmidt nnd Ural) Mnrnntlllc and Schmidt. I'lrst base on errors
Athletics, Is llostnn, 1. Unsed on bulls OIT Dernier, 2 off AVjckoff, 1 off rinnk, 4;
off Rudolph, 3 off .Tames 3. Hits apportioned Off Ilender, 8 In 8 1-3 InnlnRs) off
Wyikoff, 3 In 3 2-3 Innlncs; off Hudolpli, S In 0 Innlnnsi off James. 2 In 9 innings, lilt
l pllrlied linll Uy l'Linh, 'Marnntllle. Passed bnll Srhnng. Muffed foul fly Marnn
tllle. 1 umblrs- Eters, Moran, Dropped thrown boll MrlnnK Time of 2 itnmes 3S4.
I'mplres fur llrst name lllnren at plate, Klem on base, njron In left field, Illldrbrand
In rlcbt Held. I millers for second name Illldrbrand nt plate, Hyron on liases, lUem tn
left Held, Dlncen In right Held. Attendance 11,121.
SIR JOHN FRENCH;
LOVED BY BRITONS,
GREAT WAR CHIEF
Career of British Army
Chief in France Marked
by Success His Cam
paigns in South Africa.
t 'Finch' A predestined name The glsrl
ous pold'er. the most eminent and most j-.opjlar
ef English leaders of armies, has been placed,
ns ceryfcoily In England foresaw and every
body In our army ulshed, at tho head of the
admirable troops who aro to co-operate In the
cause of right ' Paris 1 igaro.
His full name and title is Field Marshal
Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, but
to British soldier boys he 13 known as i
"Jacky" French, the greatest of modern
cavalry leaders.
The navy was his first love. The son
of a naval captain, it was natural that
he should first turn towards his father's
branch of tho servlce, and for four years
he served as midshipman and naval cadet
before Joining the army.
It was this fact which gave rise to an
amusing incident which occurred when
some naval olticers, who wero dining w-ltn
some soldiers, attempted a little chaff
at the expense of the latter. "You
haven't got a single leader worth a cent, '
contended tho officers, "with the excep
tion of French, and he Is a sailor."
"Yes, ' rotored the Infantrymen, "ho was
In the navy Just long enough to see
what a rotten service It was. Then he
chucked it and went Into the militia,
where he learnt to be what he is now."
Certainly, as a young man Sir John
hankered for soldiering. Says one who
knew him In the nay, "You Invariably
found him studying the lives of Welling
ton, Napoleon, and the heroes of the
Indian muntlny. and I was not surprised
when he left us to enter the Klghth
Hussars."
Ultimately. Sir John was transferred to
the ISth Hussars, in which regiment he
served In the Soudan campaign and won
his spurs. That soldier-saint. General
Gordon. wa3 locked up In Khartoum, and
French, who had been promoted to the
rank of major, was one of the camel
corps which made a desperate dash
across the Bayuda Desert In connection
with the tardily dispatched relief expe
dition. At Abu Klea they fought a des
perate action with the Arabs, but all In
vain, for when they reached Khartoum
they found that the flag was no longer
flying and that Gordon waa dead
It was during the South African War.
however, that General French proved
his genius as a cavalry leader. Perhaps
the greatest compliment of his career
was paid bv the enemy, De Wet, who
thought highly of British boldiera, but
scorned our officers. But when General
French's name was mentioned to the
great Boer leader he immediately
changed his tone, declaring enthusiasti
cally, "Ah, he is the one Boer General In
the British army "
French went right through the Boer
campaign, and was perhaps the only
general whose work was consistently sue
Cfssful to tho end He landed In Cape
Town the day before the storm broke
October 10, 199, and he left for England
on June 23. 10o, after achievements which
stamped him as the greatest cavalry
leader of our time
One of his greatest feats was undoubt
edly the relief of Klmberley, which was
achieved b French's dashing exploit of
xalloplns his division through the Boer
lines.
LAUKEL ENTRIES
First race, ?50O. el!ln. for 8-year-olds and
UP. S'i furlone Progressive. 1X4. Cornoraci
r 1U. Dr R. L. Sarnger, 111 Americas.
Ill r-rostbun 110 Uncle Jlmmle. 109, fikeets,
108 Buzz Around 10S Joe Finn. loS. Stetleta,
106. Laura, 108 'Miss Eleanor. 103, 'Galaxy.
103. sj J Ulli 101.
Second race Vl for 3 ear-oil maidens.
5', furlongs Rovali 110. High Tide. 110;
Jack of Clubs. 110 t'ncle Brn 110, Carlona,
llu Leonn'ne lu" Peg 107. Sir L. Joe 107.
Volant 107 Berly James. 107 Merry Twin
kle. 107, May Queen. 107. Marvelous. 107.
ftlvr King. 107 Meellcka, 107
Third race IVKI selling. 3-yeax-olda and up,
SV-i furlong Chuckles, 116, Jim Easey, 114.
YorkUHe. 113, Blue Thistle, 113. Granite
112 Belamour HI Water Uly. 110. Lohen
grin 110 Besom 108 Early Hose. 106. Lady
Lightning Ida Keuesaa. 10S. Honey liee
10 'Water Welles 106.
Fourth race. I10TO for 3-year-olds Blue
Point selling 5'? furlongs Disillusion. 10"
Jim Savage 10A, (a)Oloamng UH Distant
Shore MM Kemar. 101. Hsadmast 103 Hy
droplane VS. 'alMontroea, 03. gtajaart Helen.
W Broom Flower, 93
KUtb rate. f00. handicap, all ages 1 mile
Plande-tc 111 Montresor, IM. (ti)WorklriK
Lad. 104. TBornhUl. 108: TacUc. &9. (b)Azy
adr St). Barnegat SS,
Sixth race e00. for 3-year-c44 and up,
1 1-W miles Pate. HO; RoUUg hum; 10S.
Guy Kisher 11" Lowtoofleld. 18 Goldy ins
Dr T'uenner 105 Kim Box. 105. ConSdo, 105
J-nger us Mar h 104 pneiu. 106 Holton.
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MACK KEEPS MEN
SECLUDED BEFORE
CAME IN BOSTON
Athletics Express Confi
dence, While Braves Are
in Wild Excitement on Eve
of Third Contest.
By HUGH S. FULLEBTON
BOSTON, Oct. 12 Boston and the Ath
letics meet each other today for the
crucial game of the series. It was con
ceded bv both teams that today's game
means the championship If Boston can
win again tho Athletics will be a broken
and desperate team, and the chances are
that the miracle team will rush through
to four straight victories. If the Ath
letics rally and win, then the judges of
the game believe that they will com
strong and fight to a finish, probably
carrying it to seven games
For the first time In his carter Mack
U in desperate straits for pitchers.
His two veterans have fallen and all his
advisers are criticizing him for using
them. It is reported that he will send
Bush In today to stop the rampant Braves
and then fall back upon his youngsters
to try to save the day. Stalllngs makes
no secret of the fact he Intends to send
Rudolph against tho Athletics nnd come
back tomorrow with James and try to
sweep the series.
Tho Braves today are confident, full
of wild excitement, and all day yesterday
they were being made the heroes of
Boston, which has gone seemingly insane
over them. Stalllngs strove In vain to
keep them away from their admirers, who
were hurting their chances by excess of
adulation.
The Mackmen laid doggo in their hotel,
keeping out of sight as much as pos
sible. They declare they still are con
fident that they will win, but the truth
Is they are worried and upset. It is
evident that Mack is more worried than
be ever has been. He secluded his play
ers as much as possible, refused to allow
them to ride In the same car with their
wives on the trip here, and yesterday
herded the wlveB In one set of quarters
and the players in another.
Both clubs held long meetings yester
'day and discussed the situation. The
Braves' spirit Is wonderful. Nothing
shakes their confidence that they will
win They believe It, and unless the Ath
letic stop them today nothing will check
their Impetuous rush to the highest
honors.
The students of the game and the of
ficials are all In the air over the showing
of the Braves They cannot understand
it. It simply is a case of a fair ball
team playing great ball and a great ball
team plajtng only fair ball. The Braves
know that if the Athletics ever get
started they will batter their way to
even terms and perhaps to victory. Their
hope is to sweep the champions off their
feet by the "attack brusque."
The wagering on the series Is odd. They
talk a lot of 2 to 1 Boston will win, but
faw save college boys throwing away
their "paw's ' money will bet. Boston is
wild with enthusiasm and extremely
canny as to real money. The betting is
6 to 5 that the Athletics will win today's
game, with Boston demanding even
. money or odds-whlch is strange, after
they have won two games.
If Mack loses todav, he will be fiercely
criticised He is not tipping off his plans
Stalllngs Is practically certain to pitch
Rudolph, and It Is evident he has little
faith that Tyler can win in his present
form.
Mack Is being advised against worklne
Bressler. although In spite of their
vaunted ability to hit left-handed pitch
ing, the Braves could do little or nothing
with Plank Saturday.
Dick Rudolph has asked Stalllngs to
give him another crack at the Mackmen.
Stalllngs has said he would come back
with Rudolph today, but It is realized that
If Tyler Is to be used In the eerles, now
Is the time to throw him In. With the
Braves having a two-game lead and a
home crowd to urge him on, tho time
appears ripe for the southpaw.
Unless an even greater game Is staged
today, Saturday's tussle will still be
talked of above everything else even when
the scries Is over A dozen "turning
points" In the game are being pointed out
Ban Johnson expressed the opinion that
1'mpire Byrin's derision in calling Schang
out at third In the ilxth Inning was
"rotten " Photographs of fie play alio
show Schang on the base with Deal tltl
Raiting for the-ball. .
"BULLET JOE" BUSH, ON THE
ART SCHOOL GETS
PART OF ESTATE
Continued from rage One
written for Mr. Sully and presented to
him by her Majesty In person in Buck
ingham Palace, London, May H, 1S3S.
"Portrait of artist's wife, by Thomas
Sully, being the original painting from
life of Sarah Annls, wife of Thomas
Sully, and painted by Thomas Sully at
Philadelphia, In the year 1S3S. This por
trait Is encased tn an oval carved-wood
frame, gilded.
"Portrait of Bosallo Kemblo Sully,
daughter of Thomas Sully, and painted
by him from life In Philadelphia. ISIS.
"Full length portrait of 'Mother and
Son,' by Thomas Sully, being an original
full-length portrait of Jane Cooper Sully,
daughter of Thomas Sully, afterwatd
Mrs. William H. W Darlcy, and her son,
Francis T. Sully Darlcy.
" "Sleeping Child,' known ns "The Rose
bud,' an original painting by Thomus
Sully, Philadelphia. Pa. 1814
"Portrait of 'A Cavalier,' by Anthony
Van Dyck. This picture was purchased
by Rembrandt Peale In Paris In the year
1S03 and sold to Thomas Sully In 1S20."
Other distributions of works of art
and from the library of the decedent
arc:
To William T Elliott a painting. "The
Scotch Landscape," by Julsom: to
Thomas Nash a painting. "Burgos Cathe
dral at Early Dawn." also "The Clltfs of
Calala," by Hugurt; to the William Penn
Charter School all tho testator's collec
tion of mounted photographs and all
framed photographs and engravings con
tained In the residence 510 South Broad
street; to the Tree Library of Philadel
phia hl3 library of books, pamphlets and
bound volumes of photographs
To Louisa Baldwin Gilpin, widow of
Washington H. Gilpin, is bequeathed a
crayon portrait of Matthias W. Baldwin,
all plate. Including the Baldwin chest of
silver, collection of china and various
other articles and $25,000 To Mrs. Gil
pin's daughter, Mrs Stanlev Bright, n
bronze group, "The Wrestlers," by Char
pentler MARBLE GROUP FOR THE ACADEMY.
To the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, a group of marble statu.irv
executed by Donato Barcoglla, entitled
"Awakening of the Sleepers."
To the Museum Department of the
Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art,
Memorial Hall, Falrmount Park, Is given
a large number of objects of art, con
sisting of bronzes, metal work, furniture,
pottery, glass and china.
To the Presbyterian Hospital Ib given
JtiOOO "to endow a free bed in the Cathcart
Homo for Incurables at Devon, Chester
County. In memory of my wife, Cecelia
Baldwin Darley, with the provision, how
ever, that as long as she may live Martha
Rlgby shall have the right to occupy said
bed."
To the executors Is bequeathed $25,000
in trust, the income of which is to be paid
to Clayton McElroy during his life, or
If he dies before the teatator then to his
wife, Margaret McElroy, during her life,
the principal upon the decease of both
to revert to their children
To the executors Is given In trust $25,000,
the Income to be paid to Katrena McElroy
Capp, during her life, the principal to
revert to her children 'upon her decease.
To the executors In trust, J23.0!0 for
the benefit of Cecelle Baldwin McElroy
during her life, with the reversion of the
princlpul to her children.
To the executors In trust, $25,000 In
come to be paid to Margaret McElroy,
wife of Clayton McElroy, during her life,
the principal to revert upon her death to
her children.
To the children of Washington H. and
Louisa B. Gilpin is devised $25,000. '
INCOME OF $100,000 FOR NURSE.
The testator also bequeaths $100,000 In
trust, the net Income from which Is to be
paid "to my faithful friend and nurse,
Mies Ella Clark." who Is given the privi
lege of disposing of the principal by will;
to Sarah Louisa Seaman, $25,0u0; to Mrs.
Clara Maxwell Dougherty, $2500; to Mrs.
C Egner, $7500, to Cecelia D. Lambert,
$5000, to Sarah Hebrew. $10,000; to Mrs.
Elizabeth J Lambert. $VW; to Mrs. A.
Maria Jones. $50TO. to William Hempel,
Jr. $10,000. to Oscar F West, $10,000; to
Frank T West, $5000, to Dr. Clarence
Bartlett. $10 000.
The testator directed that each servant
who had been In his employ for three
years or longer was to receive $1000, and
those for less than three years $500. it
Is alrJO specified that each of the servants
Is to be given one month's notice and
pay for that period.
Directions are given the executors to
sell and dispose of all pictures, works of
art, bric-a-brac, household articles, furni
ture, linen and china, not specifically dis
posed of by tho will.
SXTFTRAOIBTS WILL MEET
20O Deleg-ates From All Parts of
Jersey Coming to Camden.
Advocates of woman suffrage In New
Jersey are today making preparations
for the 21th annual convention of the
New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion, which will be held In Camden, No
vember 6 and 7. At this convention a reso
lution will be adopted urging the Legisla
ture at its next session to pass favor
ably on the equal-suffrage bill.
Details of the convention program were
announced yesterday More than 2M
delegates will be present, representing
every pan of New Jersey Mayor BHU,
of Camden, la to make tho addre of
welcome,
w jfs- ULjJiU JJlJLHlyJ ' 1
MOUND FOR MACKMEN AT FENWAY PARK THIS AFTERNOON
BRAVES STRONGER THAN
MACKS IN OPENING GAMES
Except in Fielding, Boston Has Surpassed Athletics in All
Departments Stallings' Pitchers' Work Superb.
WAIT TILL WE FIND THE RANGE
The pride thai goeth before the fall and the fall itself are gone;
The Elephant is aroused today and the beast is rushing on;
The Braves, rvho lurk in their otvn tepees, will try to pierce his hide,
But it is the Boston crctv today rvho must contend with pride.
The curves of the Boston pitching men today arc not so strange.
And the Macs arc back of their howitzers searching to find the range;
Came are the men of Bunker Hill, but the bravest foe may die
When the far-famed maulers come to life and find their batting eye.
The antc-eerles "dope" on tho world's
series showed that In every department
of play the Athletics were not only
stronger, but actually outclassed tho
Braves. This applied even to the pitch
ers. It was generally conceded that Ru
dolph, Tyler and James wero good hurl
ers, buf when compared with the ex
perienced Bender and Plank their chances
for victory In the big series were deemed
slender in the extreme.
Now the series Is two games old. ind
what have they revealed? First and fore
most that confidence covers a multitude
of minor weaknesses. Seconly. that In
stead of the Athletics outclassing their
opponents In all departments, the have
been surpassed every w hoi e except in the
field.
Just now the outfleldB are a stand-off.
Inasmuch as not one of the eight garden
ers who have taken part In the series
has had a hard chance. In fact, neither
set of outpost men has had an average
number of chancca. The Macklan trio
had eight chances on fly balls, while the
Braves had but five.
With the outfield on even terms so far,
let us see how the rest of the defensive
department, exclusive of the pitching,
compares, judging the men bv what they
have done In two games only. Baker
has played on even terms with Deal, but
the latter's two-base blow In Saturday's
game, which paved the way for him to
fieore tho winning run, puts the substi
tute ahead of the home-run "king in all
around play. As for a comparison of the
work of the two famous pairs around sec
ond, Collins and Barry and Evers and
Maranvllle. there Is little to be said. Each
one of those men has played wonderful
ball, and to say that any one of them has
surpassed the other In brilliancy would
be making a statement which would not
hold good Some Boston followers will
say that Evers and Maranvllle have out
played their Athletic rivals, while many
rooters for the Macks will contend that
the reverse Is true.
In all Justice to those concerned, it
would not be fair to any one of these
splendid performers. In the light of what
they have done, to put one above tho
other The Athletics" pair have had 25
chances and have not erred, while their
opponents have had 19 and have made two
errors Hencj In the averages as taken
Maranvllle and Evers will show up to
poorer advantage. But that Is Just where
the figures fall Evers nnd Maranvlllo
have played Just as well ns Collins and
Barry, and those who saw the games and
are willing to Judge Impartially realize
this
At first base Mdnnls has played one
of the most spectacular games ever put
up by a first baseman In a world's
series fray. He has far eclipsed big
Schmidt, although the latter haa been
one of the hardest workers on the field.
He has been full of "pep" throughout the
H rounds of play But no matter how he
might try Schmidt would never be able
to execute the plays which "Stuffy" has
made vi 1th apparent ease. In the game
plajed here Saturday some of the pick
ups Mdnnls made while leaning as far
from the bag as he could could not be
surpassed by any man that ever played
the game
The catching of Gowdy has been bet
ter to date than Schang's Before the
series Schang had the better of Gowdy
(on paper again), but after two rounds
have been played he hasn't shown up so
well. Gowdy has allowed but one Ath
letic player to steal, while five Braves
have been credited with stolen baseB
Of course, the Mackmen haven't been on
the bags enough to make a vast number
of attempts, yet Gowdy showed, when
hi. threw Schang out at third Saturday
when the Mack catcher tried to make a
base on a short passed ball, that he has
a great whip and that It would be sui
cide for frequent pilfering attempts to
be made. Schang's poor Judgment In
throning behind, instead of In front, of
Deal In the ninth inning Saturday, was
partly responsible for the loss of the
contest It is true that Barry was also
to blame for not throwing to Baker
Just here It might be mentioned that
the reason given for Barry's failure to
throw was because Deal was In the di
rect line with him and Baker. However,
he could have thrown to one side of the
runner and Baker could have caught
the ball probably as well as If Deal had
not been In line. A for Jack Lapp, he
played well, but waa in only three and
two-thirds Innings of the first game
The brief comparisons above have pur
ported to show that In the first twr.
games of the series the neldintr hi hn
L equal.
tcauw neither outfield haa r-
passed the other; Baker and Deal have
done equally well; so have Maranvllle
and Evers and Barry. and Collins; Mc
Innls has done better work than Schmidt,
vv hlle Gowdy has eclipsed Schang. ' So
much for the fielding.
In the pitching department it cannot be
denied that the Bruves pitchers, Rudolph
and James, have shown up superblv.
They hnve surpassed the expectations of
the most sanguine Bostonlans by Jointly
holding tho Athletics to seven hits In IS
innings and not allowing the Mackmen a
single earned run. The only score made
by the Macks was in the second Inning
of the first game and was the result of
Moran's error. They gave six bases on
balls against seven for Bender, Wyckoff
and Plunk. The Athletics' pitchers struck
out 11 Brave batsmen, while their oppo
nents sent 10 Mackmen back to tho bench
cooler on strikes
While Plank did not deserve to los
his game with James, lie certalnlv did
not deserve to win It. It is true that the
run mudc by Deal hnd to be scored as
"earned." yet It was really the result of
a double error of Judgment by Schang
and Barry, and not Plank's fault. Plank
gave up seven hits to James' two, henc
It would not be fair to the Boston pitcher
to say that he deserved to lose, which is
the same thing as saving that Plank
deserved to win. and this many followers
m nit wnite tlephnnts have said, nnd
incidentally some of the Athletic players
...w...iii.ii0 uine oi inc Atnietic players
themselves said, Tlank deserved to win
iiuc ne aiunt according to our view. He
simply didn't deserve to lose.
Avhcn we come to tho hitting of the
two teams, it is a sad comparison for
Phlladelphians. The difference in the last
two games between the hitting of the
Athletics nnd that of the Braves hasn't
been even close. Of course the old argu
ment may be brought up that It was the
superior pitching of the Braves, rather
than the weakness of the Athletics that
caused them to look bo bad on the of
fense But they have faced pitchers
many times who were as good, if not
better, than Rudolph and James, and have
teldom batted so weakly In two suc
cessive contests.
Thero Is no getting nway from the fact
that the mighty Macklan mauling ma
chine has been severely silent. They
made five hits off Rudolph and two off
James. Collins' hit oft James was de
cldedly a scratch, and there were many,
Including Athletic rooters, who thought
that Evers' throw beat him to flret Thes.e
seven hits were made In seven different
Innings, which shows how completely at
the mercy of the opposing hurlers the
Mackmen were. Then, too, tho strike-out
record shows as well as the base hit col
umn how badly the Athletics, were out
guessed. While tho Athletics were making seven
scatteied hits for a total of 10 bases,
tho Braves were piling up 15 safeties, for
a total of 21 bases. Their batsmen were
better waiters than the Macks and they
struck out fewer times.
In base running again tho Braves sur
passed the Macks. Barry dole the Ath
letics only base In the ninth inning of
Saturday's game That the Athletics did
not run the bases with good Judgment
Is shown bv the following facts: In the
first game Murphy was thrown out trying
to take third after Schmidt had caught
a foul, in the second game the same
player was out attempting to make cecond
on a thrown ball which Schmidt allowed
to get through him. Strunk was caught
at second In the first game, trying to
stretch a single Into a double; In the
second game Collins was caught napping
off first and Schang was caught trying
to take third on a short passed ball.
The Athletics claim that Umpire Byron
made a gross error of judgment when he
called Schang out on the occasion re
f erred to above But it was a close play,
and Byron no doubt called It as he saw it
and he was In a position to see. There
practically wero no kicks made by the
players in Friday's game nn tho ,,mi-
Ins, although the Braves were constant
ly nagging at Dlneeu. However, both
teams made a number of violent protests
against Hlldebrand's decisions on balls
and strike Saturday, and the Athletics
several times had words with Byron, who
was on the bases that ame game
While all these things show that the
Braves have a big edge on the Athletics,
Judging bv the two garni played, the
scores are the thinga which count and
as the Braves have a total of eight to one
and have been victorious In both con
tests 7-1 and 1-0, there 13 o theory that
can b advance which can snow that
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EDDIE COLLINS
SAYS BIG JAMES
HAD EVERYTHING
Star Second Baseman
Blames Saturday's Defeat
on Inability to Hit, but
Says Team Is Not Beaten.
Athletics "Still in the Ring" and
Hope to Show Old-time Form
in Boston Today "Then Look
Out."
By EDDIE COLLINS
Baturday'a dofeat hurt. There la no
getting away from that fact. Unlike tin
first game that wo lost, when we were
beaten bo decisively and when we had
no excuse to offer, our second downfall
was 'the harder because o' closeness of
the Bcoro and the manner In which It
was made. It haa always been my con
tention, and tho majority of the baseball
knowing public will agree with me, that
it never hurts so much to get trimmed
good and proper by some big score nearly
ns much as It does by one run, and that
Is why this last setback comes so much
harder to Us.
It scorns as though It were the Irony
of fate that follows in the wake of Eddie
Plunk In a world's scries game. Just
tako a look back at tho game ho pitched
against Mathcwson, of tho Giants, last
year. Saturday a was almost a duplicate
of that one, or as near as It Is posslblo
for two performances to be, and the re
sult was the same In both Instances. All
becauso we could not make a run, or
oven come close.
There Is no getting away from the fact
that James, for Boston, certainly pitched
a beautiful same and deserves a world
of credit. On the first day Rudolph won
handily and was much of a mystery to
our batters, but this big fellow James
looked twlco as good to me. The way
he was moving along, I didn't see how w0
wero ever going to set a run. When yoi
stop to figure that we only got one clean
hit. the other a fluky Infield tap, that
only two men got ns far as second and
that only 23 Athletics fnced him In tho
whole game, you can begin to get an Idea
of what wc were up against. Thit'j
pitching, that is all, and you must glvq
credit where credit Is due.
But, as good as was big James' work,
our own Plank's was not far behind.
Whilo In tho matter of hits and btcadl
nrss James had considerably tho better
of It, when It came to tho pinch, with
men on bases, Plank was always the
master of the situation.
In the very first inning Boston came
near to getting away with a lucky break.
After Mann hnd been retired, Evers got
a life on a swinging bunt In front of the
pluto that Plank could not even make
a play on. Cathers, playing In place of
Connelly, fanned, but Whlttcd finally
worked his way to first via the base-on-balls
route, and things looked dangeruds
with big Schmidt up. However, Plank had
his number, and his best was a fly to
Strunk.
DEAL'S MISTAKE HELPS BRAVES.
Again, in tho second, a base on balls
started trouble. ,A sacrifice by Maranvllle
put Gowdy on second, but Deal hit to
Baker, who nipped tho Braves' catcher go
ing to third. Then a play followed, which
was duplicated later on, that beat us
out of the ball game. Deal took a big
lead off nf flret and by a quick throw
Schang had him caught off, but Deal
made a break for second nnd made it.
Likewise In the fatal ninth, with one
down Deal doubled to centre; In fact,
Strunk was luckv to hold the hit to a
two-bagger after tho ball got over his
head, and again Schang caught him away
off bv a sharp throw to Barry, only to
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have n,m KO tno otner way nnd s,lde lnt0
thlid safely. If Deal had made the play
intentional and got cnught oft In order to
make the p'av that he did and go to
third, It would not hurt so much, but
to think tnat an opponent can make a
mistake and still get awy with it to his
advantage Is discouraging, to say the
least.
A nice plav by Barry probably saved
Plank trouble In the fourth after Schmidt
and Marnnvllle had singled Likewise in
tho sixth two Bostonlans were on the
bases, but our left-hander tightened and
no damage was done Thereafter until
tho ninth tho Braves did not threaten.
But In this final round they managed to
squeeze over tho run that beat us. As al
ready descrlbtd, Deal doubled and worked
hi? way to third with only one out It
looked pretty good for us when Eddie
fanned James and made It two down
Then Mann followed with a tantalizing
drooping liner, which I feel that I ought
to Invo got; at any rate, I would give
nnythlne for another try at it. However
tho best I could do was Just touch It, and
the run was In.
HELPLESS BEFORE JAMES
All this time we were absolutely help
less before James. I simply do not know
how to explain tt. I know I have never
seen our team apparently so lost against
any two pitchers as we have been against
Rudolph and James In this series Of
course, the two mentioned have done
great work, but during the seaaon I have
seen so much better pitching, and still
we hit It. Take the plavers Individually.
I cannot recall when we have all gone
bo bad at once. All of us have experi
enced slumps at one time or other In
our hitting, but never so many at once
before Go right down our batting or
der Eddie Murphy, the leader-off. has
come the nearest to holding his own. he
has managed to get on one or more times
In each game, Oldring has been nowhere
near his true self, and the same Is true
of myself and Baker In order When can
any of ou remember of seeing "Stuff)"
Mclnnis strike out twice In one game be
fore? Not this vear, I am sure of that
And the same is true right down the
line. Seven hits In two games does not
sound very good for a club that is sup
posed to have a reputation of being called
sluggers
Those are simply the plain, hard facts,
we have not hit a lick reasons therefor
(a) too good Ditching acalnst us. or (W
the entire club off Its stride take your
choice.
Rudolph, unquestionably. In my mind,
will come back at us In the opening game
In Boston today, and we will go at him
better prepared than we did on opening
at Shlbe Park If we can cop the first
game In Boston I will feel confident that
we will come through all right, otherwise
they will have us on the defensive, and it
will be hard going
Defensively I am satisfied we hae
more than held our own. It's only the
base hits that have been shy. and without
them any club isn't worth a nickel. I do
rot care who they are up against- We are
still in the ring, f nd look out for us to
day, 6ombody Is due, for lacing.
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