14 EVENING LEDQER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 101G -v- PHILLIES' CHANCE TO CAPTURE THE BUNTING GREATLY ENHANCED BY OPENING VICTORY ?i -. BROOKLYN TEAM QUIT' COLD IN OPENING GAME OP THE SERIES WITH PAT MORAN'S CHAMPIONS First Time on Record That Pennant Contender ,Has Shown Yellow Streak at Critical Moment in Flag Fight BROOKLYN, K, V Sept. 2J.cpinsa will tell nnd a quitter will quit. At least that ia what wo nlways Iirvo found to bo the enso fn nny sportlnc enmt, nnd yurfkorday we rw an exhibition that convinced ltd that the old rule' holds nood. Brooklyn, a pennont-sontondlrif? team, In fact tho lcndlnR team of the National 1XfM. quit cold In tho llrat game of the ponnant-decldlnB series wliii the Phillies 4 as a result It looks very much today as If Pat Moran's champions will not Ittve much trouble taking the series from the Dodgers. Te have been watching tho national en mo for years, but yesterday was the first tlmo we over caw a pennant contender o a Ichsuo leader quit as did tm Dodgers. It In possible that tho poor start and tho fact that Robinson's tm realized It was facing tho greatest pitcher In tho game, caused Brooklyn to ire- to pieces, but never have we seen such an exhibition of quitting. Allowing for tho fact that tho game probably was lost when the Phillies scored thtW runs In tho second Inning", the Dodgers could havo made Alexander the Great work much harder than they did, which would havo lessened the chances for the Nebrnskan repeating his Ictory of yesterday In tho final gnme of the series. Instead of righting tlje Phillies to a finish tho Dodgers Just crawled up and lay down afte'r tho Phils got off to u flying start and we would hato to ee such a team faco tho ItecJ Sox In a world's series In case they wero lucky j enough to get tho breaks to win tho National League pennant. Itoblnson Has Completely Lost His Grip THAT Manager Robinson has lost his grip also was apparent when he warmed up Ave hurlers beforo trie pa mo and did not know which one to select. Finally, after a consultation with Captain Jake Daubert nnd Jack Coombs, noblnson elected Larry Cheney to opposo tho Phils. After his exhibition of "quitting" In two games against tho Phillies In the memorable series early In September, Cheney was ono hurler Robinson should not havo selected to face tho National League champions, but wo are thankful that ho did because the former Cub ran true to form and went completely to pieces when the Phillies staited i "riding" him. l The Phillies lost no tlmo In getting after Cheney, who plainly showed that be d!4 not relish tho "riding" each player gave him when ho stepped to tho plate. The climax finally cutio wheri Fred LUderus crossed the Dodgers by winging at tho first ball pitched, Instead of sacrificing, In tho second Inning. Tho result was a terrific smnsh against tho top of the right field fence that took 11 the fight and nerve out of Cheney. Cheney had warmeJ up In great style and appeared to have a, lot of "stuff" until tho Phils got 'him In the hole. When this happened, Cheney quit cold nnd his teammates followed suit. One would havo thought that "the Dodgers did ot have a chanco to win the pennant judging by the way they lay down.and today tho Phllly players and a large percentage of tho Brooklyn fans feel that nothing but a wonderful break of luck will save the Dodgers. How Did the Dodgers Hold Lead So Long? BROOKLYN must get off In the lend In each of the next two games to have a. chance with the Phils, as they proved beyond the shadow of doubt that they re not game enough to win an uphill battle. Just how the Robins have held the lead so long Is a mystery to those who nttended yesterday's battle, as It was apparent that tho Phillies have the class, whereas tho Dodgers must havo the breaks or they will go to pieces. The moral effect of yesterday's victory will bo great, as It was accomplished with such ease that the last half of the game was devoted to showing up the Dodgers, andhe desired effect was obtained. Brooklyn left the field a beaten team, and where they opened tho game with the avowed intention of "riding" and fighting the Phils they were trying to play tho "hand-shaking" game beforo tho ninth inning rolled around, but Moran's men continued to fight and "ride" the Dodgers. , Tho result of tho game was a revelation to the fans and scribes of New York and Brooklyn, who now admit that it looks very much as If tho Thlls gain wpuld represent tho National League In tho world's series. - v The most fortunate thing about tho whole game from "o. Phllly standpoint was the fact that Alexander was given a "soft" game for a change;, after the . ceeond Inning Moran's wonderful hurler lobbed the ball across the plate until . Brooklyn threatened to score, and he will bo In prime shape to face the Dodgers again tomorrow. Whatever fears Moran and his players had regarding Alexander's condition after pitching tho double-header against the Reds were dispelled in tho opening Inning, when tho Nebrnskan burned the ball over the plate with, moro "stuff" than we ever have seen him show. Ho proved conclusively, and to the satisfac tion of the Dodgers, that two or threo runs would win tho game, and as soon as tho Phils made tho first trio of tallies Robinson's team simply quit. Robins Have No Chance Against Alexander JTIHE best of dope sometimes goes wrong, but offhand we should say thathe - Dodgers have no more chance of beating Alexander than tho Mackmen have of ( finishing above the Red Sox for tho slmplo reason that e ery man on Robinson's .team fears the Nebroskan; also because Alexander realizes this and will not give Cnjr of the Dodgers a chance to find themselves. Several times yesterday the Dodgers started off an inning as If thoy wero bout to stage a rally, but Just as soon as 'the crowd became enthusiastic Alex ander cut loose and made the Robins look like a "bush league" aggregation, i geklotn have we seen a team so resigned to its fate and admitting that it hod no . Chance aa the Dodgers did against Alexander yesterday. Perhaps in tho next two games the Dodgers may look different, but It will be hard to convince the 0,000 fans who were present yesterday that they will not go to pieces again & the Phillies get the Jump on them. The first game resulted Just as Manager Moran had planned. He figured to take tho Dodgers by surprise and go off in the lead, hoping to destroy tho fight ing spirit of tho Robins, as tho Phils did in the memorable battle early in Sep tember, Moran accomplished his purpose, as the Phils outguessed the Dodgers from start to finish, and from the time Luderus fooled Cheney by swinging at the first pitch Instead of sacrificing the result never was in doubt. ' - Cheney was not the only Brooklyn player who quirt though his exhibition t "giving up" was so apparent that Manager RobinsonV pulled him from the wound Just beforo the final blow-off came. The Dodgers appear tosbe suffering from tho strain and now are feeling tho reaction. Perhaps an early lead, In la two final games will maka Robinson's team look like a different aggrega ten, but wo do not think so. It looks very much as if nothing but a great Wreak of luck and a sudden reverse can save the Dodgers In the homo stretch. Players Are Feeling the Strain Heavily riBORQB COTSHAW, Otto Miller, Zack; Wheat, Casey Stengel and Jake Daubert VJ all appear to be feeling the great strain, and while their game looks good an paper, these stars havo cracked. They lack tho ginger and fighting spirit tepfoyed early Jn the season and none of them has tho 'punch" In a pinch. If this quintet of stars had been in prime condition, the Dodgers at least would have foufht back, but Instead thoy wero resigned to their fate. In aireet contrast was tho work of tho Phillies. Moran's champions looked Wca the same team that trimmed the Dodgers five games In a row early in lacidmbir. They had the fight, ginger and nerve and right from the Jump pulled the Mweapeoted. Moran's men acted from the start as If they realized they were tha maetera and Brooklyn seemed to fall right in line with the idea, which m4e tit came an easy one for Alexander the Great. AJndr Heyer looked better than at the starts of yesterday's battle, and tfca feet that eh JPhlto tallied a lot of runs and enabled the Nebraska to loaf rt help to Moran, as he can send Alexander back on MgtNay wMfeewt worrying- about hie ability to stand the pace. AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS. FEELING? AROUMD WITH C2lT,."1 OVOR The R6CeP?ioS X XU,'i" P N TMB, CROVJD Kfiil ,u 6e.V W r-PT S"W v N GOOD ExCUSB TOOLOK.G gfP KDrpN T-TALL -AND FINALLY ftf' I I T I OH Joe IM V Gtiso 1 I " s MAKB AM MOWE3T J L w EARLY' WEVB ? 1 STATEMENT AND 1 Z? W -4fcwViiCM A ",lC5 5"v B A DEC? FOR MeRCV -il-Lx rfJp 4Rffi I Talk ALL To jS" fl Q fB& 1 iHR "JF You GOT v 6 5$L,,,J ouiecurV!!? I f'',r I tl RECEPTIOM LIKE THIS ?"fe?u ' , ' ' PHILS' TRIUMPH FORECASTED IN DODGERS' MENTAL ATTITUDE BGRANTLAND RICE AS IT looks from a strictly offside angle, XJL the depressed Robins have been yearn ing to detonate or blow for the last three weeks. Such being tho case, their big chance has come at last to scatter Brooklyn fragments up and down the stricken field. The six games they liae left are all with the Plillllcs nnd Giants, and according to the official count they now havo Hopped six times In succession, while v-esslng the Phillies alone. If they can drop six contents to tho Phillies, no purple-tinted Imagination Is required to Indicate what they will do against the manhandling, murdering Giants. In ester-day's opener against the Phlllie" the rjekety Robins appeared to be some what depressed before a 'blow was struck or a ball was pitched. With Alexander in a pitching attitude, you gathered the Idea quite early that Brooklyn was looking for the first brief opening that might lead to a cae-ln. So far as mental attitude went, no comparison between the two clubs could be made that was not highly odious to the Brookljn soul. Phillies Confident The Phillies went to battle In a strictly noikmanlike manner, with their heads up and their eyes open. Quite a bit of this confidence was undoubtedly due to the prev alence of G. C. Alexander. Tho Robins may assume a different mental attitude today with Big Alex on the bench, but unless this happens and they win today those two-inch extra wide seats. In Colonel Ebbets's grand stand will soon be empty under cold Octo ber skies, as Boston and Philadelphia re sume about where they left oft last fall. Despite the fact that the Phillies are still a trllle to tho rear, the pennant odds belong to Moran. Sir Patrick hafc a ball club that has been.oer the hurdles before. He has a ball club that already has beaten his main rival, Brooklyn, six times running. Six times in a row is pretty fair evidence. The only club In the league that has stopped Moran's team in the last five weeks belongs to John McGraw, and this team could stop a Prussian charge backed up with shrapnel. Meet the Test Briefly, the Phitllles yesterday played with rare confidence, and the Robins played with the opposite stuff. They were fairly good until somo pinch moment arrived, whereupon they crumbled badlv. It wm pnot until Alexander began to ease up with a six-run lead that Brooklyn began to make a series of threatening gestures. The test of a ball club In a pinch Is Its defense. This is the section that cracks first when the main ingredient Isn't there. Here is the dope as It runs today: Brook- lirn hai lv c-an.,.0 la, v.ltl. tkll. .11.,- and New York. Philadelphia has elitht games left with Brooklyn and Boston. The Phillies have a cfirst-class chance to win five of these eight games. Brooklyn has a tough fight on to win three out of six against such competition. Unless the Giants ease up in their stride, which they are not likely to do, Brooklyn will be lucky to grab ono game from this club. That being so, their only chance, or their main chance, -now, Is to stop the PhlllleA today nnd Saturday, which they will never do this side of grand old Gehenna unless their mental attitude is completely reversed. Tho psychological edge Is all with the Phillies. For Brooklyn has figured the pen nant already in for the greater part of the last six wce'ts. Now there Is a haunting fear abroad In tho Robin camp that the $3000 per is going upon a long Journey at the edgo of a hard, bleak winter. Wo may be wrong, but Brooklyn gave that Impression yesterday, when the first detonation arrived promptly in tho second inning and the second ono came with equal promptness In the fourth. For tho main tip-oft is this of the firBt seven runs scored by the Phillies four were due to raw breaks In the Robin defense. And the mental nttltU'le of a club that breaks this badly is not sound enough to hold the heights In su:h a race. 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