Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 October 1914 — Page 8

CRAFTY VETS TO WORK AGAINST YOUNGSTERS

Bender and Piank Slated to Oppose James, Tyler and Rudolph in Title Contests

LUCK PLAYS BIG PART IX SERIES.

Will luck, In any form, manifest Itself In the aeries between the Braves and the Athletics? 'Tis well, altrays, in doping' the vrlnner of sncli a short series, to make allowances for the vagaries of fortune. Luck has decided more than one world's series.

Wis it luck that saved the Red Sox from defeat in the world's series of 1912T Well, rather—a doublebarreled dose of It. In the tenth inning, Snodgrrass made his famous 930,000 muff on Eagle's fly, for which he was well set. Merkle then failed to get an easy foul from the bat of Tris Speaker. Speaker took advantage of the life thus awarded him and singled, sending In Engle with the tying run. Ycrkes. who had preceded Speaker and been given a base on balls, reached third on the hit, from whence he scored later on Lewis' sacrifice fly, ending the game and the series In favor of Boston.

No matter how numerous a staff a champion club may carry, the pitching

equation in a world's series narrows down to a selected few. This number, curing the actual fighting of the series, Iwlll vary according to circumstances.

The club that is winning easily will, naturally, try to use its stars in either exact rotation, or will work one man, iniay be two, overtime to clinch the victory. The club that is being badly beaten will, in sheer desperation, try 'its second-string men. in the faint hope that they may turn the tide, or else will pin everything upon any star who •has happened to show good stuff 'against the overwhelming toe. Connie

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also has a trick that has worked well. If he has gained an early lead in the series, and can afford to risk a game, he will send in a junior pitcher, and thus steal an added day of rest for ,hls time-worn wizards. Every mana'ger, of course, has his own ideas, and :DO one can predict just what a boss may do, but, as a. rule, the* pitching plans will follow set lines, changing only as the fate of war may go. The gameless Sunday should be of such equal aid to each team that neither can be counted as gaining anything on the other. As Stallings counts on working three strong pitchers in rotation. the off-day will give him time to re6t them up they can fling with every ounce of strength and vigor in their systems, and wili not need to spare themselves in the slightest degree. The vacant Sunday will also allow Plank and Bender, the aging standbys of the Athletics, the time for recuperation, and may obviate the necessity of risking a juvenile in the important battles.

It is understood that Stallings will work James, Tyler and Rudolph as the regular three for the series, and that No-Hit Davis will be counted as first relief. James is enormously powerful -—a pitcher of the roughshod, lightning speed order. He is hard to hit, hard to beat, and a strong factor in the equation of the series. It is said that the Athletics love speed, and would rather pelt the fastest offerings than •the fanciest of curves. Perhaps the lightning shoots of James will be just to their satisfaction—and perhaps he'll throw 'em a little differently from the men they have been batting against in the American league.

Tyler is a strikingly clever lefthander. He is far from the class of Plank as an artist or a fox. but has been steadily improving in skill, while his mechanical work has always been admirable. Tyler, if he gets you going early, is almost Invincible, but when once you hit him hard he seems to fall for a lot of hits and runs. The Athletics have a knack of driving lefthanders almost desperate, and Tyler does not look like the one best bet against them.

Will Rudolph Be the Star? It looks very much as though Dick Rudolph would be the big noise in the Boston pitching line, for Rudolph Vfceems to have more of the requirements needed against the Mackmen than almost any other pitcher in the National league.

Rudolph has excellent control, a good head, baffling shoots, speed when need

By "Lefty" Gilbert.

The coming world series between the Athletics and the Braves is admitted by students of baseball to be the hardest problem to size up and predict a winner of any in which the Athletics have taken part. The facts which make the series so uncertain are many and diverse.

The Athletics have been favorably compared with the lamous Cub team -.under Chance. The Athletics have, in

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ed, and a nice way of mixing them up. Mixed deliveries, with speed right through the groove, and then fast curves either Inside or out, according to the foibles of the batter, are the things with which to beat the Athletics, and Rudolph has more of this stuff at his command than James or Tyler.

Davis is a good pitcher, a nervy one besides, and may surprise people If he goes in. The remaining pitchers, Cocreham, Hess, Stam, Strand. Crutcher and Cottrell, figure only as dim outsiders, with this possibility: Strand, who is not only a fairly good lefthander, but a terrific hitter, might, if sent in to rescue a regular, turn the current and break up the whole show with his individual hitting.

Disaster May Await Veterans. It Is supposed that Plank and Bender, the grand old boys who have done so much winning for Mack, will again adorn the firing line when the Braves are to be encountered. If these two are risked, there seems an added element in favor of an ultimate Boston victory. Even with the off-day's rest, it must be remembered that Plank and Bender are old, not physically able to hold out as the Boston pitchers can, and liable to be rushed off their feet by the determined attack of any Club that doesn't know them and Isn't afraid of them. The Braves don't know the veteran huriers, and the veterans don't know the Braves, nor how to deal with them, while this crowd won't face the Indian and the aged southpaw with any buffalo to scare them as the .Giants were scared.

Plank, though not worked so often this year as usual, nas a great percentage record, and has evidently rested enough from game to game to bring him into this series in elegant condition. He is about as foxy, clover, capable a left-hander as ever graced the hill, and when he Is working there will be an interesting competition of wits and managerial craftiness. Stallings will change the lineup for Plank, sending Mann and Gather to work instead of Moran and Connolly. Of this array, Evers alone can be counted as a smooth old fox, who will try to outwit the ancient southpaw. The rest are simply fierce, determined youngsters, who will walk into Plank and do the best they can. Will their savage, take-a-chance tactics beat down the old man's guard and finally drive him off the mound? Or will he establish an early mastery over his younger foes and hold them by his magic till the end?

Bender, the famous Chippewa Indian, has, like Plank, nursed his energy and vitality as much as possible for the series. He has greater speed than Plank, almost as much variety of shoots, and plenty of craftv cunning. With Moran and Connolly against Bender, the Braves will have a little more of scienced skill than with the lineup they will work on ancient Eddie.

Mack Has Many Young Huriers. Mack has it on Stallings in the bewildering array of Junior pitchers he can offer for the /struggle—pitchers who are not second-string men all, but strong young fellows, who, having been given a fair chance, have worked themselves into regular jobs, and are brimful of confidence and pepper. He can throw right-handers or left-handers into the breach, as may seem expedient curve-merchants, bullet-throwers, and slow-ball sorcerers—all of them are counted among his younger men, and the whole gang of them class so well, and so much alike that it is impossible to say which ones will be the relief agents, which ones Vill take up the regular rotation WOEJC of the series if Bender falls, if Plank fails, or if both of them should stagger. Nor can it be predicted which one he will utilize as the stop-gap, the man who is to gain time for the veterans, as Bush did last October. Bressler, Shawkev, Bush, Pennock, Wyckoff—any and all of them look good.

The pitching chances, as they now stack up, look pretty even. Three strong, young huriers against two crafty old ones—that looks like a margin heavily In favor of the Braves, as three husky kids should surely outlast two old fellows. But the two antiques are backed by four or five crack-a-jaek youngsters these four or five youngters totally outclass the corresponding coterie of second-string pitchers on the Boston team, and so th's sews the problem all up In a knot again. It's a curious puzzle and a fascinating one as well.

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spite of poor pitching, maintained a commanding lead all season. Pitchers t'lank and Bush have not performed as well this season as last, but Bresslr has stepped in and with Shawkev has helped materially to hold the Athleti cs in first place. "Home Run" Baker has had an off year and has been shifted

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Athletics batting order and over two weeks ago he was sent to the bench to take a long rest in the hope that he would return to form for the coming series. Collins has been plaving better thar. ever. The Athletics have alreadv founu a team which has been able to defeat them consistently, this team being the Red Sox, who in one stretch of games this summer, defeated th® athletics in seven out of eight games.

Athletics on Down Grade. In spite of the fact that the Athletics have been the only ball club that could he compared with the famous Cub machine the fact remains that the Athletics now are not the ball club of two years ago and can be said to be wr-11 on the down grade. Plani, at the age of 43 years and after the tough pitching of last year's series against Mathewson, can not be expected'to be a tig factor in this series and because Plank is an unknown quantity it makes the Athletic pitching staff seem uncertain. Bush, however, seems to be pitching bttter now than at anv time this season. Bressler will have to take the place of flank should he falter and although a sood man the question is how will he be affected bv the intense competition. The uncertainty of Baker the brilliance of Collins, the nervous energy of Mclnnes and "Bear Cat" Slrunk, who will b» a star in this series, makes the offensive of the Athletics a problem. How will they perform against high class pitching7

After watching the Athletics plav after seeing some of their ploddln^' machine like steam roller play it seen^ to one "up a tree" that thev felt that they were champions and as champions could never lose.

Then when you consider the fact that the Boston Red Sox have proven that there is such a thing as defeating the champions in a consistent, regular way, why isn't it possible for them to lose their crown to the Braves? When you consider the fact that pitching, good or bad, makes or ruins an average' ball game and when you further consider the fact that the Athletics' pitching staff has fairly staggered through the season, you wonder if it isn't possible that they may not deliver in this crisis Then if the fact is considered that the Athletic team has gone back, doesn't |t look probable that if a good, well-balanced, consistent bp.'.l club comes along that it would have a

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cracking good chance to stop the champions? Look on the Other Side of Fence.

This all being so. on the other side of the fence you will find another ball club and some more facts. The Boston team has proven it is consistent. For the Braves were very consistent losers this spring. Then they started winning and were consistent winners. It is admitted that upon a glance at the lineup of the Braves you find nearly all of them are cast-offs from other major league .clubs and for that reason they are held up to scorn.

With the pennant at stake in August they had the nerve to step into New York- and defeat the Giants three straight. I witnessed those games and must say that the cast-offs in that series proved their gameness. They will not break nor crack in Philadelphia. They are not a club of .300 hitters, but each man carries a pinch hit. Thev are strongest against right-hand-ed pitching, so the uncertain performances of Plank and Bressler will mean much. .......

Thev have it on the Athletics in pitching strength. They have good fellowship, enthusiasm and a driving, brilliant, pounding attack.

Then with it all they have Evers, who is the biggest single factor in this series. His spirit, enthusiasm, brains and experience are the binding which holds the team up and together. Now comes the new factor, the loss of Third Baseman Smith. With him, the Braves look like the fastest, gamest and best team I ever saw. The question is what moral affect will his loss have on the r-:st?

After having seen both teams play I cannot help being strong for the Braves. Scribe Hugh Fullorton has picked the Athletics to win and because he Is proverbially on the wrong horse that is an exceptionally good reason to believe the Boston team will win. Another sign is the betting market In New York which has shifted from long odds to nearly an even proposition and this can mean but one thing. Boston has nearly an even chance to win.

I feel that the Athletics have deteriorated, that the Braves have the tetter of the pitching, that they are game and that their successes and enthusiasm will carry them through thei world's championship.

The series opens in Philadelphia Friday, which of course, means a temporarv iclv&ntast. for the Athletics, nut I feel that talllngs will pitch Tyler Against f'.ender In tho opening game H.ml if Tyler is right the Athletics will be poshed to the limit. Rudolph will pitch on Saturday and James on Monday. The sarles, I believe, will go seven games and if Boston gets one of the frst two games in Philadelphia they will have an advantage at the finish.

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Rudolph, Brave Twirler, Will Be An Important Figure In World's Series

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DICK RUDOLPH.

If Dick Rudolph, twirler for the Booton Braves, doesn't give a splendid account of himself during the world's series, fandom will be very much surprised. His record for the season Is twenty-six games won and nine lost. No other pitcher in the National league except James, of Boston, can show a record equally as gocd.

Beginning Labor day in Boston, he pitched and wen seven games in nineteen days. In that mad career he faced the Cincinnati Reds on September 16 and again on September 17, and shut them out each time. Dick thus tops both the National and American leagues in endurance as well as effectiveness. Instead of cracking under the strain, as the Giants confidently predicted, Rudolph improved right along.

Dick Rudolph was born in New York and his permanent home is in the Bronx. In 1906 he pitched for Fordham college, and in the summer of 1906 and 19U7 played for Rutland, Vt., in that fast Independent league that has been the starting point for to many college professionals in the past ten or fifteen years.

The ambitious Richard went to the New York State league in 1903 and in 1909 was grabbed by Toronto, of the then Eastern league, now known as the International. So good an impression did Dick make in Toronto that he was taken over by the New York Giants, who carried him south in the spring of 1912. but sent him back to Toronto without a real trial on the ground that he was too small. Richard looms pretty large just now.

Le^ International in 1&12.

Our young and sawed-off hero led the International league pitchers in 1912, and as a reward of merit the Toronto management offered him a contract for 1913 at less than he was getting in 1912. Richard promptly organized a personally conducted rebellion. He asked fretfully whether, if he had not lost a game in the whole campaign of 1912 he would have been compelled to work for nothing and pay his own traveling expenses for the fun of being with the Toronto team in the following season. Such a tremendous rc-ar emanated from the indignant Dick that the»subject be-

oame a great scandal in the higher baseball circles. Rudolph has nerve off as well as on the Held. Finding the Toronto folk obdurate, he announced he would quit baseball. He went through with it. too. He took what money he had and entered into a business partnership with a friend in Buffalo, and was all set to grow up with that community when George Stallings butted in. George knew about Dick, who had added a rider on his ultimatum to Toronto to the effect that he would pitch l'or a

major club or not at all. Stallings gave

placers and caeh to Toronto for Dick's

release, soothed the angry athlete v/ith a bunch of Jokes, offered him a reasonable salary and brought him into the Boston fold.

Has Wonderful Record.

Dick was a success right away. He won fourteen games and lost thirteen in 1913 for a percentage of .518, with a. runk team that finished with a percentage of .457. The Braves, In the early 3tages of 1914, were even punker than they were in 1913, and Rudolph lost five out of his first six games. After that he started the aforementioned string cf eleven cn July 6. When that was broken he promptly started another.

Rudolph has everything a pitcher should have. He is one of the very few who can use a curve-spitball. His control of the spitball is phenomenal ana should prove a shock to the Athletics. In the eight games cf the recent visit of the western teams to Boston Rudolph gave six bases on balls.

Johnny Evers says that Rudolph is the best pitcher he ever worked witJi because of that control. When the infield gets the signal that Dick is going to shoot the ball on the inside or the outside of the plate, it is almost a dead moral certainty that it will go as designed. The consequence is that the infielders know the logical course the hit should take and are on their toes in the proper direction. That is an enormous advantage and results in the cutting off of many a blow that would go safe with a less reliable fiinger in the box.

Rudolph is 5 feet 7% inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, is married, and gives his ago as twenty-six, but seme think he is a year or two older.

Browns Down Cards, 2 to 1 in City Tilt

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7.—Runs by Weilman and Shotten on Pratt's single to right won the opening game of the fall series for the St. Louis Americans Tuesday, the team defeating the local Nationals by 2 to 1. Score: Americans ..00 200 000 0—2 5 1 Nationals ...00000000 1—1 8 1

Batteries—Weilman and Agnew Doak, Griner and Wlngo.

Sox Battle Cubs Today

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—Pitcher Benz was Manager Callahan's selection to oppose Vaugh, of the Chicago Nationals, In the first game today of the series to decide the baseball championship of Chicago. Twenty-five thousand persons were expected to witness the game which was scheduled for the American league park. The American league club has won the city championship for three successive years.

HURRAH FOR H00FEDS!

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—As a result of its victory yesterday while Chicago was losing two games, Indianapolis was leading Chicago in the race for the Federal league pennant by one full game today.

Indianapolis still has two games to play at St. Louis, while Chicago has one remaining contest of its schedule, playing Kansas City here tomorrow. If Indianapolis should lose its remaining two games ahd Chicago take its final contest, the local club would win the championship by half a game.

Experts pointed out that Chicago's chances for a pennant are slim as Manager Bill Phillips, of the Indianapolis club, has reserved Fred Falkenberg, star of the Hoosler pitching staff, for one of the games against St. Louis.

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CRAWFORDSVIL.LE, lnd., Oct. 7.— Coach Thurber is working the scarlet at top speed this week in picking the new team that will represent Wabash the remainder of the season. The scrimmage Tuesday was featured by the length of the line scrimmage work. The line material among the freshmen is abundant and the coaches have two lines of practically even strength to pit against each other in practice.

In the reconstruction even the veterans are not assured of places and thev are being forced to top speed to retain their positions. In the back field there will be several changes, and some of the regulars will be forced to give place to heavier men. The prospects point to one of the heaviest teams that has represented the scarlet In years and the only handicap is in the lack of experienced men on the eleven.

Braves See Victory Despite Smith's Loss

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—James C. Smith, third baseman of the Boston National league club, who broke his right leg just above tho ankle in sliding to second base in the ninth inning of the rirst game of Tuesday's double header with Brooklyn, was feeling better today, but was aown-hearted because of his inability to participate in the svorld's series games. Smith's ulace Tvill be taken by Charles Deal, utility tnflelder.

Manager Stalling^ und Captain Evers questioned today as to what effect the loss of Smith would have on the work of the Braves in the championship series, both declared his absence would not be a aerious handicap to the team's effectiveness as Deal could fill the place satisfactorily.

Other members of the team expressed the same opinion. All the players declared themselves confident of winning against the Athletics in the big series. Deal plared third base for the Braves in the early part of tlfe season but deeloped a "Charley horse" and sufferpd from sore throat, His place was taken by Smith, who was pvirohased fro^i jjrooklyii, It waa stated tedajr

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