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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE 1914 "MIRACLE" BRAVES September 3, 1914 ... Philadelphia put one over on the Braves today defeating them 7 to 4, but Stallings men were fighting hard at the finish against overwhelming odds. It was one of those games in which everything seemed to go wrong from the time Lefty Tyler took the mound, until the ninth-inning. With the bases full and two out, Rabbit Maranville, the second man up in the inning, poked an easy grounder to Hal Irelan and was thrown out at first, bringing a rally to an abrupt end. Tyler was hit hard during the first and second innings, more than the whole season. Hans Lobert, the first man up in the first inning, led off with a double, and the second man up, Beals Becker smashed the ball over the right-field fence. So before you know it, the Phillies were up 2 to 0. In the second inning he was hit for a double and two singles and then taken out of the game. The next two batters reach safely on botched fielder's choice plays by Maranville and another by Gowdy. Johnny Evers, although he was still sick, got into the game, but was thrown out in the second inning by umpire Klem for disputing a call. Grover Cleveland Alexander was hit rather easily and the Braves might have eventually got to him, if they had not fallen so far behind. Down 6 to 0 in the fourth inning, Joe Connolly and Larry Gilbert singled and then Jack Martin made a great play on Butch Schmidt's hot grounder to get him at first. So with men on second and third and only one out, Smith fouled out and the Rabbit was thrown out by Irelan. Then in the sixth inning, with two men down, Schmidt, Smith and Maranville all singled in succession, but Schmidt got thrown out at the plate by Gavvy Cravath. It seemed as if the Braves were not destined to scored all. They did so in the ninth-inning, but not enough times to win, only enough to shock the Phillies and Alexander in particular. In that inning Bert Whaling doubled and and Herbie Moran singled to center to score him. He went to second on the throw to the plate and Possum Whitted plunked one into right field to bring him home. Joe Connolly then lined a double to deep right and Irelan fumbled Gilbert's grounder, allowing Whitted to score. Schmidt came up and singled to left, scoring Connolly with the fourth run. That brought up the Rabbit who had a fine chance to make some trouble, but he couldn't pull the trigger and was an easy out to end the game. Stallings was not pleased at all with the show this afternoon, and does not expect to lose many games with Tyler pitching. What got him quite annoyed, was the fact that Tyler had Becker in the hole for two strikes, and the one that he hit out was grooved right down the middle. The Braves made 13 hits off Alexander and the Phillies 11 off the Boston pitchers, six of which happened in the first two innings. President Gaffney left to go back to New York after the game and expects to return tomorrow and start with the club for Boston. The Braves have averaged winning three out of every four games on the trip, and if you look at it that way, it has been a wild success. In the process the Braves were sent back in the second place as the Giants took a doubleheader from Brooklyn by scores of 6 to 3 and 7 to 2. Christy Mathewson kept Brooklyn's hits scattered in the first game, while Brooklyn's Pat Ragan weakened in the fourth inning and a single by Larry Doyle along with an error by Jake Daubert, gave New York two runs. Four more were added in the fifth on doubles by George Burns and Dave Robertson, with singles by Larry Doyle, Art Fletcher and Chief Meyers, along with a pass to Fred Snodgrass. In the second game Jeff Tesreau was effective for the Giants while his teammates reached Raleigh Atchison for 13 hits and three runs in eight innings. The Giants clinched the game in the ninth-inning as Chief Meyers and Fred Snodgrass were walked and George Cutshaw's error on Larry Doyle's grounder filled the bases. George Burns then smashed a grand slam home run into the left field bleachers to ice the game. |
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