Volume 16 , Issue 35

100 Years Ago, 13 October 1914

It was splashed over the front page headlines of The Tacoma Times, out of Tacoma, Washington on 13 October 1914. Are you a Baseball fan?

One hundred years ago,13 October 1914, Tuesday, we might have read about "Boston Takes Series, Brave World Champs."

Boston, Oct. 13 (1914) -- The Boston Braves were champions of the 1914 world's series, taking the fourth straight game from the Philadelphia Athletics today (13 Oct. 1914) in a bitterly contested game, in which Philadelphia had a slight edge on the hitting. The score that clinched the series for Boston was 3 to 1.

The crowd numbered more than 30,000 fans. The game started in a raw, high wind which made fielding difficult.

At the finish of the game the Boston fans swept onto the field. A pandemonium of joy followed. Men threw their hats in the air, others cried and not a few fainted from excitement. The Boston Braves owned the city that night.

When interviewed in the morning as he greeted newspapermen, George Stallings, manager of the Boston Braves, said, "This is the thirteenth, I notice, it will be the final jinx for the Athletics. Thirteen is our lucky number."

As the gates to Fenway park opened thousands rushed onto the grounds and sought out their seats, ready for the fourth and perhaps final contest of the wonderful championship baseball series. Lovers of the game were wild with enthusiasm, and from the bleachers shouted happily that it was "all over but the celebration."

The game that day was not reported as spectacular or sensational as any of the three previous contests, although it kept the crowd in a thrill of interest. The Philadelphia players opened an offensive game, with apparent orders to rush the braves off their feet.

Time and again the visitors made hits and landed men on bases, but they could not score. In the fourth inning Evers scored, after he had wolfed, been helped around the bases, and brought home on a sacrifice.

Philadelphia came back with Barry's single and Shawkey's double in the fifth, tallying a run. In the same inning Boston slammed the ball for three hits and two runs, pounded Shawkey out of the Philadelphia box, and cinched the game. Neither side had a chance to score again during the remainder of the game. Pennock replaced Shawkey for Philadelphia and held the braves to two hits in the remaining three innings.

Braves & Athletics Players

Philadelphia Athletics: Murphy, rf; Oldring, lf; Collins, 2b; Baker, 3b; McInnes, 1b; Walsh, cf; Barry, ss; Schang, c; Shawkey, p; and Pennock, p.

Boston Braves: Moran, rf; Evers, 2b; Connolly, lf; Mann, lf; Whitted, cf; Schmidt, 1b; Gowdy, c; Maranv'le, ss; Deal, 3b; Rudolph, p.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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