Show BRAVES AGAIN WILL ILL WIN RAG SAYS SA IS SKIPPER Stallings Se Sees s Nothing to Race in National League but H J c l. l BY RAY ZIEGLER T THE loss lose of or a a. fow few games has haa not JL shaken the faith th of Ge George rge le Tecum- Tecum um- um soh sob Stallings the tho Miracle Man In the ability of ot his Boston n Braves to again land the National league cham charn- Naturally I figure the Boston club to win out because we have the tho greatest greatest great great- est cst team In the tho country said the Braves manager after his hilS club had been kicked around by the Quakers Take Alexander out of tho Phillies and what would you ou have haveS left ho be added The team would be much worse oft off than Boston which has be been n without its star r pitcher James Jame all aU sea sea- son yOU ou sav 11 hr h. II r OJ use to us before he left for his home on the he coast Then there li Is Kvera Evere one of ho tho gr greatest t st field gon generals ral that thal ever evered led ed a ball team who has been away from Crom rom th field or on tho the bench when we played many of ot our most Important contests But we are sUU still In the thick o ot of the fIght and that never dlo spirit will soon assert Itself You can CIU look pok for tor a fast run to th the wire from the champions from this time on A A club to win a championship must have a fair tall amount of the breaks of luck uck in Its ita favor and amI a good god ball club Is sometimes downed through a a. series af ot misfortunes over which no person Derion has an any control BelieVe BelleVo mo me wo we woo hav have s been that club this year Every time my team has been straightened out for tor fora tora a good run something has turned up to give 1 us a setback My pitchers havo have all been going bad at various times but they are rounding to t tin in great shape for tor tho the final struggle and the two youngsters Barnes secured from Davenport Davenport Dayenport Dav Day Ia la and Nehf who came camo from Terre Haute Hauto both look good to me James has wired me that his arm arma Is a growing stronger and ond he wi will his 1 Join us on on September 1 james i 1 believe made a mistake In Ingoing ingoing going out with the National All team after tho the close of a n hard season last year ear It gave him only about two months months' real rest and he reported last spring hog tat Then he reduced too rapidly and ho he never did set get et right James Is not a a. pitcher like Alexander Alexandor who can loaf along during a game using a Q c curve now and then and puttinG putting put put- ting on steam only when It Is sary Ho Is a a. pitcher of the most pronounced type one type one who must Set get et lets of stuff on every ball In Sn order to be bo successful That sort of ot pitching Is hard on a man even with a powerful physique like James has Dont you think that In addition to Alexanders Alexander's good pitching tho the Phillies owe ve their present position to th the good work of ot Bancroft Bl at short shortT was asked pf ef It Mr Stallings Moran was lucky I t must say In picking up upa a man like Bancroft he r re plied He is fa a nice young oung chap who minds his own business and for that reason the other players In tho the league u. u do not ride him like they thoy L do H Maran Maran- nu hut Ule just iiO just on tho the riding he gets without it he wouldn't be half as great a player Bancroft on tho the other hand has a. been able to do great reat work because no noIh no out Ih gets after atter him You could place both the AthletIcs Athletic and Phillies' Phillies parks In the new Braves Bra field laId and ond there we will battle It out oui for tor the tho greater part pInt of ot the th of ot tho the season Wo Vo wind up the campaign cam with New York and the Phillies The Giants havo have always been boen easy el forus for forus us and I 1 expect our club to pIa play different different differ differ- ent ball against Morans Moran's team on our own grounds Wo We C can n acc accommodate in the new park and I believe the tho entire capacity wl will l be taxed on more than one occasion before the end of tho the season Do you know I belle believe no wo could have played to a game In the worlds world's series last year if we wo could have havo accommodated that man many As It was was We wo turned awa away from to at each game But It will be different this y year ar Who Vho do you expect will win be your opponent opponent opponent op op- op- op In the worlds world's series If It you are areso areso areso so sure of ot winning was asked I 1 never pay any an attention to the th American race said Mr Stallings and for that t reason I have formed no ion When their race Is II virtually settled set Bet tied I will take time to consider our opponent At present I 1 have enough to worry ab about ut to keep my own club going No other club In the tho country could have bave gone through the same samo ex experiences ex cx- as the and kept up around the mark all season Our latest attack came In Pittsburgh Pitts burgh where the they tried to injure Insure us by bythe bythe bythe the uncalled for ro roasting the papers ga gave Johnny Evers He Is a a. high high- strung little fellow ellow and he gets gels blamed ver very s much uch to heart henrt and I sent him to his home for a 0 few rew da days s 's to forget Ithen It When hen ho gets gate back where ho belongs mentally and anti physically tho the fight for tor forthe forthe the pennant will bo be renewed with un- un for a geat deal more than his share Evers E took tok his lila treatment In Pittsburgh ceasing vigor |