Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-13
CHICAGO BETTING EVEN
CUBS TO LONGER REGARDED AS
2 To CHANCES.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch The Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 13.-Ths is hoo
doc day for one team or the other. Su-
perstt,o Gus bettOrs, therefore. placed their
money on the Sox team for many reasons.
Ore is that neither team has SO far been
able to win a game on its own grounds;
another, that whoever wears the white uni
form has so far been the goat in every
game, and still another. that the games so
far aiternated with perfect regularity.
Then Walsh is counted on to pitch and
there are few fans who think anybody can
hit Walsh after his work of Thursday.
The West Side fans figure that there may
be just as effective pitching by Reulbach
or Lundgren anything Wash can do. in
which case luck and somebody's lonesome
hit will decide. They also figure that the
weather will be less favorable to Walsh
than the case on Thursday, and tina
the Cubs will play the steadier game. now
that 1t has come down TO cases. Betting
in the downtown resorts was much more
lively than at any previous time. but there
was no more . to l money offered on the
Cubs, The West Side fans don't want to
give better than even, and the South Siders
are. in many cases, quite willing to accept
Comiskeys men are not at all discour-
aged by the result of yesterdays encounter.
They ma. ntain that Altrock did all that
cut a wonderful figure in the results. If
Hahn had seen Chances fly in time to
start for it. there would have been no run
at all for the Cubs, and if Brown hadn'
struck down Isbells terrible liner in the
ninth there would have been a tally for
the Sox. Hence, with two ifs reversed the
Sox would have won out, 1 to y. Figuring
it that way cheers up the Sox and their
hackers, and does not jar the Cubs.
Walsh said last night he would pitch
his best today and that he felt strong
enough for any needtul exertion. Chance
was figuring on 10th Reulbach and Lund-
gren. Carl is feeling in fine trim, and wishes
to get into Il battle. while Reulbachs great
work of Wednesday makes him look like a
Logical candidate Tor glory. Reulbach has
a little the better of Walsh in having had a
Walsh is a bull while Reulbach is on the
slender though snewy order. this makes
but little difference.
IF the boys play the kind of ball they
have been putting up. I'll win quoth Mr..
Walsh. Il never felt stronger in my life.
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Ill.,. October 13-Wth the Chi
caSo American League club and the Chica-
go National League team each winner OF
two games the series of seven games which
VIII decide the worlds base ball champion
ship of 1906. the fifth game of the series,
scheduled for today en- the grounds of the
National League, brought the excitement of
base ball enthusiasts to Il high pitch. 1t was
expected that the winner of today's contest
would practically clinch the championship.
Today's loser. it was pointed out, would
have to win two games in succession in Or
der to prevent the opposing club from
taking the fourth and deciding game, and
with the teams evenly matched as they
have shown themselves to be. it was be-
l.eved that two straight victories would be
a difficult task for either club. Weather con-
ditions today were ideal. The sky was
cloudless; there was little wind and the
temperature was neither too warm nor too
cool