Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-11
Cubs Far Better Team.


them large and strong.
Cubs Far Better Team.
In knocking the Tigers out yesterday the
Cubs proved pretty conclusively that they
are far and away the better team in
either league ii not the best team ever
gathered together
In batting. base running and the ginger
that goes with team work as well as the
savage energy Of individual play, they are
without superOrs.
Although Hughey Jennings sounds his
queer war cry over the field as energetic
ally as ever he is less than human If he
does not realize by this time that he Is up
against it.
Tigers Only Run.
From the expressions on the faces of
certain Detroit bugs. fellow would
imagine they could smell Reulbach' 8
pitching In ali but one round the de-
moniac Dutchman had the Tigers shut up
in the dark room. y single ray OF light
filtered through in the sixth. One base on
balls and three singles were required to
illuminate the situation long enough to let
the Tigers find the plate. ReulbaCh
toiled like a man who had certain stint
or stunt TO perform, ter which he could
go fishing or otherwise enjoy himself.
Not runner reached first in the first
three rounds and tn only first and origi-
nal swat was a scratchy thing Schaeser
splashod of Reulbachs mitt in the
safetirs. all singles. and be it known far
and Wild that 7. Raymond Cobb whacked
or Of them.
The wearer Of diamond swat medals
buttrd into the little batting Jubilee in
the sixth. but his hit did not figure in
the tally. Killian and Crawford pushed
the run across before Ty had mad up
his mind TO obliga.
Slump of Cobb.
The slump of this sensation Of the CEN
fury is quite a puzzle to Cobb himself
T. the Cubs the situation is as plan as
the rat in Tvs fists, The Cub pitchers
err to- dodgasted intense for him. AS to
the failure to steal bases Cobb can eluci-
dat tlat point himsel'. He thinks the
diamonds on the National League are
lsrErr than those in the newer organiZa-
ti"r. a. least they look b gS'r.
Tutri Ae gets used To the distances be
twv bases and the haunt ng shadow of
J King, the young phenom would be
foolish To tax" chances. Hence his mod
est not To say coy, demeanor In these
parts
II j- predicted that when Ty gets back
10 Detroit. and the smaller diamond. he
Will KICK up som@ dust on the paths and
hit IT," hall against Mr. Yawkey's new
NOrli : series ats il right field. But
enough about Ty cobb. There are others
In tn Tiger den feeling as bad as he. He
Is not TIA" only goat
Attendance Falls Off
There was d decided falling off in at
tendance. but not in the sky-parlor DIS
trict outside the grounds. Any falling off
there would have been announced by the
ambulance gonE's harsh note The Owls
Gulls and Bugs on the roofs looked down
upon a gat herring Of 13.l14 chivalry and
beaLts IN gay worlds series p.umase. 1t
IL Thought the decrease was due TO the
tie game. which knocked the schedule gal
ley Vest ny north. Perhaps the absentees
agreed the game was at Detroit instead
OF Chicago
Again the gentle sex and some tender
hearted He bugs may have recoiled at
TIL q ought Of Blood For have not TIE
papvls stated time and again that the
SER VAS tor blood Sure thing
Those present We're slower reporting
thai at the two previous games Ladies
Well as gents cam in a few minutes
ahea3 OF play time. after meal at their
own Hres!d"S. and found plenty Of perch
Ing places. even among tie circus seats,
whics are t1uted as Very desirabl, Ioca-
lions It 81 - per In fact, there was
space for the gerIemanly purveyor of
hand printed sandwiches to circulate
without ahstrurtinE the V.ew of a single
two-34.,ger The ham in the sandwiches
was painted IN so deity as To deceive the
mos; delicate palate.
New Form of Wit.
Two humorists in tie circus section
SPRAYED ReuIbach with their yellow wit
4 e. lemons. Think Of the profound prep
arat!on and sIeepless nights required to
train the human intellect sufficiently t.
roll lemon at an athlete doing the best
he can No wonder base ball has taken
such a grip on the American public.
In team work there is moth ng IN IL but the
Chicagos. They play the hit-and-run game
to perfection. ] heir game is fun % signals
and secrets. They get a man on first and
he 10 around home while one of the De