The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-22

caused the postpoTiement. During the
morning every one was besieged with
questions from anxious fans as to
whether the game would be pulleH off
or not. Along about noon bulletin
was sent out from the Congress Annex
Hotel, the palatial headquarters OF the
National Commission, which has the
jurisdiction of declaring worlds series
games off. that the promised fourth
and deciding struggle was off, and
would be played here Tomorrow In
stead OF returning to Philadelphia, as
Fer the previous schedule.
The logical pitchers for tomorrow
should be Bender. for the Athletics. and
Cole, for the Cubs. Thomas and King
will be the catchers, with a possibility
that Archer will be the surprise catch
er OF the fourth and deciding game.
Study OF Two Clubs.
My reasons for saying tnat this will
be the, fourth and deciding game are
plain to be seen with a little mental
study of the opposing clubs-one soar
ing high In the atmosphere Of success,
the other cast into the deepest gloom
by being SO decisively humbled in the
three games already played; their team
work shot to pieces; their pitchers
w ltI LuelTi tCOllllueICe OuL
of their stride by being so completely
crossed by the Athletics batteries.
The Athletics, on the other hand, are
In different condition. Their pitch
ers and batters having unlimited con-
tidence In their offensive and defen-
sive ability, their team work is per-
feet and the players imbued with the
idea that they are fully capable OF
pulling off any intricate play on the
forlorn Cubs
They are to be compared to two
armies In battle. One on q chase, and
the other on retreat, and nothing short
of miracle could retrieve their lost
fortunes. One imbued with the spirit
of victory, the other saturated with
defeat.
So far In these three games the Ath-
let1cs have shown wonderful ability,
Keeling off play after play with pre-
cision and perfection However. the
main cog which turns this remarkable
baseball machine is their offensive or
batting strcngth. and they have won
their games on this. and this alone
would not have needed the co-opera-
ton of their machine-like fielding and
their pitching.
In reviewing the Cubs play. can
not help but think of Thinkers fine
| fielding and batting. good criterion
of his wonderful batting is that his
average tonight for the series is .545.
OF the Cub pitchers, Brown and
Pfeister have shown the best. The
highest class fielding to date has been
shown By limmerman, OF the Cubs, In
| accepting chances without errors. his
percentage being 1000. Barry, OF
the Athletics, has a perfect avera ge
| after gathering many hard swats. OF
the feature fielding that has been
Baker for the Mackmen, and Almmer-
man and Tinker, for the Cubs, have
been the ones to stab ticketcd safe
drives.
Classy Work on Losing Team.
Tinker and Zimmerman deserve all
the more credit for their cllssy work
as they have been on the losing team
with everything going wrong anC
against them. One bad feature Is thai
the Cubs supporters have shown tina,
they are not very loyal, being loudes,
in their praise for the Cubs when they
are winning. and shocking the true
supporters and fans by being loudest
in hurting words OF denunciation al
the club now that 1t is losing. They
certainly lived up to the. reputation
oA slilo 5pase oa'A LID ilSriSucss. '1s+4
Tho Cubs have heen good losers anc
/ have shown that they can be that. as
Well as good winners. which they were
in 1907 and 1908. They do not deserve
the criticism which has been handed
to them since the game yesterday a
team Of men are only human and can,
not stand tho fast pace all their base.
hall lives, Some time or other they
have to decline. Az fan should think
When he feels q desire 10 knock Of thu