The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-24

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championship of the world belongs to
the Philadelphia club of the American
League. They clinched the big pen
nant fast today, seven runs to two for
the Chicago Nationals, and there was
none in the big overflow crowd to say
that they had not won it fairly and
squarely Five games were played,
and the eastern youngsters took four
of them by outbatting, outfielding and
outrushing the veteran Chicagoans.
They "got the jump" at the start, and
although Chicago punctuated their
progress with a defeat yesterday it
really didn't change the situation a
bit.
The Philadelphians were due. They
won the American League banner in
1902. but there was no worlds series
that year. Five years ago the New
York Nationals were too strong for
them. So in this year of grace it was
not in the cards that they were to be
denied.
While the series was not the most
profitable ever played, it helps to sim
plify the high cost of living problems
confronting even such heroes as the
Philadelphias, to say nothing of the
Chicagos, with winter coming on. The
players share of the money amounts
to s7s,o71.93. OF this so per cent, or
SAT, ,443.15, goes to the winners and
$sI,62S.77 to the losers. AS there are
twenty-three players on each team
eligible to participate, each of the
Philadelphias is entitled to round mum
bers to s2,O62 and each Chicagoan to
s1,s75.
The players shared today's receipts
by courtesy of the management of the
two clubs, who conceded that IL to-
days receipts should be larger than
those Of any previous day the smallest
receipts should be credited as accruing
to the fifth day and the Sunday re-
ceipts accredited to the fourth contest,
the last in which the players had a
financial share.
The total receipts for the series were
S173,S90. The two clubs receive $685.
755 each, while s17.S9S goes to the
national commission. The total at
tendance was 125,219 persons.
According to the general verdict the
newly won prestige of the Philadel-
phias and their wealth entities them to
top places in athletic blue books. and
for the same reasons, with others add
ed, it is decided that while Connie
Mack is good work-a-day appella-
tion and fits nicely into the head
lines, that as manager of the greatest
ball team on earth he should hence
forth be addressed as Mr.. Cornelius
McGillicuddy, with never syllable
slurred. When this was put to Mr..
McGullicuddy, however, he blushed
modestly and said it didn't matter
what the manager of team like his
was called.
They're grand bunch of boys" he
SAT-, beaming on his men, "and I'm
proud of them. They never quit. In
the first four games we used only ten
men, which speaks well for the way
the boys work together, and not until
today did make any changes"
The performance Of Coombs in pitch
ing and winning three OF five-game
series is probably unique. He had
but one days rest between the second
and third games. but two days inter
vened between the third contest and
today's exhibition. He had better con-
troll today than in the previous con-
tests, and foiled the opposing batters
when hits meant runs. Brown. for
Chicago, pitched excellent ball. except
in the locally disatrous eighth, and
the holocaust of that inning was by no
means entirely his fault
| The day was bright and the weather
of the Indian summer variety. Ground
rules, as usual. were necessary. Pill
adelphia took the lead at the outset,
when Hartsel. who went to left field
while Lord played center in place Of
Strunk, singled. The Philadelphians
present cheered, for that was exactly
the reason that @Topsy' was played
instead Of Strunk. He stole second
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