The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
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MAY POSTPONE
FOURTH CAME
Weather Adds To Gloom Which
Hangs Over Windy City in IAiek
Clouds-Best Cubs Hope h To Pre-
vent Athletics Making Clean Sweep
Athletics Will Be Enriched by About
$4,000 Each for Their Part in the
Picnic They Have Enjoyed.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.--Chicago today
Is prepared for the worst, the fourth
successive defeat of her pet Cubs by
the all-conquering Athletics. the yield
Ing of her worlds championship
hopes without the pleasure of single
glimpse OF victory.
It's the rudest awakening base
ball public ever had and az for the
Cubs themselves, the gloom that per-
vades their camp is heavier than that
which engulfed them four years ago,
when they We're trampled upon by
the White Sox.
The games played SO far have re-
] suited In such decisive victories for
| Connie Mack's men that a diagnosti-
clan, even one in sympathy with the
Cubs, can find absolutely nothing to
say In their favor as compared with
the Athletics, Team for team. man
for man and manager for manager,
the Cubs are better subjects for con-
trast with the Athletics than for COM
parison.
/, II Is within the range Of possible
Iity-but no nearer-that the Cubs
will win this Afternoon and thus pro-
! long the agony, but the almost uni
yersal opinion Is that the fast-geared
8 Mack men will do little more joy
;. riding on the west side park at the
!, Cubs expense, thus adding the few
+ remaining drops needed to overflow
y Chicago's cup Of woe.
l.. II the worlds championship series
Il thus far means anything, IL means
, THAT IA NCnh nhinnb f1u
3 ton that for years has won the plaud-
B Its of the baseball world and stood
for the highest development of the
h national game, will be at an end after
d this season. II has demonstrated that
h II can't go the pace and how 1t man
< aged to win the National League
d championship with such ease is ex.
plicable only on one ground: that 1t
d had the other teams sBuffaloed. by
a it, former brilliant successes.
ri The series Is illustrating that there
k 10 "0lory enough for ALI OF the Ath-
: letics In the first game 1t was Ben
der, Thomas, Baker and Collins Who
starred. Tuesday, Davis and 10 Il
flashed across the view, and Collins
repeated his brilliant work and yes
terday Coombs, Barry and Murphy
played tremendously. Even substi-
tude 0utfelder Strunk has come TO
the scratch in grand style. Whoever
has been called upon in the Athletics
ranks has delivered"
Should the players share In today's
game amount 10 $4,000. and 1t was
nearly $4,000 yesterday. the total
share for the players will reach S14,-
O29. Should the Athletics win the
series. their share will be more Than
$4,000, OF approximately $3.50 for
each player.
A cold rain which had been falling
during the entire night continued dur
ing the early hours today, and II De-
came evident that desire TO end the
misery would be the only ground Ior
g sending the teams onto the field this
8 afternoon. During yesterdays con-
= test the practically continuous drizzie
:, softened up the base lines In the IN
= field until the going became positive
{ lv sloppy. The conditions were much
e worse today. and In the face OF the
weather mans FORECAST OF warmer and
fairer conditions tomorrow. and the
. possibilities OF a greater crowd, an
announcement OF postponement was
a expected. ..aa
e After having completely exhausted
u their excuses for the falldown OF the
: Cubs. Chicago sporting writer's TO-DAY
o almost unanimously concede the cham,
u nionship to the Philadelphians and
!. the best any Of them hope for now. =
y that the Cubs may stave OF utter roui
y and prevent the Mackmen winning u
= straight heats. ns Ia
= - -InIyiew- of the fact that Bender ma
u heen slated to go against the Cups y
y rho next set-to, no one Is willing y
:, predict rme anything other than cua ].
u u slaughter. with the possible e ,',tcp
e lion Of chance. With his entire pitch
, Inc stan riddled and shown up IKE
bunch s Of cush leaguers, and his Tor =,
q mar wonderful team play thing 9,
! the mast. Chance is still game An s
:. lighting and making desperate that 81
! forts to convince his com anamas
:, thew still have fighting chance
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