The Detroit times., 1910-10-22
WEATHER PERMITS
FOURTH GAME or
BIG SERIES
Days Rest Has Been of Great Ben.
eft To Cubs, Who Had Chance
To Revive Hopes and Gain
Confidence.
king Cole May Get Chance Against
Athletic Sluggers-Fans Have
No Confidence in Others.

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-The weather
man MADE good today and the game
which will either give the Athletics
the worlds baseball championship or
will restore Chicago to the baseball
map will be played at the West Side
park at two this afternoon.
The opposing batteries will. In all
probability, be Bender and Thomas
for the Mack men, and Cole and King
for the Cubs.
There Is no denying that yester-
days rain was shower OF blessing
for the Cubs and the Cub rooters. 1t
served TO revive the badly blighted
and fast-withering hopes OF Chicago
fandom. and with the appearance OF
the sun this morning. things took
on q much more rosy hue from the
viewpoint of the few remaining 10y
oily hopeful Chicago fans.
The announcement I'm the morning
papers that Manager Chance had
abandoned his intention 10 try Brown
again and would trot out "Old King"
Cole struck a popular note. The
player is a dead one, long live the
player" Is very good In tanning cir
cles Brown. the idol OF former years.
was smashed at Philadelphia. Now
he Is relegated and the bugs are will
ing to bestow their huzzahs on any
new idol (uncracked that may be
set up. The prospects are that by
tonight king" Cole will be getting
very royal reception or he will he
ding a Portuguese duck ala Manuel.
Bender's selection for the job OF
making IL four straights for the Ath-
letics Is not a certainty, though 1t Is
very probable. Manager Mack Is, haw-
ever, dangling Coombs before the eyes
Of the Cubs as boyle, and II will
take the warming up before the game
10 determine which OF the pair will
take the mound. II Bender Is right he
will get the job. but should his scalp
ing arm fail him Il will be up to
Coombs to go to the relief.
Though the rain has stopped and
the sun started playing hide-and,eeek
early this morning 1t was quite cold
and there was q very footballish nip
10 the air which will scarcely Be con-
ductive to the best pitching Efforts,
and the prospects are that another
hammerfest will result.
AS a result the team which wins
will be the one which performs best
I'm the field and II Is in this fact that
the Cubs find ground for hope.
Though IL Is true that the Athletics
have. to date. clearly outplayed the
Cubs In the field and have out
generated them In defensive work,
Chicago fans are disposed to ascribe
a part OF this to the bad break In luck
which has followed the local team
through the series. They are hoping
that with Chance in the game today,
and with desperate necessity con
fronting them, the National Leaguers
will brace and give a demonstration
OF the sort OF ball playing that won
them the league championship.
Over around the Lasalle headquar-
tiers the Athletics were doing lot OF
wise loking. and very small amount
of talking Of any sort. There was
little friyolity In evidence and Connie
Mack wore the jovial expression OF an
undertaken. This afternoons job il
serious matter for the Philadelphians.
The chance OF winning a worlds
championship In straights is not to be
let slip by lightly. and IL the result Is
TO be determined by fighting spirit !
alone. the Athletics should be about a
ten-to-one shot.
As a betting proposition, today's
game has fzzled out entirely. II Is
too serious a proposition from local
standpoint TO place bet Of any kind. !
Besides there Is no Cub money In !
aight