Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-24
CHAMPIONSHIP
TO ATHLETICS
Philadelphia Outclasses Chicago
in Fifth Game and Takes
Away Title.
BROWN HAS A BAD INNING
Holds Coombs Even Till the Eighth,
When He Is Overwhelmed With
Voliey of Hits.

Chicago, Oct. 24.-The Philadelphia
Athletics yesterday won the world S
baseball championship by defeating
Chicago. A great crowd of 27,S74
people, the largest of the series or five
games, saw the closing game at the
West side park. And they saw the
Cubs fight desperately and with some
hopes of success until the eighth in
ming. Then the terrific batters of
Connie Mack team turned on Nor
decai Brown viciously, hammerlng ana
pounding away until they had placed
the game absolutely beyond the reach
of the National league champions.
The score of the game was TO 2
while the standing on the series stood
TO l. Not since 1906. when the
White Sox defeated the Cubs in a sim
liar series, has the premier honors of
the baseball world been captured by a
team representing the American
league.
Aided by Luck.
The game yesterday was a repeti-
ton of the two contests played in
Philadelphia Monday and Tuesday and
the one played on the West side
the Cubs, and also had all the luck of
the game, which was an important
factor. The Athletics. however, profit
ed by three questionable decisions. one
by O'Day and two by Sheridan, that
the Cubs vigorously protested.
Jack Coombs, the giant pitcher who
Won Tuesdays and Thursdays games,
stood like wall of stone between the
Cubs and success. All the technical
skill and batting prowess of Chances
men went for naught before him.
In the field the West siders played
well enough to have won if they only
could have batted opportunely, and If
Brown could have held the enemy in
check. But, facing a pitcher they
could not hit when he did not want
them to, and with their own pitching
department weak at the crucial mo-
ment, the National league contenders
stood no show whatever. Story of the
game by innings:
FIRST INNING.
PhiladeIph ia-With two balls and one
strike called on him, Hartsel opened
the hosdlities wiki a single to short
center. Lord famed. HartseI stealing
second on the third strike. Brown had
Collins in a hole with two and two
when Eddie drove a single over sec
ond base, counting Hartsel Baker
fouled out TO Archer On the first ball
pitched to Davis, Collins stole, but was
left at second when Davis struck out.
Two hits, one run.
Chicago-Sheckard slammed a hot
grounder to Davis. who tossed to
Coombs for the put-out. Both Schultz
and Hoffman raped rollers at Collins
and were out at first No hits, no
runs
SECOND INNING.
Philadelphia - Steinfeldt made a
pretty scoop of Murphys grounder and
threw him out at first. Tinker backed
up and gathered in Barry's fly. Lapp
struck out. No hits, no runs.
Chicago-After missing one pitched
ball and fouling off another, Chance
doubled to left. Zimmerman sacrificed
Chance. to third ana was out at first.
Coombs to Davis. After taking one
strike, Steinfeldt clouted through
Baker for a hit, scoring Chance. Tin
ker lifted a foul TO Davis, and Lord
captured Archer's long fly. Two hits,
one run.
THIRD INNING.
eIphia-Coombs struck out on
five pitched balls. Zimmerman and
Chance took care of Hartsel Brown
speared Lords bounder with his GLOW
ed hand and threw him out at first. No
hits, no runs.
Chicago-Brown hunted to Coombs
and was out at first. Collins gathered
in Sheckard's roller and threw to Da-
Wis for Jimmy's demise. Schultz sin