The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-24
FLAG STILL THERE
Athletics Clinch Worlds Base
ball Championship.
Defeat Chicago With Ease in
Final Game.
EXPLODES IN EIGHTH.
Philadelphia Scores Five Runs
Off Brown Then.
Total Receipts of Series Nearly
174 Thousand Dollars.

Chicago, Oct. 24.-The baseball cham
pionship Of the world belong to the
Philadelphia club of the American
league. They clinched the big pennant
Sunday. They scored seven runs to
two for the Chicago Nationals. Five
games were played, and the eastern
youngsters took four of them by out
batting and outrushing the veteran
Chicagoans. They got the Jump at
the start, and although Chicago pune
tured their progress with a defeat, It
really did not change the situation.
The players share of the money
amounts to $79,071.93. OF this, go per
cent, or SAT, 443.15 goes to the winners
and $31, 628.77 to the losers. AS there
are % players on each team eligible to
participate each of the Philadelphians
is entitled to $2,062, and each Chicagoan
to $1,375
The players shared in Sundays re-
ceipts by courtesy of the management
Sundays 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 q
financial share.
The total receipts for the series were
$173,98 The two clubs receive $685.
EACH while $17,S9S goes to the national
commission. The total attendance was
125.219 persons.
Following are the receipts and dis
trfbution for Sundays game: Receipts,
$37, 1850; players share, $20,04201;
clubs share. s13,361.e4; national com
mission. $3,711.65.
Philadelphia 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 in
stead of Strunk. He stole second
while Lord was striking out and
brought in the first run when Collins
hit to center for one base. Brown
struck out Lord and Davis in this in
ming.
Chicago came right back in the sec
ond when Chance doubled to left, took
third on sacrifice and scored when
Steinfeldt delivered a belated hit.
In the third and fourth innings the
Philadelphians were not threatening,
to save himself from trouble in Chi
cago's half of the fourth. Two hits
and a pass had filed the bases, with
one out, but the young Philadelphia,
to-be-feared Tinker and Archer.
Chicago Goes to Pieces.
The fasteners assumed the lead in
the fifth and were never headed there
after. Steinfe1dt's tumble gave Muir
ply a life at first. Barry sacrificed
ana hdppS WHO uoHueu the cdtcneF'
mitt in place of Thomas, sent him home
with a single.
The Chicago team went to pieces in
the eighth. Brown held Coombs too
lightly and the latter singled but later
was forced by Hartsel. Lord doubled
and Hartse1 scored, following which
Collins raped out another two Dagger
and Lord crossed the plate. Collins,
taking advantage of the confusion in
the Chicago camp, stole third, but was
AIlf at the nIafa yTI7Pn PalxaT, h L.
1y to Zimm erman. Davis was allowed
to walk, placing runners on first and
second. Then Chicago blew up. Muir
ply singled to center and Baker scored
from second. Davis was at Bakers
heels and Hoffman, who retrieved the
hit, threw d block away from Archer,
! and Davis scored. Murphy had reach
ed second and stopped. but Umpire
O'Day. invited hiIn to take another base
under the ground rules. Hofman's