Evening journal., 1910-10-26
BASEBALL OVER
FOR THE YEAR
Season Closed With Bang
When Athletics Threw
II Into Cubs
SOME THINGS THE
BIG SERIES PROVED

The baseball season of 1910 ended
with a bang, when the Philadelphia
Athletics won the worlds champion
shin. Outplaying the Chicago Cubs
al every turn, they registered one OF
the most decisive victories In the
history of post-season series. The
result was surprising as well as painful
TO many fans, who confidently expect
ed the Cubs to repeat their brilliant
record of the past. A sagacious mi
nority. however. based their hopes on
youth and ability To these the out
come was a source of qualification.
The great Chicago machine was
wrecked almost beyond repair, ana
only a few scattered parts remain
upon which TO construct another team.
The aftermath of the series only
raises the Athletics to a higher pin
nacle OF supremacy. Official figures
reveal convincingly their superiority
over the Peerless Leaders nine. A
team batting average of 0.322 for the
Athletics. as compared to 0.2S4 for the
! Cubs-SS points difference-tells
story of its own The all-around hit
ting ability Of the Athletics, including
both Bender and Coombs. partly ex-
plains the inability of the Chicago
| twirlers to stem the tide Of victory.
Seven of the twelve Philadelphia men
who played in the series batted over
0.333, while only three OF the Cuos
were able to reach that mark Not one
OF the Chicago pitchers got hit'
while Bender batted for an average
Of 0.333 and Coombs for 0.3S5.
AS hitter, Eddie Collins led all the
rest, maintaining an average OF O.429.
Schultz alone of the Cubs could ap-
proach this mark with 0.412, while
Baker proved a trusty lieutenant to
Collins by batting at the rate of 4.409.
Chance did some yeoman work with
the stick for Chicago, his average be-
ing 0.353, and Tinker reached 0.333,
but the hitting of the rest Of the Chi
cago nine was disappointing.
In fielding the two teams we're
about on a par Eddie Collins and
Barry. of the Philadelphia infeld, had
perfect fielding averages. Collins ac-
cepted "a chances without an error,
while Barry took 20 without a flaw.
Chance and Zimmerman, of the Cubs,
had perfect fielding averages also,
Zimmerman accepting 20 chances and
the manager of the Cubs 55. Baker
fielded far above Steinfeldt, the for
mer having the call on his opponent
by 127 points. Strunk's one error
spoiled a perfect record for the en-
tire Philadelphia outfield, Murphy,
Lord ard Hartsel playing an un-
blemished game. The four together
accepted As chances. while the Chi
cago trio, Sheckard. Holman and
Schultz, took "a among them, but each
made an error.
Murphy, OF Philadelphia. with the
rafting good batting average of $50,
was the most timely hitter OF either
team. Scoring six runs himself, he
batted in nine and answered for 10
of the 35 runs made by the Athletics.
Chance was the most timely hitter of
the Cubs, batting i'm four runs. He
only crossed the plate once himself,
however.
In base running the Athletics sur
passed the Cubs, whom Ira Thomas
kept pinned to the bags. The latter
was one of the surprises of the series
and made Johnny King look to his
| laurels. Only three bases we're stolen
| by the Cubs during the series, while
the Athletics stole seven, Eddie Col
Inns pilfering four Of these on his own
account.
In pitching there was no compari-
son between the two teams, Bender
and Coombs being head and shoulders
above the entire Chicago staff. Coombs
was the man of the hour, beating the
Cubs on each of the three occasions
that he faced them. His strength
lay in his effectiveness with men eh
the bags. Twenty-four hits were
made off his delivery in the q innings
which he pitched, and he gave 16
passes, which proved him to be mora
generous than any other pitcher who
twirled in the series. Bender pitched
brilliant game I'm the opening con-
test of the series I'm Philadelphia, but
he was unable to repeat in Chicago.
While the attendance record of the
/ FIVE games did not come up to that
of the seven games which we're played
between Pit.sburg and Detroit last
year, yet there was a goodiy crowd
on hand every day. The total attend
auco was not far above that at The
series between the Giants and
Yankees, but the total receipts were
away above. owing to the increased
charge for admission and reserved
seats The Athletics I'm round num-
bers received $4,000 apiece. while the
Giants received around S1.100 as their
share of the winnings in the local
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