Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-25
ATHLETICS PROVED
REAL CHAMPIONS
Statistics Show How They Excelled
the Cubs in Every
thing
MACK'S MEN BATTED
1922 IN SERIES
Cubs Hit But .234 and Were Out
classed in Fielding. Too-Col-
Inns the Real Star.

Statistics show that the Athletics out
classed the Cubs in all respects in the
series for the worlds championship The
Philadelphia players in the five games
scored 81 runs, made - hits with an
average of I'D and accepted Ia1 chances
out of 2,6 for a fielding average of OFT;
The ChicagOS. on the other hand, made
II runs. - hits with an average of .23i
and accepted 30 out of 20 chances their
fielding average being .?t1. Eddie CollipS
the former Columbia student was the
star of the series. with batting average
of 40 and fielding average of LOCO
accepting "a chances at second base with
with four and also exceled in base run
ming with the same number of steals
Schultz was the Cubs leading batsman.
with an average of .412 three points
more than that recorded by Baker the
Athletics crack third baseman. Every
regular player on the victorious team
except Hartsel. Lord, Thomas and I4app
batted over .3O. In addition to Schultz
Chance and Tinker did we'll with the
stick. their respective batting averages
being .3553 and .:3333. But the other Cubs,
particularly Steinfeldt and King were
Tar DeIoW the average In LhlS respect.
Zimmerman. who tried to fill EverS
place at second base. hit for DO and
put up an errorless game in the field.
with - chances.
Coombs and Bender did all the pitching
for the Athletics. the former winning
vincible in the first game played in Phila
delphia last Monday. the score being I
to l. Coombs. though giving nine bases
on halls, won the second game. to =.
10 NIT In he y-6 -.
after days rest and the Cubs We're
beaten IL to =. Render came back in the
fourth game Saturday. being opposed to
King Cole. and the Cubs won in the tSnth
inning. to - CoOmbS again was tho
master in Sundays contest. the Athletics
winning to = and capturing the title.
Coombs was hit safely ~ times in p in
nings and struck out 81 men. at the same
time giving II bases on balls. Bender
was touched up for Il hits in Is -: in
nnCS.
Overall, on whom the Cubs banked for
the most effective box work, a fail
ure. He was comparatively easy in the
first three innings of the opening game,
Mack's men finding him for six bingles.
and Chance did not use him again. Miner
Brown did the bulk Of the pitching for
Chicago. the Athletics making ~ hits
off him in IS innings. Cole did the best
work for Chance, he held the worlds
champions down to 10 hits in eight in
nings and was party to the Cubs lone
though he was relieved by Brown
in the last two innings Murphy and
Chance led in sending in runs, the former
being responsible for nine and the latter
for four. Murphy also made the only
home run of the series The Athletics
f1eidcd superbly. pulling off no less than
seven double plays. They stole seven
bases to three by the Cubs and their
catchers showed unexpected proves.
The total attendance figures paid were
12.219. The gross receipts were $113,9SO
of which the players share was $40, OIL 30
the club owners share tdivtded equally
was s17.51OO7, and the national commits
sion's, $17. 39S The Athletics received 60
per cent of the players mpney-$47, 443.16
and twenty-three men got 81 OS2. "a each.
The Cubs divided s31.62S.17. each player
taking sA315-16. BY ruling of the COM
mission before the series it was agreed
that if the teams played a Sur-Iay game
in Chicago the players would share in the
receipts. providing the sum realized was
the first four games. So the players
passed up their share of Saturdays re-
ceipts and took Sundays instead.
Last year the Detroits and Pittsburgs
in the worlds series played seven games.
the total attendance being 49, the
gross receipts $1SS,3O2.JO, the players
share $S6.f2490, the club owners S1O2,-
547 81 and the commissions S1S.s3O. The
Pittsburgs divided S4O.1ji.94 and the De-
troits cut up $26. SO. AS far as the
players rake-off is concerned, therefore,
the series just closed is record breaker.
The work of the Athletics and Cubs re-
duced to figures in accordance with the
official scores is as follows: