The Washington times., 1910-10-19
loyal Followers Of Chicago Cubs Still Decline Superiority Athletics
LOOKS PRETTY SOFT
FOR ATHLETICS NOW
Rice Says Macks Team Should Experience No Difficulty
in Winning Two Games Out of Possible Five
Reulbach Cubs Only Remaining Hope
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

| ne prayed IN our fair city where the
Demon Rum stalks raging through
Union Station Said fans saw him do
every variety OF stunt and praised him
10 the, skies. They said he was all the
second sacker a team -eder Kind
friends. you haven't seen min, in the last
Two games! The boy IS ali over the lot
he SCOTS plateward on the dead run
ana mans those choppy grOunders which
are so difficult 70 handle II sklps
nimbly TO right and grabs them on the
SJarbOard side OF second. he Ulunges
headlong 70 left and assimllates the high
chops tnat are generally scored as hits
( as soon as they leave the bat.
| And, with L all. having gotten the ball
| INTO MS hai DIS, he can then pry Ject IL
70 the proper base 70 squash a runner
| No matter I Collins is or his balance
| and barely IN his feet. no mattA II he
! Is rolling head over -eels ON impact
; on vide one. he can throw. and throw
/ accurately. We are not much given to
| iuisome stun about professional ath-
letes, but we are willing 10 take a roast
( Tor breaking rule In order 10 speak
/ our mind about the fielding Of l.. Col
\ Inns.
Thomas a Feature.
/ The further discussion Of Collins
/ brings in the case Of Thomas, hero 10.
| .. Our typewriter and those Of several
hundred othe' baseball reporters have
I grOaned urc1- the weighty stuff we
q y
/ superiority Of the Cubs in catching
king. for the Cubs. was counted not
only host. but the grand marshal and
drum major thereof. while poor Thomas
has been reckoned as little higher than
a camp follower. Now # is different.
Collins stole twice on Killing yesterday.
In each instance II was an absolutely
plain case Of larceny without extenu-
I "a
. lady reporter 10 write a human inter
est story explaining the cause Of his
theftuoUs tendencies. He stole on Killing
and Tinker. on close margins. just ex-
actIy twice-in the hrst end fifth IN
nings-whcn King had il figured exactly
right that Collins would steal King made
a good throw Tinker made a good
catch. Collins made a better sprint and
was safe. Grandpa Jack Sheridan was
there 10 make the decision, and not a
kick was registered. Collins stole the
base.
Furthermore Collins OutCUessed Killing.
and the fans did greatly rejoice in a
most refined and administrative man
ner- Perhaps the Phuly fans We're
afraid the New York reporters would
kid them Be that as il may, they had
the most chastened and toned-dol.q
burst OF joyoUsness we have ever seen.
To resume: In the fifth inning Struuk
opened by tanning. Lord singled, ard
was forced by Collins. The first bail
10 Baker was a strike, as we remember
il. that being the orthodox play on both
sides. Collins tee-pred of first, and
Brown tried tp make him behave by
four or five throws to Chance. Eddie
Ietussd 10 see the error Of his ways.
The intellectual Killing slgnaled FOR q
waste ball 70 use in eNtirpaunE Collins
At second, but Eddie did not run. The
next was a waste on the same prin-
Ciple, but again Eddie stuck by the bag
Baker then had 20 be attended 70, and
Brown sent one sguarely over the plate
for strike on that ball Collins cut
loose for second, and beat the throw 81
the startled and disconnected king by
ABOUT three 20 ten inches
That WAS a real bit OF baseball, and
we don't blame Hughie Fullerton for
writing IL up I'm a magazine. We even
have hopes that Sam Crane Will mon
ton Collins among the second LascmeE
she next time out even IL he did forget
Walter Johnson among the pitchers AMI
George Mcbride among the ShOrtstOps
when he last broke into magazines with
q signed piece.
King Throws Well
Lord in the seventh inning was the
only other Afaclite to try TO steal. and
he was caught a mile by king and
Tinker. In fairness TO King. il should
be said that he stopped Collins only
outburst Of thieying on Monday by
mile.
Our own private bunch yesterday
before the game was that Thomas
would have the call TO catch COMBS.
The regular catcher for Coombs is
Lapp. but we based our presumption on
the belief that Manager Mack was
normal human being. Thomas had
caught an excellent game the day be-
fore. was full Of life and confidence,
had already shown that he cOulC stop
the Cub runners, and was one Of the
best hitteTs in the league. That
looked like Thomas 10 us when added
together. It did TO Manager Mack.
He can think. that Mack!
Thomas got the call and delivered
the goods The one man who had the
nerve 20 start a steal on him was
Tinker, in the fourth inning. Joseph
was out nine feet. besides which he
was entirely blocked off the bag be-
yOnd all peradventUre by the form Of
Collins, who got between the runner
and the station, and positively refused
TO move.
Remember. the Cubs got nine hits
and were handed niEe bases on balls.
Three also reached first on errors.
TWenty-one men got on the lines
not a solitary one Of them stole. and
only one tried to steal. And this
against the Cubs. the great Cubs. the
champion Cubs. the Chicago Cubs!
Pin a rose on Ira. he were there with
the wing!
Thomas and Collins Hit
The fact that Thomas is a hitter Of
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prominent thought with US in doping
the series. A batter of go or there
IEVERWEARs