The Washington times., 1910-10-21
By THOMAS S. RICE.

NitltAGDs III. oct 1.-The calling
/ on Of the game here today occassloned
no surprise
The supply OF d. 1g suits In Chicago
would not have J--n enough to 20
around among the athletes for work in
such wet weather.
The chances are that there will be
no game IN Chicago tomorrow for it
looks Ike a steady rain although the
Weather Bureau promises better things
in tweuty-four hours
Harry Howell. the 81. Louis pitcher
fired BY Hedges for alleged participation,
IN plot 20 boost the batting ayera ge II
Larry LaOie. got hers today for a con-
ference with Ban Johnson
Howell stoutly maintains Isjoie de-
served the eight hits he made that Sun
day
Wants To Be Umpire
He wants a lob as American League
umpire and would have had il II the
I-aioie incident had not arisen. He al
so says. as was forecasted in The Times.
shat President Hedges was dead aux-
ious 10 get rid OF Manager lack O'Con-
nor. and seized the Ilajoie matter as a
good excuse for canning Jack.
umpire he will manage . minor league
team
A politician just in from Cincinnati
says he saw Brother Charley Taft. a
big stockholder in the Cubs. and
Brother Charley was far from happy
over the showing OF the Cubs.
The decision calling the game of
today was up 70 the Umpires, who
and returned to say Nay" The na-
tional commission was very much in
favor Of pOstponing the game. but
the arbitratOrs had the say.
Herman Schaefer claims the Ath-
letics had Kings signals, and that
accounted for their hitting
Athletics Praised.
Charley Comiskey today came out
with long interview. prsising the Ath-
letics saying the great scoring machine
Of the Cubs is broken forever and that
the Athletics viii be kingg Of the Amer
icsn League for a long time. Tim Muir
name writes d highly moral article 10
the same effect.
Chance is quoted as saying the Cubs
can come from behind and win. but the
Chicago fans and newspapers have lost
hope. When Boston made its historic
record against Pittsburg in 1903 by over
coming a two-game lead. Boston had
\ z
Dineen, but the Cubs have no such life
savers
The best local comment on the series
is a cartoon on the first page of the
Chicago Record Herald, in which a stern
employer says:
Willie. where were you yesterday
afternoon and Willie replies. "A. a
funeral. sir
Chico co toda,- nae ,.-.-.s = -,
worst, the fourth successive defeat II
her pet Cubs. by the all-conouerinr An
leucs, the yielding OF her worlds cham
pionsh:D hopes without the pleasure Of
a single glimpse Of victory.
A Rude Awakening.
1t WAS the rudest awakenine hasa
bah public ever had and as for the
CuHs themselves. the gloom that per
vades their camp was heavier than that
which enculfed tho four years ago.
White Sox.
The games PLAYED so far have resulted
in such decisive victories for Connie
MaCks men that a diagnostician. even
IN sympathy with the Cubs. could ind
absolutely nothing TO say in their favor.
as compared with the Athletics Team
for team. man for man. and manager
for manager the Cubs were better sub
Jects Tor contrast with the Athletics
than for comp rfscn.
"0utclassed" All the Way.
1t is too bad that the word out
classe0'' has been so sadly overworke,1.
for really II is the one word that dtIv
describes the Cnbs' status. II WIS
thought TO be within the range OF. nos
sibility-but no nearer-that tho Cubs
would win this afternoon and Tins pro-
long the agony. but the almost unfyer-
sal opinion was that the fast-gesred /
M2c6men viii do little more ioy rid
ing on the West Side Park at ti,e Cl,l,s' !
expense. thus adding the few remaining !
drops needed to overflow Chicago's CUP I
of woe
If the worlds championship series I
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