The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-21

Still. HAS H0i

ana GAsTNLeNntI us Ia At4t iiIst game
on our home grounds 1t WAS the game
! Rad been confidently counting on to
turn the tide, TO bring AS homo victory,
and start Us back to our old place as
worlds champions.
Now, we have lost three straight in
the worlds series and to win Ne must
take four straight. We have done
things Ike this IN the past. and we
may do It this time. | have not by any
means given up hope. The defeat yes
terdHs, II t. 8. was crushing and over
whelming. bat after the game | found
Chance and the Cubs anything but cast
down. They were still hopeful-and
/ am still hoping.
LII the face OF the terrific batting
form the Athletics showed It's yester-
day, some fans may think my hope
foolish, but ! would not be worthy to
be member OF the Cubs If quit.
Now, I'm still hoping, and I'll nc ont at
the game this afternoon in the press
box reporting the game and pulling
with all my might for the Cubs to
win.
I've been believing and picturinc
every day that we would win. and I'm
going to make the prediction again.
I've proved a bad prophet SO far IN
this series bat I'm counting on a VIC
tory o-day.
Hopes History Viii Repeat.
Does any one remember. back in
1908. when we were three and n half
games behind. with only eight games
to play. aud defeat looked to be abso-
tutely inevitable? Eut we Won ont.
aud then won the worlds champion
ship.
I'm still hoping. in spite Of all that
has happened. that history will repeat
and that we will win out IN The face
Of all that has been handed us by that
bunch of smuggling demons.
| have to give 1t to the Athletics for
one of the most marvellous exhibitions
OF batting ] ever saw Fifteen hits of
three pitchers. Reulbach. Mcintyre and
Pfeister, and all three pitchers were
in coed shape and had plenty of
stuff
Usually when fifteen hits are made
II lis because IL pitcher has not got much
nd puts his fast ball over the plate.
But the Athletics were hitting every
thing the Cub pitchers had 10 offer.
They hit not only fast balls. but curves,
spit balls, slow balls, fad. ways. shoots
and every kind of pitching the CUB
twirlers had. and they had plenty.
They had one of those batting fren-
zies that sometimes seize a team. and
when one of those is on IL would take
"A 12-Inch guns on the pitchers slab
to stop them.
Reuibach had plenty Of smoke, his
curve broke we'll and he had pretty
control. But they hit his curves as
hard as his fast ones. Mcintyre had
the speed, his usual deceptive side
arm motion and his spit ball was pref
ty good. Pfeister showed the best
form of the three. lie had a dandy
curve both fast and slow, a good
slow ball and fade-away that drop
ped beautifully. and jump on hia
fast one. But they hit him right
along--though not SO hard as the
others.
Cubs Errors Helped Athletics.
Errors at critical moments helped
swell the score against us. IL any
man, week ago. told me that the
Cubs would blow up in the worlds
series when We have always been
known for our steadiness and headi-
ness under fire, would have laughed
in his face. But we have blown. and
blown badly while the parts OF the
Athletics team ] supposed to be weak
have shown the strength.
Coombs does not look To me like
"a high-elass twirler. | do not con
slider him in Benders class. But 1t
Is useless To talk of IF" ! would
soon be lost in a maze of IFS, The
fact stands plain shat we were beaten
overwhelmingly, and I could not Offer
EXCUSES or pailiation even IL / wished,
which | do not
There is no need of my saving that
the Cubs were off their form The
fact speaks for itself louder than
could. The Cubs hardly showed a
flash of their real ability In the whole
game. either on tho offense or de-
Tense. And from what ! have learn
ed Of the two games In Philadelphia
they dad no better there. As mat
ter Of fact. the Boston Doves or the
st Louis Brown could have beaten
US to-day on the form displayed,
After they got their five runs lead
In the third inning there was still
chance, and Coombs was unsteady.
But again and again l saw the Cub
batters going up TO the plate, getting
two balls. and then hitting. instead OF
waiting Once a Cub batter hit with
three and one, and once with three
and nothing. Comment On such base
ball Is needless
Says Connolly Lost Ills Temper.
Finally. the incident that sticks in
my eraw is Chance being fred out OF
the game by Umpire Connolly, an
American League official, 1t looked
pretty raw 10 me, because II was alb
soiutely unprecedented In worlds Sc
ries. Last year Clark and several
of his players were fined an aggre-
gate Of $3.50 for misconduct due 10
their Intense desire To win. But never
before has any player. let alone a
manager. been deliberately thrust out
Of game. How much that weakened
inn ip.A ~