The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-19
GLOOM IN CHICAGO
Cub Followers Have Lost Heart
at Last.
Mordecai Brown, Their Idol,
Shattered on Tuesday.
INTEREST STILL KEEN.
Great Demand for Seats for
Thursdays Game.
How the Second Contest Was
Lost to Nationals.

chicago, Oct. 19-CloOm, which how
cred over baseball circles since the first
game has settled lower down and taken
the place of confidence. The defeat of
the Cubs in the second game is agreed
to have a much more serious effect than
the Mondays contest.
The defeat also proved more expen-
sive to those who had bet on the re-
suit Odds went down after the first
defeat and Mondays losers wagered
heavily in an effort to get even.
Here last night, even money was Of
fered, with takers that the Chicago
team will win Thursdays game, the
first on its home grounds. Three to
five that the National League cham
pions will win the series also finds
takers.
While there is no indication that the
National League park will not accom-
modate all who are willing to stand in
line to see the games here, the demand
for reserved seats became great last
night. The number of seats that reach
ed the hands of spectators is not
known, but the tickets were disposed
of today at hotel news stands at from
SIS to $25 each. Even at this price the
demand was greater than the supply
and orders were refused Prospective
purchasers We're told that supply of
on hand today
Result a Surprise.
Philadelphia, Oct 19.-The loss of the
| second game of the series to PhiIadel-
phia by a decisive score surprised every
! one. Brown was relied upon to win
| his game.
The crowd was not as large as that
of the first day, but it was more en-
thusiastic, as it had more to cheer for.
! The total paid attendance for the day
was 24,957 and the total receipts were
$35. 1877.
The total attendance for the two
days was 51,488 and the total receipts
$72, 561. so.
The share for the players for the
two days is 39,1S3.21.
Collins Was the Star.
The hero of the afternoon was ED
die Collins, second baseman Of the
home team. This former captain of the
Columbia university nine several times
electrified the crowd by his sensational
work. The score books show that in
| his five turns at the plate he reached
| first base every time by making three
| hits, two of them doubles, receiving a
| base on balls and making a force play.
He scored two runs and sent two
home; accepted 10 chances without an
error; figured in two sensational plays
| that stopped Chicago from running the
bases and last, but not least, stole
/ NNAOO vi l1lO h1II5 VI ~ dIAO1lctl 1cdS
backstops, King.
Collins work on the bases delighted
the crowd. Mordecai Brown kept Col
! Inns as close as he could to the first
base bag. In the sixth inning Collins
outguessed the Chicago battery three
| times, Brown pitching three wide balls
/ for King to line the ball to second but
each time Collins appeared to divine
the play and waited. Then he made his
| dash and went into the bag from first
as a perfect throw reached the bag just
an instant too late.
Coombs pitched an erratic game, CIV
| ing nine bases on balls. He got into
/ trouble in the first inning by giving two
of the first three men up bases on balls.
He got away with the inning with but
| one run against his team. At several
| other stages of the contest he was in
! trouble, but the brilliant work of the
| men behind him pulled him out of diff
| Guilty. He seemed to show better form
when the bases were occupied than when
the bags were clear. This is shown
by the fact that Chicago had IA men
left on the bases
Score: