Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-24
Big Pennant CIinChed in Hot
Game with Chicago Nation
ais; Score 7 to 2
WINNERS TO SHARE $79,O71
Cornelius MCGiIIiCuddy Beams
and Says '::They're a Grand
Bunch of Boys"
ASSOCIATED Press)

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Ihe DaseDall
championship of the world belongs to
the Philadelphia club Of the American
league. They clinched the big pen
nant fast today, scoring seven runs
to two against the Chicago Nationals,
and there was none in the big over
flow crowd to say that they had not
won it fairly and squarely.
Five games were played and the
eastern youngsters took four of them
by outbatting, outfielding and out
rushing the veteran ChicagoanS. They
got the Jump" at the start. Although
Chicago punctuated their progress
with a defeat yesterday, it really did
not change the situation bit. The
Philadelphians were due. They won
the American league banner in 1902,
but there was no worlds series that
year.
Five years ago the New York Nation
ais were too strong for them. In this
year of grace it was not on the cards
that they were to be denied.
While the the series was not the
most profitable ever played, it helps
to simplify the high cost of living
problem confronting even such heroes
as the Philadelphians, to say nothing
of the Chicagoans, with their winter
coming on.
s17s,9sO FOR THE SERIES
The players share Of the money,
amounts to S79,071.93 OF this 60 per
cent, or SAL, ,44315, goes to the winners,
and $31, ,62S.68 to the losers. AS there
are twenty-three players on each team
eligible to participate, each of the
Philadelphians is entitled in round
numbers to $2062, and each Chicagoan
to S1375.
The players shared intoday's receipts
by courtesy of the management of the
two clubs, who conceded that if today's
receipts should be larger than those
of any previous day, the smallest re-
ceipts should be credited as accruing
to the fourth day, and the Sunday re-
ceipts accredited 70 the fourth con-
test, the last in which the players
held a financial share.
The total receipts for the series were
s173, $50. The two clubs get 1887
apiece, while $17, 39S goes to the Ma
tional commission.
The total attendance was 125,219 per-
sons.
According to the general verdict the
worlds prestige of the Philadelphias,
I and their wealth. entities to top
places in athletic bluebooks and for
the same reasons with others added,
il is decided that while Connie Mack
is a good work-a-day appellation and
fits nicely into the headlines, as man
ager of the greatest ball team on earth
Mr.. Cornelius McGillicuddy, with never
a syllable slurred.
When this was put up to Mr.. McGil-
licuddy, however, he blushed modestly
and said it did not matter what the
manager of a team like his was called.
COOMBS' PERFORMANCE
They're a grand bunch of boys"
he said, beaming on his men, land I'm
proud of them. They never quit. In
the first four games we used only ten
men, which speaks we'll for the way
the boys work together, and not until
today did I make any changes"
The performance of Coombs in pitch
ing and winning three of the five-game
series is probably unique. He had but
one days rest between the second and
third games, but three days intervened
between the third game and today's
exhibition. He had better control to-
day than in the previous contests, and
foiled the opposing batters when hits
meant runs.
Brown, for Chicago, pitched excellent
ball, except in the disastrous eighth,
and the holocaust of that inning was
by no means entirely his fault.
The day was bright and the weather
of the Indian summer variety. Ground
rules, as usual, were necessary. Phil
adelphia took the lead at the outset
when Hartzell, who went to left, while
Lord played center in place of Strunk,
singled. The Philadelphians present
cheered, for that was exactly the rea-
son that ~"Topsy'' was played instead
of Strunk. He stole second while Lord
was striking out, and brought in the
first run when Collins hit to center
for one base. Brown struck out Lord
and Davis in this inning.
Chicago came right back in the sec
ond, when Chance doubled to left, took
third on sacrifice and scored when
Steinfeldt delivered a belated hit.
In the third and fourth stanzas the
Philadelphias were not threatening,
but Coombs did some stellar pitching
to save himself from trouble in Chi
cago's half OF the fourth. Two hits
and a pass had filled the bases, with
one out, but the young Philadelphian,
settling to his work, famed the always
to-be-feared Tinker and Archer
The fasteners assumed the lead in
the fifth and were never headed there
after. Steinfeldt's tumble gave Murphy
a life at first Barry sacrificed, and
Lapp, who donned the catcher's mitt
in place of Thomas, sent him home
with q single.
The Chicago team went to pieces in
the eighth. Brown held Cooinbs too
lightly, and the latter singled, but
later was forced by Hartzell. Lord
doubled and Hartzell scored, following
which Collins raped out another two
Dagger and Lord crossed the plate.
Collins, taking advantage of the con-
fusion in the Chicago camp, stole third,
but was out at the plate when Baker
hit weakly to Zimmerman. Davis was
allowed to walk, placing runners on
first and second Then Chicago blew
up Murphy singled to center and
Baker scored from second. Davis was
at Bakers heels, and Hoffman. who
retrieved the hit, threw block away
from Archer, and Davis scored. Muir
nby had reached second and stopped.
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