The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-21
Cub Machine all Shot to
Pieces.
BENDER SLATED FOR TODAY
Chief Should Make it Four
Straight.
Outclasscd I'm Every Department of
The Game by NIackmcn, the Cubs
Are Hopelcssly Beaten And Fol
lowers Give up Hopes--some Cos
sip.

Chicago, oct. 21.--Chicago today
is prepared for the worst, the fourth
successive defeat of her pet Cubs, by
the all-conquering Athletics the yield
ing OF her worlds championship hopes
without the pleasure of single
glimpse of victory
It's the rudest awakening a base
ball public ever had and as for the
Cubs themselves, the gloom that per-
vades their camp is heavier that that
which engulfed them four years ago
when they were trampled upon by
the White Sox.
The games played so far have re-
suited in such decisive victories for
Connie Mack's men that q diagnos .
tician, even one in sympathy with the
Cubs can find absolutely nothing to
say in their favor. as compared with
the Athletics. Team for team, man
for man, and manager for manager
the Cubs are better subjects for con-
trast with the Athletics than for
comparison.
Outclasscd Arc Cubs.
1t Is too bad that the word "out-
classed" has been so badly overwork-
ed for really it is the one word that
MY utStIlDSS the CuDS SldIuS,
1t Is within the range of possibility
but no nearer-that the Cubs will
win this afternoon and thus prolong
the agony, but the almost universal
opinion is that the fast-geared Mack
men will do little more JOY riding
on the West Side park at the Cubs
expense, thus adding the few remain
ing drops needed to overflow Chica-
gos cup of woe.
If the worlds championship series
thus far means anything, 1t means
that the Cub machine" an organiza-
ton that for years has won the plaud
it's of the baseball world, and stood for
the highest development of the ma
tlonal game, will be at an end after
this season. IL has demonstrated
that 1t can't go the pace and how II
managed to win the National league
championship with such ease is ex-
plicable only on one ground that il
had the other teams "buffaloed" by
its former brilliant successes. The
biggest surprises of the three games
have been the failure of the Cubs re-
puted team work to show itself and
the absence of that steadiness and
confidence "born of long association
together of the players and their vic
tories of the past"
Experts Again Astray.
The wise ones said that Chances
men would play like a well-oied ma
chine and that the Athletics would
elbow" They admitted that the
Philadelphians had the edge when it
came to pitchers and that they might
outbat the Cubs slightly, but that these
advantages would be offset by the
more scientific play of the western
ers. Well, just look at the box scores
and have a good laugh at the expense
of the experts.
1t Is the Cubs who have been rat
tied and done the "bush league" work
and the Athletics who have played
steadily and set a new standard for
both offensive and defensive tactics.
Mack Proves Caliber.
And when il comes to the managers,
wise old Connie Mack must be rank
ed temporarily, at least, far ahead of
the scrappy Frank Chance. The lat
ter failed to read the handwriting ON
the wall despite the fact that 1t was
in letters as large as barn-roof sign.
This writing might have told him that
his old pitching stars were unequal
TO the task and that his only hope
lay in taking a chance with some OF
his younger players.
Mack's decision to pitch CoomD'
Yesterday, after the Colby college lad
had done fairly well In the game OF
Tuesday, showed as clearly as any
thing in baseball history that Mack
knew his business. You've simply
got IN hand IN 10 Comma
The series is illustrating that there