The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-18
(Rs BELIEVES !.
CUBS WILL WIN
ays They viii Come Back in
81 Second Game and Defeat
' Athletics.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BENDER
Declares That No Team Gould
Win, the Way the Indian
Was Working.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BENDER

PHILADELPHIA, PA Oct. Is
John j. Evers. the Cubs second base
I man, who WAS injured some days ago
and Is no. able to play in the Worid's
series. gives the following concerning
Mondays game and the Cubs chsIc@s'
"a The Cubs will come right back at
Them. with Brown pitching. and you
4 cnn gamble that we will win the game
and the series. The defeat yesterday
didn't discourage me In the least. and
I'm just as sure as ever shat we are
going to win back the worlds cham
pionship We are not going IT, win II
IN the way ! expected, by getting the
jump on them and beating them right
III the start, but win IT we VIII.
s said after the ninth inning was oyer
yesterday that one game was the Attn
lftis.s' natural handicap. and 7 stick 10
that statement. Brown will hold them
to-day. and VIC VIII win, That Will
give Us al even break ON the first two
games. and when We go homie Thurs
day Wen take both games in Chicago,
fer the Philadelphia crowd is a. motto
riouxlv bad team awHY from home
That will make us-titrce games To their
ore. and Wen get the fourth and de-
Gliding game. either at Phiiaaelphia
Saturday or In Chicago on sunday
Victory Probably Sunday. He Says.
The victory probably VIII come sun
day. ! predicted before the start Of
the series that we would win ia foui
Or six games. and the prediction stands
We cannot win in four. think we viii
win i'm six.
There Is nothing III yesterdays de-
feat to discourage any Cub Tan. We
we're up against invfncihie pitching,
and that is all there was To that No
team could have beaten Render the
way he was go.ng yesterday, Time
and again the Cubs, waiting Elm out
patiently and refusing at bad balls,
got him in the hole t)jkhree balls and
two strikes. only 80 pop up fly or
strike cut.
He had so much ON the ball the bat
ters could not hit him conseeutiyely
His fast one was jumping and break
ing and darling either UP or down. as
he wished. II was this fast enc that
did most of the damage. for he did
not use his curve bah A very great
deal. His control was perfect, for lie
issued only one pass.
New, Ii the Cubs were not the
eamest fnishers In the world, there
might be some reason to worry, hut
we have shown time and again our
ability TO come from behind and ia
cut in the face OF odds, and / am sure
the loss Of the initial game does not
worry Chance. ] have heard fans say
that the frs, game always determines
= post-eeason series. That lis foolish,
In 1903 Jimmy Collins Boston Amer
1cans lost the hrst game, and lost
three out OF the first four, and vet
went In and won the series,
Series to &c Terrific Battle.
Getting the jump liz n good deal
The Athletics hare tho jump on ua,
and this viii give them more conf
dence. and make them fight harder.
i ii means that the series viii be Al
terrific battle from star, TO finish. hat
losing the first game does not make
me feel bit down-hearted. And
Chance and the team feel the same
WAY.
Why did we lose Apart from Ben.
der, the chief reason was that overall
did not have a great deal. The hita
In the early innings that beat us were
hard line drives off fast balls some
of them going clear over the outfield-
ef's head in the crowd.
That shows Orvie's fast hall was
not jumping right Chance kept hin,
In as long az he dared. and then sent
In Mcintyre. / suppose lot of peo-
pie. seeing Mack's magnificent show
Ing. will say that he ought to have
been put n ~ the start 1t is easy
10 be wise after the event. and there
!Was no way OF knowing that McIn-
4Ern RsnntJ No on againu$ III.