Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
CUBS SINGLE VICTORY WAKES
UP THE WINDY CITY FANS
Strong Feeling That Chicago Will Over
come Athletics Lead and Win
Worlds Series.

I them and flashed what was coming to
| the batter by means of a word sign from
the bench King did not catch today
| and though Coles pitching did not look
| impressive, the Athletics did not hit as
they have. which may mean that there
| is a reason.
Mack thinks the Cubs an overrated
! team He did not make this statement
after he had won three games. but before
the series opened. One of the members OF
| the team is authority for the statement
! that Mack called his players together in
Philadelphia before the first game, and
! what he said sounded like this:
Boys, you are better ball team than
the Cubs. The Cubs are overrated, and
you can beat them sure if you will do
| what / tell you. Let me run the team
and don't get peevish when things &c
| wrong Just keep plugging away and
will guarantee you that we will! come out
on top. You have heard what star ball
team the Cubs are; how they do every
thing in the way of base ball, and that
they will surely beat us. Well, they won't
do anything of the kind if you will get
in and hustle and leave the directing to
me"
The players Followed Comics advice
and things have been running smoothly
for them to date.
Any good fielder would have caught
Chances long drive in the ninth which
tied the score. Strunk played the ball
poorly. He seemed to misjudge it when
it went up, and after it passed over his
head he loafed after it. Even if the ball
had been caught the score would have
been tied in this inning. for Schultz could
have scored easily after it was caught
But at the time it seemed that the play
had lost the game. for the score was tied
and Chance at third, with but one out
Yet the Cubs could not bring him home.
4, l>, tha sc %t,a
series. The Cubs appeared to be keyed
up to higher pitch than they have been
heretofore, and they played quite differ
ent ball Though outhit and in numerous
and gave flash of their former style of
play. The Athletics. on the other hand,
were not as good as they have been.
They did not take advantage of oppor
tunities as they have. and to this must
be attributed their defeat There was
no effort made at playing anything but
straight ball. neither team showing any
indications of resorting to strategy.
Bakers catch of Steinfeldt's fly in the
ninth. for which he was forced to reach
far over the railing of the stand, was
most daring play, and shows this young
man to he game to the core. Few ball
players would have taken the chance on
foreign grounds with a partisan crowd
worked up to high pitch and apt to re-
sort to anything to win ball game But
Baker did not heed the crowd and he was
given a great reception when he emerged
with the ball clutched in his hand. 1t
was the feature play of the day.
The outcome of the series now depends
more than ever on the kind Of work the
pitchers will do Mack, of course, has a
great advantage in this respect for
Brown is virtually the only man on
Chances staff who can be relied upon
to do good work, and he can work but
one of the remaining games and be ex-
pected to do himself justice. With Mack
it is different. He can pitch Coombs
Sunday and come back with Bender in
a pinch, if he does not want to go out
side of this pair to get his pitching talent.
He has Plank, Morgan and krause in re-
serve and any of them is apt to pitch a
great game of ball.