The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-24
COOMDS PITCHED HIS
THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY
Remarkable Feat In History Of
Baseball yesterdays
Score, 7 TO z

Chicago, H., Oct "a. The baseball
G amplonship of the world belongs to
the Philadelphia club of the Amcgic
an league, They clinched tho big ren
nant fast Sunday seven runs to two
for the Chicago Nationals, and there
was none In the big overflow crowd
20 say that they had not won II fairly
and sauarely. Five games were play
ed, and the eastern youngsters took
four OF them outbatting. outfieldlns
and outrushing the veteran Chicago
ans. They got the Jump at the
start, and although Chicago punctn-
ated their progress with one defeat. i
really did not change the situation
mite
The Phlladelphlans were due They
won the American league banner IN
1902, but there WIS no worlds series
that year. Five years ago the New
York Nationals were too strong for
them. So In this year of grace il
was not In the cards that they were
to be denied
Players Profit.
While the series were not the most
profitable ever played, it helps 10
simplify the high cos. af living prob
lem confronting even such heroes as
the Philadelphlans, TO say nothing Of
the Chlcagoans, with wintes cumlng
on The players share OF the siols5
amounts to $I9,O7192. or this, sixty
per cent or f7,ii3.l5 goes TO the win.
ners an 1881 .62S.76 10 the losers A
there are twenty three players on
each team eligible 10 participate. each
OF the Philadelphlans is entitled to
round number OF s2,062 and each
Chicagoan to si,S7o-
The players shared In Sundays re-
ceipts by courtesy OF the management
OF the two clubs, who conceded that II
the receipts should be larger tlSn
those OF any previous day, the small
est receipts should be credited as
acruIng to the fifth day, aud the Sun.
day receipts accredited TO the fourth
contest. the last lr which the players
had a financial share.
The total receipts for the series
were Sl73,9S0 The two clubs ghara
sl3S,755 equally, while 1898 goes %
the national commission. The total
attendance was i25,2f9 persons.
Earned the Title.
According TO the general verdict the
newly won prestige OF the Phiiadel'
phians and their wealth entities them
10 top place in athletic blue-books and
for the same reasons. with others add.
ed II Is decided that while Connie
Mack * a good workaday appallaflon
and fits nicely into the headlines. that
~ manager of the greatest baseball
team on earth, he should be addressed
ns Mr. Cornelius McGilllenddy. with
never a syllable slurreu When ifl
was put 10 Mr.. Mctillllcuddy. however
he blushed modestiy and said 1t did
not matter what the manager Of
team like his was called
They're q grand bunch of hoys.
he said, beaming on his men. and
I'm proud Of them They mover quilt
In tho first four games We used only
len men, which speaks well lof the
way the boys work together. aad to-
until today did make any changes
The performance of Coombs IN pitch
ing aud winning three 81 fivegawe
series Is probabls unique Ne "a
but one lays rest between lhe seUond
and third games. but three days IL
teryened between the thlru c0n.esi
aud Sundays exhibition He had bel
ter control Sunday than In the pregt
ous contests. aud loiled the opposing
battcrs when hits meant runs. Brown
for Chicago. pitched excellent bali.
except IN the locally dieastF0ns eighth
and the holocaust Of thai inning Was
By no means entirely his fault
The day Was bright aed tho weather
Of the lallan summer variety
Fast at Start.
Ground rules as USUAL were neres
sary Philadelphia tO0k the lead Al
the outset, when Hartgel, who went
TO left field, while Lord played center
In place Of Strunk. singled Fhe phiE
Badelphians present cheefed, FOR that
vas exactly The reason that ToyS1
was played instead ol Ssrnflh. He
stole second while Lord was striking
out, aud brought IN the first run
when Collins hit 70 center for one
base. Brown struck out Lord and
Day sin this inning.
Chicago came right back In the
second when Chance doubled to lefs.
I took third on sacrifice ana scored
when Steinfeldt delivered debated
hft.
In the third aud fourth sianzas the
Philadelphians were not threatening
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