Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-18
Second Of Worlds Series
Begins with Rush at
Philadelphia.
BROWN AND COOMBS
ON THE FIRING LINE
Crowd Sees Ty Cobb Receive
Auto as Worlds Best
Batsman.
BY LARRY SUTTON.

SHIBE PARK, Philadelphia, Oct. 18.
The great Excitement in the crowd
attendant upon the opening day fes
tivities yesterday was missing today
when the Cubs and the Athletics ran
across the field to practise for the sec
ond game of the 1910 worlds series.
Both clubs were on the ground before
O'Clock, going through their practise
stunts without slip, much to the de-
light of packed bleachers.
The seats behind the ropes in the
right and left fields did not fill up so
quickly today as yesterday. There
We're about $4,000 present when Umpire
Rigler announced that Mordecai Brown,
the hero of six worlds series games,
and Johnny King would work for the
Cubs. and the great Jack Coombs and
Ira Thomas for the Athletics.
Pin Faith to Coombs.
The fans were sure that there would
be a good game. Coombs's record this
year has been wonderful. Brown is
getting old as baseball player now,
but the Cubs fans think he has as
much as ever, and could prove it to-
day. The ee-fingered" wonder had
pitched in six worlds series games,
winning four out of the sextet, before
his start today.
In those six games Brown allowed
but n hits, struck out twenty and
gave six bases on balls. Macks selec-
tion has had no worlds series record.
The game started at o'clock, with
the same ground rules as yesterday.
Ty Cobb Gets His Auto.
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to the two top-noteh batters of the
American League afforded the crowd
the only real chance to cheer before
the umpire called play ball." Both ma
chimes were run to the home plate and
.'Ty' Cobb was called from the stand
and formally presented with one of
the autos. The one for Lajoie was ac-
cepted for him by friend in his alb
sence. Cobb drove his machine around
the field and was given a rousing re-
ception by the crowd, which by this
time had filled the stands and out
field.
Fan Johnson, president of the Amer
ican League tl.is afternoon issued
statement in which he declared that
Cobb and Mullin, of the Detroit team,
had formally notified him today that
they had no further connection with
Fletcher, the promoter of the so-called
all-star team, and that they will re-
turn their respective checks. Mr..
Johnson further stated that Mathew
son, Lajoie, Mitchell, Walsh, Devlin
and other notable ball players who
were interested by Flecher had de-
cided not to join the all-star move
ment.
Players in Taxi Crash.
A taxicab in which five of the
Chicago players were riding to the ball
grounds and a United States mail
wagon collided this afternoon. No one
was hurt. The players were picked up
by others of the team in taxicabs
which were following and all reached
the ball park without much delay.
FIRST INNING.
CUBS-The debut that Coombs made
as worlds series pitcher was not
very suspicious. He must have been
frightened, for he pitched four straight
bad balls to Sheckard. He did better
with Schultz, whom he caused to force
Sheckard at second, to Barry. Homan
had two strikes and two balls on him,
but Coonbs lost his grip passing him.
Chance hit a hard rap to aBker, filling
the bases. zimmerman maue Two IOul
strikes and then flied to Strunk, Schultz
scoring on the sacrifice. Coombs then
: settled down, and struck out Steinfeldt.
ONE RUN, ONE HIT, NO ERRORS.
ATHLETICS = Brown struck out
Strunk, but King dropped the throw
and Strunk made Johnny throw him
out at first. Steinfeldt and Chance
took care of Lord easily. Eddie Collins
singled on line TO centre. Brown and
Killing tried hard to keep him from
stealing, but the American League
champion base-stealer purloined sec
ond in spite of them. 1t was then up
to Frank Baker, whose stick was so
much in evidence yesterday. Brown.
however, made him tap to him, to be
thrown out at first. NO RUNS, ONE
HIT, NO ERRORS.
SECOND INNING.
CIJBS-Baker made nice throw of
Tinker's rap to him but Harry Davis
muffed it. King lined to Collins, who
doubled Tinker off first. Collins and
Davis ended Brown. NO RUNS, NO
HITS. ONE ERROR.
ATHLETICS-Dayi flied to Holman.
Murphy walked. Barry hit to Tinker
who touched second. forcing Murphy,
and threw to first for double play.
NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS.