Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-20
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.
LIGHT rain early this morn


A LIGHT rain early this morn.
"A ing, accompanied by a sharp
drop IN the temperature, pres
aged uncomfortable conditions for the
third game of the worlds champion
ship series between the Chicago Ma
tionals and The Philadelphia Ameri-
cans this afternoon.
As no more rain was in sight, how
ever, it was regarded as certain that
the game would be played. The dia-
mond, covered by canvas. did not suffer
from the wet, but the outfield was Slip
perry
The weather spread gloom among the
Spectators. The leaden skies, the mist
and chill winds were no incentive to
pay three or four prices for tickets.
There was thin, shivering line of un-
daunted enthusiasts lined up at the
grounds when day broke, waiting for
the ticket windows to open. Fifteen
thousand tickets were available to the
Is. crowd
@ BY o'clock a large crowd was wait
ing at the main ticket windows The
two lines of prospective spectators con-
vergeG at the box office in form very
q fsuggestive of the letter "A" Policeman
4
han games for twenty years, and who
believes in omens, viewed the symbol
with forebodings.
"A-that stands for Athletics ana
nothing else he observed with growi
Discussion of the portent served 10
=. vary the tedium of waiting
Five women and four Japanese were
among the early corners. Many carried
lunches. The youth of the neighbor-
hood commandeered every box IN the
vicinity and did thriving business in
selling them as seats to the leg-weary
5 persons in line.
# Picking Twirlers.
1t was regarded as certain that Ed
Reulbach would pitch for Chicago, but
( Connie Mack declined to make his
choice in advanie. He said he would
not select his man until he had gone
on the field and seen the players in prac-
tise The general belief was that
Mack's choice would lie between
= Coonbs and Plank with the former
the more probable selection.
The Philadelphians passed a restful
night at their hotel, and seemed per-
fectly fit when they appeared at break
fast The locals were in high hope OF
winning today's game. Having suf-
fered two defeats. they believed that
victory was due them ON the luck of
the game, if for no other reason.
At y o'clock last night Chance
ordered everyone to he'd, and there was
no effort to evade the command. There
was no tendency on the part of the
players to excuse the two defeats
The men have accepted the first two
defeats and now, without seeking to
account for the past, are devising
means of turning defeat into victory
by winning two straight games here
Athletics Scared.
What the Philadelphia players termed
a tragedy turned into "A comedy after
they reached their hotel yesterday. For
an hour the manager, the players and
the reporters were consternation-
stricken Somewhere between Phlla-
delpha and their hotel in Chicago the
Fasteners bats were lost. The report
spread that the sticks had been left>ln
PHILADELPHIA A force of searchers set
out on a hunt for the bats. An hour
later news was telegraphed that the
J hats had been delivered at the ball
park.
A comfortable sum of money is as
sured for the worlds baseball cham
pionship, if the receipts of the first two
games can be taken for any crlt' non
of what is going to follow in the AeXi
two battles. Figures compiled last
night from the official count, 5l,lsS, for
the games at Philadelphia, showing the
teams shares to be $39,lS3, give the
winners of the series split per man
of 81 ,022 and the losers each S6Sl on
the receipts to date.
That these figures will be Increased
at least so per cent. in the coming con-
tests is predicted by the officials de-
ssnApite the fact that there will be many
y. tickets sold for the West Side games
bringing lower prices than those al
Philadelphia