East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-24
Philadelphia Americans lake
Fourth Game and Worlds
Pennant.
COOMBS WINS THREE
OF FIVE GAMES PLAYED
Chicago Cubs Lose for Fourth Time
to RedOubtable Maclmen-Coombs
in Box Again Pitches Team to Vic
tory-Brown Unable to Mystify
Philadelphia Batters-Balloon As
cends In Eighth Inning.

chicago, Oct. Zf.-ShiCaBo oooo
balloon is wearing crepe today all
because the Philadelphia Athletics
yesterday clinched the worlds PEN
ant by winning their fourth game. A
total of five games was played and
the Chicago Cubs won only the fourth
attempt The players themselves ad-
NIT that superior playing by the
Athletics won. The Athletics batted
1922 and the Cubs .234. Eighteen
Philadelphians famed. and 80 Chi
cagoans. The score yesterday was
to Q and the total attendance 1884,
219. Mack's players each get $2052
and Chances S1.37b.
Players Given Share.
The players shared in yesterdays
receipts by courtesy OF the manage
ment of the two clubs who conceded
that IL Sundays receipts should be
larger than those of any previous day.
the smallest receipts should be cred
tied as accruing to the NTH day. and
the Sunday receipts accredited to the
fourth contest, the last In which the
playens had O financial share.
The total receipts for the series
were $173,9S0. The two clubs get
S3s.755 apiece. while s17.3ss goes to
the National commission
Coombs Pitching Unique.
The performance Of Coombs in
pitching and winning three of q five
game series is probably unique. He
had but one days rest between the
sa,nnA and third arnaA hvt thraa
days intervened between tho third
contest and yesterdays exhibition. He
had better control yesterday than In
the previous contests, and foiled the
opposing batters when hits meant
runs. Brown, for Chicago. pitched
excellent ball. except in the locally
disastrous eighth. and the holocause
of that inning was by no means en-
tirely his fault
The day was bright and the wealth
er Of the Indian summer variety.
Ground rules. as usual. were neces-
sary Philadelphia took the lead at
the outset when Hartsel. who went
to left while Lord played center In
place of Strunk. singled. The Phila-
delphians present cheered. for that
was exactly the reason that 'Topsy''
was played instead Of Strunk. He
stole second while Lord was striking
out, and brought In the first run when
Collins hit to center for one base.
Brown struck out Lord and Davis in
this inning.
Chicago came right back in the
second, when Chance doubled to left.
took third on a sacrifice and scored
x-ha trS hall taA
hit.
In the third and fourth stanzas, the
Philadelphians were not threatening,
but Coombs did some stellar pitching
to save himself from trouble in Chi
cago's half OF the fourth. Two hits
and a pass filled the bases, with one
out, but the young Philadelphia.
settling to his work. famed the al
ways-to-be-fe feared Tinker and Archer.
The easterners assumed the lead In
the fifth and were never headed there
after. Steinfeldt's tumble gave MUIR
ply life at first. Barry sacrificed
and Lapp, who donned the catcher's
mitt in place OF Thomas, sent him
home with a single.
Balloon Goes On.
The Chicago team went to pieces
in the eighth. Brown held Coombs
too lightly and the latter singled, but
later was forced by Hartsel. Lord
doubled and Hartsel scored, following
which Collins raped out another two
bagger and Lord crossed the plate.
Collins taking advantage of the con-
fusion in Chicago's camp, stole third.
He stole third but was out at the
plate when Baker hit weakly to Zim-
norman. Davis was allowed to walk,
placing runners on first and second.
Then Chicago blew up. Murphy sin
gled to center and Baker scored from
second. Davis was at Bakers heels
and Hoffman, who retrieved the hit,
threw q block away from Archer, and
Davis scored. Murphy had reached
second and stopped, but Umpire o.
Day invited him to take another base
under the ground rules, Hofman's
wild heave having bumped the grand
stand. Just to top off the farce
Brown delivered a wild pitch and
Murphy came home. A moment later
Brown gave Barry a base on balls
but Lapp ended the hilarity with an
easy grounder.
In their half Of the inning, the Chi
Cages took desperate brace and add.
ed a run to their score, but that was
all Sheckard. the head Of the bat.