The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-20
PLAYING RIGHT ON THEIR
TOES ALL THE TIME
In First Two Clashes Out
e!assed Cubs In Eyey
Department
lRN Rill Lange.

Philadelphia, octuber 20- The Cub
were given atefrbleNpoh In Tuesdays
game. the Athletics getting 70 Miner
Brown for a hatch OF Six runs In the
seventh inning that put the game
neyond al doubt an gave the Amer
lean leagners their second straight
victory. The Cubs will have to show
af. iot more than they dld Ia these
two games TO win the championship.
They could do nothidg with Bender
bua Coombs was different ] rnd
heard all about Miner Browns 9roN-
ess, and even though the Atalesics
hi him terribly hard In that one in
ming. think he Is wonderful.
The losing team usually cola y
back with story about rougA luck
and bad breaks going against N m
II ever luck favored team it was
the Athletics.
The cubs only made three runs on
the nine walks Coombs gave theii
eight hits and four errors. ! Thought
Chances boys would sew IN the game
in the first lining. when Coomh3 was
Sc wild and a little hit would haze
given them sncA n lead that | donoI
II the Athletics ever would have
caugs up.
Everything Wronr for Cubs.
The turn Of the game came in Inc
Athletics third, when they scorel no
rms and practically clinched the ~
umph.
Nothing went right for the Cubs
Tia. and lime again they threa'tEea
"a score hut something always aap-
penea to & eek the rally.
ronie Mack great ball team
~. from the talk tlat | have heard
II has been greatly underrated. he
na : some fast youngsters and every
on. can hit. taat is they have hit the
Cub pitchers. That seventh innins
was terrible for the Cub rooters. II
was started luckily by the Athletics
INT they finished ii by hammsrns
Rrown in awful fashion Taat round
put the qnietus on Cub hopes.
where the Cubs failed 10 ht
Combs In the earlier innings they
GOT 10 MIN in the final and only ior
that mnlucky seventh the Cubs wouiu
have won.
Collins !. &c Of Greatest
/ consider Eddie Collins one Of me
greatest plavers ever laid my eyes
an and his playing had lot . 40
with the Athletics victory. lie -
fast and Is f5e sort Of a PLAYER thai
worfiers the opposition. Every time
he gets on the bags he Is dangerous
and rattles the visiting team ne
made some stops that we're marNei
Gus ard while the Athletics pitchers
are IN good Trim. this boy Collins Is
!. great help TO Connie Mack. ] do not
think the cubs have been playing &c
game fhev are capable of PLAYING
uax he The fact thar they were away
from home and PLAYING against strsn.
gers and strange crowd raltieu
them. ,,.
The Cubs at times displayed t1eir
tassde abilities and di some wonder
ri bunting in TIE fifth. In success
sion brown, Sheckard and shuttle iald
dawn perfect bnnts, the first t@o
named beating their out. whiie
shnlte's went for sacrifice. Mott.
man was given a base on balls ana
..reat things were expected from Man
s~er Chance. lie worked his hardest
ss the plate and tried TO get base
on baIls but finally flied TO Murphy
n short right and Brown was doubled
A. fhe plate Il was these tough
pseaks that helped TO beat the Cuos'
Cubs Not Through Yet.
lido not think tae Cubs are heat
IN because they are same team thd
,y,l never lose heart and | will not
-@v they are defeated until the nth-
leties have won four games. Bnt the
adds certainly are against the West
ssders and only the gamest sort OF
s.khf viii land them on top. sun j
me luck breaks with the Cubs just
: wee biz on the West Side grounds
,hsx are likely 10 win the two games
as as the Aiessties have done on their ',
home grounds Mnrphy's throw TO lhe
p,afs 10 catch Brown was brilliant
Bit OF work