Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-10-21
IF WEATHER PERMITS GIANTS AND ATHLETICS WILL GO AT IT
 AGAIN IN PHILADELPHIA
THE RAIN CONTINUES
If Game is Pulled Off Today Matthew son and Bender Will Face Each
 Other Again.
(By Hugh s. Fullerton.0

been for Charles W. Murphy and Chas. w, Ebbetts the World series would have been over long ago and most everyone would have been fish ing The whole trouble appears to be that Philadelphia is on the edge of a storm and it is some storm Tt ap- pears to be a common sprinkling cait. It turns round and keeps sprinkling the Quaker City all the time. Last night it really looked as if that storm edge would go some Whe1e else and that there would be game today
 True the grounds were about in the condition of old Lake Michigan,
 but then We hope Connie Mack could make land as fast as Corbett and Connery can and get the field into condition. But shortly after day
 break the weather man get the edge
 on us and tore loose again, sending down some more of that warm drizzle.
 By 9 o'clock everyone in Phila- delphia except the now loaded down
 ticket scalpers had given up hopes. The umpiIes, faithful to their jobs,
 Waded out to Shibe park and Connie
 Mack gave an imitation of a scared
 Ibis and stuck one leg into the mud Then he spoke as follows:
 "I have nothing to say but private
 ly, confidentailly and not for publica- tion, water comingling with loam
 makes mud. This must not be con
 strued into any criticism of Gnash Commish.''
 = ls4cu4..i.,. someone in New York thought he saw .,.g Possibly it
 was Garry Hermann's face as },
 woke. Anyhow the Gnash Commish arose in New York and paid us the nnonor of two hours visit. They ar rived in Philadelphia, stayed long enough to force a head barkeeper to order the porter to put some more on the ice and came to New York, where more is kept cold all the time. Please oinlt T. Lynch from the Con- mish if he hasn't been omitted al- ready. They embarked for New York and arrived safely. During their time in Philadelphia they went into secret sessien and discussed the charges made by Philadelphia and New York against each other concerning the scandals connected with the present series. Getting serious, l talked today With at least thirty baseball men, magnates and players con- nected with the game an dthey were all unanimously of the opinion that if this is not the last Worlds series it ought to be. No matter what they do he powers have cut the claw of the goose that has been laying the golden eggs. The graft got too big.
 While the weather man was busy he players of both teams were mop ng around and longing for some ac- on. It was evident that the delay is getting on their nerves. Part of he Giants slipped back to New York 70 ease their feelings and 1t was plainly evident that the prolonged suspense was telling on McGraw's players. The Athletics, with all the comforts of home, seem to be taking it more easy.
 Some of the Giants were busy figur- ng how the delay was helping their }itchers. But l never saw any team that was not improved for a three .ey o AANAioAJ. AC pldycIS Have udu title chance for practice. McGraw and Merkle had not word to say about the Commish. McGraw deserv- od severe soaking as he always does. but Merkle never was in trou- ble with umpires and has been gen. tlemanly. McGraw merely marked couple of times and growled that he would not say word and Merkle said some nice words and did not want anything printed.
 The crowd disappeared from Phila- 1elphia and almost everyone who had the price left, came back to New York 10 get fresh pajamas and fresh funds to run the scene of conflict tomor- row. The weather man is still string IEg IFS along with hopes of a Satur Jay game in Philadelphia, but no one believes him.
 Matthewscn and Bender certainly will be the pitchers in case play Is possible. Both have had plenty of rest There was rumor tonight that McGraw intended to gamble and take a chance with Ames tomorrow and follow up with Matthewson, but 1t does not reason good.