The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-16

PHILADELPHIA, oct. 15.---Connio
Mack will attempt to administer the
Mosaic doctrine of an eye for an eye
and tooth for tooth on New York
Tomorrow afternoon. In this case he
Will try To get a game for game
from his conQuerors Saturday at the
Polo Grounds.
if the Athletics win tomorrow af-
ternoon the standing in the series will
be Identical. and the Mack men wiz
nave an even chance Of retaining their
wobbly baseball crown.
Mr. Mack was as garrulous as an
Egyptian mummy when any point
ABOUT the game tomorrow was broach-
ed to-day. Under the order of things.
one may only guess and the views. the
opinions and the calculations of the
thousands of fans when placed in the
melting pot resulted Ia the names OF
only two candidates to pitch for the
athletics. They are John Coombs and
Edward Plank, two powerfully built
gentlemen farmers. Coombs has =
other scientific aEriculturalist.
The turning point of the game war
overlooked by nine-tenths Of the fans
and they did not notice in the Sunday
papers" said John McC.raw TODAY.
IL took place in the fourth inning.
Snodsrass was on first base with no.
BODY out and Murray at bat. Bender
QUICKLY got Murray in a hole by pitch.
ing over two strikes
Where the Game Was Won.
was greatly in fear of double
pay SO standing at first base / sig
naiied Tor the hit and run. AS ouick-
"a S1prt Ii
grass boited for second. Murray gave
the ball a hard swing, and It went Far
to Collins. but too late to get Snod-
grass at second. although Murray waa
released at first.
NOW, had Snodgrass not got the
good start to second there would have
peen a certain double play or at least
the man at second would have been
retired. Then there would have hca.1
no opportunity for Snodgrass to have
scored on Collins tumble. / consider
that this play won the game
the weather Is fair 1t is expected
lhat a4,ooo men and women will b
camped In the seats of the two pa
Viiions and the two bleachers, to say
nothing of all the available standtna
room and that part OF the left field
and right field which has been cun-
ningly fenced Off with heavy boards
to accommodate the overflow and a
the same time keep the surplus FAM
at one point
Chance for Rans.
Fans who have been denouncing the
Shibe management because theJ
would not distribute 10000 reserved
seat tickets among 1900. 900 PhiladeI-
phians. still have good chance al
seeing the game.
The total number Of reserved seats
form less than one-third OF the total
capacity. The following bargains are
offered to-day. first come first served:
$4,000 bleachers seats at II; 5000
standing room behind board fences
u: 1000 standing room in upper and
lower pavilions. $3.50.
The 10000 reserved seats having
already been sold. late corners arr
limited to this selection.
A proportion of tickets reached the
hands of spectators. but 1t Is MOI
large. The SPECTATORS asked s.. 81
and $40 for their seats. according ia
the appearance Of the prospective pur~
chaser.
Fans Begin To Gather. @
Tonight stream OF anxious FAM
are gathering around the hleachel
entrances and when the gates ar(
opened to the public this morning al
9 o'clock the unrcserved spaces VIII
be partly filled.
The Athletics did nothing more than
lounge about their homes to-day. For
a team that was beaten in the first
game OF a worlds series they are the
most confident lot imaginable.
The universal opinion Ii that the
Giants expended Ill their resources