The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-20
BASEBALL TEAMS
MAY PLAY TODAY
Weather Man Guessed Wrong
Last Time, So Fans Have
Hopes
RUMOR MARKET BUSY
ON VARIOUS TOPICS
Snodgrass Assassinated, Baker
Dying, Are Samples. Stow
all to Manage Nationals
Next Year
By w. j. M'BETH.

By w. j. MBETH.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. l9.-There
is s bare possibility that the Worlds
Championship series between the
Giants and Athletics may resume at
Shibe Park tomorrow afternoon.
Prognostioator Bliss. tn local prophet.
opines 1t will rain all day Friday. He
reckoned that II would be fair to-day.
SO that the outlook is hopeful at
least Old maa Noah never saw as
much rain in twenty-fou;- hours as
has fallen on this gloomy town within
that short space.
Early to- might it had cleared and
the thermometer was dropping, the
heavens were still ciouded, threaten
ing fresh deluge at any moment.
Late this afternoon Shibe Park was
a mill pond. Local inhabitants de-
ciared that a game tomorrow was ex-
tremely doubtful. no matter what the
wather conditions in the interim,
Shibe Park Is new field and conse-
quently dries slowiy. II there IS
action tomorrow the combatants Will
be hampered by one OF the slowest
fields imaginable.
1t was rumored to-day that the
National Commission had called oil
hostilities until Saturday. The report
could not be verified as the triunyirate
| did not think enough OF this town
to come over to-day from New YORK
| Both the Giants and Athletics are
anxious to mingle as speedily as pos
/ sible.
| Both Worry About Resting.
The enforced rest has both SIDES
worried over the possibility OF going
stale. Besides the big Saturday crowd
/ In New York looks mighty good rom
monetary standpoint. 1t Is not be-
| lieved that the commission wouiu
have the nerve to postpone a game
here without waiting to see what the
weather may be. for the commission
is In bad enough with local fandom
as II Ii.
! Philadelphia is even more incensco
| than New York over the manner IN
which the sale of reserved seats has
| been conducted. Between the TWO
cities organized baseball Is gong 10
suffer a mighty black eye If the con
| trolling powers do not lind some way
to square matters.
The local postotfice authorities have
discovered that not one mail ordeH
has been filled for the games mere.
IL was also discovered that ii II could
be proved that large blocks of tickets
had been disposed of To private IN
Ediyiduals the management OF the Atm
Ileties would ba prosecuted Tor using
Stha mails for fraudulent purposes.
Corner In Tickets.
II IL openly charged by the QUAKER
e,tv press that politicians cornereu
i,ha ticket market, having extorted the
pasteboards from the management
under a threat TO without police pro-
lection. The ticket spectators ciAiin
that they were forced to pay eAoFot
! ~ ftaE
ticians and that they are oeihs p'o-
tected by the police.
/ An about town tonight the ticket
traffic went on undisturbed. Hawkers
were barking throughout the cohseTteo
districts and about the sporting CEN
ters. Tickets bought or sold
No news of what transpired at yes
terday's meeting OF the National COM
mission has been given out
Despite the rain and gloom IT was
a busy afternoon for the seribes. the
w,ilaes, ru,uors were circulated from
time to time First, Catcher Arthur
Wilson. of the Giants, was accused OF
| having been arrested as ticket
| scalper, and having tried TO brtbe the
police to let him off. The afternoons
| sheets came out with wiid-eyeo
story that Fred Snodgrass had been
assassinated. The story was supposed
: | to nave emanAIcO lIClu W hiL 9ehSCc
Baker and Snod0rass.
Snodgrass went to New York this
, | morning with Beals Becker, and for a
few hours there was all sorts OF ex-
| element until the 'bear' story was
| proved q bugaboo. 1t was also said
{ that Baker was in local hospital sur
. | fering from blood poisoning from the
wounds inflicted by Snodgrass spikes
! but that too was joke. Baker was
around tonight In all his glory.
, 4 Another scandal has been precipi-
: tated by Harry Davis. of the Worlds
Champions, who Is to manage Cleve-
, land next year. Davis openly accused
. Hughey Jennings, leader of the Tigers
: OF being a traitor to the American
, League. Harry claims that Jennings
tipped off the Weaknesses of the white
elephants to his old friend John
= MoGraw. Davis says that on Saturday
after Snodgrass had spiked Baker, NJ
, said that the Detroit players had tipped
4 | Of the Giants to intimidate tn,
Athletics with their spikes. Davi:
says that Snodgrass showed him hi!
sharp spikes and aid that John T
, Brush had provided all the team will
, new, sharp spiked shoes. Jenningi
| and the Giants all deny Davis allega
: tions. So there you are.
4 Who viii Pitch Game.
/ a game SuOulu uc pidycu to-hiot
| row most any pitcher on either sid
may work. The two days enforced
: idleness makes almost any selection
| possible. Connie Mack inUmated to
!, day that he would work Plank ant
Bender the next two games. Just how
: they will be worked Ia not known
!. / Possibly Plank will toll In the frs
). game In order to allow the Indial
: rest. The redskin always comes bacl
= stronger the longer ne rests. Anne
: or Christy Mathewson will work 10
New York in all probability. Anne
. will have the assignment IL It Ii clea
and cool. az intimated. Leon 10 tn
{ best cold wether performer on Nc
Graw's atan
George Stovall. manager OF tn
J. Cleveland Maps win manage the Ma
! tionalsS next year. He was traded 70
shortstcp George Mcbride to-day
|. Harry Davis viii succeed stovaQ I
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