New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-23
Heaviest DownpOur of Storm
Last Night Makes Longer De-
lay in Series Probable.
SHIBE PARK NOW A POND
Connie Mack Declares That 1t
May Be Several Days Before
the Next Contest Can
Be Played.
fBv Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l

latics and Connie Mack. their redoubt-
able leader. tonight that even full
week will have passed ere the much-
postponed fourth game of the World
championship series is played.
The official weather forecast announced
tonight gave promise of clearing TO-
morrow. Rain in the morning, followed
by fair and cooler weather in the after
noon, with moderate west winds. was
the verdict Tuesday will probably be
fair
All the afternoon the sun flirted with
the fans" At 9 o'clock this morning
the maddening drizzle that has held
sway over Philadelphia since Tuesday
night stopped. At II o'clock the sun
peeped from behind the lowering clouds
for a moment. and al intervals until he
set tonight he flashed a tickle smile.
But at 6 o'clock the heaviest rain since
The nor'-easter first made its advent set
In. A steady downpour instead of
drizzle. persisted all evening. and what
ever hope Cornelius McGilicuddy and
lis benchmen had for a game tomorrow
vanished with the rains resumption.
Shibe Park is now a msnomer-it should
he called Shibe Pond. Last night Mack
held a faint hope that the game might
he plaved. Tonight he declares there
never was a ball field in worse condition
than that which will be the theatre for
.he next game Of the worlds series
when il is played.
Joe Schroeder. who combines the pro-
LESSONS Of groundkeeper and sandwich
maker. had his scouts out early to-day
and they went to work to currycomD the
Tark. They scraped the mud off the
face of the field. dumped a couple Of
tons Of sand all around the infeld and
soaked the outfeld in oil. all 10 dry up
the grounds.
With the continued postponements
there is another star, aside from the
master pitchers on either side, who is
getting rest. He is "Stuffy" McInnis,
proclaimed by Connie Mack TO be with
out a peer in the major leagues as
first sacker. No doubt exists but that
he will be found I'm his accustomed place
before the series is over. His wrist Is
all rigbt,now. and were IT not for the
fact that the weather has forbidden
practice he would be in the next game
plavcd. Connie Mack fears that without
q good workout. no matter how strong
his arm may he, it would be a question
able step 10 put him in the next game
played.
a few mornings practice says Con-
ME lis an ne needs" Mack adds; Even
if NcInnis does not round into condition.
Harry Davis is playing a great game
and there is no need Of breaking up
winning combination"
Mack did not venture out 10 the
grounds to-day, because he left his bath
ing suit at his summer residence. He
said:
"Shibe Park is in an awful condition.
This added rain has made it doubtful if
the game can be played on Tuesday, un-
less Monday is unusually clear. ! have
been looking for clear weather for sew
eral days. and do hope this series will
not run into next week. Ny boys have
been ready all along TO play the games
Of their lives. while New York was
somewhat like the weather-unsettled. l
have instructed the members Of my team
TO report for practice in the morning
This will be done TO keep them on edge
and to prevent them from going stale.
can't remember any series that had been
DELAYED so long as this one on account
Of weather conditions. However. It
would have been impossible TO play the
game AT Shibe Park last week, for the
grounds were and are still in horrible
condition
Four DAYS of idleness is not calculated
10 keep the players limbered up, and
what little exercise they have been able
10 snatch between rain drops can hardly
he said to be sufficient
McGraw and his New York team re-
turned to this city tonight. The little
NAPOLEON has issued a call for practice
tomorrow if a game is not played. The
Giants will Timber up out at the Phillies
park. Broad and Huntingdon streets
Charlie Doom has extended the use of
Fogel Field 10 the Giants during the
series.
Bender and Matty are picked 10 bowl
in the next tourney, the chieftain being
anxious 10 defeat Blk Six 10 take a
warriors revenge for his beating in the
opening game The New York marvel
has had a complete rest and is fit TO
even up the series. He should be
tough proposition 10 beat and il would
not be surprising if Matty came through
with another victory. However, the
Athletics figure that he cannot beat them
on the home grounds.
Taken from a fair angle, the series is
starting all over again to all intents and
purposes. The only difference is that the
Athletics need 10 win only a pair Of
games. while the Giants must trail
through with three.
There was no practice at Shbe Park
this morning, even though the rain did
hol1 off sufficiently 20 make it possible
IT is a rule of the club, established by
Mack, that there shall be no practice
on Sunday All the players kept TO their
homes and their favorite haunts, but all
are restless and eager for the next bout
in the fray a great many Of them,
Coombs Bender, Morgan and one or two
others, are booked for the stage this
winter The first named already have
been notified that they are 10 report on
Monday for a good ten hours rehearsal
a day until they fit themselves for mon
ologues and like stunts on the vaude-
Vile stage; but the deferred games pro-
hbit this, and they are on the anxious
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