The Washington herald., 1911-10-20

/ governor of the great State Of Maine,
the native State of the iron man, has
homage been paid to Jack Coombs, the
I Athletics pitcher.
Stacks of letters and kilograms, piled
| high on top of the desk is Johns den
at his home N Lehigh avenue, testify
| to the interest all over the country,
aroused by Coombs' feat of trimming
Mathewson for the first time in Big
SKIS" career under such circumstances.
In all hundreds OF these complimentary
messages have been received from East
| port in Jacks own State Of Maine, to
| the Middle West. Among the first con-
! gratulatiOns that COombs received was
one that he prizes highly. 1t was from
the governor of his State, Frederick w.
| Flaisted, and summed up the collective
! Cpinion of the value of Names sons
| effort.
While the weather man says tomorrow
will be fair, the fans should not bank
on game. Shibe Park is in bad condi-
ton, and if the teams play it will be
under circumstances extremely adverse.
However. if the wind comes up strong
through the day and night and the sun
starts to shine early in the morning there
! IS a glmmer Of hope for the fans
The weather prediction is fair tonight
and Tomorrow, and in view of his work
in this regard since the series started.
the royal rooter may write his own ticket
On the fallibilty of Weather Forecaster
Bliss and his prophecies.
Word was received here to-day that
the national baseball commission in ses-
sion in New York had fined Fred Merkle,
first sacker of McGraw's ''gIooms," 800
fCr using abusive language to Umpire
Connolly. The commission also warned
MCGraw that the language he used to-
ward the newspaper men would not be
tolerated, and that he must curb his
tongue in the future. The offenses OF
McGraw and Merkle were committed
during the progress of the third game
ot the worlds series at the Polo
Grounds, New York. on Tuesday.
Rube Oldring's Sister Dead.
Although his sister lies dead in her
home at 325 Monroe street, Mount Yer
non. y. Y, Reuben Oldring. the hard
hitting outfelder Of the worlds cham
pion Athletics. will sink his grief for the
good of the team and play in the re-
naming games of the worlds series.
Oldring received a telegram this morn
ing at his home, 2304 Haggert street, tell
ing him that his sister. Lillian, had died
last night. He remained in Philadelphia
until he heard that tO-days game had
been postponed, then he hurriedly caught
The l0:l4 train for New Ork TO visit his
family. He will return in time for to-
morrow's contest. Miss Oldring. who
was twenty-five years old. had been i'll
for a long time. and her death had been
expected.
Ban Johnson, as a member Of the ma
tiOnaI commission says that If 1t can be
shown that the New York club has con-
nved with ticket SPECTATORS in selling
seats for the world s series he will favor
the clubs expulsion from the National
League. Garry Hermann, chairman of
the commission. says the hue and cry
over the ticket sales is exaggerated, and
there is nothing to investigate. Herr
mann declares that President Brush and
Secretary Gray are being prosecuted.
Thomas J. Lynch. the other member of
the commission, doesn't believe the New
York club is guilty Of conspiring to
bunko the baseball public. In short, it
would seem that Hermann and Lynch
do not intend to support Johnson If he
advocates an official probe