Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-11-08
WORLDS SERIES
IS MARRIED BY
SCANDAL
Games Badly Managed and
National Commission Negli-
gent Says Hugh Fullerton.

II we are to believe the accounts of
the recent worlds series games writ
ten by some of the baseball experts OF
the country, the series was a record
breaker for bad management and scan
dal Some of the wild rumors that
went the rounds between games are
amusing enough to frame. Here's what
Hugh Fullerton, writing under Phila-
delphia date line of october 10. had to
say In the Hearst papers:
Rain, rain and scandal and graft
were the features OF the worlds cham
pionship series today. The rain pour
ed all night and kept driving steadily
down until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
There never was chance for a game
but It was not until just before noon
that the official announcement from the
National Commission came. The COM
mission was over In New York trying
to decide whether Extra Dry belongs
to France or America, while the fol-
lowers of the series were here waiting.
1T IL reported here tonight that the
commission has decided to call or to-
morrows game, but the official an
nouncement was not forthcoming. II
was reported that the commission. see
ing the wctncss of the tablecloths ut
the Waldorf has decided that the Phil
adclphia grounds viii be too wet to play
upon tomorrow.
The day was one of widest ru-
mors and reports that went to make
sensational stories for the papers here.
Among the things printed and report
cd were:
That Fred Snodgrass, he of the
sharp spikes, had been shot and badly
wounded In New York. Snodgrass
went to New York after the game was
called of.
That SnodGrass was shot by Il
friend or relative Of Frank Baker. who
Twas cut by him.
"Runnors Plentiful.
That Baker was In a local hospital
at the point of death from blood poi
soning Promptly denied.
THAT the occupants Of the Eastern
Pennsylvania prison here had rebelled
and decided to break out unless they
were sent to the game when II was
played here and placated by being
permitted to get the scores by innings
and by being assured that their repu-
tations would not endure association
| ,.itl, th, National f'nmniSsipu
That Art Wilson, catcher for the
New York Giants, had been arrested
for ticket scalping while In uniform
after the first game here. Untrue. Man
giving several names arrested. one
name was Wilson.
THAT no worlds series tickets were
sent out by mail at all and that the
postal service officials found that every
postal money order sent to the com
mission had been returned.
THAT Harry Davis accused Hughie
Jennings of being traitor to the
American League and that he advised
Bakers legs up with their spikes.
Governor Thanks Coombs.
THAT John r. Brush personally
bought Snodgrass pair of baseball
shoes with extra long spikes for the
purpose of cutting Frank Bakers legs
THAT Horace Fogie had decided to
buy Charlie Murphy's share of the
Chicago club.
THAT Governor +. w. Plaisted OF
Maine thanked Jack Coombs In the
name of Maine for beating the Giants
THAT e. Victory Faust, the Kansas
hoodoo, still was confident that the
Giants would win the series.
THAT the statue of William Penn
on top of the Philadelphia city Hal
never had climbed down and fallen OF
Jack Coombs In an effort to embrace
him and damaged his pitching arm.
worst Managed Series.
"Out of the reek OF rumor an'
scandal one thing remains clear--tha
II Is the worst managed and mos
scandalous worlds series ever staged
the wonderful playing of the tw'
teams il being marred by the petit lar
ceny methods of those who are II
charge OF the box offices. The fact 1
the graft Is getting too big and unles
baseball club owners get busy quicl
and clean the Augean stables they vii