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Show in.-.no I ax compared -with 7.07S.10S In 1000. Tho Increase over last year, therefore was 3 .1 27.1 ff. Approximate salarv lists of the- two leagues show that "the Chicago Nationals Na-tionals are the bfeat paid major leaguo players. The following are the figures: fig-ures: .' i . National Chieaco, $120,000; New York. $0.1.000; Pittsburg. $90,000: Philadelphia, S73.O0O; Prooklyn, $73,-000; $73,-000; Cincinnati 165000; St. Louis, V'3.-000; V'3.-000; Boston, $55,000. American Detroit, $73,000; New York, $70,000; Boston, $70,000; Cleveland. Cleve-land. $66,000; Chicago $60,000; St. IduIs. $55,000: Philadelphia, s3O,00U; "Washington, $13,000. I HAVE BEEN OUTPLAYED Cubs Are Not in the Same Class With Athletics Chicago, Oct. 21. Wet grounds and a drl7.ling intermittent rain caused a postponement today of the game scheduled between Chicago and Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. It will be plaved off here tomorrow. to-morrow. Should Chicago wli, the fifth game will be fought onl on the local grounds ab'o. Chicago, Oct. 2. The championship game scheduled for todav has been liostponed tomorrow. Chairman I l i r-j r-j mann made the announcement alter an examination i f the grounds. The I umpires found the whole bold saturated. saturat-ed. There was likewise the official I prediction that more or le&s rain would fall throughout the day and thre was nothing to do but to onb-r the postponement. The forecast for tomorrow Is "fnir and cooler." l"..r-caxtpr l"..r-caxtpr David C. thbertson said th:.t the weather probably would begin to clear toDiuht and there might even be a bli of sunlight tomorrow. 1 Aoout 200 persons, including a number num-ber of women, were lined up in the i rain waitiag for the ticket windows to ( open when tbe announcement wat I made. There also were many Uiys I who had ho).ed to sell their positions ' to late-comers. I If there is aiiv advantage to any- ' body in the postponement it Is r-ail to accrue to Chicago n the theory ; that any possible change affecting the local players In their present gloomy position can be only for the better. A j day's rest, howe ver, can do Miiladcl-. 1 phla no barm. In the unexpected event lhat Bender Bend-er should be hit freely tomorrow. Coombs, with a day's recuperation to buo hint up, could be used again Brown and Cole, either of whom may pitch for Chicago, are in no great, need of a acptlon. t'o has not. pitched so far and Bro.'. n has not worked since Tuesday, when Philadelphia Phila-delphia drove him from the box. Captain Cap-tain Chance raid that the day of idleness idle-ness might be the turning point in the j series. Outn'o Mack accepted tl.e in- cideut ?s a mere delay, of twenty-four I hours In annexing the world's chara-i chara-i jn'onship emblem. Averages of players and teams, has-cd has-cd 011 the three games already played, play-ed, show a big margin in favor of Philadelphia. The latter have scored twenty-live runs to their opponents' nine. The,- have' made M hits for a total of 5'I bases, against Chicago's 17 hits and 21 bases. They have bailed ' an average of .:jr,t; compared with .189 by their rivals. In Ib-lding, the Chi- ! cagos are ,i9 points : nder Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, their respective percentages being be-ing .;il an,! ft."". Phlla Jelphia has won her games with the u. e of only ten men, while Manager Chance has employed IS. Following are the bar-ting bar-ting and tieldinij averages of the players play-ers today; Philadelphia. Fielding. Batting. Baker !HI .i.oo . Collins . l.oou .I."..", j Davis 1M.2 .I.Vi ! Coombs ".00 .1 1 1 Barry I.ihio ! Bender l.oou :.:?', : Murphy 1,0.10 .l."0 Tneunas W'. ,2"o ! L:rd . . . . I.ouo ,2.:i j Strtink MsO .2"t Team average 0.10 .""1; Chicago. Fielding. nBtting j Tinker '.t ut ,.1j." 1 Si hulte . . Ml''. .3:!:; ilofm-in . l.oou jm; ! Chance 1,0'ai -'-"-'- 1 Sheei.ard .Ji.7 : Zimmerman . l.oou Jim Kling l.oou n'.i'i Steiafeldt Too .0 Beauni uit "mo I Archer l.Ouo .1111:1 j Needhaiii ooo Overall .000 Mclntyre Vo ..mhi I Brow n I.000 .(net ; Richie Oof) Beulbacl) I.oijo .unit Pf: iater l.ouu . - 1 Kane . . . . j Team average SOI .ISO Balls Thrown, Chicago. Oct. 21. lust forty-eight balls less were thrown by tho opjKJS-ing opjKJS-ing pitchers l i e.ster lay's world's series game than In Tuesday's game lu Philadelphia. Coombs, who was , wild 011 his home ground, was more steady and delivered 1 20 balls, com-1 com-1 pared with l'l on Tuesday and 1-2 1 hurled b Bender on Monday. Tho Chicago pile he i s. 'n the opening game of the series, threw only 101 balls to tl:- bytMiien compared with 119 on Tue-day aud L'.J yesterday. Record Attendance. New York. Oct. 21 Baseball is this year more justly called America's national na-tional yporl than eer before. Statistics Statis-tics ;lveii out here show that the attendance, at-tendance, recoid iu he two big leagues In the .-.cjisori J lH closed exceeded all prcvlcus records by more than u million. The following figures sho.v the hold that, baseball has on the American. people: National Chicago. 0SO.2u; xw York. fi.17.H40; Boston. 720.10m; Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. I'.2,1C0; St. lxiuls, tao.lOo; Pittsburg ;o.10;h); Cincinnati SHO.OUu;-Brooklyn, SHO.OUu;-Brooklyn, Cl't.ooo. Total. 5.r.73.G10. American New York. t'.2o.7H: Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. .'.20 ISO; Chicago, .llo.O.iu; Boston. liou'.Hi; Detroit. jr.u.iHio; St. Louis. Jio.oiio: Cleveland. :7o.oiio. Washington IlU '.onti. Total. ."."JLTI I. The total for both leagues was |