Charles Dryden, "Beaten By Nose," Chicago Daily Tribune v. LXV, no., 245 (Friday October 12, 1906); 2.

BEATEN BY NOSE: -DRYDEN

RACING TERM TELLS STORY OF FIGHT FOR HORSE BLANKETS

Spartan Sox Athlete Has His Beak Put Out of Business by Wild Pitch by Pfiester-<r/ Rohe, the Butter In, Always Doing Something Like That-Walsh Flimflams and Has Them Marooned in a Cloud of Doubt.

[By Charles Dryden.]

[Editor's note - The following is an excerpt from Game Three between the Chicago Sox and Cubs that took place Thursday October 11, 1906.]

Beaten by a nose!

These hackneyed words borrowed from the racing dope tell the story of the third day's fighting for the horse blankets. The Cubs lost, 3 to 0, and the price of money on the south side has taken an upward bound.

The nose was a highly esteemed -and valued asset belonging to Hahn. That Spartan athlete stuck his nose into a wild pitch in the sixth, putting the beak out of business and making a noticeable dent in the prospects of Mr. Pfiester. The blowing away of the nose filled the bases, after which Mr. Rohe butted in with a triple that spilled three White Sox across the plate.

The blowing away of the nose filled the bases, after which Mr. Rohe butted in with a triple that spilled three White Sox across the plate. As a butter-in Rohe is about the best bet of the day. He is always doing something like that.

Walsh Flimflams Cubs.

Before and after the wrecking of the nose, Walsh was ever in the public eye. He flimflammed the Cubs with his misty vapor float, nee spit ball. From first to last Walsh had the Cubs marooned in a cloud of doubt. They didn't know where they were at. Twelve men whiffed and only two hits drifted out of the maze of speed and spray to soften the horror of the scene.

Popular subscription was startled on the south side tonight to endow Mr. Walsh with a diamond studded cuspidor-a deserved tribute to his potent salivary glands. Never were champions so cruelly treated. One foul tip, a couple of wiffs and back to the bench. […]