Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-15
Star Tvirler Of Cubs Allows Eight Hits in
One and Two Thirds Innings.
AMERICAN FANS WILD WITH DELIGHT
President Murphy Of Nationals Calls for
Three Cheers for viotorl
ANALYSIS OF THE SIX GAMES OF SERIES
Ameficans Make Twenty-TwO Runs
and Thirty-Nine Base Hits, Against
Eighteen Runs, Thirty-sevcn
Base Hits by Nationals,


Played. Won. Lost Pc,
Ametlcans ..'.....'...... ~,
| Nauonals ........s....... SS5
| CHICAGO. Oct. 1.-THE Chicago club OF
the American base ball league is the
champion of the world BY winning todays
game to 8, against the local club of the
Nationals. the Americans earned the right
to float the worlds championship pennant
as we'll as the pennant OF the American
league, to ride to the grounds next season
| in carriages and to have Worlds Cham
| pions' lettered on the blankets worn by
| their horses. Today's game was the sixth
of the series and the fourth victory Tor
the Americans.
| When the last National batsman had gone
out and the stunning fact that new cham
pions had been created burned It's impress
sion through thousands OF excited minds, \
crowd surged around the box. wherein sat
Charles w. Murphy, president OF the losing
club. He smiled gamely at requests for
a speech and said:
The best team won. They won because
they played the better ball Too much
praise cannot be given to President Com
iskey and Captain Jones and the team
in midseason from seventh place TO the top
| of their own league and then topped on
that great accomplishment by winning the
| worlds championship from the team that
made runaway race OF the National
league contest. call for three cheers for
Comiskey and his great team.
Cheer after cheer followed this speech.
but they were lost to the hearing OF most
of the crowd, which was busily cheering
other things-the individual players, the
players collectively and humping said
players on the backs with such enthusiasm
that every one OF them had to fight his
way out to the waiting carriages. And
cheers for the losers were not lacking.
They had lost the greatest distinction which
base ball offers to its votaries. but are
still great team and the crowd, which
followed their carriages through crowded
blocks, did not spare their throsts in say
ing SO.
| Game Won fu second Inning.
ComisRey's face was wreathed In smiles
before the game was over. for the Ameii-
cans put the Victory in storage in tho first
two innings When Schultz went out at
first after an abortive rally and the great
series was over. Comislkey shook hands with
such OF his players he could reach. The
others were fighting to save themselves
from their friends and had no time for
congratulations, save pounding each other
on the back.
The crowd seemed losth to leave the
grounds when the game was over. Thou
sands poured out of the bleachers and
circus seats onto the field, while those in
the stands stood up and watched the spec
tacle. The yells and screechings of noise
making devices, which had been rending
the air all during the game apparently to
the limit, were redoubled. II was pande-
monium let loose. The players tried to
cling together for mutual protection. but
IL was useless. few moments sufficed To
make each one the center OF a densey
! Of nrhfn "a
, he had to fight his way.
. The wives of such OF the Americans as
are married were waiting for their spouses
, in the carriages to carry them away
safety from the hero-worshiping mob. A
crowd Of small boys tore the wire screen
from ticket window after the game was
! over and got on to the field merely TO
sta I'd on the historic ground and share in
the excitement.
: Victory Fairly Earned.
That the victory was fairly earned one
is shown not only by the fact that the
Americans won four out of six games, In
cidentally making It unnecessary TO play
the seventh. but by the hits and runs The
Americans all told made twenty-five runs.
compared with eighteen by the Nationals.
They made thirty-nine base hits, as against
thirty-seven for the Nationals. The Ma
with fourteen by the Americans The lat
ter also made the greater number OF ex-
J ira base hits. but the ground rules made
, nearly all of them good for only two bases.
Among the expert critics OF base ball II
is generally admitted that to the American
pitchers most OF the credit is due. This
despite the fact that the American pitchers
have but twtnty-six strike-outs to their
: credit against thrty-tive for the Nationals
. The Americans gave nineteen bases on balls
as against eighteen by the Nationals. Not
withstanding this tht American pitchers
were effective when hits meant runs. par
d ticularly against such men as Chance,
y Schultz, stelnfeldt and King. These men,
: all consistent 80 hitters, were all but help
less during most OF the series. on ths
z other hand the Americans, popula rly called
i the "Hitless wonders" batted more
: strongly than their opponents who durins
the season had done the heaviest battinS
in the National league. In stealing bases
; the Nationals had shade over the Amer
. leans. Catchers King and Sullivan. who
u caught the entire series, were both formid'
: able to base runners. but OF the total thir'
u teen bases stolen. the Nationals got eight.
Many Locked Oat.
over nineteen thousand paid sdmissioni
\ had been registered at the gate At moor
today. the balmy weather and the holids
y bringing the crowds out early.
The grounds being full TO bursting th'
gates were closed and play was begun a
el5 O'Clock. Completely encircling th'
grounds was closely packed crowd o
le enthusiasts. Small pennants. bearing tn
d name OF the owners favorite team. was IA
Il nearly every hand. one man on the tol
II seat OF the bleachers. back OF first base
y had an unesrthly sound producer. b!
e turning a crank Il gave out prodigiou
In noise half groan and half wall. To tn
re supporters OF tho Nationals during the frs
& two innings. the sound was expressive o
Is their feelings. A brass band OF six piece
= occupied part ot one box for tho FIRST tim
10 during the series. but could scarcely ma X
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