The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-13
H0NORS ARE EVEN I.
In CHAMPIONSHIP
Nationals Defeat Americans
One to Nothing.
Fourth Game of Series Between Chi
cago Pennant Winners Il
Over.
THE SCORE AND THE GAME.

Chicago. H.. Oct l3.-The world =
championship baseball, series is again
even, the local National league team
defeating the Americans by score
of | to nothing. Each side has now
won two games. Altrock. for the
Americans, and Brown for the Nation
ais. pitchers who opposed each other
in the opening game which was won
by Atrock's team again contested for
supremacy. Brown was at his best.
He showed nerve, speed, control and
intelligence in serving to batsmen
the kind of curves they Ike the least
He gave only two passes and allowed
only two hits. He held the Ameri-
cans hitlsss until the sixth inning
when. with t1a o,,t. Hahn hit clean
~ to center Jo@os. however. prompt
~ ended the inn;ag by fying out to
schultz. t.
The Nationals looked dangerous as
early as the second inning, when
Steinfeldt hit to center and reached
third on Tinker's sacrifice. and Evers'
out. King, always a formidable bats
man. was up and Altrock deliberately
attempted to pass him with the hope
that Brown, the next batter, would
90 out easily after the fashion of
most pitchers. King. however, reach
ed for one of the wide ones and lifted
a mighty fly into right field Hahn.
however, raced back and saved the
day at least temporarily by making a
magnificent catch while bending back
over the wire cable used to hold back
the crowd.
The Americans made their only real
bid for the game when Robe reached
first on Steinfeldt's bad throw and
third on sacrifice and an out
Brown, however, showed his nerve by
striking out Davis. who was again
back in the game at short in place of
Tannehill. i
The Nationals earned the run
which won the game. Chance sent
a fly to short right field. reached sec
ond and third on sacrifices by Stein.
feldt ard Tinker. Evers placed a
single over third base and Chance
scored.
In the ninth Mcfarland batted for
Altrock and went out Steinfeldt to
Chance. Hahn few out to Tinker.
Then Jones raised the nuttering hopes
of the Sox cohorts by waiting for four
bad ones and going to second when
the ball got past King and hit the
umpire. Under the rules Jones was
entitled 10 base. A good hit would
have tied the game at this point and
with 1sbell at the bat the hopes OF
the Americans were high. The big
second baseman swung vieiously at a
waist-high ball and connected square
ly 1t went like a cannon shot right
at Browns face. Brown had barely
time to get his hands on the ball and
the force OF the blow laid him fiat on
his back.
For a moment il looked as If he
had been dazed by the fall, but he
recovered and threw the runner out
at first ending the game.
Brown had pitched a mastery game
and the usual crowd of enthusiasts
swarmed on to the field and fought
for a chance to pat him on the back.
He had fairly to fight to get out of
the grounds.
Hoffman. who had made a magnif-
cent running catch in right center of
Hahn's low fly, Evers. who had turn
ed apparent hits into putouts, and
Captain Chance also came in for their
share of appreciation.
The attendance reelected the i'm
proved weather, the official count
showing Is S95 paid admissions. This
was the last game in which the play
ers share gate money. The total re-
ceipts for the four games were SOL
S55, of which 1913. 4O17O goes to the
players. or this sum "a percent will
go to the team winning the series and
the remainder to the loser,