The Globe-republican., 1906-10-18
AMERICANS WIN.
Defeated the Leaders of National
League in Four Out Of Six
Games at Chicago.
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

lave Reached Pinnacle Of Base
Ball Fame ana VIII be Entitled
to All Kinds OF Honor
Next Season.
Chicago, Oct. 16.--The Chicago
club OF the American Baseball
league Is the champion of the world.
BY winning Sundays game, to 3,
against the local club of the Nation.
al, the Americans earned the right
to float the championship pennant
as well as the pennant of the Amer
lean league, to ride to the grounds
next season in carriages and to have
Worlds Champions" lettered on
the blankets worn by their horses.
Sundays game was the sixth of the
series and the fourth victory for the
Americans.
Cheers for the losers were not
lacking. They had lost the greatest
distinction which baseball offers to
its votaries, but are still a great
team, and the crowd which followed
their carriages through crowded
blocks did not spare their threats in
saying so.
Comskeys face was wreathed in
smiles long before the game was
over, for the Americans put the vic.
tory In storage in the first two in.
nings. When Schultz went out at
first after an abortive rally and the
great series was over, Comiskey
shock hands with such of his play
ers as 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.
That the victory was a fairly earned
one Is shown not only by the fact that
the Americans won four out of six
games, incidentally making 1t unnec-
essary to play the seventh, but by the
hits and runs. The Americans all told
made 90 runs compared with IS by the
Nationals. They made SO base hits as
against 81 for the Nationals. The Ma
tional5 made but five errors, COM
pared with fourteen by the Americans
The latter also made the greater num-
Der of extra base hits, but the ground
rules made nearly all of them good
for only two bases.
The attendance at Sundays game
was 1929, making the total attend
ance for the series 99,S45. The re-
ceipts for Sundays game were $780,
SCI and the total for the six games
was $105,540. OF this amount the
players share is $33,401. 20. The Amer.
lean League team, with q men will
receive $25,051.53. The Nationals
share for 10 men is $8,35O17. The re-
ceipts for last years championship
series were sGS, 405, and of last years
American-National series $2G,774.
Among the expert critics of baseball
it Is generally admitted that to the
American pitchers most of the credit
is due This despite the fact that the
American pitchers have but twenty
six strike outs to their credit against
thirty five for the Nationals. The
gave 10 bases on balls as
against IS by the Nationals. Notwith.
tn S, the American pitchers
were effective when hits meant runs |
against such men as
Chance, Schultz, Steinfeldt and King. |
These men, all consistent .300shitters,
we're all but helpless during most of |
he series On the other hand the
Americans popularity called the hit.
ess wonders" batted more strongly
han their opponents, who during the
season had done the heaviest batting
n the National League. In stealing
)ases the Nationals had a shade over
he Americans Catchers King and
Sullivan. who caught the entire series
we're both formidable to base runners,
tut of the total of 13 bases stolen the
Nationals got 8.
The grounds were full to bursting,
he gates were closed and the play
vas begun at 2:15 o'clock. Completely
the grounds was q closely
lacked crowd of enthusiasts.