The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-15
AMERICANS THE CHAMPIONS
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the game was over aud got into the field merely to share in the great ex- eltemcnt.
 That the victory was fairly earned one Is shown not only by the fact that the Americans won four out Of six games, incidentally making 1t uneces- sary to play the seventh, but by the hits and runs. The Americans all told made twenty-two runs, compared with eighteen by the Nationals. They made thrty-nine base hits, as against thirty sen for the Nationals. The Nationals made but five errors,y compared with fourteen by the Americans. The latter also made the greater number of extra base hits, but the ground rules made
 nearly all of them good for only two
 bases.
 Among the expert critics of baseball it is generally admitted that to the American pitchers most of the credit is
 due-thls despite the fact that the
 American pitchers have but twenty six strike-outs to their credit, against thlr-
 ty-fve for the National. The Ameri-
 cans gave nineteen bases on balls, against eighteen by the Nationals. Not
 withstanding thls, the American pitch CTS were effective when hits meant runs, particularly against such men as
 Chance, Schulte, Steinfeldt and King.
 These men, all consistent 300 hitters,
 were all but helpless during most of the
 series. On the other hand, the Amerl-
 cans, popularly called the "hitiess won
 ders," batted more strongly than their
 opponents, who during the season had
 done the heaviest batting in the Ma
 tional league. In stealing bases the
 Nationals had a shade over the Ameri-
 leans. Catchers Kling and sullivan who
 caught the entire series, were both Tor midable to base runners, but of the to- tal thirteen bases stolen the Nationals
 got eight.
 over nineteen thousand paid admis- sions had been registered at the gate at moon to-day, the balmy weather anu
 the holiday bringing them out early
 The grounds being full to bursting, the
 gates were closed and play was begun at 2.15 o'clock, Completely encircllng
 the grounds was a closely packed crowd of enthusiasts. Small pennants bearing the names of the owners ot the favorite team were in nearly every , hand. One man on the top seat or the bleachers back of first base had an un-
 earthly sound producer By turning 3 l. .Is
 crank it gave out pordigious noise nall
 groan and half wall. To the supporters
 of the Nationals during the trst tWe innings the sound was expressive ol
 their feelings, A brass band or SIX pieces occupied part of one box TOT tlll first time during the series' put cou'c scarcely make itself heard apoVe tht , continuous din. Twice, however, WheT :, popular airs were played, the crowC U joined in and sang to the music.
 { A total of fourteen hits, two of then e doubles, tells the story of how to-day " game was won. Captain Chance elect y ed to place Mordecal Brown Tn th '> pitchers box, although Brown na' e lpitehed a hard game on Friday. Tn y Americans connected with his weaken '- ed delivery for eight safe hits ln on '- and two-thirds innings and he retired e Overall, who was called in yesterday n retrieve that game, was again calle 70 upon and held the Americans 10 sl n hits and one run His support was eA a cellent, Time and again Tinker an . Evers by blocking hfts prevented runs e as did Hoffman in cented by spee'aCp n lar running patches. Sheckard als d made a great backward running cater d which kept the score down,
 n Part of the crowd rooted hard TOT A ninth-inning rally by the Natlollai, ~ e Tinker, to his evident chagrln' Wen e out. Evers raised fAckering hopes ny a scratch double tokl right, but NH