The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-19

winning today's game, s to 8, against
the local club Of the National league,
the Americans earned the right to foat
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 Champions" lettered On the |
blankets worn by their horses. To- |
/ days game was the sixth of the series :
| and the fourth victory for the Ameri- |
cans.
When the last National batsman had |
gone out and the stunning fact that
new champions had been freshly Gre
ated burned its impress on thousands
of excited minds, a crowd surged
around the box wherein sat Charles w.
Murphy, president of the losing club.
| He smiled game1y at requests for a
speech and said:
MURPHY A GAME LOSER.
''The best team won. They won be-
cause they played the better ball. Too
much praise cannot be given to Pres
ident Comiskey and Captain Jones and
the team which by unprecedented
pluck climbed in mid-seasOn from
seventh place to the top of their own
leagDe and then topped off that great
accomplishment by winning the worlds
championship from the team that made
a runaway race of the National league
| oh fov
Comiskey and his great team
Cheer after cheer followed this
speech, but they were lost to the hear
ing of most of tn crowd which was
busily cheering other things-the in
dividual players, the players collective
ly, and humping said players On the
back with such enthusiasm that every
one of them had to fight way out
, to the waiting carriages. And cheers
) for the losers were not lacking They
had lost the greatest distinction which
baseball offers to it's votaries, but are
: still great team, and the crowd which
followed their carriages through
t crowded blocks did not spare their
. throats in saying so.
BADLY MOBBED BY FRIENDS.
| Comiskey's rotund, rosy face was
wreathed in smiles long before the
game was over for the Americans put
the victory in storage in the first two
innings. When Schultz went out at
: first after an abortive rally and the
great series was over, Comiskey shook
l hands with such Of his players as he
could reach. The others were fighting
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
5 the Americans won four out Of six
l games, incidentally making it unnec-
essary to play the seventh, but by the
hits and runs The Americans all told
J made % runs, compared with Is by the
Nationals. They made 80 base hits, an
against 81 for the Nationals. The Ma
tionals made but five errors, compared
; with Il by the Americans. The latter
also made the greater number of extra
baes hits, but the ground rules made
:, nearly all of them good for only two
1 bases.
AMERICANS PITCHERS DID IT.
Among the expert critics of base
] ball it is generally admitted that to
f the American pitchers most of the
I credit is due. This is despite the fact
2 that the American pitchers have but
26 strike-outs to their credit against
35 for the Nationals, The Americans
gave 10 bases on balls as against IS by
the Nationals. Notwithstanding this.
4 the American pitchers were effective
when hits meant runs, particularly
against such men as Chance, Sculte,
| inf
consistent 800 hitters, were all but
, helpless during most of the series. On
: the other hand, the Americans, popu-
= | larly called the "Hitless Wonders" :"
batted more strongly than their oppo-
!, | nents, who during the season had done
!, the heaviest batting in the National
p league. In stealing bases the Nation
, ais had a shade over the Americans.
r Catchers King and Sullivan, who
q caught the entire series, were both
Q formidable to base-runners, but Of the
= total IS bases stolen, the Nationals got
: eight
0 GATES CLOSED AT NOON.
y Over $4,000 paid admissions had been
;. registered at the gate at noon today,
- the balmy weather and the holiday
bringing them out early. The ground:
being full to bursting, the gates were
= closed and play was begun at 2:1E
9 O'Clock. Completely encircling the
;. grounds was closely packed crowd OF
enthusiasts. Small pennants bearing
o the names Of the owners favorite team
: were in nearly every hand. One mar
: on the top seat of the bleachers bach
G Of first base had an unearthly sound
/ producer. By turning crank it gave
out prodigious noise nalf-groan anG
; half vail. To the supporters Of the
= Nationals during the first two innings
the sound was expressive OF their feel
n ings. A brass band Of SIX pieces 90
t cupied part OF one box for the frs
r time during the series. but coull
II =, scarcely make itself heard above tn,
- continuous din. Twice however, whe1
20 | popular airs We're played the croHt