Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-10
BASE BALL
THE AMERICANS
 TAKE THE FIRST
Chicago "Cubs" Were Humbled By '- the "White Sox" in a Fast
 Game.

Chicago, Oct 10.-The Chicago Americans won the first game of the worlds championship series, carrying off the victory before q crowd of 24,- GOO yelling fans. The defeat upset calculations of the sure thing bettors and was an awful jolt to the opinions of the west side fans, who consider ed the Nationals utterly unbeatable. It was perhaps the chilliest ball game on record. Rain fell while the teams were warming up and changed to a fall of snow, which lasted throughout the game. while leaden sky added to the general gloom and made It doubly difficult to hit the ball. De spite the weather the fans turned out in armies and hundreds of them camped beside the box office from early morning till the windows open ed. s-.st< Partisan feeling was intense. It seemed to keep the fans warm. Tho threat of the weather man to let snow fall was not needed at all by the mob. Everybody who could get a seat was glad to get into the ball park, notwithstanding that there was danger of freezing.
 1 The rival championship ball teams appeared one hour before the time set for the battle to start. The appear ance of the warriors was the signal | for mighty outburst of cheering It was estimated by the city build ing inspectors that 24,OOO saw the | game inside the grounds. The betting was all in favor of the Cubs, with the odds at ? to 1, , to3 and , to 4. Everybody from the surrounding | cities of the west was on hand to see the game. Barney Dreyfuss was one | of the conspicuous magnates there. | Bill O'Rourke of Omaha was another. | Tom Bryce was up from Columbus. Secretary Navin of the Detroit club was also on hand as well as Connie Mack from Philadelphia. All the | magnates and managers of smaller clubs for hundreds of miles around | Chicago were on hand, and most all of them had to get into line when the | gates opened in order to get seats. l In spite of the cool weather condi- tions the seating capacity of the West | Side Ball park was taxed to its limit | long before the Cubs and the White Stockings arrived. When the gates were opened at F o'clock the line that was on hand extended a quarter of q mile, and the fans kept coming | in steady stream from that time on until every nook and corner was filled | with sa live, screaming bit of human ity. a There have been many crowds at | the West Side park during the past summer that were well worth the price of admission to see, but yester- days throng of bowling. roofing fans was the acme of fans career in wildly gesticulating enthusiasm.
 The victory was the result of the superb pitching of Nick Altrock. The man with the three fingers, Morlecai Brown, did the pitching for the Cubs, and had the better of Altrock in tho matter of strike out, but the Sox got five off his delivery, whereas the Cubs could secure only four.
 | As the game was played it was a huge surprise to the rooters for the National league team. Chance and his men took the field cocky and full | of confidence. At the last minute George Davis was too III to play at short for the Sox, and his absence | from the Comiskey infield made the game look like a cinch for the West side team.
 Inugherty stole base while Brown stood with the ball in his hand on one occasion. and the Sox rooters howlei themselves hoarse.
 The game itself was snappy and played with desperate determination, both teams going in to win and fight ing hard till the last man was out. King. the crack catcher of the Cubs. was way on. having two passed balls and mufiing n throw at the plate, the error counting for n run. Not q man reached first till the fifth inning. when Rohe hit to left for three bases. and scored when kling dropped Browns throw of Dougherty's grounder. In the sixth Jones singled. was advanced by a passed ball. and ~cor,sl on a hit by IsbelL. This was all for the Sox. Brown holding them safe the balance of the game.
 The Nationals only run was scored in the sixth. when kling drew four balls. Brown singled. Hoffman sacri- feed and a wild ball got away from Sullivan. letting Kllng in. Outside of this inning Altrock held the Cubs helpless. A fine catch by Tannehill. a wonderful catch by Rohe. and great stop by Donohue featured the game and kept the Cubs from scoring. each plav coming at time when miss would have meant tied score. EyerS and Donohue were both spiked in base running collisions. aeiiher seriously.
 During the morning Charlie Mur- phy and Ran Johnson almost came to blows over the question of appointing extra umpires for the games. Han insisted on two more ari,iter~> Mur- phv objected. and a sharp verbal ssirmi<h ended when Murphy threat sue,l to punch Bans jaw Johnson laugheyi and walked away. The Scure.
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