The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-15
NH Ride to the Grounds Next Season in Carriages Bear-
 Ing Worlds Pennant
PRESIDENT MURPHY
 COMPLIMENTS WINNERS
Loser Says That Best Team Won. Calls for Three Cheers for President Comiskey and
 Hi Great Team.

Chicago, October 1.-The Chicago club of the American Baseball league is tie champion of the world. By winning to- days game, to 3, against the local club of the National league, the Americans earned the right to float the world championship pennant ,as well as the pen Ilant 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 created burned it's impress upon thousands of ex- cited minds, a crowd surgcd around the box wherein sat Charles M. Murphy, pres ident of the losing club. He smiled game- ly at requests for speech, and said;
 ",rhe best team won. They won because they played the better ball Too much praise cannot be given to President So- mskey and Captain Jones, and the team which by unprecedented pluck climbed in mid-season from seventh place to the top of their own league, and then topped of that great accomplishment by win ming the worlds championship from the team that made a runaway race of the National league contest. l call for three cheers for Comiskey and his great team."
 The Winners Cheered.
 Cheer after cheer followed this speech, but was lost to the nearing of most Of me crowd, which was busily cheering other thngs-the individual players, the players collectively and humping said xn-ifl iasm that every one of them had to hght a way out to the waiting carraiges. And cheers for the losers were not lacklngs s They had lost the greatest distinction which baseball offers to votaries, but are still a great team. ComiSkeys rotunda rosy face was wreathed with smiles long before the game was over, for the Amer jeans put the victory in storage in the first two innings.
 That the victory was a fairly earned one is shown not only by the facts that the Americans won four out of six games, incidentally making it unnecessary to play the seventh but by the hits and runs. The Americans. all told, made p runs, compared with IS by the Nationals. They made 39 base hits as against 37 for the Nationals. The Nationals made but er- TOTS compared with 14 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.
 Among the expert critics of baseball 1t is generally admitted that to the Ameri- can pitchers most of the credit Is due. This. despite the fact that the American utchers have but 26 strike-outs to their credit against 8 for the Nationals. The Americans gave IS bases on balls against IS by the Nationals. Notwithstanding this the American pitchers were effective when hits meant runs, particularly against such as Chance. King These men. all consistent 300 hit ters were all but helpless during most of the series. On the other hand, the Americans, popularly called the "hitless wonders" batted more strongly than their opponents. who during the season mad done the heaviest batting in the Ma uonal league
 Stealing Bases.
 In stealing bases the Nationals had shade the best over the Americans. Catch CTS Kling and Sullivan, who caught the entire series were both formidable to base runners, but of the total thirteen bases stolen the Nationals got eight
 Over 1900 paid admissions had been registered at the gate at noon today, the balmy weather and the holiday bring ing them out. The grounds being full to t.rsting, the gates were closed and play was begun at 2:l5 o'clock. Completely en- circlng the grounds closely packed crowd of enthusiasts
 total of fourteen hits two of them doubles tells the story of how todays game was won. Captain Chance elected ta play Mordecai Brown in the pitchers s box. although Brown had pitched a hard game on Friday. The Americans con nected with his weakened deliverey for e-cht safe hits in one and two-thirds in- p.ngs and he retired to the bench. Over I'll who was called in yesterday to re- lleye that game, again called upon a,-d held the Americans to six hits and enc run during the remainder of the game His speed was excellent Time and again Tinker and Evers. by blocking hts. prevented runs, as did Hoffman in certer by spectacular running catches checkard also made a great backward r,;nnng catch. which kept the score down. The story of the first two innings tells how the game was won by the Americans
 The Nationals opened at bat. Hoffman singled to left and went to second on Iougherty's tumble of the hit. Sheckard sacrificed perfectly, and with Hoffman on tfird the crowd cried for a score. They were promptly gratifed, for SchuIte wnose two-baggers yesterday brought in TWO runs. swung on the first ball piShed and knocke! it into right field for two bases, Hoffman scoring. Schute was put 1t third a moment later when White stopped Chances grounder and threw It to Rohe yards ahead of the runner. Chance was safe at first and Steinfeldt waited for bad ones, but Tinker flew o-A to Jones. retiring the sides For the Wericans, Hahn hit an awkward bounder which Evers stopped with his bare hand but heirg off his balance could not throw 1t. Jones forced Hahn. and went to sec ond on Isbelrs sharp single to right
 SchuIte is Pushed.
 Davis doubled to right and Jones scored senulte claimed that he was under the hit when some one in the crowd pushed hm. Captain Chance protested against allowing the hit. but Umpire O'Loughlin allowed 1t to stand. With men at second and third. and the infield playing close h. Rohe hit to Tinker. who threw Isbell out at the plate. Rohe stole second T;onohue, with an opportunity similar to Hohe'a. doubled to left field, scoring