Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-15
Rv Assooiated Press.


todays game, to 3, against the
local club of the National league
the Americans earned the right to fly
the worlds championship pennant, as
well as the pennant OF the American
league, to ride to the grounds next sea-
son in carriages and to have Worlds
Champions" lettered on the blankets
worn by their horses. Today's game
was the sixth of the series and the
fourth victory for the Americans.
When the last National batsman had
gone out and the stunning fact that the
new champions had been created
burned its impression through the
minds of excited thousands, a crowd
surged around the box where sat
Charles w. Murphy, president Of the
losing club. He smiled gamey at re-
quests for speech and said:
1.-THE best team won. They won be-
cause they played better ball. Too
much praise cannot be given to Presi-
dent Comiskey and Captain Jones and
the team which, by unprecedented
pluck, climbed in midseason from SOW
enth place to the top of their own
league, and then topped off that great
accomplishment by winning the world s
championship from the team that made
a runaway race in the National league
contest. L call for three cheers for
President Comiskey and his team"
Cheer after cheer followed the speech.
but they were lost to the hearing of
most of the crowd, which was busily
cheering other things-the individual
players, the players collectively, and
humping said players on the back with
such enthusiasm that every one of them
had to fight a way out to the waiting
carriages.
The cheers for the losers were not
lacking. They had lost the greatest
distinction which baseball offers to it's
votaries, but the still a great team,
and the crowd which followed their
carriages through crowded blocks did
not spare their throats in saying so.
Comiskey's 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 race, and the great series was
over, ComiSkey shook hands with such
of his players 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.
The crowd seemed loath to leave the
grounds when the game was over.
thousands poured out of the blea CHI
IL
while those in the stands stood up and
watched the spectacle. The yells and
screenings of noise making devices
which had been rending the air all day
during the game apparently to the limit
were redoubled. 1t was pandemonium
let loose.
The players tried to cling together for
mutual protection, but it was useless.
A few moments sufficed to make each
q on IF 1sar7 e.faIxr r.
crazed throng out of which he had to
fight his way.
The wives of such Americans as were
married We're waiting for their spouses
in the carriages to carry them away
safely from the hero worshiping mob.
crowd of small boys tore the wire
screen from a ticket window after the
game Was over and got into the field
merely to stand ON the historic ground
and share in the excitement.
The victory was a fairly earned one
which is shown not only by the fact
that the Americans won four out of six
games, incidentally making it unneces-
sary to play the seventh, but by the
hits and runs the Americans, all told
made % runs, compared with Is by
the Nationals. They made thirty-nine
base hits as against thirty-seven for
the Nationals. The Nationals made but
five errors, 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. This despite the fact that the
American pitchers have but twenty
six strike outs to their credit against
thirty-fiYe for the Nationals. The
Americans gave nineteen bases ON balls
Notwithstanding this the American
pitchers were effective when hits meant
runs, particularly against such men as
Chance, Schultz, Steinfeldt and Killing.
These men, all consistent hitters, were
all but helpless during most of the
series. on the other hand the Ameri-
cans, popularly called the "hitless
wonders" batted more strongly than
their opponents, who d~ring the sea-
son had done the heaviest batting inI
the National league.
In stealing bases the Nationals had a
shade over the Americans. Catcher
King and Sullivan, who caught the
entire series, were both formidable to
base runners, but of the total of thir-
teen bases stolen the Nationals got
eight.
Over 10000 paid admissions had been
registered at the gate at noon, the
balmy weather and the holiday bring
ing the crowds out early.
The grounds being full to bursting the
gates were closed and play was begun
at 2:15 O'Clock. Completely encircling
the grounds was a closely packed
crowd of enthusiasts. Small pennants
bearing the names of the owners
favorite team, were in nearly every
hand.
one man ON the top seat of the
bleachers had an unearthly sound-pro-
ducer. by turning a crank It gave out
prodigious noises, half groan and half
'-ail. To the supporters Of the Ma
tionals during the first two innings the
sound was expressive Of their feelings.
A brass band OF six pieces occupied
part OF one box for the first time dur
ing the series, but could scarcely make
Itself heard above the din. When,
however. popular airs were played the
crowd Joined in and sang 10 the
music.
A total Of fourteen hits, two of them
doubles. tells the story Of today's game
and how 1t was won. Captain Chance
replaced Mordeeai Brown In the pitch
ers box In the second, although Brown
had pitched a hard game on Friday.