Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-15
WORLDS CHAMPIONS.
How the Sox Won the Final Base
Ball Game.

cfuD OF the NatlOnai League, the Anerl-
cans earned the right to float the worlds
championship pennant as well as the pen
nant of the American League to ride to
the grounds next season In carriages and
to have Worlds Champions let:ered on
the blankets worn by their horses. Yes
terday'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 new cham
pions had been freshly created burned It's
impress on thousands of excited minds
crowd surged around the box wherein sat
Charles w. Murphy president of the losing
club. He smiled gamely at requests for a
speech, and said:
Murphy a Game Sport.
1.-THE best team won. They won because
they played the better ball. Too much
praise cannot be given to President Comis-
key 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 off that
great accompl. shn1ent by winning the
worlds championship from the team that
made a runaway race Of the National
League contest. I call for three cheers for
Ccmiskey and his great team"
Cheer after cheer followed this speech.
but they were lost to the hearing of most
OI tne crowd, WHICH was DUSTY CHccfjAS
| other things-the individual players. the
players collectively. and humping said
players on the backs 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 base
ball offers to its votaries. but are still a
great team. and the crowd which followed
their carriages through crowded blocks did
| not spare their L.,roats in saying SO
Nice Nest-Egg for Players.
Comiskeys refund. rosy face was
wreathed in smiles. No one in the world
| appreciates the victory more than he does
He offered bonus of $4,000 to his team If
| they would win the championship. and
they did. This amount will be distributed
among twenty-five players, and will net
them a nice sum with which to purchase
few blankets and lay in a supply of winter
coal. By winning the championship each
Sox player will receive S1,s74.6S. which in
cludes his share of the presidents bonus
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 congratula-
lions, save pounding each other on the
back.
The crowd seemed loath to leave the
. grounds when the game was over. Thou
sands poured out of the bleachers and cir
Gus seats on to the grounds. while those In
the stands stood up and watched the spec
tacle The yells and screenings of noise
| making devices which had been rending the
limit were redoubled. 1t was pandemonium
let loose. The players tried to cling to-
gether for mutual protection. but 1t was
useless. A few moments suf1ced to make
each one the center OF a densely packed
| half-crazed throng. out of which each had
to fight his way.
How Victory Was Won.
That the victory was fairly earned one
Is shown not only by the fact that the
Americans won four out of six games. in
cidentally making it unnecessary to play
the seventh. but by the hits and runs The
Americans all told made % runs. compared
with IS by the Nationals They made 80
base hits. as against 81 for the Nationals
The Nationals made but five errors. COM
pared with fourteen by the Americans. The
latter also made the greater number of
extra bases. but the ground rules made
nearly all of them good for only two bases.
Among the expert critics of base ball it
Is generally admitted that to the American
pitchers most of the credit Is due. This
despite the fact that the American pitch
ers have but twenty-six strike-outs to their
credit, against thirty-fiye for the Nationals.
The Americans gave nineteen bases on
balls, against eighteen by the Nation lls.
Notwithstanding this. the American pitch
ers were effective when hits meant runs.
particularly against such men as Chance,
Schultz. Steinfeidt and Killing. These men.
all consistent 300 hitters. were all but help
less. On the other hand. the America rs.
opularly called the hitless wonders bat
ted more strongly than their opponents.
who during the season had done the
heaviest batting in the National League. In
stealing bases the Nationals had shade
over the Americans. Catchers King and
Sullivan, who caught the entire series, were
both formidable to base runners, but of
the total thirteen bases stolen the Nationals
got eight.
What the Turnstiles Registered.
Over 1900 paid admissions had been reg
istered at the gate at noon yesterday. the
balmy weather and the holiday bringing
them out early. The grounds being full to
bursting. the gates We're Closed. and play
was begun at 2:15 o'clock. Completely en-
circling the grounds was a closely packed
crowd of enthusiastic spectators.
Small pennants bearing the names of the
owners fayorite teams were in nearly every
hand. One man on the top seat of the
bleachers back of first base had an un-
| 1t gave out prodigious noise, half groan
| and half wall. To the supporters Of the
Nationals during the first two innings the
sound was expressive of their feelings.
A total of fourteen hits. two Of them
doubles. tell the story of how today's
game was won. Capt. Chance elected to
| place Mordecai Brown in the pitchers box,
although Brown had pitched a hard game
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| his weakened delivery for eight safe hits
| In one and two-thirds innings, and he re-
| tired to the bench.
Overall Called on Again.
Overall. who was called on Saturday to
| relieve that game, was again called upon,
| and held the Americans to six hits and one
| run during the remainder Of the game. His
| support was excellent. Time and again
| Tinker and Evers. by blocking hits. pre-
| vented runs. as did Hoffman in center by
/ spectacular running catches. Sheckard also
made a great backward running catch,
| which kept the score down.
| When the Americans assumed a lead of
six runs the National players were a grimly
| determined looking lot. but. try as they
| would, they could not solve the puzzling de-
| livery of DR.. Harry White. the opposing
| pitcher. Time after time the heavy hitters
4 Of the team batted out easy ones whom hit.
| meant runs. All told, they gathered only
| six safeties off White.
| Part Of the crowd rooted hard for a
| ninth-inning rally. Tinker. to his evident
4 chagrin. went out. Evers raised Pickering
| hopes by a scratch double to right. but