The Washington times., 1906-10-14
CHICAGO FANS AMAZED
BY WHITE SOX BATTING

successfully that he l6osed 20 have been
real winner had he only mounted the
hurliug hin lH the initia- round.
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The sox got away in the lead and
their adherents rout the rafters with
the squalls and bel ows OF delight. Hahn
opened up with q neat hit and Jones
sacrificed. Then came IsbeII with the
first of those terrible two-baggers Hahn
scored and the crowd sbTieked or moan
ed according 20 paTtisanship. Davis h.t
into the diamond, and lzzy was run
down. Bang went another twO-baSeF
from Rome. and Donohue drew four
balls With Jlc bases full Dougherty
beat bounder. but was called cut by
OLoughlin, despite tine wild prOtesta-
lions OF the white Skinned gang.
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The Cubs proceeded 10 get extremely
busy In tie first Holman singled and
Sbeckard sacrificed. Schultz beat one
out. and Chance was hit by a pitched
bali Steiufeldt lit into the diamond
"A sure double play-buI isbell after re-
JtTlng Chance threw mluly past HrsL
Tinker bunted and Walsh duplicated
Isbell's throw Three runs came in be-
fore the side was stopped.
In the seventh. sJeiufeldt slammed out
q double and Jones, seeing that Walsh
was all in, ordered him out. Walsh, a
bulldog and a game fellow. went sui
leuly. and White. go.Rg ou the slab.
held the Cubs runless for the rest
OF the inning Amer that il was pitch
ing. The night was coming on fast and
the DItEmau could not see tho ball.
White SD his swinging curves, backed
by all the speed he could command.
Overall relied on nothing but his ter
rible strength, and hurled them IA so
fast that five men famed during the
last few rounds. There was a huge
cheer as he struck ont Isbell. but the
cheer was wasted. in the ninth two
cubs die6 in a hurry, then Tinker walk
ed. and Moran went up to do or die in
Evers' shoes. He died, forcing Tinker on
an easy grounder. All over.
The excitement around Chicago 80
night Is something beyond description.
The whole City has gone stark, staring
mad. Eelds OF South Sid0-G naraded
with banners. defying the CUhs. ard Of
fered 3 10 { on their champions. The
Cubs take this es a rule good humored-
ly, but "a few fights are reported and
ever and anon some gentleman smasheS
another on the beak
Tha Cubs tried to win today by hav-
ing real. live mascots The black hears
were led on the field just before the
battle They were as tame as kittens.
POSED for pictures, ran round tho bases
for luck and frOlickel in the grass amid
terrible y4lls al gleo from the crowd.
After the game the crowd wanted To
hang the bears but they lad been taken
cut the pack way.
Nothing is talked Of excepting tomor-
rows game. The city is insane. Ccmis-
key declared that he could sell oUt the
South Side park FIVE times over * he
only had the room, II was decided to
day that If tomorrow s games does not
end the seTies-if the Cubs wip-a coin
wIll be tossed Tor the location of the
last struggle
Both teams are at a high nervous
tension. The SoX broke first under the
strain, as shown in their uwfu, fielding
this afternoon. but they were great
with the stick. Their nervousness. seem
ed 10 make them mighty hitters In
stead of measuring distance ami trying
10 bat scientifically they simply slashed
madly at the ball, and usually hit il a
mile.
It was a strange game, full Of queer
happenings and unique circumstances.
After if was over The Cubs all declared
they couldn't see how they lost. while
the SoN didn't really understand how
they had won. They were so ratified
that they were beard 10 ask the umpire
60 call the game on account of darkness.
In the ninth inning when they were al
ready ahead, and the ninth meant their
victory as soon as II was over.