Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
standina of the Clubs.
Tho seore.;.

Tho Scores.
1 2 4 S u
Americans ;. .....:..2 l 3 0 s 3
Nationals >. .........1 Z 0 s 3
Totals.
r. H. E.
Americans :. ........22 80 IA
Nationals -. 81 .
Chicago, Oct. 15.-The Chicago team
of the American Base Ball League is
| the champion Of the world.
| BY winning yesterdays game 8 to 3
against the Chicago team of the Ma
/ tipnal League, the Americans earned
the right TO float the world champion
ship pennant as well as the pennant
| 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.
Yesterdays game was the sixth Of the
series, and the fourth victory for the
Americans.
When the last National batsman hao
gone out and the stunning fact that the
new champions had been created burn
! ed tts Impression thru excited minds,
| a crowd surged around the box where
! in sat Charles w. Murphy president OF
! the losing club. He smiled gamely at
requests for a speech and said:
1.-THE best team won because they
played the better ball. Too much
praise cannot be given to President
Comiskey and Captain Jones and the
| team, which, by unprecedented pluck,
climbed in mid-s son from seventh
place to the top - their own league.
and then topped off that great accom-
plishment by winning the worlds
championship from the eeam that made
| q runaway race of the National League
contest. call for three cheers for Com
iskey and his great team"
Both Teams Cliesred.
Cheer after cheer followed this
speech, but they were lost to the hear
ing Of most Of the crowd, which was
busily cheering other things-the in
dividual players, the players collec-
lively, and humping rhe players on
the backs with much enthusiasm.
And cheers for the losers We're not
lacking. They had lost the greatest
distinction which base hall offers to its
votaries, but are still a great team, and
the crowd which followed their car
riages thru crowded blocks did not
spare their threats in saying SO.
Comiskey's rotund, rosy face was
| wreathed in smiles long before the
game was over, for ithe Americans put
the victory in storage N the first two
| innings.
When Schultz went out at first 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 congrat-
ulating.
| The crowd seemed loath to leave
the grounds when the game was over.
Thousands poured out of the bleach
ers and circus seats onto the grounds.
The yells and screenings were re-
doubled. It was pa1demonium let
loose. The players tried to cling to-
gether for mutual protection, but it
was useless. A few moments sufficed
to make each one the center of half
crazed throng out Of which each had
to fight his way.
| Victory Was Fairly Earned.
That the victory YVES fairly earned
| is shown not only by tlae fact that the
Americans won four ont Of six games.
but by the hits and runs. The Ameri-
! cans all told made % runs, compared
with 10 by the Nationals. They made
| 80 base hits as against 81 for the Ma
| tionals. The Nationals made but five
| errors compared with fourteen by the
Americans. The latter also made the
greatest number of extra base hits.
Among the experts 1t is generally
admitted that to the American pitch
ers most of the credit is due. This de-
spite the fact that the American pitch
ers have but twenty-six strike-outs to
| their credit against thlrty-five for the
Nationals. The Americans gave nine
| teen bases on balls, as against eighteen
| by the Nationals. Notwithstanding
! this. the American pitchers were eff
| fective when hits meant runs. On the
other hand, the Americans. popularity
called the "hitless wonders" batted
more strongly than their opponents,
| who. during the season had done the
| heaviest batting in the National league.
| In stealing bases the Nationals had
| a shade over the Americans. Catchers
King and Sullivan, who caught the
series, were both formidable to base
runners, but Of the thirteen bases stol-
| en- the Nationals got eight.
A total Of fourteen hits. two of them
doubles, tells the story Of the game.
Captain Chance elected Mordecai
Brown to the pitchers box altho Brown
had pitched hard game on Friday.
| The Americans connected with his
| weakened delivery for eight safe hits In
one and two-thirds innings, and he
retired. Overall, who was called in
Saturday to revive that game, was
again called upon, and held the Ameri-
cans to six hits and one run during the
other innings. His support was excel
| lent. Time and again Tinker and Ev-
ers by blocking hits prevented runs, as
did Holman in center by spectacular
running catches. Sheckard also made
a great backward running catch, which
kept the score down.
Or. White Too Much for Cubs.
When the Americans assumed a lead
of six russ the National players wore a
grimly determined look, but try as they
would they could not solve the puz-
zling delivery OF DR.. White. Time after
time the heavy hitters Of the team bat
Lied out easy ones waen hits meant