The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-13
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago. Oct. 13.-Another turn In the swirl
ing torrent Of baseball came yesterday, and
when tie game was finished the whitesox and
struggle for the worlds championship Miner
Brown and Nick Altrock hooked up again, and
so fierce was the battle between the two great
twirlers that enc lonely run was enough to de-
champions. = Ill. -.,....,7 ->--.-a-s-e.&. ..
The game wss the hardest fought Of the series
thus far and brought out more sensational field
ing stunts than has been the lot Of the local
to two lonely hits. while the cubs were able to
gather seven from the shoots of Handsome Nick.
AS fitting climax to the many star plays
came Miner Browns great stop OF furious liner
in the ninth inning There was man on Sec
ond and two out for the sox when Isben hit q
tremendous swat directly at Brown There was
no choice for Brown but to make an effort to
stop the cannon ball: He had no time to get out
of the drive. He quickly leaped to his feet,
picked up the ball and threw Isbell out at first.
ending the game. A foot one way or the other
in the direction Of the drive would have let the
bali go safe, scored Jones and tied the score, but
fate willed In favor Of the cubs. -
~. Run Came in Seventh.
The lonely run which meant SO much to the
striving teams came in the seventh. Chance
opened with Texas Lacquer to right. Eddie
Hahn, whose nose was not 50 badly injured us
the bail for a second, thus giving 1t a chance
to land safely. .-.--.s- 49,. =. s-.s'=,
There was some doubt as to the ability OF
Hahn to get the BAH, but his momentary hest
and Tinker sacrificed in clever fashion. bott
going out Altrock to Dpnohue, and put the man
ager third. r. = - H.. = re-. s:
This left it up to Johnny Evers. There wert
two out and hit was needed to win the game
Johnny was desperate and could see chance
to cinch that large bit of the receipts. HI
waited patiently and then put one of Nick
best into left field and scored Chance with tn
only run Of the game. Johnny was afterwart
caught stealing, but no one appeared to care.
| Steinfeldt got the first hit in the second, ant
| then none came until Hoffman smashed out on
| in the sixth. A pair each in the seventh ant
! the eighth and one in the ninth completed tn
| quota for the winning team. -. 81.
The fielding was fast and spectacular all tn
way thru the game, and both teams shared II
the star features. Eddie Hams wonderful catcl
| Of Kings smashing drive the edge Of tn
right-feld circus seats In the second inninl
stopped a run for the West Siders. Steiny wa
| on third with two men down when King hit
| hard one on line for the overflow seats. Ed
| die backed up as far as he could and the
made a mighty grab and succeeded In retirin
| the side when run seemed to be almost Ger
| tain. '.' ..~ - -
Then tho same man. Hahn, opened the fourt
inning with almost safe Line drive to cente
! which was captured by Hoffman after q Ion
run Only Artie's phenomenal speed made tn
| catch possible. It would have been good fo
three bases, as it was bound for the overflow /
front Of the center-feld bleachers - j g.
Evers Star. .i@ =
Johnny Evers continued the brilliant wor
which has marked his fielding in the series b
going behind second base in the fourth innin
and stopping an almost sure bingle from tt
stick Of Pat Dougherty. Miner, Brown made
star one-handed stop Of high bounder fro
Donohue's bat in the seventh.
There was shift in the whitesox 'line-u1
] George Davis going back to his old stand