The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-12
CUBS MAKE II THREE ] STRAIGHT FROM TIGERS Chicago Plays Superior Ball and Well Deserves
 Victory. DETROIT DANGEROUS ONCE Cobb's Fine Three -Bagger and Two Singles Score the
 Only Run.
DETROIT DANGEROUS ONCE

Detroit. Oct. 11,-In the first game of
 the worlds series on their own field the Detroit American League team was beaten this afternoon by the Chicago Nationals, by the score of to 1. It Twas we'll deserved victory for the Chicago team, as it played superior Eball throughout the game. There Hwere several errors of omission on the spart of the Detroit team, beside the two errors scored against them which Afgured in the Chicago run making. II Twas anything but baseball weather th lafternoon. The temperature ranged between 46 and 50 degrees during the 5gane With a cold twelve mile wind from the north blowing across the dla- ,mond. Several times there were show iers of rain, one while Chicago was bat ting in the fifth inning being so heavy that it was necessary to inter 8rupt play for five minutes, Again in lthe seventh inning there was sharp shower for few, moments but 1t did mot last long enough to interrupt the igame. The attendance was disap- spointmes.t, reaching only 11,3O6. The sraw cold day no doubt had some effect lin holding down the attendance. as gprobably did the dissatisfaction with sthe arrangements governing the sale or ,stickets.
 1s Detroit looked dangerous, and bunch led hits in but one inning, the fourth, ! lwhen, with two out, Cobb's fine three gbagaer was followed by two singles (which. however scored but one run. EO'Leary struck out with the bases full. i The Detroit team did not show at ganv time during the afternoon the snap land dash in their work which marked stheir playing during the American tle9gue playing season here.
 Rossnlan continued his fine work at
 first base, and drove in Detroit's only
 run with his single after Cobb had stripled Donovan gave but two bases 4 on balls, the same number whieh Over lall did. but both of the Detrcit pitch- CTS, passes developed into rurs, while neither of Overalls gifts was expens- i've.
 l Captain Chance of the Chicago
 team was hit on the right hand by an
 in-shoot at bat in the opening inning
 and both his second and third fingers were badly crushed The game was N stopped while they we're dressed Cap
 tain Chance tonight said he feared that the injury might prevent his M playing tomorrow
 J Just before play was called at 2 { NFoxorro, II1ob Tcppi71 was
 called to the plate, where Mayor
 Thompson presented to him from To-
 cal admirers life-size floral tiger and
 a gold watch.
 Tn the first inning Slagle flied out, and Sheckard followed with single I only to be thrown out when he tried { to steal second Chance was hit with ! the ball, stole second, but Steinfeldts I fly ended the inning. Jones. the first tman at bat for Detroit was given a
 base on balls, and Schaefer sacrificed
 him to second, but neither Crawford nor Cobb succeeded in getting the ! ball into safe territory, and no runs were scored. Chicago went out in ] one, two, three order in the second I inning Coughlin singled in Detroit's { half after Rossman was out on an in ' field grounder Tinker then retired { the side unassisted with a double play on Schmidts liner to him, catching { Coughlin before he could start back to first
 Chicago did not get man on base { in their half of the third inning. De- ! troit went out in regular order in the ' third, Schulte making fine play on < Donovan's hit to right field, getting it on the bound, and throwing the pitch CT out on what ordinarily is a single. Steinfeldt hit safely in the fourth but failed to score.
 Then in the fourth Detroit scored it's only run. With two out Cobb drove a splendid triple to the crown in center field. getting a three base hit under tba ground rules Rossman followed
 with a single, and scored him. Then S Coughlin singled, and Schmidt walk ed The crowd was on the tfptoe of ' expectancy and shouting for O'Leary ! to clear the bases, but he struck out. ! O'I,eary handled Ewers grounder slowly in the fifth inning, and he ff TeaCDeQ 1ISL DdSC' CSI4ultS SOS o DetlS on balls. and Tinker advanced both
 men with sacrifice. Overails hit
 scored Evers. and Slagles' fly to Jones brought in Schuite, sheckard forced Overall
 Detroit went out in regular order ir ! Its half Neither team scored in thf sixth, although steinfeldt singled with but one out. Schulte opened the sev- enth with hit Tinker tried to sacri- fee. bunting to Donovan. The pitcher
 threw high to second to catch Schulte and both were safe. Overall advanced them with sacrifice. Then Slaglt grounded to O'Leary, who threw to th' plate to catch Schulte. The Chicago man. however, slid under the ball ant l scored. sheckard scored Tinker witt a safe bunt. Chance forced Sheckart at second and then started to stea second. Schmidt threw to Schaefel and while the Detroit second basenlar followed Chance down the base line tC retire him, Slagle scored, Chance wal then put out. A base on balls to Tin ker in the ninth materialized into 6 { run by means of Overail's sacrifice ant slagle's fly back to short field whicl I fell out of reach of the Detroit field
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