New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

Philadelphia, Sept 30.-In one of the greatasr
oasebau games ever seen in this city Detroit
and Philadelphia. which are making a sensa
tlohal nght Tor the American League champions
ship, played seventeen innings to a tie here to-,
day The game was called on account of dark-
ness The score was to 9. Both teams vyer.
worked up to high pitch and neither wanted
10 stop, although The street lamps surrounding
the grounds had been lighted There being no
result, the positions of the teams remain the
same, Detroit having lead OF seven points.
Each team has now seven games its sched-
uie Had 1t not been for the fact that two
games were to have been played. necessitatins
an early start, the game would not have gons
seventeen innings.
Philadelphia looked like an easy winner I'd
to the seventh inning. when the score stood az
to 1. Then the Tigers woke up and scored
four on poor fielding They added ona
more IN the eighth and tied the score In tha
ninth. Both teams scored IN the eleventh inn
ing. but from then to the finish neither side
could get the run necessary to win. Each side
dangerous at times. but Donovan and Plank
were as steady as a clock Brilliant plays
marked many OF the innings. the fielding honors
going TO Nichols who scooped up grounders
the run and shot them over TO first in briQiane
style
1t was a remarkable contest in many ways.
and the crowd that saw IL was probably tho
largest that ever gathered IN a ball groundA
in this city II was estimated at fully forty
thousand persons. The official paid attendance
was 24.127 but several thousand more persons
gained admission on passes or otherwise. Tha
gates to the grandstand were closed before
O'Clock. and the crowd became so great that
the police for time lost control and hundreds
gained adTnittance over the fence The rootS
Of surrounding houses were crowded to the dana
ger point the thrifty householders charging
from 25 cents TO 81 for standing room on theSE
roofs.
The multitude within the inclosure we'll
controlled except in the fourteenth inning. when
Rossman, first baseman for Detroit, nearly
Towr4
centrefeld. Crawford dropping the ball on the
edge of the crowd Crawford claimed he was
interfered with, and the whole Detroit team
came in 70 back up CrawfOrd's claim In tbs
confusion that followed ROssman struck Monta
Cross, who was coaching. Cross went az Ross
man. but the other players interfered and
stopped hostilities. The crowd surged on ths
field but the excellent work of the police pre-
vented further disorder and the crowd fell back
Davis was declared out and Rossnan was pus
out Of the game. Killan took his place
The hOnors Of the game went TO Donovan, who,
after being hammered for fourteen hits In seven
innings pulled himself together and the mora
he pitched the better he seemed to get. In the
last ten innings he held the home team down to
six hits He gave only three bases on balls in
the seventeen innings Dygert lasted only a
little more than one inning. when he was re-
lieved by WaddelL The latter pitched remark
able ball for three innings. striking out six OF
the first eight men that faced him The crowd
ened later and was replaced by Plank in the
ninth inning, after Cobb had hit him for a
home run. tying the score. Plank pitched his
usual steady game and was seldom in trouble.
The home team momentarily went to pieces in
the seventh inning Oldrtng muffed Donovan's
easy fly. Jones got base on balls and Nichols
allowed the bases to be filed by fumblinS
Schaeffers grounder. Crawford then came along
with a double into the crowd. sending Donovan
and Jones across the plate Cobb's easy out
scored Schaeffer, and Crawford came home with
the fourth run on Rossnans out In Philadel-
phia's half Murphy scored a for the home
team on his own single. CoIlinss sacrifice, Old
rings single and Schreck's force hit
In the eighth inning Detroit added
TO its count OLeary's two-base hit, and steal
OF third and single by Jones. The ninth opened
with the Tigers two runs behind and defeat
staring them in the face. Crawford opened with
a single. and then Cobb drove the ball out OF
the grounds for a clean home run. tying the
score. Plank relieved WaddeI at this point and
the inning ended without further scoring.
Cobb's double and tossman's single gave De-
troit its ninth and last run in the eleventh and