The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
GREATEST GAME
OF THE LEAGUE
SEASON.
Detroit and Philadelphia Play
To a StandstilI.
FORTY THOUSAND RIOTERS
Leaders For Americ an Pennant Battle
For " Innings - Darkness Ends
The Struggle.

the greatest baseball games ever seen
In this city Detroit and Philadelphia,
who are making sensational fight for
the American league championship,
played each other to a standstill.
The game went seventeen innings
and was called by the umpires because
1t was too dark to play any longer.
Both teams were worked up to a
high pitch and going strong. and mel
Their side wanted TO quit, although the
street lamps surrounding the grounds
had already been lighted. There being
no result the positions Of the teams re
mains the same. Detroit having a lead
Of seven points. Each team has seven
games Oh its schedule before the sea
sou ends. ~
II was remarkable contest In many
ways, aud the crowd that saw ii was
probably the largest that ever gath
cred In ball ground In this city. Ii
Is estimated that 10000 persons Were
packed In and outside the grounds.
The official paid attendance was "A, 157.
but several thousand more got in.
The crowd became SO great that the
police for a time lost control and hun
dreds gained admittance over the
fence. Roofs q rrg unding houses
were crowded to the danger point, the
thrifty householders charging from %
canfv 70 x1 for ctunJiny roam an THAR
roofs.
The multitude within the Enclosure
was well controlled except In the four
tenth inning, when First Basenan
Rossman of Detroit nearly CAUSED a
riot.
The honors of the game undoubtedly
belong to Donovan, who, after being
hammered for fourteen hits In seven
innings. pulled himself together, and
the more he pitched the better he seem
ed to get. In the last ten innings he
held the home team to six hits. He
only gave three bases on balls in the
seventeen innings Dygert lasted only
little more than one inning when he
was relieved by the famous Waddell.
The latter pitched remarkable ball for
three innings, striking out six of the
first eight men that faced him.
The crowd went wild over the per-
fOrmance. but he later weakened and
was replaced 10y Plank Ia 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
Philadelphia looked like an easy win
ner up to the seventh inning. when they
had lead Of to l. In the seventh
Philadelphia made one. bringing the
score to g. Detroit III 1e four runs on
poor fielding, added one in the eighth
and tied II up in the ninth. Both
teams scored in the eleventh. and from
then to the finish neither side could
get the extra tally. Each side was
dangerous at times, but Donovan and
Plank were as steady as aclock. Bril-
liant plays marked many of the. IN
nings. the fielding honors going to
Nichols, who scooped up grounders on
the run and shot them over to first In
brilliant style. o.
The home team momentarily went to
pieces In the seventh. Oldring muffed
Donovan's easy fly. Jones received a
base on balls, and Nichols allowed the
bases to be filled by fumbling Schaef-
fer's grounder. Crawford then came to
time with double into the crowd.
sending Donovan and Jones across the
plate. CObb's easy out scored Schaef-
fer, and Crawford came home with the
fourth run of the inning on Rossman's
out. In Philadelphia's half Murphy
scored a run for the home team on his
own single, Collins sacrifice, Oldring's
single and Schreck's force hit.
In the eighth Detroit added one to
Its count on O'Leary's two base hit
and steal of third and Jones' single.
The ninth opened with Detroit two
runs behind and defeat staring them
In the face. Crawford opened with u
single, and then Cobb put the ball out
of the grounds, tying the score. Plank
relieved Waddell. and the inning end
ed without further scoring. The Phla.
delphias We're easy outs in the ninth.
Cobb's double and Rossmans single
gave Detroit its ninth and last run In
the eleventh. Philadelphia tied 1t up
in the same inning on double by
Nichols, a wild pitch and long fly by
Davis.
In the fourteenth Davis hit to center
field, Crawford dropping the ball on
the edge Of the crowd Crawford
claimed he 'Nvas interfered with, and
| the whole Detroit team came In to
| back up era Words claim. In the con.
| fusion that followed Rossman struck
Monte Cross, who was coaching. Cross
went at Rossman. but the other play
ers interfered and stopped bostilities
The crowd surged on the field, and fol
a few minutes matters looked danger
Gus, but the excellent work of the pc
lice prevented further disorder, and
the crowd fell back. Davis was de
clared out, and Rossman was put out
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