Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-12
POST SEASON GAMES.
Chicago, Nat, Takes the Third
Straight, Whipping Detroit OH
Her Own Grounds + to |.

the. Detroit American League team
was beaten this afternoon by the Chi
Cago Nationals by the score Of 10 |.
II was a well deserved victory for The
Chicago team played superior baS,-
bah throughout the game. There were
several errors of omission on the part
of the Detroit team besides the two
errors scored against th,in which fig
ured in the Chicago run making. 1t
WAS anything but baseball weather
| this afternoon. The Temperatures rang
| ed between 46 and 80 degrees during
iii" game. with Il cold 12-mil" Wi:id
| from the north blowing across the dia-
mon Several times there We're snow
| rrS of rain. once making it necessary
20 interrupt play for fifteen minutes.
The attendance was a disappointment.
reaching only 11,306. The raw. cold
day no doubt had some effect in hold
ing down the attendance as probably
| did the dissatisfaction with the ar
| engagements governing the sale of
| tickets
| Detroit looked dangerous and bunch
| ed hits in but one inning, the fuurtn,
when with two out. Cobbs fine three
/ Dagger was followed by two singles.
| which. however. scored but on" run.
| OLcary striking out with the bases
! full The Detroit team did not show
| 1T any time during the game tn" snap
| and dash in their work which marked
| their playing during the American
| League playing season here.
| Rnssrnan continued his fine work al
! first base and drove in Detroit's only
with his single after cobb had uippird.
| Donovan gave but two bases on balls,
The same number which Overall did.
! but borh of the Detroit pitchers passes
| developed into runs, while neither Of
| ovcrlliS gifts WAS expensive.
Capt.,in Chance Of the Chicago team
was hit on the right hand by an in
shoot while at bat in the opening and
10th his SCI ond ANA third fingers We're
| l'arly crushed. The game was stopped
lille they Were dressed. Captain
| Chance tonight said he feared that the
injury might prevent his playing to-
morrow.
| Just before play was called at >
n'cio"k Manager Hugh Jennings was
! called to the plate. where Mayor
J Thpinps"n presented to him from local
+, admirers II lfe-siZa floral tiger and a
| gold watch.
In tie first inning Sltgle flied out and
| She"kard followed with Il single, only
| To- b" thrown out when he tried t"
steal second. Chance was hit with the
| han ana stole second. but Steinfeldt'S
| fly ended The inning. Jones, the first
| man to bat for Detroit. was given Il
! base on balls. and Scha-ftr sacrificed
| hr: to second. ',ut neither Crawford
| nor Cobb succeeded in getting the ball
| into safe territory and no runs Were
scored. Chicago went out in one. two.
| three fashion III the second inning
touGhln singled in Detroit's half after
I:oss.nan was out on an infield ground
| ,-r. Tinker then retired the side unaS-
sisted with Il double play on Srhmidt's
liror ID him. catching Coughlin before
| he could start back to first
| Chicago did not get a man on base
| in their half If the third inning. De-
troit went ont in regular order in the
| third. schultz making IL fine play on
| DnIovan'S hit tn right field.
| In the fourth Detroit scored its only
| run. With two out Cobb drove, Il Splen-
| 1h triple to the crowd in center field.
getting a three-base lit under the ground
| rules. RoSsman followed with Il single
| ana scored him. Then Coughln singled
and Schmidt walked The crowd was on
the tiptoe of expectancy and called for
| O'Leary to clear the bases. but lie struck
| out
o'Lcarv handled Evers' Erounder slow
| " in the fifth inning and lie reached first
! base. Schultz got i base on balls and
| Tinker advanced both men with a sacri-
fee. overall's hit scored Evers end Sla-
GLE; fly to Jones brought in Schultz.
Sheckard forced Overall
Detroit went out in regular order in
it's half. Neither team scored in the
i sixth.
| Schultz opened the seventh with a hit
Tinker tried to sacrifice, bunting TO DON
ovan. The pitcher threw high to second
| to catch Schultz and both We're safe.
Overall advanced them with a sacrifice.
| Then SlaGle grounded to O'Iyea,v, who
threw TO the plate to catch Schulte. The
| Chicago man. however, slid under the
hall and scored. Sheckard scored Tinker
| with safe bunt. Chance forced Sheck-
ard at second and then started to steal
| second. Schmidt threw to Schaefcr and
while the second haseman followed
Chance down the base line to retire him.
Slagle scored. Chance was then put out.
| a base on balls to Tinker in the ninth
| materialized into 4 run nv means Of Over
| ais sacrifice and Slagles fly back to
short field which fell out Of reach of the
Detroit fielderS
Rossman and Coughlin raised the
crowds expectations hv singing in sue
| cession in the ninth. but the next two
men We're easy outs
| The total receipts this afternoon were
sl'.2S.5o and they were divided as fol-
lows: The players. saS3417: the Eationa,
Commission. s17eS.55 and the Detroit and
Chicago club owners sSlllS9 each.
Captain Chance said tonight that he
would probably pitch Brown tomorrow.
or Pfeister if Brown was not fit. It was
expected that Mulin or possibly Killian
would he sent into the box for Detroit.
DETROIT.
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