The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-01
LEAGUE LEADERS
IN GREAT BATTLE
Athletics and Tigers Play Sew
enteen Innings in Fight
for Pennant.


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Philadelphia, Sept. 3O.-In one of the
greatest baseball games ever seen in this
city Detroit and Philadelphia, who are
making a sensational fight for the Amer
lean league championship. today played
each other TO a standstill- The game
went seventeen innings and was called
by the umpires because ii was too dark
70 play any longer Both teams were
worked up TO a high pitch and going
strong. and neither wanted to quit. al
though the street lamps surrounding the
grounds had already been lighted. There
being no result, the positions of the
teams remain the same, Detroit having
a lead of seven points. Each team mas
seven games on its schedule before the
season ends. Had IL not been for the fact
that two games were to have been played,
necessitatinG an early start, the game
couldn't have gone seventeen innings.
IL was a remarkable contest in many
ways, and the crowd that saw II was
probably the largest that ever gathered
in ball ground in this city IL is es-
timated that fully 10000 persons were
packed in and outside the grounds. The
official paid attendance was %, TT, but
several thousand persons gained admis-
sion on passes or otherwise. The gates
to the grand stand were closed before
O'Clock, and the great crowd became so
large that the police for a time lost con-
troll and hundreds gained admission over
the fence. The roofs of surrounding
houses were crowded to the danger point,
the thrifty householderS charging from %
cents to 81 for standing room on their
roofs.
Riot Nearly Starts.
The multitude within the enclosure was
We'll controlled, except in the fourteenth
inning, when First Baseman Rossman of
Detroit nearly caused riot. In this in
ming Davis hit to center field and Craw-
ford dropped the ball on the edge OF the
crowd Crawford claimed he was inter
fered with and the whole Detroit team
came in to back up Crawford's claim. In
the confusion that followed Rossman
struck Monte Cross. who was coaching.
Cross went at Rossman, but the other
players interfered and stopped HOSTILE
ties. The crowd surged on the field and
for a few minutes matters looked dam
gerous, but the excellent work of the
police prevented further disorder and the
crowd fell back. Davis was declared out
and Rossman was put out OF the game.
Killian took his place.
The hOnors of the game undoubtedly
belong to Donovan, who, after being
hammered for fourteen hits in seven in
.lings, pulled himself together and the
more he pitched the better he seemed to
get. In the last ten innings he held the
home team to six hits He gave only
three bases on balls in the seventeen in
nings. Dygert tasted only little more
than one inning. when he was relieved by
the famous Waddell. The latter pitched
remarkable ball for three innings strik-
ing out six of the eighteen men who
faced him. The crowd went wild over
his performance, but he later weakened
and was replaced by Plank in the ninth
inning after Cobb had hit him for a
home run, tieing the score. Plank pitched
his usual steady game and was seldom in
trouble.
Looked Easy Winner.
Philadelphia looked an easy winner up
to the seventh inning, when they had a
lead of TO / In the seventh Phila-
delphia made one. bringing the score to
s. Detroit made four runs off poor field
ing. added one IN the eighth and tied it
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 a
clock. Brilliant plays marked many of
the innings, the fielding honors going to
Nichols. who scOOped up grOundeFs on
the run and shot them over to first in
brilliant style.
Detroit was easily disposed of in the
first inning. but the home team gave
Donovan much trouble. Hartsel singled.
stole second and Nichols sacrificed him
TO third. SevbOld was given four balls.
Davis drive was too hot for OLeary and
,Hartsel trotted home, Seybold taking sec
,ond Murphy filled the bases with a sin
gle and a moment later Seybold scored
Davis home with the third run on a two
base hit into the crowd
Detroit got its first run in the second.
Eossman singled and Dygert made a bad
throw OF Coughlin's grounder. Schmidt
sacrificed. O'Leary hit to Dygert, who
threw TO SchreCk TO catch ROssman but
the big baekstop dropped the ball and
ROssman was safe. Dygert was then
removed by Waddell who electrified the
crowd by striking out both Jones and
Schaeffer Doubles by Seybold and Da-
Wis, single by Murphy and Oldring
force gave Philadelphia two runs IN the
third, and two more were made in the
fifth on home run by Davis and a two
base hit by Collins and Oldring.
Bad for Athletes.
The home team momentarily went 10
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 fumbliEg Schaef-
fer's grounder. Crawford then came tC
time with "a double into the crowd send
ing Donovan and Jones across the plate
Cobbs easy out scored Schaeffer, 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 sin
gle. Collins sacrifice. Oldring's single anC
Schreck's force hit.
In the eighth Detroit added one to its
count on G'Leary's two-base hit and stea
of third and Jones single.
The ninth opened with Detroit two runs
behind and defeat staring them in the
face. Crawford opened with a single anC
then Cobb put the ball out of the
grounds, tieing the score Plank relieved
Waddell and the inning ended without
further scoring. Cobbs double and Ross
mans single gave Detroit its ninth anC
last run in the eleventh. Philadelphis
tied ii up in the same inning on a doubl,
by Nichols. a wild pitch and long fly
by Davis.
First inning-Detroit: Jones out. Collin
TO Davis. Schaeffer flies to Oldring. Craw
: ford beats out infield hit and Cobb file
to Oldrfng. No runs.
phia-Hartzel singles and steal
second. Nichols sacrifices and Seybol
walks. Davis drive was too hot 70
O'Leary and Hartsel scored. Seybold OF
second, Murphy singled, filling the bases
Collins flies TO Jones and Seybod score
on the out Oldring doubles and Davis tai
lies. O'Leary throws Schreck out. Thre
runs.
Second Inning-Detroit: Rossman sin
gled. Dygert made bad throw of Cough
Inns grounder Schmidt sacrifices an
O'Leary to Dygert and Schreck droppe,
Dygerts throw to plate and Rossmal
scored. Donovan walks. Dygert take
out and Waddeil goes in. Jones strucl
out. Schaffer strikes out. One run.
delphia-Waddell strikes out. Hart