The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-10
windy CITY LEADS
BY SCORE OF
3 TO |.
National League Champions
Down Michigan Tigers.
SECOND GAME FOR REMNANT.
Great Baseball Game Was Won by
Hard Hitting and Glover Base
Running

National league team defeated the De
trOit pennant winners Of the American
league In the second game Of the Sc
ries for the worlds championship al
West Side Ball park here.
1t was bitterly contested game,
played In the presence Of more than
$4,000 wild enthusiasts. The Chicago
Cubs gained victory over the Tigers
by score Of tO-1.
Pfeister and Mullin were the oppos
Ing twirlers, and so far as the number
Of hits was concerned hOnors were
equally divided. The Cubs won the
game In the fourth inning, when by
clever base running and opportune bat
ting they put over two runs. After
that neither side scored.
Both teams played more steadily
than on the opening day, and In the
fourth inning some sparkling fielding
and sharp hitting and base running
FASTENED the contest to an end.
Mullin and Pfeister pitched great
ball. and Payne went behind the bat In
place Of Schmidt. Otherwise the teams
lined up Is on the preceding day
Schmidts retirement was due primas
rily to his inaccurate throwing. but In
this respect the change brought small
Improvement as the Ave stolen bases
credited to the local team testify.
Rossman, whose hitting was the real
feature Of the contest, scored the first
run OF the game In the second inning.
He hit grounder toward Tinker
which bounded away from the short
stop and rolled far out to left field, the
batsman making three bases on the
hit Coughlln struck out, but Payne
lifted short hy to left field, which
Tinker might have caught, but left to
SheckArd. The ball fell safe, and Ross
man scored. Payne stole second, but
OLeary and Mullin could not bring
him In home.
Chicago tied the score in Its half of
the inning. Nullin giving queer exhi
billion Of poor and good pitching
Killing, Evers and Schultz singled In
succession. filling the bases, with none
out Then Tinker drew base on balls,
forcing King home. Right there Null
lin suddenly regained control Of his
curves. striking out Pfeister and Sla-
gle, while the best Sheckard could do
was puny grOunder to Schaefer.
In each of the next three innings
Detroit batsmen reached arst base
with none out. but poor base running
and the inability Of the following bats
men to find openings In the Chicago
defense stopped the embryonic tallies.
Chicago missed similar chance m the
third when double play and strike
out left runners on hrst and third.
The winning runs came In the fourth.
Tinker's hit bounced Oh Mullins glove.
He went to second on sacrifice and
stole third. O'Leary fumbled Slagle's
grOunder, Tinker scoring. Slage stole
second and came the rest Of the way
on Sheckard's two base hit past first
base. After Chance had popped out
Sheckard was caught trying to steal
third
After that fast fielding prevented
further scoring O'Leary cut of two
hits by marvellous stops and throws IN
the fifth and repeated the feat In the
sixth. Sheckard caught low fly Off
his shoe tops In the seventh and the
three Detroit runners who reached
first base were cut down by Kings
nne throwing.
AS In the first game fast double
play stopped an incipient rally in the
last inning. This time, however, the
visitors were the victims. Tinker
stabbed and held COughlin's hot liner
and threw to Chance In time to double
up Rossman, who had reached first on
his fourth successive hit. Payne end
cd the game with little hit In front
Of the plate, which Killing threw to
first.
The receipts for the game were $780,
430. The players will receive $14,272
and each club $4,76O The national
commission gets $2,658.