The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Chicago. Detroi,.
BY THOMAS KIRBY.


Detroit Mich. Oct l2-The undisputed
title Of the grandest ball club in tie
world belongs to the Chicago Cubs.
So far outclassing every other team in
the National League that the race was
little more than a romp, Frank Chances
band ended their campaign to-day by
taking the final game Of the champion
ship series from the Detroit Tigers by
to o.
The Cubs won their fourth consecutive
victory because they made the most Of
their Opportunities Of getting men across
- rubber, while the downfall Of the
Tigers was tracea5le directly 10 the in
ability OF their batters 10 hit when there
were runners within scoring distance. The
game was won strictly on its merits. and
even the most rabid supporters of the
American League are now willing 70 con-
eede the highest honors in baseball cir
cles to the Cubs
Brown in Fine Form.
Mordecai Brown. the three-fugered
Hercules of the Chicago pitching staff,
suffered from a lame shoulder during the
last monss of the regular season. and it
was feared that he would be unable TO
work in the big series. but he D. ged his
manager for a chance to participate. re
warmed up every day, but it was not M
til this afternoon that Chance was willing
to risk a game IN working a man who
was not primeG.
Brown used less than a dozen curves,
but he had such terrific speed, clever
change OF pace, and excellent control
that he was master OF the situation at
every stage. Detroit ganered seven safe
drives, including a triple and a double,
! but IL was when these men were on the
| bases that Brown did his best work. for
with the exception OF the fourth inning,
when two men were left, the Tigers did
not seem likely 10 avert a shut-OUt.
| George Mullin opposed Brown, and
while his performance almost equaled
that OF his rival, his support was below
/ the standard afforded the latter AS was
pointed out In The Washington Herald
after the opening game, the biggest prob
lem confronting Detroit would be TO stop
the Cubs once they got on the bases.
Schmidt was absolutely helpless, and
Payne was not much Of an Improvement;
so. in desperation, Jennings to-day sent
young Archer behind the bat. but he did
little better than his predecessors.
Begin Stealing Bases.
As soon as the Cubs found that Ar
cher could not whip the ball around. they
| commenced 10 take all sorts Of chances
The result was that AIullin was worried
in trying to keep runners close 10 the
bags. and this robbed him Of much of his
effectiveness. Both of ChicaFo's runs
were made by men who improved their
positions before scoring by stolen bases.
The four straight defeats have crushed
| Hughey Jennings. The aggressive leader
! Of the Tigers maintained from the start
that Detroit would win, but no fair
minded critic who saw the contests can
deny that the palm went 10 the stronger
club
The two departments Of the game in
which Chicago had the greatest advan-
tage was in catching and in bsse-run-
ming. King was a host in himself, and
Il there is one man more than another
on the Chicago club who deserves credit
for the victories it is the little backstop
who has caught every game. His throw
ing to the bases was almost perfect.
while his judgment In sizing up the heavy
hitting Tigers could hardly have been
improved upon.
Compared with King, Schmidt. Payne,
and Archer looked like minor Ieaguers.
and while the Cubs have unquestionably
one of the fastest teams that ever played
in a worlds series. much of their bril-
liant work has been made possible b.
| the failure of the Detroit catchers TO
throsr properly.
Cubs Pitchers in Lead.
The Tigers pitching staff also suffered
In comparison with the Chicago twirlers.
wild BIZ. Donovan showed that ho
could about bold his own with the Cubs
pitchers. but Reulbach. Pfeister. Overall
and Brown Outclassed the others that
Jennings produced.
AT third base Steinfeldt played rings
around Bill Coughlih. both at the bat
and afeld, but at shortstop OLeary, by
virtue Of his great fielding. has been
slightly better than Tinker.
Schaefer was the real hard luck player
OF the series for. time after time he
smashed the ball hard enough 70 get hits
in nine out OF ten times, but every 'clout
went directly into the hands Of a Cub.
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