The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
FIRST CONTEST IS A TIE
Chicago and Detroit Baseball
Clubs Play
TWELVE LIVELY INNINGS.
Over Twenty-Four Thousand Persons
Witness the First of the Series Of
Games That Will Determine Cham
pionship Of the World.

Chicago. Oct 10-DetrOt and Chi
tago, leaders of the American and Ma
tional leagues, respectively. played
twelve strenuous innings in tie here
Tuesday in the first game of the series
for the baseball championship of tn"
world. The contest was replete with
sensational situations. and when I'M
pire O'Dar of the National league cali
ed the play off on account of darkness
most of the spectators sighed with re.
lief and went home well satisfied with
the outcome. Overall and Donovan
were the opposing pitchers. but the
former was taken out when Chicago
tied the score i'm the ninth inning and
had men or bases with which to score
the winning runs. Moran was sent
in to bat fol him, but before the latter
had time to deliver the needed hit
liverS tried to steal home. and was
tnt out oy margin retiring the side.
Reulbach finished the game and du.
ring the three innings he pitched re-
tired Deiroit's heavy hitters without a
semblance of hit The work OF all
pitchers vas first class. but Donovan
had shade the best of it on his rivals
in that he struck out twelve of the
opposing team His second base on
balls was costly. but with good sup
port would have won his game
The contest was watched by an i'm.
mense crowd. Close to 24,5n0 persons
crowded into the park. the enlarged
grand stand having been packed to
its capa city. while thin fringe Of
enthusiasts occupied standing room in
deep center field
Whatever ground rules may have
been formulated were not in evidence.
IS none Of the nineteen hits went out.
side the playing space The stands
were built close up to the foul lines.
and all around the field. except in
deep right field. where the space was
left open, Captain Chance Of Chicago
having been fearful lest Detroit's star
batsmen should drive the ball i's'7---s =,
nn1, ana ~ 80 a:sS sssS%ss - Z turned out.
Try nT went in that direction.
/ and it fell far short Of the barrier.
The game was called at 2:30 o'clock.
| but four hours before that time long
lines of wruld-be spectators were be-
| sieging the gates It was an extremely
good-natured crowd. remarkable for
its spirit of fair play and courtesy. and
| the half hundred police had no trouble
| in keeping 1t within bounds
h.
ed. Both teams broke under fire. Chi
cago mixing two of its errors with two
hits in the eighth inning. when Detroit
scored MI three Of it's runs. while the
visitors returned the compliment in
tae next Ii ming, allowing Chicago to
tie the score Captain Coughlin's err
| ror came in this round. and was cost
| ly. With runners on first and second
he let an easy grounder from Evers'
bat get away from him. filling the
| bases. After that two runs came
across. one on passed ball. Schmidt
| failing to hold Towards third strike.
| While this was going on Overall re-
| tired from the game. and when the
| visitors went to bat in the extra in
nings they had to face Reulbach's
speedy delivery in the growing dark
ness. The tall pitcher was in rare
form, having good control. and against
his curves and shoots such batsmen
as Schaefer, Crawford and Cobb were
helpless.
| The game was scheduled at 2:3O
o'clock. but nearly ten minutes were
consumed while Cobb. Detroit's right
fielder was presented with huge gold
medal set with diamonds as reward
for leading the American league in bat
| ting.