The Washington herald., 1907-10-12
TIGERS OUTCLASSED
American League Champions
HOpeleSSly Beaten.
FOUR INNINGS ARE EXCITING
In Last Half OF Game Detroit Never
Has n LOok-in and Stupid Work
shows in Contrast with GiIt-edged
Performance of National League
Leaders-RaHy Never Comes.

Detroit, Oct. u-OutcIassed, Outplayed.
and outlucked, Detroit went 70 its third
straight defeat. with Chicago. to-day. as
The contender.
For four innings the game was a con-
test. and very exciting Then the clouds
opened. and with Detroit one run ahead,
Donovan was forced to handle a wet ball.
and with a tumble by O'Leary a little
wildness by Donovan sacrifice and a
hit, and a long fly 10 left field, the game
was really decided
There was no point or angle in the
game after that fourth inning at which
Detroit had a IOok-in, as never a Tiger
reached second base until the ninth Chi
cago seemed fierce, except in the second,
third, and fourth, where the visiting Cubs
went out IN order.
In Chieago's first inning, with Slagle
out, Sheekard singled TO left center. but
he was caught stealing on a perfect
throw by Schmidt to OLeary. Chance
mad his finger smashed by one Of Don
ovan's in-shOots. and was passed to first
He stole second, but fingered there as
Steinfeldt flew to Cobb, who made q good
catch off his shoe tops.
Score Twice fn Fifth.
Never a Chicago man visited second
base until the fifth, when the rain FELL
which finally caused a pOstponement Of
the game for fifteen minutes. During the
downpOur of rain O'Leary missed an easy
one or Evers' bat and Donovan went into
the air for a minute and passed Schultz.
advancing Evers TO second. Tinker, with
a perfect bunt down the right field line,
sacrificed Evers to third and Schultz to
second. OveralIs clean drive for one
sack scored Eyers and put Schultz on
third. Slagle's long fly to Jones put
Schultz over the pan, with runs enough
10 win. SheCkard fOTCed-Overall at sec
ond and It looked ike two 10 one game,
because Cobb had scored in the fourth
on his own three-bagger to left and the
Rossman single.
There was nothing previous to this on
the Detroit side at bat that was even
mOmentarily interesting, but with Chi
cagO in the field. in the second, Tinker
made a grand catch Of Schmidt's liner
and doubled BIZ Coughlin at second, BIZ
having singled and ROssman having been
retired on an easy grOunder TO Overall.
Get Busy In seventh.
The real feature of the game occurred
IL the seventh, with Chicago at bat.
Schultz scratched single that Bill Don
Ovan and Rossman raced for, and which
Bill got, but there was no man on first
TO receive the throw and Schultz was
safe. Tinker tried TO sacrifice and Dono-
van, getting the ball. attempted to throw
out Schultz at second. The throw was
high and both runners were safe.
Overall, with a perfect bunt. advanced
Schultz to third and Tinker to second.
Slagle put Schultz over the pan with
roller to COughlin. which was too slow
TO allow Captain BIZ TO catch the runner
at the plate Sheckard's clean poke to
right scored Tinker but both other run
ners were out later in trying to steal
Chlcago's last run came in the ninth.
when, with Schultz out on long fly 10
Jones, Donovan walked Tinker. and
Overall advanced him with sacrifice
SIagle singled by a false bounding bunt
toward short, which scored Tinker, and
Slagle himself reached second on the
throw to the plate.
Tigers Look Like Amateurs.
But in the fourth and ninth innings the
Detroit bunch looked like amateurs, as
they never had man on first base, and
meanwhile Overall had struck out four
men. In the ninth. with Cobb tucked
away on a fly to Steinfeldt Rossman
dumped a bunt that became a hit. Bill
CoughIin smashed one over Tinker's head
for a safety. Schmidt struck out, and
then O'Leary drove the ball straight at
Steinfeldt, who touched third base, and
the game was over.
The crowd. twice drenched by the rain,
hung on manfully, expecting one of the
Tigers famous rallies. but the rally
never came, and the floral pieces and
decorations which adorned the town this
morning. ard were presented to the
Tigers on the baseball field, seemed to be
a hoodOo, as the home team did not dis
play anything ike its wonderful gingery
and peppery activity either at bat or
on the fielding lines.