Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09
THE DIAMOND BATTLE OF
 THE GIANTS
Detroit and Chicago Have a Great Twelve Inning Contest That
 Darkness Ended. .... ...

the Detroits of the American league
 at the West Side park yesterday re-
 suited in a tie game of twelve in
 ninga Each side had three runs,
 and the rivals were fighting each
 other tooth and nail when the gather
 ing dusk made it necessary for the
 umpire to call the game,
 The striped beast and the ursine prodigy-the tiger and the cub
 waged a battle that kept the 25,0OO spectators on edge with excitement and suspense and made them forget ful of the nipping wind that came fresh and frosty from the lake. A game evenly waged in its various de- partments, it also was q game of stir ring happenings. The Detroits did not score at all until the eighth in- hing and then they rushed to the front with one of their indomitable rallies and not only snatched the lead away from the National leaguers but took lead of two runs. Then, in the last ditch, the Cubs made stand just as heroic and tied the score.
 From that on each inning was scoreless. The Cubs forced the is- sue in the last three innings and had several good chances to put run over but Donovan and his support up every time the danger signal was waving in their faces and repulsed the foe. The hitting was pretty brisk for an opening battle of worlds series, the Cubs showing the heavier stick work, though by small margin. Their bunting and in side play was a shade more effective and resourceful than Detroits, but the latter were the steadier and cool CT fielders and rose to their one golden better than the Chicagos did to similar inviting openings.
 In the main, however, big Overall was reliable with men on bases. He began the game by giving the first man who faced him-Davy Jones-a base on balls. Jones's comrades could not help him. Schaefer forced Jones, Crawford reelected a fly to Slagle and Kings accurate throw spiked Schaefers attempt to steal. Schmidt did not throw to bases as well as Kling. He made wild throw in the first inning trying to head off who had singled and reach ed first, Sheckard went all the way to third, and there was only one out, but Donovan eradicated Chance on strikes, and Steinfeldt sent a tame hopper to Donovan.
 ln the second the Detroits went out one, two, three, but kling, for Chicago, walked. Evers put him on second with sacrifice, whereat Schaefer threw out Schulte and Tinker whipped the ozone. In the third and fourth innings the first man up for Detroit singled, but 1ied for want of ability by the fol-
 lowing batsmen to gague Overall.
 The second half of the fourth brought the first run. Chance took first on four balls, Steinfeldt sacri- iced, and Kling jammed q clean sin gle to left that brought Chance to he rubber. The multitude went de-
 irious. The innings sped by and the )ne run loomed up like beacon of victory. Both in the fifth and sixth
 he Detroits led off with a base hit; n fact, Schaefer and Crawford sin sled in succession in the sixth and with nobody out, but there were no lits to help their cause along, and hey took root on the bags.
 There was one out in the eighth in- ling when the Detroit battalion un- its guns. Jones outraced an nfield hit and stole second. The Chi ago inner cOrdon began to waver. Schaefer grounded to Tinker, who
 umbled, Jones speeding to third on he bObble. Schaefer stole second. sam Crawford swung bis big warclub md sent shrieking two bagger to eft on which Jones and Schaefer burned the highway to the plate.
 The Detroit delegation present open d out with a maelstrom of noise hat made all past conglomerations of acket in Chicago seem distant and Iushed, while the great majority Of he Onlookers became subdued and ,lum. Crawford took third on the hrOw-in and scored on Rossman's utfield fly. this happening after 'obb had hit to Overall and Crawford | Iad lodged back to third and eluded l 'ursuers trying to run him down.
 In the ninth the Cubs rallied splen-
 idly. Chance singled to right. and JOnovan's compass went askew on 1 who was hit by a pitched | all. The assembled horde began to I it up and take notice. Evers singled l nd filled the corners after Kling had | jed on a roller to ROssman. On ] demise. Rossman to Dono- ] an. Chance scored. Howard batted 1 or Tinker. but could not hit the ball i vhat happened on his third strike the purpose. however The all got away from Schmidt. and teinfeIdt taIIied. Moran batte,I for 'veralI and while he was at the plate .vers was caught trying to steal Ome, but the crowd was still in a renzy of joy over the eleventh hour tand which averted defeat
 ReuIbach pitched the game out for hieagO and held the DetrJits safe. he Cuf8s had men on bases in the nth. eIeventh and twelfth They ad the sacks filled in the eleventh -ith only one out. but the new man. immerman- famed. and ReuIbaeh 1rced Schulte- In the twelfth with hecksrd on first and Chance at the at. their light went out on a double lay-
 But for the tliOtic interference hy in the tenth SlazBe Tousd ave come ia on q haH that g0t way