The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-11
CHICAGO SCORES
ANOTHER VICTORY
Makes Two Straight for Cubs
in Race for the Worlds
Championship.
SEVER BATTED OUT OF BOX
REULBACH WEAkENS BUT TEAM
MATES COME TO RESCUE.

Chicago. Oct 10.-The Detroit American
league team suffered its second successive
defeat at the hands of the Chicago Ma
tionals today, scoring only one run. Chi
cago tailed five times, four of the runs
being the result of solid hitting. Siever
started to pitch for Detroit, but the locals
took kindly to his curves and batted him
out of the box in four innings. killian
then took up the work and was found
for three hits and another run IN the
fifth.
Detroit tried vainly to break through the
Chicago defense. Reulbach pitched strong
ly in the opening innings and when he
showed signs of weakening in the fifth
and sixth innings his team mates came
TO his rescue with fast double plays
For some uneXplainabie reason the game
failed to attract the usual large crowd
TO the grounds. The official figures made
the total Is IA and the many empty
spaces in the extended bleachers made the
gathering appear smaller than this.
Happy, Cheering Crowd.
The crowd was more demonstrative than
the big outpouring of Wednesday. Reul-
bachs brilliant pitching in the early in
nings and the crashing hits of Steinfeldt.
Evers and Sheckard reused the Chicago
partisans, while the Detroit contingent
cheered the more heartily, so that the Wis
iting team might not think itself de-
serted.
The play was much faster than on the
preceding days. Only thirteen batsmen
faced Reulbach in the first four innings,
while the Chicago hitters lost no time
In Strengthening out SieVers benderS. The
first run came in the second inning, when
Steinfeldt lined the ball over third base.
reaching second on the hit. Killing sacri-
feed and Evers stung double over first
base. Steinfeldt scored, but EVers was left
when Schultz and Tinker were retired on
infield grounders.
Fatal Fourth Inning.
With ReuIbach going at top speed, that
one run looked good enough to win, but
Just to make the result certain the Ma
tionals started after Siever's curves saw
agely in the fourth. Steinfeldt sent long
fly to the field to start the inning, Jones
getting the ball near the boundary. King
followed with a hard single TO right.
EVers sent him to third with another
drive TO the same place and Schultz
dropped a fly in center, King scoring.
Evers tried 10 make third on the hit, but
was caught and run down by a swarm of
Detroit players, Schultz advancing to sec
ond. Tinker lifteG a high fly TO Jones.
but the left fielder dropped the ball,
Schultz scoring and Tinker going to third
Reulbach cut low ball over second base,
sending Tinker home. Coughlin then
caught Slagle's high fly.
KiIlian in the Box.
Manager Jennings decided that Siever
had failed TO make good, so killian ap-
peared in the next inning. He was greeted
warmly enough. two doubles and hard
single being gIeaned Off his delivery. Only
one resulted, however, as the hits alter
mated with outs. Chance secured the first
double and consequently scored the run.
For the next three innings the locals
went out in order. except in the seventh,
when Stenfeldt received base on balls
after two were out. Kings high twist
ing foul to Coughlin followed.
Detroit lost its first chance to score in
the fifth because Tinker intercepted a
liner and turned the catch into a double
play. Rossman was first up and was
safe when his hard-hit grounder bounced
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