The Washington herald., 1907-09-28
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SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald
Philadelphia. Pa, Sept 27.-A battle
Of giants. leaders in the greatest
baseball championship race of the age.
straining every nerve. accepting every
advantage offered by adversary. with
nearly 10000 believing. yelling. mad
dened enthusiasts ranged around from
every quarter. and, over all, a din that
numbered. echoed. and re-echoed for
more than two long hours.
such was the scene presented al Co
l1mbia Park this afternoon. when De
troit vanQuished the Athletics > 10 4
IN the first game Of the series that viii
determine the peunant. From the first
inning 40 the last 1925 wildly
wrought up spectators witnessed a
contest that was eminently typical Of
the prize At stake and the teams en-
gagged in the struggle. BY their vic
tory the Tigers displace the Athletics
Ia the hag fight assuming first place
by a margin of seven points.
Golden opportunities unaccepted tell
part Of the story Of the Athletics de-
feat An inexcusable wild throw bv
Collins accounts for the other part
Three times did Seybold come 10 bat
with the bases loaded. A hit in any
one Of these innings would have brok-
en up the game and made victory pos
sible for his team, but he failed ig-
robly.
WiId Bill Donovan, a PHILADELPHIA
hoy. accomplished the downfall Of the
Athletics. Donovan was batted hard
Beginning with the fifth inning the
AJHIetlcs not only banged rhe han
hard, but Donovan showed q willing
ness that ordinarily would have been
iata-. y However Donovan was crafty
his superior cunning showing in sever
al innings when his own Indifferent
work had made il possible for the
Athletics to win.
Collins Error Fatal.
Plank opposed Donovan. In two in
nlngs. the NTH and the seventh he was
hit quite hard. although an excusabl4
error by Collins was principally reznon-
siDie Tor the hitting that followed tho
Aisplay in the seventh inning. PlaD},
showed no effects Of overworz navino
Inc speed, sharp curves, and excellent
command With good support and an
ability to hit the ball opportunely. Plank
would have won easily.
some Of the greatest plavs ever seem
on bail field were completed bv both
Teams Big Sam Crawford made a run
nlng one handed catch of a low line dr4-e
in the fourth that was marvellous in its
accomplishment In the eighth inning
Plank was saved Iro hits by wonderful
plays by Nichols and Murphy. Cougbrn
lAe uTst man, hit a sharp drive directIv
over second Nichols ran over toward
tAe Das' gathering in the ball while ON
'Ae ial run. and by an accurate throw
caught the batter at first A minute later
MuIphy leap5d high in the air ana pulled
uo"H - L1e4Iy Eard smash with his
gloved hand.
10 SchaeIer more than any other man.
Detroit owes its victory. Not onIy- ala bo
Play a superb fielding game but bfs Ta+
ing ana base running were positival-
brilliant. He banged out two do,,b1o-
scoring two runs, stole second once and
lhird later, scoring after both steals on
nits that would not have allowed him IN
90 farther than third had he not first
uarlngly pilfered bases in each instance
How They scored.
All the scoring was done in the af,b
and seventh innings. O'Leary opened the
flfth with double 70 left center Dono
van struck out Jones bunted and was
safe, OLeary going to third. scbaefar
hit TO Murphy, who retired Jones at ss.-
ond' OLeary counting on the ont
Schaefer stole second and cana bor,a
when Crawford laced the BAN To the
Ilsht-ield crowd for two bases. After
Collins had flied TO Schaefer. OldriDg dom
b!ed 10 right, scoring on Powers corline
oriYe IN the same spot Detroit won tbe
game IN the seventh inning. O'Iearv
Iou!ed 10 Powers Donovan placed q sin.
gle into left Jones hit high boundar
on which Collins made wide throw
donovan taking third and the batter sec
ohd- Schaeier then smashed the han into
the Tight-neld crowd for a double scor-
ing ooth runners On the first nitcb
0claeIer made daring steal of third
ana With the infield in, Crawford bit a
h-gh, bounding ball just beyond NTurnI,y,,e
reach, Schaefer counting the third -,,n
Flank doubled TO right. Hartsei singled
70 'eI', out Plank could not score. Mich
ois walked. filling the sacks seyboId
DSAgea hard one directly at Cougblin
VINO tumbled. Plank counting. Davis
cracked cut single TO left Hartsa1
crossing the plate. Murphy bit 10
y l4eary who caught Davis at second
oIo Schaeter's relay to Rossman COM