Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-01
HOT FIGHT
FOR PLACE
Between Detroit and Phild-
deIphid Americans
They We're Tied in Dark
ness at the End of the
Seventeenth Inning.

a sensational fight for the American
league championship today played each
other to a standstill. The game went
to seventeen innings and was called
by the umpire because it was too dark
TO play longer. Both teams were work.
ed I'D to a high pitch and were going
strong. Neither wanted to quit al
though the street lamps surrounding
the grounds had already been lighted
There being no result, the positions of
the teams remain the same, Detroit
having a lead of seven points. Each
team has seven games on the sched-
ule before the season ends. Had ii not
been for the fact that two games were
TO be played. necessitating an early
start the game could not have gone
seventeen innings.
1t was a remarkable contest in many
ways and the crowd that saw 1t was
probably the largest that ever gathered
at the ball grounds of the city. 1t is
estimated that fully 10000 people were
packed in and outside the grounds.
Officials paid attention to 25.127 but
several thousand gained admittance
on passes and otherwise. The gates
to the grandstand were closed before
l o'clock and great crowds became so
large that the police for time lost
control and hundreds gained admit
tance over the fence. The roofs Of
surrounding houses were crowded to
the danger point thrifty householders
charging them % cents to a dollar for
standing on the roof. The multitude
ha annlnGtrrn xx-an
tolled except in the fourteenth inning
when First Baseman Rossman of De-
troit nearly caused a riot. In this in
ming Davis hit to center and Crawford
dropped the ball on the edge of the
crowd. Crawford claimed that he was
interferred with and the whole Detroit
team came in to back up Crawford's
claim. In the confusion that followed
Eossman struck Monte Cross who was
coaching. Cross went at his man but
the other players interferred and stop
red hosti,ities. The crowd surged into
the field and for Q few minutes it look
ed dangerous. but the excellent work
Of the police prevented further disorder
and the crowd fell back Davis was
declared out and Rossman was put out
The honors of the game undoubtedly
belong to Donovan. who. after being
hammered for fourteen hits in seven
innings. recovered himself and the
more he pitched the better he SEEM
ed to get. In the last innings he held
the home team to six hits. He gave
only three bases on balls in the sew
enteen innings.
Dygert lasted only a little more than
an inning. when he was relieved by
Waddell. The latter pitched remark
able ball for three innings. striking out
six of the first eight men that faced
him. The crowd went wild over the
performance. but later he weakened
and was replaced by Plank in the
ninth inning After Cobb hit him for
a home run. tieing the score. Plank
pitched his usual steady game and
was seldom in trouble.
Philadelphia looked an easy winner
up to the seventh inning. when IT had
a lead of to l. In the seventh Phil
a1elphia made one. bringing the score
10 s. Detroit made four runs and
added one in the eighth and tied it
up in the ninth. Both teams scored
in the eleventh and from then to the
finish neither side could get an extra
tally. Each side was in danger at
times but Donovan and Plank We're
steady as a clock.
Brilliant plays marked many of the
innings. the fielding honors going to
Nichols. who scooped up grounders on
the run and shot them over to first
in brilliant style. Detroit was easily
disposed of in the first inning but the
home team gave Donovan much trou-
BILE. Hartsel singled and stole second
and Nichols sacrifice put him on
third. Seybold was given four balls.
Davis drive was too hot for O'Leary
and Hartsell trotted home. Seybold
taking second. Murphy filled the bas-
es with single and a moment later
Sevbold scored on Collins flv to Jones.
Oldring sent Davis home from third
on a two base hit into the crowd.
Detroit got the first run in the sec
end. Rossman singled. Dygert made
a bad throw of Coughlin's grounder.
Schmidt sacrificed. O'Leary hit to Dy-
CERT, who threw to Schreck to catch
Rossman. but the big backstop drop
ped the ball and Rossman was safe.
Dygert was then relieved by, Waddell,
who electrified the crowd by striking
out both Jones and Schaeffer DOu-
bles by Seybold and Davis. singles by
Murphy and Oldrings gave Philadel-
phia two runs in the third and two
more were made in the fifth on home
run by Davis and two base hits by
Collins and Oldring
The home team momentarily went
to pieces in the seventh. Oldring
muffled Donovan's easy fly. Jones re-
ceived a base on balls. Nichols allowed
the bases to be filled by fumbling
Scbaeffer's grounder. Crawford then
came to time with a double into the
crowd, sending Donovan and Jones
across the plate. Cobb's easy out
scored Schaeffer and Crawford came
home with the fourth run of the inn
ing on Rossman's out.
In Philadelphia's half Murphy scor-
ed a run for the home team on his
own single. Collins sacrifice, Oldring's
single and Schmidt's force hit. In the
eighth Detroit added one to the count
on O'Leary's two base hit. stealing