New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
CUBS GET FIRST BLOOD.
PUT TIGERS TO ROUT.
Big Crozcd Sees Second Game for
Worlds Baseball Title.

Chicago oct. a-The Chicago National League
team defeated the Detroit pennant winners OF the
American League in the second game OF the series
for the worlds championship this afternoon Ihc
score was 3 TO I. Slow pitching and several slight
accidents caused the contest TO drag out over TWO
hours the delays trying the patience of the big
crowd. which again filled almost every inch OF
seating room.
The Cubs discarded the new gray uniforms in
which they appeared yesterday and wore instead
their soied and white uniforms. The change
seemed TO nut them more at ease After the first
four and a half innings had dragged through an
hour and thirty-fve minutes some sparkling field
ing and sharp hitting and base running fastened
the contest TO end.
Mullin and PfeiSter We're the opposing pitchers,
and Payne behind the bat for De>roit in place
of Schmidt Otherwise the teams lined up as on
the preceding day. SchmidtS retirement was due
primarily TO his inaccurate throwing but in this
respect the change brought small Improvement, as
the Cubs stole five bases The crowd numbered
= S0l, as against over 240O0 yesterday The sun
warm and the conditions were favorable for
both onlookers and players.
ROssman whose hitting the feature of the
contest, scored the first run OF the game for De
troit in the second inning. He hit grOunder toward
Tinker, which bounded away from the shortstop and
rolled far out left field the batsnan making
three bases. Coughn struck out, but Payne lifted
a short fly to left field. which Tinker might have
caught. He left it TO Sheckard however. and the
ball fell safe and Rossman scored Payne stole sec
ond. but OLeary and Nullin could not bring him
home
Chicago tied the score in its half OF this inning.
AIullin giving a queer exhibition OF poor and good
pitching. King Evers and Schultz singled in sue
cession filling the bases, with none ont. Then
Tinker drew a base balls. forcing King home
Al time Mulin suddenly reganed control of his
curves and struck out Pfester and Slage while the
best Sheckard could do puny grounder TO
Schaefer.
In each Of the next three innings Detroit batsmen
reached base with none out but poor base run
ming and the inability Of the following batsmen TO
find openings in the Chicago defence stopped the
embryonic uallies. Chicago missed a chance IN the
third inning. when double play ana strlKe-out
left runners first and third.
T,o -irFafpp rim
Tinker's hit bounced off Mullins glove, and the
runner safe. He went 70 second on a sacr1nce
and stole third. O'Leary fumbled Slagles grounder
Tinker scoring. Slagle then stole second and came
the rest of the way home on Shectards two-base
hit past first base. After Chance had popped out
Sheckard was caught trying TO steal third.
After that fast fielding prevented further scoring.
O'Leary off two hits by marvellous stops and
throws in the fifth inning and repeated the feat
in the sixth. Sheckard caught low fly of his
shoe tops IN the seventh, and the three Detroit
runners who reached first base were cut down by
Kings fine throwing.
In Yesterdays game a fast double play stopped
the Chicago rally in the last inning. This time,
however. the visitors the victims Tinker
caught Coughlin's hot liner, and threw 10 Chance
sn time TO double UP Rossman. who had reached
first on his fourth successive hit Payne ended the
game with little hit in front Of the plate which
King threw TO first
The teams will play here again tomorrow, and
then. unless a postponement tie game inter
venes. VIII move to Detroit for two games, return
ing here Sunday.
The receipts for the game yesterday totalled
:2sl62 So divided follows: To the players, $l5-
747 20: TO owners SO 49S; 10 the national commits
sion, 1915 70.
The receipts for to-day's game a announced by
the secretary Of the National Baseball Commission
tonight $26,430. The players will receive
s14272 90 and each club is enriched TO the extent
of s4759 30. The national commission gets the
rest. s2643.