New-York tribune., 1908-10-12
CUBS WIN ONCE MORE
HITTING SAVES THE CANE
Tinker's Home Run IN Eighth In
ming Helps to R0ut Detroit.
fBy Telegraph to The tribune ]

fBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Chicago Oct. u.-Chicago shattered to-day the
faith every Detroit player and rooter had pinned
wild Biz Donovan the great pitcher who
won the American League pennant for the Tigers.
by falling upon him in the eighth inning Of the
second baseball game for the worlds championship
played here to-day. Up that inning Donovan
had allowed only hit. and not a Cub had
reached second base. but the Cubs found him then.
and six hits home run. another triple and
a third two Dagger brought in six runs. Overall
had been almost effective as Donovan all through
the game, and it not until the ninth inning
that Detroit sent one run over the plate and es-
capped a shut-oUt, the final score being TO l.
Until the sudden and terrific onslaught in the
eighth inning Chicago seemed doomed to defeat,
for, while Overall pitching great game. he
was being hit than Donovan. though most
of the hits straight TO the swift Chicago in
felders. But the terrific fuslade came with such
a rush that Jennings had time send a
in TO save the game and victory had to the
Cubs in as startling fashion had been the case
yesterday Detroit.
Not quite eighteen thousand persons the
game, and, though the day ideal. fall day,
the small attendance, as compared with the crowd
of more than thirty thousand that the game
with Pfttsburg a week ago, easily accounted
for by the chill breeze that sitting in stands
for two hours something Of ordeal Overcoats
and heavy wraps were in order. and sweaters were
called into by all the players when not act
ually In the field at the bat
The game to-day another revelation Of what
the Cubs to Tinker. His home in the
eighth inning broke up the game definitely. and his
work in the field was as swift and sure as ever
He made short field an impossible place for the
Detroit hits, and gave sample of what &c
come in the first inning. when, after taking Nc
Intyre's line fly, he threw O'Leary and Crawford
first base
Each team got base in the third inn
ing, and Downs, for Detroit, reached second.
only 10 stay there, Mcintyre struck out Downs
received pass four pitched balls, with
man out and Steinfedt made great stop and
throw of Donovan's sacrifice which put Downs
on second That was all for Detroit, however.
In Chicagos half Downs threw out Tinker and
King struck out. Overall hit down toward first,
and Rossnan went for the hit. He mad the ball
easily but Donovan missed his throw. No harm
was done, because Sheckard noisted a fly to Craw-
ford.
The fourth inning a swift affair both sides
going out in order, but Detroit got after Overall
in the fifth ROssman went out on a fly to Sheck-
ard, but Schaefer drove out the first hit Of the
game, a clean single over second base. Schmidt
followed with another single Schute's fine throw
from right field holding Schaefer on second and
the Detroit partisans, who were numerous. yelled
for a hit, which seemed likely, the game
But Downs struck out, and Donovan put up
sky scTaping fly that easy for Steinfeldt
In the sixth inning Overall. who had been the
only Chica goan to get on the bases so far dropped
famed for the second time. But again his efforts
were doomed to failure, for Sheckard nit lard but
straight to Downs, who threw Overall out TO
OLeary as the first half of q machine like double
play that caught Sheckard too.
Schaefer the one Tiger who seemed 70 have
much luck with Overall, and in the seventh inning
he beat cut a bunt and stole second. But there
were two out when he got TO work and Schmidt
dampened the Detroit ardor by hitting straight to
Evers
Chicago was easy again in the seventh inning
but there d different story to tell when the
Cubs came in in the eighth inning after getting rid
OF the Tigers in order.
Steinfeldt was the first up, and made the be-
ginning of the inning look like most of the other
starts by striking But the next man, Hoffman,
beat an infeld hit TO first base. and walked home
ahead of Tinker when that determined man
smashed the ball into the right field bleachers for
a home run. The crowd went wild at the huge hit
and only laughed, did Klein. the umpire when
Jennings said the hit should count only for two
bases, hit into the crowd.
King illustrated the ground rule for Jennings by
putting the ball into the crowd in left field, and
stayed second base until he able make
third Oh OveralTs out. Sheckard scored him with
single, stole second and went to third when Evers
beat a bunt. Evers stole second. and both he
and Sheckard scored when Schultz raped the ball
10 left centre for three bases A wild pitch let
Schultz in, after Chance had walked and stolen
second Steinfedt up for the second time, and
went out again. this time a fly to Mcintyre.
Jones batted for OLeary In the ninth, when De-
trot tried to come back and Overall let him walk.
He moved along on Crawford's out, and scored De-
troit's only run on Cobbs single. But Rossman hit
to Tinker and the Chicago shortstop ended the
game by putting Cobb out at second ana then
doubling the batter at first.
fellows.