The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-12
DONOVAN, DETROIT PITCHER,
WENT TO PIECES IN EIGHTH
WHEN CHICAGO MADE
SIX RUNS. ft
TIGERS PARALYzEO
BY 1INkEkS HOMER
Overall Presided For Cubs and Was
Steady Throughout Game Was
Goose Egg Affair Till Re-
doubtable Joe Tinker Broke
The Spell.

III Chicago, Oct 11.-After eight in.
lings of clock work baseball wild
3ill' Donovan, premier pitcher of the
hampions of the American League
weakened under the prolonged strain
I'm dthe Chicago Worlds Champions
captured the second game of the pres
mt series, six to one.
b Detroit's hopes, which were high
After seven innings In which Chicago
mad made only one hit, were dashed
put in the eighth. In that sensational
portion of the game Donovan was hit
or home run, triple, double, and
hree singles. Incidentally he walked
pne man and allowed another to score
On wild pitch Overall, nthe con
rary, was steady throughout the
game, holding the Tigers" to four
hits and one run.
Nothing could have exceeded the
Excellence of Donovan's work up to
hat fatal eighth. He had the best
chicago batsmen swinging wild, and
vice struck out the redoubtable
king. Not until the sixth did the
Worlds Champions connect with his
furves. Then the distinction fell to
Overall, who poked a short fly just be.
lpto lp
ide was retired on a flashing double
play.
No runner on either side reached
sirst base until the third. Then Over.
Ill passed Downs and the latter was
sacrficed to second, where he went
but. This was farther than Chicago |
went. Overall reached first because |
saossman, who stopped his grounder, !
instead of covering the bag himself, |
waited for Donovan to do so, and the |
after dropped his throw. But the big |
chicago pitcher got no farther. Again
in the sixth Overall reached the ini.
ial sack on his single. but with these |
wo exceptions Chicago could do moth |
ng with Donovans delivery up to the
Eighth.
Then it was different. Overals
pitching was mastery. He was found
'or only four scattered hits, no two of
which came in the same inning, and
)ne of which has to be counted be-
cause Ovdrall, wanting both, went
after Schafer's bunt, and. each stop
)ing for theo ther to field It, it went
or hit. He issued passes twice.
Crawford and Mcintyre, who hit
lbove 800 all season. were unable
o connect safely with his delivery |,
each side was credited with an error
,ut neither Of them figured in the
score.
Up to the eighth the game was a
,itchers battle, and it began to look
IS though the second contest of last
ears championship series, when the {
.ame pitchers worked. would be re- I
,eated, namely a tie game. There
vas comparatively little noise. The
.pectators were too highly keyed by
he neck and neck struggle to indulge
n more cheering.
To Joe Tinker belongs the credit
or breaking the spell which Donovan
lad held over the Chicagoans for 81
ong. steinfeldt had struck out and
Holman had reached first because
;chaefer. after beautiful one-handed
yicku9 of lbs weak grOunder, hal ii
brown low. The crowd scarcely hoped
or more than a single. and hardly ex- g
.ectcd that. when Tinker came TO the :
at Donovan sent a fast waist-high I
gshoot partly over the plate. It never Q
.ot al the way, for the stOcky Chi c
ago shortst swung yiciOusly. The c
ali scared high. and clear into the P
tsnd in the right field. Tinker. pre- ]
eFed by Holman, trOtted around to
he plate amid the cheering of the
pecsatOrs Horns were blown. bells
une. and threats strained to increase
bs cation. Manager eJnnings sought
D persuade Umpire Klein that the hit
bould 20 for only two bases. but Klein
ulr smiled. Such have always gone
Dr. home runs King drove the frst