The San Francisco call., 1908-10-12


IN their half OF the ninth
Nothing could have explained the ex-
csL-elce OF Donovans work up to the
esgnth. he han speed. an assortment
OF curves, which he mixed up in bathing
style. and he cut the corners with the
greatest precision and speed He had
tne best OF Chicago's batsmen swinging
Wild and twice struck out the redoubt-
Not until the sixth did the worlds
champions connect with his wizard
curves; Then the distinction fell TO
ONerall, who. considering the high class
OF pail he pitched. did not need the
aooeo glory. But he pOked a short fv
!Lsl beyond Downs, and the Chicago
enthusiasts cried loudly for a run II
was their first Legitimate chance for
Iloolng themselves Of their excitement.
.lonoNan however, only smiled. and a
moment later the side was retired on a
nasning double play.
OVERALL IN GRAND FORM
Not runner on either side reached
> frst base until the third Then Overall
passed Downs and the latter was sacri-
need 10 second. where his obsequies as
runner We're performed Overall
reached first before Rossman. who
stopped his grounder. But the big Chi
ce8o pltcher got no farther. Again in
the sixth Overall reached the initial
sack on his single.
OFeralIs pitching was mastery. He
was FOUND for only four scattered hits.
no two Of which was in the same in
ming and one Of which has TO be count
ed because he and King both went
atter Schaefers bunt. and each stopping
Cor the other TO field it the ball Went for
2 hit He issued passes twice. Craw-
I0rd and Mcintyre, who hit above 500
ali season, We're unable TO connect safe
ly with his delivery
Up TO the eighth the game was a
pitchers battle. with both sides for the
most part going out one two three II
began to look as If the experience of
last years championship series, when
the same pitchers worked. would be re-
peated, namely. tie game. There was
comparatively little noise The specta-
tors We're TOO highly keyed by the neck
and neck struggle to indulge in much
cheering.
BIG HATS IN THE WAY
Despite bright sunlight the air was
rather chilly. which also had a sUbdu-
ing effect. A number Of rugs and blank
els were used with comfort in various
sections Of the stands The main grand
stand held a fair sprinkling of women,
whose headgear. when it happened 10
De OF the latest sweeping model, which
was nearly always, created considerable
merriment, not Unmingled with malice.
To Joe Tinker belongs the credit for
breaking the spell which Donovan had
held over the ChicagOans for so long.
Stelnteldt had struck out and Holman
had reached first because Schaefer,
after a beautiful one handed pickup Of
his grounder, had thrown low The
crowd scarcely hoped for more than a
- ngle when Tinker came TO bat.
Donovan sent a fast waist high in
shoot over the plate. The ball never
got all the way, for the StOcky Chicago
shortstOp, who had already popularized
himself by fast, clean fielding, swung
ViciOusly. The ball scared high so
high that Il seemed certain it must
drop into Cobb's hands, as that fielder
was playing well back But there was
an unusual amount Of energy behind
the MT ana II sailed nigh and clear
into the stand in right field. Tinker,
preceded by Holman. trotted around the
circuit amid the first real cheering of
the game.
CUBS LACE THE BALL OUT
Horns were blown, bells rung and
throats strained to increase the Ova-
ton Manager Jennings sought to per-
sUade Umpire Klein that the hit should
90 for only two bases. but Klein only
smiled Such hits have always gone for
home runs. The ground rules provided
that hits into the overflow crowd
but this certainly had nothing to
DO with that tremendous wallop Of
Tinker's.
The application of the rule was illus
trated by the next man at bat, John
King. He drove the first ball pitched
into the overflow crowd in left field
and stopped running when he had
reached second base This onslaught
affected Donovan, but he still smiled
and retired Overall on a weak grounder.
He went 70 pieces, however, when
Sheckard. the next batsman, singled
over second and scored Killing. The
whole team, IN fact, seemed to be
stunned by the suddenness of IL all.
Eheckard made desperate steal to
second and went TO third on Evers'
safe bUnt. RosSman, in a moment of
absent mindedness brought about by
the general catastrophe which had hap
Pened TO Detroits aspirations, allowed
Evers to fash away from first and
reach second standing up. while the
ball remained in the first baseman's
schultz tripled to deep left center.
scoring Sheckard and Evers, and to I'm
ish matters up Donovan made wild
pitch and Schultz trotted across the
plate with ChicagOs sixth and last run
Chance walked, and stole second while
Schmidt was musing over the ball on
Detroits sudden fall in fortune, but
Steinfeldt flew out, retiring the side
Detroit substituted Davy Jones for
DTeary for a final try for victory. and
the substitute was given his base on
balls He went 10 second on Craw-
ford's out and scored when Cobb sin
gled TO center. Rossman, however, hit
into a double play and the game was
over.
BADDAY FOR SCALPERs
The attendance. due largely to the
chilly weather. was only 1850 paid ad-
missions according TO official figures
made public after the game. The gross
Many Of those who had been in line
ali night were to be seen all morning
irving to dispose Of their purchases at
a slight advance in price to late COM
Many OF them. however. were com
pelled at the last moment to unload
their tickets for less money than they
paid. A number Of scalpers who, 1t is
sid. had secured a large number Of
e6rnfssion tickets, IN the end sold out at
3 dfscount Of 50 to IS per cent.
When play began the grandstands'
were filled and there were Few unoccu-
,,ies seats fn the bleachers. To restrain
he overflow crowd low board fences
were erected in left field, in right cen
.afo a.
,-or5 firsf and third bases. Two hun
sred policemen. under the personal di-
,-e.cfion of Chief Shippy experienced no
dificulty in keeping the crowd be-
hind the barriers.
The score: