The Washington times., 1908-10-14
Fans Hope Rumor About
Twirler'S Arm Trouble Is
Unfounded.
TIGERS HOODOO
BASES ON BALLS
Passes Pave Way to Defeat-Cubs'
Show Class in Guessing Op-
ponentS' Hand.
By WILLIAM G. WEART.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE Cubs
came right back at the Tigers yester-
day, and the series now stands ,S-ee
victories TO one in favor Of the former.
Detroit. which had another bad attack
Of baseball fever after Jennings men
overthrow the world champions on
Monday, is a tractabIe patient this
morning, and the wave Of tremendous
roofing has subsidized TO a large extent.
There are rumOrs that Donovan. who
Is expected to pitch today. has some
trouble with his arm. The same report
was circulated yesterday about Brown.
and 1t proved to be unfOUnded. for he
pitched a mastery game.
If same rumor is flirting with the
truth and Donovan goes in today, the
Tigers cnances should be good for
victory. On the form that wild bal
showed last Sunday. and with Brown
out Of the road, there doesn't appear
to be any Cub t. Ui-ler able TO cope with
him. for Overall is not expected to be
able to repeat SC soon.
Financial Returns.
The success of the Tigers in finally
breaking the string Of disasters which
has followed them in their early ven
lures put considerable sum in the
pockets OF all those financially involved
In the series As II was, the attendance
Of l2,SJ7 was 2,1O0 more than last Satur-
day. and receipts were nearly $1,000
larger than when the teams met for
their first game.
Secretary NavIn of tho T,ot-,f. .,,.,-
salu thdI the request for reserved seats
lot yesterdays game exceeded the sun
Ply py tully 5000. THE people said
g ' >tS-l' are NiiIlnS TO pay any price
~ ~ s teSsFNeu seats. but It IS case Of
Ihe best or nothing with them. In CON
sequence Of the turnOuts for the last
Two games the reports for the four con-
tests. In which the players will figure.
while not coming up to early predfc-
lions. are a trifie better than last fall
Then the receipts for the first five
games. for the players share in a divf-
sion Tor that number. owing TO a tie
m. IN one, was slightly under S1O2.O
mis- was an average Of $1,000 per game.
Inc gross receipts for the four games
OF the series were SS5,392. 90. an average
OF more than ST. 900 per game. The
players VIII get $46 115.19, as against
$4,000 and $4,000 in bonuses in 1877
Passes Turn Trick.
With Summers and Brown pitching
almost unbeatable ball yestepisv ard
the felders keyed up to a high pitch.
there came two innings which proved
the turning point Of the game and pos-
sibly Of the series. Bases on halls.
which are proving a hOodoo in this
series. caused all OF the Tigers trouble.
With two men out in the third inning.
Schulte received pass and stole sec
ono. while Chance was handed four
balls purposely. Then came singles bv
Stelnteldt and Hoffman, each Of which
sent in run. Had Mcintyre not Jug
gled Steinfeldts error. the chances are
That there would have been no scoring.
The Cubs showed their class in the
fourth inning. when they figured out
just what the Tigers would do and
worked their play accordingly and with
wonderful effect. Brown had a little
talk with Steinfeldt in preparing for
the sprlnging Of a trap. Brown then
pitched a slow OutshOOt to Cobb and
''Ty' made a neat bunt Instead OF
running in for the ball SteinfeIdt dashed
Tor third and he was well set for
Browns throw and O'Leary was caught
II was neat guessing match and
the Cubs proved supreme and averfad
what looked like a very dangerous sft-
uatiOn- A few seconds later Kings
good throw TO Tinker caught era WORD
mapping on second base. It was certainly
a wonderful way Of getting out Of a
hole and the effect these two plavs had
on the world series was tremendous.