Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
HICAGo, Oct. 11.-After eight in
Dinos of cloekwork baseball to

~ day, "Wild Bill" Donovan, pre-
1nier pitcher of the champions or the
American league, weakened under the
prolonged strain, and the chicago
worlds champions captured their sec
ond game of the present series. to l.
Detroit's hopes, which were high
after seven innings, in which chicago
had made only one hit, were dashed
in the eighth. In that sensational por-
ton of the game Donovan was NIT
for a home run, triple, double ana
three singles. Incidentally he walked
one man and allowed another to score
on wild pitch.
Overall, on the contrary, was steaay
throughout the game, holding the Ii
gers to four hits and one run. That
run marked Detroit's despairing effort
in it's half of the ninth.
Nothing could have explained the
excellence of Donovan's work up to
that fatal eighth. He had speed, an
assortment of curves. which he mixed
up in battling style, and he cut the
corners with the greatest precision
and speed. He had the best of Chi
cagos batsmen swinging wild and
twice struck out the redoubtable king.
Not until the sixth did the worlds
champions connect with his W1zaru
curves. Then the distinction fell to
Overall, who, considering the high class
of ball he pitched, did not need the
added glory But he did it-poked
short fly lust beyond Downs-and the
Chicago enthusiasts cried loudly for
a run 1t was their first legitimate
chance for ridding themselves or their
excitement. Donovan, however, only
smiled, and a moment later the side
was retired in a flashing double play.
Not a runner of either side reached
first base until the third. Then Over
oil latter
sacrificed to second, where his obse-
quies as q runner were performed.
This was farther than Chicago went.
Overall reached first before Rossman,
who stopped his grounder, instead or
covering the bag himself. and waited
for Donovan to DO SO, ana the latter p9
dropped his throw. But the big Chi
cago pitcher got no farther. Again,
in the sixth, overall reached first on
his single, but with these two excep-
tions Chicago could do nothing with
Donovan's benders-that is, up to the
eighth. Then it was different.
OveralPs pitching was mastery. He
was found for only four scattered hits,
no two of which were in the same
inning, and one of which has to be
counted because Messrs. Overall and
King both went after Schaefer's bunt,
each stopping for the other to field 1t,
and it went for a hit. He issued
passes
tyre, who hit above 300 all season,
were unable to connect safely with
his delivery But he was effective in
holding down Crawford with the kind
of ball he pitched. Crawford is known
as one of the surest hitters of high
ball in either league, yet Overall
curved them around his neck, or shot
them straight across without getting
into trouble.
Each side was credited with an
error, but neither of them figured IN
the score. Up to the eighth the game
was pitchers battle, with both sides
for the most part going out IN one
two, three order. 1t began to look as
If the experience of last years cham
pionship series, when the same pitchers
worked, would be repeated, namely
tie game. There comparatively was
little noise. The spectators We're TOO
highly keyed by the neck-and-neck
struggle to indulge in much cheering
And, besides, despite bright sunlight,
the air was rather chilly, Which also
had a subduing effect.
A number of rugs and blankets were
used with comfort in various sections
of the stands. The main grandstand
held fair sprinkling of women, whose
headgear, when it happened to be of
the latest sweeping model, which near
ly was always, created considerable
merriment, not unmingled with malice.
The stand was crowded. and in one
wing men and boys stood up and
cheered wildly whenever a woman with
a gigantic fall fashion in hats walked
down the-afsIes. Outwardly, the ap-
yFelause was good natured, but 1t had
It's inception In the fact that one of
those hats would block the view of
half a dozen spectators, while anyone
sitting at the side of a woman thus
bedecked had to lean far aside to keep
out of range. However, with the be-
ginning of play, the moclery Of cheers
ceased and the fair spectators saw the
game serenely through.
TO Joe Tinker belongs the credit for
breaking the spell which Donovan had
held over the Chicagoans for So long.
Steinfeldt struck out and Hoffman had
reached first because Schaefer, after
beautiful one-handed pickup of his
weak grouder, had thrown low. The
crowd scarcely hoped for more than
a single, and hardly expected that,
when Tinker went to bat. Donovan
sent a fast. waist-high inshoot over
the plate; that is to say, partly over
it. 1t never got all the way, for the
stocky Chicago shortstop, who already
had popularized himself by fast, clean
fielding, swung viciously. The ball
SCARED high, so high that 1t seemed
certain 1t must drop into Cobb's hands.
as that fielder was playing we'll back
as result of previous experiences
with Tinker. But there was an un-
usual amount of energy behind the
hit, and it sailed high and clear into
the stand IN right field. Tinker, pre-
ceded by Hoffman, trotted around the
circuit amid the first real cheering of
the game.
Horns were blown bells rung and
throats strained to increase the ova-
tion. Manager Jennings sought to
persuade Umpire KLEIN that the hit
should go for only two bases, but
KLEIN only smiled Such hits always
have gone for home runs. The ground
rules provided that hits into the over
flow on the field should restrict the
runner to two bases, but this certainly
had nothing to do with that tremen-
dous wallop OF Tinkers.
The application of the rule was illus
trated by the next man at bat 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 had affected
Donovan, but he still smiled and retired
Overall on a weak grounder He went
to pieces, however, when Sheckard
next up, singled over second and scored
King The whole team, in fact, seemed
to be stunned by the suddenness of 1t
all. Sheckard made a desperate steal
of second and went on to third on
Evers' safe bunt.