The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Cubs Hope to Better 'O7
Record, When Tigers
Tied First.
MULLIN LAST HOPE
OF TIGERS STAFF
Falling Off in Attendance Attribut-
ed to High Bleacher Toll.
Crush Expected Today.
By WILLIAM C. WEART.

Chicago, III. Oct Y. - our
straight" is now the slogan OF the Chi
csgo Cubs in the mimic warfare, with
a diamond as the battle ground. be
tween the Champion teams Of the Ma
tiOnal and American leagues.
The opening sklmishes are over.
The Cubs have a line on their oppo-
nents' batteries and find they lack both
distance and range. The National
League representatives are justified in
expecting TO make a clean sweep. but
Manager Jennings and his players will
not yet admit that they are beaten.
The world series will end as soon as
one team wins four games. and as the
players do not figure on the receipts
after the fourth contest the Cubs are
anxious. not only 10 retain their title
of world champions. but also TO maze
a clean sweep and slightly better their
record last fall when Detroit tied them
in the opening meeting between the
teams.
Banked on Donovan
Detroit banked high on Donovan and
Wild Bill failed The famous tWfrIer
was IN a perpetual smile for seven In
nings yesterday and pitched an article
OF bail that gained the highest admira-
ton Of the veteran baseball officials.
managers. players and experts scatter
ed through the grandstand- Until one
man was out In the eighth inning. only
twenty-three men faced Donovan, Just
one more than a legal minimum. The
only Cub who had reported first base
was overall, who first got there on an
error by Wild Bill" and once on a
fuke hit over Downs head. on the
fl Ter 81.
Donovan. until one man was out In the
eighth, had truly remarkable control
and speed and the heavy hitters OF
the home defenders were moved down,
KING. Steinfeldt and others being made
70 look bad in their efforts 10 hit the
ball.
The climax OF this pitching csme when
Donovan famed Chance ia The seventh
and opened the eighth by striking out
Steinfeldt for the second time Then
came the little break. q scratch hit by
Holman This started the Tigers on
their downfall A slight advantage al
ways seems 70 inspire the Cubs ana
twice in this series they have fairly
Tiddied their opponents at unexpected
moments Tinker followed with a home
run drive into the right field bleschers.
Homer Starts Rally.
The drive completely upset the Tigers.
and the Cubs fairly poured out the hot
shot. and ran the bases in such a man
neT as to completely turn the heads or
the American LeagIers- king double
Sheckard singled and stole second.
EveTs beat out bunt, and soon stole
second. Schultz cracked a triple TO left
center. and Donovan made a wild itch.
Chance walked, and likewise stole sec
ond. II was a complete route OF the
Tigers, and SJeinfeldt ended it with =
fy , Mcintyre.
The Cubs did NOT eearp, a1,~ TO,
TO prevent Detroit from aveTting a shut
out. Overall had pitched fine ball with
only one pass and three hits against
him until the ninth. Then Overall aave
Jones, who batted for O'Leary. q pass
Davy took second on an out, and scored
on CObbs single.
II was certainly a crestfaIlen lot OF
Tigers that left the field. The weather
this morning is clear and cool. with
prospects for another fine afternoon
Detroit will depend on Mullin today, and
succeed where others have failed
Chance IS likely to fall back on Pfeister.
who has not yet worked in the series.
Brown VS.. Donovan.
Tomorrow there is likely TO be another
pitching duel at Detroit. Until Three
finger Brown andDOnovan are expected
pected TO face each other. the players
Will receive less than they did last year
when they were given 81, ,933 receipts
in addition TO big bonuses by the clubs
This year there will be no bonus. and
smaller amount OF swag 20 divide
from gate receipts.
The falling of is not due 10 the high
prices, nor yet to lack Of interest Every
reserved seat has been sold at both
games played. these bringing Sl.50, s. 20,
and $3.50 The falling of has been in
the bleachers- There has been a tremen-
dOus rush for reserved seats for both
contests, the supply being much Under
the demand. The decrease in the antici-
pated receipts has been in the bleacher
crowd, not from the general admission
$1-00. Some claim the national commits
sion is not treating the bleaCher boys
right In the demanding such a toll
Others are Of the opinion that bIeacher-
ties have been kept away from the game
through fear OF being unable to get
into the grounds The impression made
by the disOrderly scenes outside the
Polo Grounds last Thursday have caus-
ed the fans to fear getting into mobs
at the ball parks. 1t is predicted that
now the fans know they can get in
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