The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-12
UP In The AIR.
Went Star of the Tigers i'm the
Eighth Inning
In Sundays Game at Chicago
Against the Cubs.
STRAIN WAS TOO MUCH
Overall Did Splendid Work
Against Detroit's Men.
Thousand Fans Brav-
ed the Chilly Atmosphere
To Witness Their FavOrites
Win Second Game 6 toll.

Win Second Game b 10 L.
Chicago. Oct 12-After eight in
nings OF clock-work baseball Sunday,
wild Bill" Donovan, premier pitcher
OF the champions of the American
league. weakened under the prolonged
strain and the Chicago worlds cham
pions captured their second game of
the present SERIES to 1. Detroits
hopes, which were high after seven
innings in which Chicago had made
only one hit, were dashed in the
eighth In that sensational portion of
the game Donovan was hit for
home run, a triple, a double and three
singles. Incidentally he walked one
man and allowed another to score on
wild pitch. Overall, on the contrary,
was steady throughout the game, hold
ing the Tigers to four hits and one
run. That run marked Detfoit's de-
spafring effort in their half of the
ninth. Fss'--TT 1913 re-7t
Donovan's Great Work
Nothing could have exceeded the
excellence OF Donovan's work up to
that fatal eighth. He had speed and
and 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
Cages batsmen swinging wild, and
tN4SO SUI OIh OLI tAiS ISQOuDldOle 4AllIiS-
Not until the sixth did the world s
| champions connect with his wizard
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
q short fly just beyond sDowns-and
the Chicago enthusiasts cried loudly
for a run. 1t was their first legitimate
! chance for Kidding themselves of their
excitement. Donovan, however, only
smiled, and moment later the side
was retired on a flashing double play.
Not runner of either side reached
first base until the third. then Overall
passed Downs and tire latter was sacri-
feed to second where his obsequies as
runner were permitted. This was
farther than Chicago went. Overall
Preached first because Rossman, who
stopped his grounder instead of cover
ing the bag himself. waited for Don
ovan to do so, and the latter dropped
his throw. But the big Chicago pitcher
got no further. Again in the sixth
overall reached the initial sack on his
single, but with those two exceptions
Chicago could do nothing with Dono-
vans delivery. That is, UP to the
leighth. Then it was different ' ~
Overall InvincibIe.
Overa1l's pitching was mastery. He
was found for only four scattered hits,
no two of which came in the same in
ming, and one of which has to be
counted because Messrs. Overall and
King both went after Schaefer's bunt
and. each. stopping for the other to
field it, it went for a hit. He issued
passes twice. Crawford and Mcintyre,
who hit about 500 all season, were
unable to connect safely with his de-
livery. That he was effective in hold
ing down Crawford with the kind of
ball he pitched was remarked by
critics OF the game. Crawford is
known as one of the surest hitters of
high ball in either league, yet Over
all curved them around his neck or
shot them straight cross without get
ting into trouble. Each side was cred-
tied with an error, but neither of them
figured in the score.
Chilly for Spectators.
Un to the eighth, the game was a
pitchers battle with both sides for the
most part going out one. two, three.
1t began to look as if the experience
of last years championship series,
when the same pitchers worked, would
be repeated; namely, a tie game There
was comparatively little noise The
spectators were too highly keyed by the
neck and neck struggle to Indulge in
much cheering. And beside, despite
bright sunlight, the air was rather chill
ly, which also had subduing effect.
A number of rugs and blankets were
used with comfort in various sections
of the stands. The main Srandstand
held a fair sprinkling Of women, whose
headgear, when it happened to be OF
the latest sweeping mode, which was
nearly always, created considerable
merriment, not untinged with malice.
The stand was crowded, and in one
wing men and boys stood up and cheer
ed wildly whenever a woman with the
gigantic fall fashion in hats walked
down the aisles. Outwardly, the APP
plause was good natured but it had
its inception in the fact that one OF
those hats would block the view OF
half dozen spectators. while any one
sitting at the side of woman thus
bedecked had to lean far aside to keep
| out of range. However. with the be-
ginning of play, the mockery of cheers
| ceased and the fair spectators saw the
game serenely through.
| That Awful Eighth.
To Tinker belongs the credit fol
breaking the spell which Donovan had
held over the Chicagoans for so long
| Steinfeldt had struck out and Holman
| had reached first base because Schae-
| fer, after a beautiful one-handed pickup
! Of his weak grounder. had thrown low
| The crowd scarcely hoped for more
| than a single, and hardly expected
| that when Tinker came to bat. Dono-
! van sent a fast waist-high inshoot ovel
| the plate, that is to say, party over il
! 1t never got all the way, for the
stocky Chicago shortstop, who had al.
ready popularized himself by fast, clear
fielding, swung viciously. The bal
scared high, so high that it seemed