The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-11
Tigers Make Great Uphill Fight in Face of Early Lead
But Chances Willy Crew Is Never
BaffIed.
JENNINGS PASSES UP HIS ONLY CHANCE
RooterS Score Hughey for Failure Relieve Kilian
Murly Weather Chimes Well With Detroit
Fans Downcast Spirits.
By WILLIAM G. WEART.

DETROIT. Mich. Oct I0.-The fan:
OF this city :his afternoon certainly
went through two hours of every dc
gree of roofing fever, from the wildcs
JOY TO the depths OF Despair, when thu
Detroit Tigers, the champions OF III,
American League, after a struggle
which thrilled every spectator. admireI
ar foe were forced to accept defeat a
the hands of Chicago, the Nationa
League champions. by 10 70 6, IN tn;
first contest of the world series
The game WAS played under condi
lions totally unfit for such an occa.
sion, when the pennant winners Of thC
two great baseball organizations are
put TO the supremest test Of the season
Chicago won because the Cubs display.
ed the better tactics and used superior
judgment at the critical moments
They had their opponents gu' ssinG
from start to finish, and II was seldom
that the Tigers Of Hughey Jennh. s.
outtrfcked or Outwitted the Cubs OF
Frank Chancs. Detroit made grand
- uphill fight for the honor Of winning
the opening clash, and tho prestige
which is believed to so to the team
which gets the jump on a rival
Get Loyal Support
II Detroit is proud Of its champions
Jennings Tigers should also be prol.,
Of the loyalty the home roOters showed
this afternoon. Such cheering was
enough to inspire any collection Of bal
tossers. Even with the Cubs IN
front by 10 l. at the end Of the third
inning. the partisans OF the home play
ers never let up.
For four successive innings after the
first the Tigers were moved down as
fast as they came TO the plate Reul-
bach's pitching was superb and MS
teammates gave him not only faultless
support. but also pulled of some very
brilliant feats. The most notable OF
these were two running stops and
throws by Tinker and cne-hand jump
ing catch Of a line drive by Evers
With first base blocked off as II BY
the Rock of Gibraltar by such twirlinl
and fielding. the Tigers fought on pluck
fly and their admirers urged them The
way you see a crowd Of college boys
root for their heroes Of the gridiror
with the score 20 TO 0 against them
Neither team nor fan would admi
while there was the slightest chance fol
success.
Enthusiasm Flares Again.
The wave Of enthusiasm was though
20 have reached its height when thu
home players made a little rally IN thu
sixth inning. It. however, kept farinl
higher and higher and when DetrOi
flashed into the lead through the dar
ing and strategy Of Cobb on the base
paths in the eighth inning the demon
stration broke all records. Il was al
most demoniac. the spectators wen
into q frenzy as Cobb flashed over TIT
plato with the run which sent the home
team into the lead. Even in the ninth
inning as Cub after Cub darted oveI
the home plate the crowd kept or
cheering and there was no let-up unit
the last man went out and the thinl
that had been dreaded all afternoon Wa!
q reality.
In scme respects today's contest wa.
a duplicate Of what occurred at New
York last Thursday when Chicago woJ
the National League pennant from tn,
Giants. Today, as then, the home team
scored a run in the first inning; toda,
as tLen the Cubs jumped into the leat
by to 1 by a batting rally in tn
third inning. Today, as then. the force
Of Chance were threatened in the sev
enth inning. Then Brown didn't weaker
and New York got only one run.
looked like a repetition Of that affai
at the Polo Grounds when the invader
checked the rush Of the home defend
ers by getting two out at the expens
or one tally. Today though, ReulOac
weakened at that stage and a dOubl
play by Downs and a single by Sum
merS sent Detroit within one run o
their rivals total.
Rally Toward Finish
Apparently hopelessly beaten at a
early stage. the Tigers came back wit
claws freshly sharpened and not Onl
had the satisfaction Of seeing Chicag
SEND in two new pitchers. including tn
best of their bunch. but also took tn
lead I'm the eighth inning. It WAS
shOrt-lived period OF triumph for Jen
nings' aggregation.
With only one inning left in which t
repair the damage done by the rallie
Of the Tigers. the Cubs jumped bac
into the fray, tore the Tigers to pieces
and fairly smothered them under a
avalanche Of base hits. Chance. whe
the door OF hope began 10 close upo
his team. took a risk which. Ienning
did not dare TO venture Chance ser
Brown. his star pitcher, to the rubbe
to stem the fast rising tide Of adveI
sity. jennings feared to send out Don
ovan, his pitching prize package, in tn
greatest hour of need. the ninth inning
And Chance won.
Therefore tonight pail Of glOOm-lik