Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-12
Both Pitchers DO Sensational Work
and Fielding IL Fast and snappy-
tinker Breaks spell with
Home Run.

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he walked one man and allowed another to
score on a wild pitch. overall. on the con-
trsry, was steady throughout the game,
holding the Tigers to four hits and one
run. That run marked Detroit's despairing
effort in their half Of the ninth.
Nothing could have exceeded the excel
lence 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 Chicago's batsmen. swinging wild
and twice struck out the redoubtable
Killing. Not until the fifth did the worlds
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 a short fly just beyond
D~owns-and the Chicago enthusiasts cried
loudly for a run. 1t was their first legit-
innate chance for Kidding themselves of
their excitement. Donovan, however, only
smiled and a moment later the side was
retired on a flashing double play.
Downs Reaches Second.
Not a runner on either side reached first
base until the third. Then Overall passed
Downs and the latter was sacrificed to
second, where his ~obsequies as a runner
were performed. This was farther than
Chicago went. Overall reached first base
because Rossman, who stopped his
~grounder, instead of covering the bag him
self, waited for Donovan to do so, and the
latter dropped his throw. But the big Chi
cago pitcher got no further. Again in the
sixth overall reached the initial sack on
his single, but with these two exceptions
Chicago could do nothing with Donovan's
delivery. that is, up to the eighth. Then it
was different.
OveralCs pitching was mastery. He was
found for only four scattered hits, no two
of which came in the same inning, and one
OF which has to be counted because Messrs.
Overall and King both went after schaef-
er's bunt, and each stopping for the other
to field it. He issued passes twice. Craw-
ford and Mcintyre, who hit above 300 all
season were unable to connect safely with
his delivery. 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 a high ball in either league
yet Overall curved them around his neck,
or shot them straight across without get
ting into trouble. Each side, was credited
with an error, but neither OF them figured
in the score.
Weather fs Cool.
Up to the eighth the game was a pitchers
battle, with both sides for the most part
going out one, two, three. lie began to look
as though the experiences of last years
championship series. when the same pitch
ers worked, would be repeated. namely, a
tie game. There was comparatively little
noise. The spectators were too highly
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dulge in much cheering. And besides, de-
spite the bright sun the air was rather
chilly, which had a subduing effect. There
were a number of rugs and blankets used
with comforts in various sections of the
stands. The main grandstand held a fair
sprinkling of women, whose headgear,
when 1t happened to be of the latest sweep
ing model. nearly always created consider
able merriment. which was not untinged
with malice. The stand was crowded and
In one wing men and boys stood up and
cheered wildly when ever a woman with
the gigantic fall fashion In hats walked
down the aisles. Outwardly the applause
was good natured, but 1t had its inception
in the fact that one of these 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 mockery of cheers
ceased and the fair spectators saw the
game serenely through.
Home Run by Tinker.
To Joe Tinker belongs the credit for
breaking the spell which Donovan has held
over the Chicagoans for so long. Stein
feldt had struck out, and Hoffman had
reached first because Schaefer, after a
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grounder. had thrown low. The crowd
scarcely hoped for more than a single
and hardly expected that when Tinker
came 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
had already popularized himself by fast
fielding swung VIGOROUSLY. The ball
scared high, so high that 1t seemed GER
tain that It must drop into Cobb's hands,
as that player was playing well back as a
result Of previous experiences with Tinker.
But there was an unusual amount OF
energy behind the hit and it sailed high
and clear into the stand In right field.
Tinker. preceded by Holman, trotted
around the circuit amidst the first real
cheering of the game. Horns were blown,
bells rung, and throats strained to in
crease the ovation. Manager Jennings
sought to persuade Umpire KLEIN that the
hit should go for only two bases, but
KLEIN only smiled. Such have always gone
for home runs. The ground rules provided
that hits into the overflow crowd should
restrict the runner to two bases, but this
certainly had nothing TO do with that
tremendous wallop Of T1nker's.
TwO-BAse Hit by KIinE.
The application of the rule was illus
trated by the next man at bat, Noisy
John Killing, Killing 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.
the next batsmAn singled over second and
scored Kling. The whole team. in fact,
seemed to be stunned by the suddenness
OF II all. sheckard maze : S-r>rate steal
OF second and went TO third on Evers' safe
bunt. Rossmsn, in a moment of absent
mindedness brought about by the general
catastrophe which had happened to De
troit's aspirations. allowed Evers to flash