The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
 Detroit Shut Out in Last
 Game. TIGERS HAD NO CHANGE
 TOWN THE CONTEST
 - Donovan Hit Freely and Overall Was Invincible. Attendance Was Not More Than G. 100 on Last Day--Frank Chance CliBched Greatest of Base-
 ball Trophies.

Detroit. Oct. 14.--By deefating De- troit this afternoon to Q. the Chi tained its title as the champion Lase- ball team of the world
 The present serles differed but lit- tie from that of last year. In tho pre- one tie game and then went down in four straight defeats. In the present series Detroit snatched one victory out Of the i've games played.
 The Chicago team, according to tie critics, showed superiority in every de- partment of the game in the seriesk as not so apparent on the day that Detroit batted a victory off Pfeisterss curves. Detroit was handicapped by Schnidts inability to cut down runners at sec ond and by the failure of her heavy hitting outfield to bat at critical mo- ments when hits meant runs.
 None of the Detroit piSchers seemed cage cage bats%en for eyen e1zhf Muliin who who pitched Detroit's only victory. was found for seven hits. Throughout the series. Chicago's hitting was oppor- with men on bases and runs were needed, a Chicago batsman was not there with the needed hit.
 The games were singularly free from squab bling and on only two or three occasions were the decisions of the umpires questioned. At no time was it necessary for a player to be sent to
 
 good order. The series, however, ere. ated less interest in the two cities most affected than that of last year, if the The paid admissions were only 62.2S2 for the five games and the receipts totalled but $s4.s7s as compared with the final game this afternoon was but s210 with gross receipts of ss,577.50 Of the money taken in, the players o55 ga sSshaicag9 the s.nniIg winning team .g get 446. The club owners get $19,6S1 apiece. and the National Commission
 Pendulum Ceases to Swing.
 When the last man on the Detroit side went out to-day, the pendulum of victory ceased its swing between the In 1903 the worlds championship emblem went to Boston. Of the Ameri- can League; in the succeeding series New York brought 1t back to the Ma the Chicago -white sox" reeapt1red, it for the younger organization. Last year the Chicago "Cubg'' brought 1t fsating Detroit. But t6isS year the pendulum did not swing back and the nag remains as the proudest exhibit which President Murphy has to display at the West Side ball park in Chicago. There Is gloom in Detroit tonight. The black stripes which alternated with yellow in the scheme of decora-
 
 death of hopes that are gone. The De- troit Tiger" unlike the one In the Limerick, has no smile on it's face, corners and h the hotel Hobbies mur- gplrit which does hot know the mean hg hsgsts or r defeat tha This dauntisss heart Jennings. of Detroit Ho Believes u in n nls nrovs tedm--6elisyes ,t1 that It will yet prove Us superIority over all corners defeats. but looks forward to another year and another struggle, which may have another result.
 Jennings was not beaten to-day until Schmidts foul In the ninth had found secure and final lodgment in Kings mitt., Through the fierce uphill bat eoachinx @ hs eiII1esnoSsn iIns os sse e ssOod on the tne runners on every move and spur ring the batsmen on to make their pest pest efforts. No success of the rival dampened his determined cheerfulness' mere was never a faltering note in ms ms well known cry of "E-e-yah," and cutting his peculiar war dance.
 feature of the game was Schmfdt'S recovery of his throwing arm, which pqevinns r5r nT1 Deen s woTEing well during any 10 steal a base on him for the first slme during the series. He caught SseldhLeiat Ss.dn trying to steal second by
 
 Iasnlo retiring his men at first and ne proke up an attempted double steal by EVers and Chance. 0-
 overall Was MaaferIy.
 overall for the second time pitched masterly game, only three hits were made on nim and one of these would nay nave 9een an easy out had the bali nS saoI eaAsn an unexISected bound as if at times giving four bases on halls put on the other hand his strike-oufs numbered ten. One of these strike. outs. however. occurred when Rossman made his third swing at a wild pitch. en11onng nm to reach. first safely.
 Donovan, on the other hand, met with very vigorous reception in the nrst inning, when three consecutive hits sent Evers over the plate with the nrst run of the game. With the base on balls and Evers' double gave Chicago another run, Donovan man | aged to keep the hits scattered.
 It Is probable, however, that Chl- had 1t not been for the brilliant work of the Detroit infleld. O"Leary's spec tacular catch of Tinker's Texas Leaguer'' far back of second base, was feature of the game.
 Evers scored Chicago's run in the first inning. He singled to center, took second on Schulte's hit to left and raced home ou Chances safe drive to center. A base on balls was prt- marily responsible for Chicago's seo- King walked on four wlde ones. went to second on Overall's sacrifice and scored on Evers double.
 It was in the fifth that Detroit made | their only bid for a score. Coughlin was safe when his grounder to Stein Football in Jacksonville.