The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-11

smoke from a forest fire has settled
! over this city. while the Chicago
/ have taken the bit between their teeth
and are talking Of making it fur
straight victories and thus even beat
! ing last years record.
Crowd a Disappointment
| There were some surprises attached TO
/ the affair. not the least Of which was
lie size OF the crowd. Detroit has been
| talking for days OF a 1900 crowd. and
! the management put in thousands Of
circus seats 10 accommodate the ex-
| pected turnout. But the crowd did not
come. High prices failed TO keep away
I the gTandstand patrons. but the boys
and men who are willing TO swelter IN
a broiling sun in the bleaChers were
well. watching the tickers far from the
seat Of the conflict John Heydler and
Robert Mercy. who have charge Of the
| financial end of the series, gave out this
statement this evening:
Total attendance, 1OS12: total receipts,
Sl6,473; national commissions share.
! sl.6475O; players share. Sss9542; club
owners share. $2,965l4 each.
Grandstand Filled.
The storm which started about an
hour before play began could not be
entirely blamed for the small attend
arGe. After the rush early in the morn
! ing when the bleacher entrances were
stOrmed there was a Iet-Up. and the
fans merely dribbled through the en-
trance. All the grandstaud seats were
sold yesterday. and every one Of these
were taken. The indications are that
only few hundred more persons were
kept away by the rain.
The occurrence indicates that either
Detroit IS not a major league city
/ worthy of such a ball team or that the
national commission is too severe on the
! bleacher supporters OF the game and
/ must reduce the general admission in
! the future to less than 81.
! The financial returns were much less
! than the Detroit players expected, al
! though they proved that the Tigers
knew what they were about when they
urged that the game Of today and to-
morrow be played at Chicago instead
/ of opening the series in this city. The
/ teams. though. should be grateful that
the storm did not become harder than
/ II was and cause the contest 10 be
stopped before a legal game could be
| played.
Hurry Preliminaries.
! The drizzIe while the teams were at
/ practice kept getting harder and finally
! while Chicago was at fielding practice.
! Pres. dent johnson, Of the American
! Leafue. and Garry Hermann. OF the
national commission, called Manager
Jennings aside and requested thai both
! teams cut short their practice and get
under way as speedily as possible. The
| managers consented and the prelimina-
I ries we're hurried so fast that Umpire
( sheridan even cut short the usual an
| uouncement of the batteries l. rained
I steadily until after the sixth inning
/ Then it slackened gradually and the
| storm ceased before the last play was
made. So slippery did the ground be-
! come that frequently the players fell
: IN trying 10 handle grounders, and the
! visitors took full advantage Of their
/ ability in the bunting line. Near the
/ finish the ball became sOggy. but the
/ disadvantages caused by the rain were
almost equalized.
1t was almost as hard TO run the base
path as it was to handle the morse hide
Clearly, and thus the inheIders had
time to recover the ball when they Jug
( gled It. The exception was in the ninth
inning, when O'Leary made a juggle Of
Schulte's grounder with one out The
Cub beat the throw 10 first base, and
his success was followed by some of the
finest batting OF the season, five singles
in a row, with a double steal thrown in,
and the hopes of the home rooters were
buried under an avalanche Of runs. The
Detroit enthusiasts are blaming O'Leary
for the slip-up which proved the enter
ing wedge for the National League
| teams success, but the ball was nit
in such way that it Is possible that
with dry grounds and clean handling
by O'Leary, Schultz would have beaten
it out.
Overall Starts Bad.
When Overall was rushed to the res
cue. he made a bad start by hitting Nc
Intyre. and then caused the inning TO
be closed when O'Leary lifted a fly TO
Schultz Overall started the eighth
inning badly by giving Crawford pass.
1t was a ticklish position for Chance.
but he decided that such a desperate
case needed heroic treatment. and
Brown was called upon The three
fingered wonder, who caused the hero
worship OF Christy Mathewson to be a
thing OF the past temporarily, was not
himself He took up the burden cheer
fully but he was not the same old ter
ror IN the damp weather. Brown made