The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-12
THE TIGERS ARE
OVERWHELMED
Nv THE cuss IN rwo GANGS
FOR THE WORLDS CHAM.
PloNsHiP.
stcoNp GAME WAS A BEAUTY
Neither sids Scored Until the Eighth
inniAe. When Chicago Scored
$lx Runs OF Of oono.
vans pitching.

Detroit, Oct. 12.--The first OF the
series of baseball games for the
worlds championship was played al
Bennett park Saturday on a muddy
field and in drizzling rain that
lasted six innings Victory went tC
Chicago 10 to G. Detroit put one run
over in the first, hut Chicago as
sumed the lead in the third. when
four runs were scored. Both sides
added a run apiece little later. In
the seventh and eighth Detroit came
up from behind and closed the inning
one run ahead. 6 to ). Chicago won
the game In the ninth ON heavy hit
ting and the inability OF Detroit play
ers TO keep their feet on the slippery
diamond Ave runs coming across the
plate. d
Chicago, Oct. 12.--After eight in
ninss Of cloekwork baseball Sunday
wild Bill" Donovan. premier pitcher
of the champions of the American
league, + weakened under the pro.
longed strain and the Chicago worlds S
champions captured the second game
OF the present series to /.
Detroit's 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 con
trary, was steady throughout the
game, holding the Tigers to four hits
and one run. That run marked De-
troit's despairing effort in their half
OF the ninth.
Nothing could have exceeded the
excellence of Donovan's work up to
that fatal eighth. He had speed an
assortment OF curves which he mixed
up In baffllng style, and he cut the
corners with the greatest precision
and speed He had the best Of Chi
cago's batsmen swinging wild, and
twice struck out Killing. Not until the
sixth inning did the worlds cham
pions connect with his 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 Downs-and the Chicago en-
thusiasts cried loudly for a run. II
was their first legitimate chance for
Kidding themselves OF their excite.
ment. Donovan, however, only smiled
and a moment later the side was re-
tired on flashing double play.
Not a runner of either side reached
first base until the third. Then Over
all passed Downs and the latter was
sacrificed TO second, where his OBJ.
sequies as a runner were performed.
This was farther than Chicago went.
Overall reached first because Ross,
man. who stopped his grounder, in
stead OF covering the bag himself,
waited for Donovan to do so and the
latter dropped the throw. But the
big Chicago pitcher got no further.
Again in the sixth overall reached
the initial bag on his single, but with
these two exceptions Chicago could
do nothing with Donoyan's delivery.
That was, up to the eighth. Then II
was different.
Overalrs pitching was mastery. He
was found for only four scattered
hits, no two of which came in the
same inning and one of which counted
because Overall and King both went
after Sehaefer's bunt and each stop
ping for the other to field IL, It went
for hit. He issued passes twice.
Each side was credited with an er.
ror, but neither OF them figured in the
score. Up to the eighth the game
was a pitchers battle, with both
sides for the most part going out
one, two. three.
Detroit substituted d. Jones for
O'Leary for a final try for victory In
the ninth inning and the sub was
given his base on balls, He went TO
second on Crawford's out and scored
when Cobb singled to center, Ross
man, however. hit into double play
and the game was over.
The attendance, due largely to the
chilly weather, was only 1880 paid
admissions, according to the official
figures made public after the game.
The gross receipts we're S26927.