Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-15
CHICAGO AGAIN wins
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Takes Fifth Game at Detroit to O===The
Game Chicago's From the Very Start
Only a Small Crowd in Attendance.

Detroit, Oct. Al want to say for
the Detroit Club that they played clean
baseball, and they played it like gen.
tIennen and sportsmen. cannot say
too much in praise Of their sportsman
ship and courtesy. Throughout the
entire series there was not even
small dispute between the two teams.
Manager Jennings has a great team,
but ! think the Chicago team is great
Or. Our team is the greatest that ]
ever saw on baseball field. ! firmly
believe that no team in the world
would have beaten US with the kind Of
ball we played during the WORLDS
championship series."-Frank Chance,
manager Of the Chicago worlds cham
pions,x
I'VE were beaten by the CHICAGO
team playing better ball. But ] will
not admit that they are better team.
Detroit did not play the game they are
capable Of. There was not the old time
Detroit dash and ginger to their work
and they did not measure up to their
full ability, either at the Plate or IN
the fieId."-Hugh Jennings, manager
Detroit team.
BY defeating Detroit this afternoon,
9 to 0, the Chicago team of the Ma
tfonal League retained it's title as the
champion baseball team of the world.
,The present series differed but little
from that of last year. In the previous
series Detroit managed to get one tie
game aud then went down 70 Tour
straight defeats. In the present series,
Detroit snatcled one victory out oil
the five games played.
The Chicago team showed Superior
ity in every department of the game IN
the series as a whole although this SUI
pcriority was not SO apparent on the
day that Detroit batted a victory OIL
Pfeister'S curves Detroit was hanul-
capped by Schmidt's inability 20 cut
down runners at second ana Dy the
failure of her heavy hitting outield t"
bat at critical moments when nuts
meant runs. None Of the Detroit piich-
ers seemed abs TO consistently puzzle
the Chicago batsinen. for even Mulliii,
who pitched Detroit's only victory, was
found for seven hits Throughout the
series Chicago's hitting was oppor-
tune. The occasions were rare when,
with men on bases and runs needed, q
50 Chicago batsinan was not there with
the needed nit. The games were SIN
aularly free from Squabbling anu on
only two or three occasions were the
decisions of The umpireS questioned.
At no time was it necessary for play
or to he sent to the bench The series,
however, created less interest IN the
two cities most affected than that of
last year. if the attendance may be
taken as a guide. The paid admissions
were only 62.232 for the five games and
the receipts totalled but $94.976. as COM
pared with SOL 900 last year. The at
tendance at the final game this af-
ternoon was but 621O. with gross re-
in the players of Chicago. the winning
team, get S27.669 and the Detroit play
ers $1S.446 The club owners get $19.-
6s1 apiece and the National Commits
sion $9491.
While there is gloom in Detroit to-
night, Manager Hugh Jennings is un-
daunted. He believes in his team-be-
lieves that it will yet proove its su-
periority over all-comers-and he does
not contemplate past defeats but looks
forward to another year and anouher
struggle which may have another re-
suit. Through the fierce uphill battle
this afternoon he stood off first base.
coaching the runners on every move
and squirting the batsmen on to make
their best efforts. There never was a
faltering note in his well-known cry
of "Wee-ah" and any slight advantage
of his team set him to executing his
peculiar war dance.
A feature of the game was Schmidt S
recovering of his throwing arm. which
had not been working well during any
previous game. Chicago was not able
to steal a base on him for the first
time during the series. He caught
Steinfeldt trying to steal second by
yards; he handled two bunts in clean
fashion. retiring his men at first, and
ne broke up an attempted double steal
by Evers and Chance.
Overall for the second time pitched
a mastery game. Only three hits We're
made off him. He gave four bases on
balls and struck out 10 men. One of
these strikeouts. however. occurred