The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11
Comedy of Errors on Muddy Diamond Is Disastrous
 for Detroit
FIVE PITCHERS USED IN
 TRYING TO PREVENT RUNS
Chicago Takes the Lead In the Third and Loses 1t In the Seventh and by a Heavy Batting Rally In the
 Ninth Wins the Game.

Detroit. October 10-(Special. )-Chicago won the opening game of the world series today after one of the widest and most desperately fought battles in base ball history, The score was 10 to 6.
 The game was fought out in drizzling rain on a sloppy, wet field, which handi- capped the players and probably affected the result The Cubs, away with rush, drove Killian from the slab with yolley of hard drives in the third inning, ana after that Summers held them in check until the seventh, when they forced an other run around. Meantime Reulbach, after a bad get away, was going along in superb style and it looked as if the Tigers were whipped until in the seventh, when a fierce drive straight at him hurt his pitching hand. In an instant the Tigers were at him clawing and fighting like mad and finally lucky hit by Sum- mers almost tied the score and set the crowd frantic with excitement.
 Then Chance, hard pressed, summoned Overall to stop the breach. and he suc- ceeded in that inning, but in the next he wabbled and Chance called upon Brown, his main stay in time of trouble. Even Brown failed, and the daring, dashing base running of Cobb, wild throw and a screaming hit put Detroit in the lead and seemingly robbed the Cubs of the game. Still the Champions refused to yield and in the ninth inning they opened one of the most terrific bombardments Of the year, running bases, bunting, lighting, they snatched victory from defeat. Be- fore they stopped six safe hits had yield ed them five runs, and the first of the great battles was theirs.
 Dashing Work Wins.
 The game was won by clean slashing, hitting and by the dashing work of the Cubs on the bases, and yet the result was not such as to make the Cubs over confident. They know that Detroit has team that will come back and fight when down and out, and that the Tigers are most dangerous when wounded
 The game today was played under such desperate .circumstances. that with the clothing of the players soaked by the chilly rain, with the field slippery and ths hall wet. neither team could show at its best.
 It was an accident lhat cdiile hcoi oS priving the Cubs of the game in the clos ing inning. Cobb, at the start or the seventh, drove vicious grounder straight at Reulbach The ball hit his hands squarely, but with such force that IL broke through. For moment ReulDach thought his pitching hand had been in- 1ured. It was numb from the blow and he lost his grip upon the ball. The re- suit was that he began to lose control, could not make the ball behave ana came near tossing off the game before Chance got him out At that he ought to have held 1t safe but for lucky hit by Sum mers, who Is about the most helpless or batters. Overall, who succeeded Reul- bach came in under extremely adverse circumstances and could not get control of the slippery, greasy ball at all. He might have escaped, but Chance With drew him after he had passed one man in the eighth inning, and sent Brown Tn