Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-06
White SOX TRIM
CHAMPIONS s TO |

CHICAGO, October 6.-By a ferocious
assault upon the Detroit Tigers yesterday
the Sox tanned the Champs, 6 to 1. and
pulled themselves to within half game
OF Detroit. The season ends in the west
today. and if the Sox can make it three
straight-which their followers think is a
pushOver-they will be the possessors of
brand. spanking new flag.
Cleveland was eliminated from the
reckoning at ST. Louis in much the same
manner as the Pittsburg Pirates were put
out of the National League race here by
the Cubs Sunday. The whole question of
who wins is to be decided i'm the final
game of the race to be played on the
South Side grounds this afternoon. BY
winning the SOx will take the title with a
margin of four points. If they lose-Oh.
we'll. nobody cares where they finish If
they don't land on top.
Big Ed Walsh paralyzed the Tigers
yesterday. He never gave them a look
in He struck out the first two men that
faced him with just six pitched balls. and
kept them on his hip all the afternoon,
nnlshing with a strike-out record of nine
victims. including Tyrus Cobb whose
winnings caused general delight to the
15.G0O persons assembled.
Walsh may figure in today's game
Pitching hard game yesterday doesn't
necessarily incapacitate him for another
bruising contest this afternoon But in
ali probability Doc" White who trim
med the Champs SO neatly in the open
ing game of the series Sunday will go
back for the deciding game If White
doesn q look to be at his best Manager
Jones intends TO make a swift switch To
Walsh
Wild BilI' Donovan has been selected
by Manager Jennings to toe the scratch
in the supreme crisis. The star of the
Detroit string hasn't twirled since he
shut out the Browns last Saturday and
Is of course. the base of all Detroit's
hopes But 1t doesn't matter to the Sox
who pitches for Detroit If they can go at
the Tigers with the same spirit they
showed yesterday. hitting hard and often.
The Sox conferred attack on Summers
and Mullin which was irresistible. The
pale Shins were on the job with fire In
their nostrils and they had the Tigers
completely on the defensive throughout
The entire fracaS.
The Sox raked Summers over the Goals
in brutal style. and after nine solid
smashes had been made off him in five
rounds Jennings sent Mullin TO the slab
10 finish up the pitching job.
Although the White Sox have been
making a phenomenally plucky fight
AGAINST staggering odds for months, not
once have they shown as much grit in
their attack as they did yesterday
Manager Jennings tried most desper-
ateIy to meet the ginger of the White
ooX win some of the same stuff. He
pulled up all the grass on the coaxing
lines. beat the air with hands and feet
and begged and exhorted his chamnion 6
to rally. but his oratoricals were wasted
for the Tigers couldn't even get started
on Walsh The big fellow was pitching
his slxty-ffth game of the season. and
he didn't give the Tigers one raw of
hope.
Four singles were made off Big Ed -
two of them being punched i'm the sixth
round and saving the Tigers from a shut
out Ii is Interesting to note that Downs
and Mcintyre. the men who contributed
the singles in the sixth. had struck out
every time up before that. The score.