The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-12
CUBS CAPTURE
i THE.SECOND GAME
From Tigers in World Base
ball Series.
Donovan. Detroit Pitcher, Went to
Pieces in Eighth When Chicago
Made Six Runs.
TINKER GETS HOME RUN.

Chicago, Oct. l2.-After eight in
nings of clock work baseball wild
Bill'' Donovan. premiey pitcher of the
champions OF the American League.
weakened under the prolonged strain
and the Chicago World Champions
captured the second game Of the pres
ent series. six to one.
| Detroit's hopes, which we're high
after seven innings in which Chicago
had made only one hit, were dashed
out in the eighth. In that sensational
portion of the game Donovan was hit
for a home run. triple. double, and
three singles. Incidentally he walked
one man and allowed another to score
on wild mitch. Overall. on the con-
trar-, was steady throughout the
game. holding the Tigers" TO four
hits and one run.
Nothing could have exceeded the
excellence Of Donovan's work up to
that fatal eighth. He had the best
Chicago batsmen swinging Wild. and
twice struck out the redoubtable
King. Not until the sixth did the
Worlds Champions connect with his
curves. Then the distinction fell to
Overall, who poked short fly just
beyond Downs and a moment later
the side was retired on flashing dou-
BILE play.
No runner on either side reached
first base until the third. Then Over
all passed Downs and the latter was
sacrificed to second, where he went
out This was farther than Chic z o
went. Overall reached first because
Rossman. who stopped his grounder,
instead OF covering the bag himself,
waited for Donovan to do so. and the
latter dropped his throw. But the big
Chicago pitcher got no farther Again
in the sixth Overall reached the ini-
tial sack on his single. but with these
two exceptions Chicago could do moth
ing with DOnoyan's delivery up TO the
eighth.
Then Il was different Overall's
pitching was mastery. He was found
for only four scattered hits, no two OF
which came in the same inning. and
one of which has to be counted be-
cause Overall. wanting both. went
after Schafer's bunt. and, each stop
ping for the other to field it. it went
for a hit. He issued passes twice.
Crawford and Mcintyre. who hit
above 800 all season, were unable
to connect safely with his delivery
Each side was credited with an error.
but neither of them figured in the
score.
Up to the eighth the game was a
pitchers battle, and It began to look
as though the second contest of last
years championship series. when the
same pitchers worked, would be re
] peated. namely. a tie game. There
was comparatively little noise. The
spectators were too highly keyed by
the neck and neck struggle to indulge
in more cheering.
To Joe Tinker belongs the credit
TO- breaking the spell which Donovan
had held over the Chingoans for 50
long. Steinfeldt had struck out and
Holman had reached first because
Schaefer. after beautiful one-handed
/ pickup of his weak grounder, had
thrown low. The crowd scarcely hopea
for more than single. and hardly ex-
/ pected that, when Tinker came TO the
bat Donovan sent a fast waist-high
inshoot partly over the plate. 1t never
got all the way, for the stocky Chi
cago shortstop swung viciously. Tit
ball scared high. and clear into the
stand in the right field. Tinker. pre-
ceded by Hoffman. trotted around to
the plate amid the cheering of the
spectators. Horns were blown, bells
rung, and threats strained to increase
the ovation. Manager Jennings sought
TO persuade Umpire Klein that the hit
should go for only two bases. but
Klein only smiled. Such have always
gone for home runs. Killing drove the
first ball pitched into the overflow
crowd in the left field and stopped run
ming when he had reached second
base. The onslaught had affected
/ Donovan, but he still smiled and re-
tired Overall Oil weak grounder. He
went to pieces, however, when Shrek
ard made a desperate steal of SECOND
and went to third on Eyers' safe buht.
Rossman in moment of absent-mind
edness. brought about BY the general
catastrophe. which had happened to
Detroit's aspirations, allowed Evers to
fash away from first and reach second
standing up while the ball remained
in the first baseman's hands. Schultz
tr.pled to deep center, scoring
Shreckard and Evers. Then. to finish
matters up, Donovan threw wild
pitch and Schultz trotted across the
plate with Chicago's sixth and last