The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Cubs Take Second Game From Tigers. HOME RUN, DOUBLE. TRIPLE AND THREE NICE SINGLES The Pitching of Overall Was
 Masterly. Cold Weather Prevailed and a Num- ber of Rugs and Blankets Were
 Used With Gomfort--Fans
 Guy New-Fashioned Hats.

| Chicago, Oct. 11.-After eight in | nings of clockwork baseball today,
 "Wild Bill' Donovan, premier pitcher | of the champions of the American
 League. weakened under the prolong- 1 ed strain, and the Chicago worlds champions captured their second game | of the present series, 6 to 1.
 Detrolt's hopes, which were high af- | ter seven innings, In which Chicago bad made only one hit, were dashed Tn the eighth. In that sensational por- tion of the game Donovan was hit for home run, triple a double and three singls. Incidentally, he walked on Wild pftch. Overall, eff the chn- trary. was \steady throughout the game. holding the Tigers" to four half of the ninth.
 Nothing could have exceeded the ex- cellcnee of Donovan's work up to that fatal eighth. He had speed. an assort- nent Of curves. which he mixed up in oaliing style. and he cut the corners with the greatest precision and speed. swinging wild and twice struck out the redoubtable Kling. Not until the
 nth did the worlds champions com meet with his wizard curves. Then, the distinction fell to Overall who, considering the high class of ball he Pitche did not need the added. glory. a beyond Downs-and the Chicago en- thusiasts cried loudly for a run. It was their, first legitimate chance for p1eainE meat Dananse themselves of their excite; and moment later, the side was re- tired on a flashing double play. Not 2 runner of either side reached first passed Downs and the latter was sac-. rlncea to second where his obsequies as a runner were performed. This was II reached first because Rossman, who stopped his grounder, instead of coy erlng the bag himself. waited for Donoyan Ied va to do so. and the latter drop
 The Fatal Eighth.
 but the Chicago pitcher got no fur tner. Again in the sixth Overall reach with these two exceptions Chicago could do nothing with Donoyan's de- It was different.
 oVeralfs pitching was masterly. 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 because Overall and Kiing each stopping for the other to field 1t, 1t went for a hit He issued pass es twice. Bradford and Mcintyre. who to connect safely with his delivery. That he was. effective in holding down Crawford with the kind of ball he pitched was remarked by critics cf Inc game. Crawford Is known as one of the surest hitters Of high hall n either league, yet Overall curved them around his neck or shot them straight across without setting into trouble. but neither of them figured in the scoro.
 Up to the eighth the game was pitchers battle, with both sides for ha mo ck m If q ont fuyn It began 10 look as if the experience of the last years championship sse- ries, when the same pitchers worked, would be duplicated, namely, tie game. There was comparatively little noise. The spectators were too high ly keyed by the neck and neck struR- gle to indulge in much cheering. And besides despite bright sunlight, the air was rather chilly, which also had a subduing effect.
 blankets used with comfort in various sections of the stands. The main grand stand held a fair sprinkling of women, whose head&ear when 1t hap pened to be of the latest sweeping >the case, created considerable merri- ment, not untinged with malice. The stand was crowded and In one wing men and boys stood up and cheered gantic fall fashion in hats walked down the aisles. Outwardly the crowd was good natured but it had it's. in- ception in the fact that one of those hats would block the view of half dozen spectators, while any one sit. ting at the side of woman thus be" decked had to lean far aside to keep
 Credit to Tinker.
 To Joe Tinker belongs the credit for breaking In the eighth inning. the spell which Donovan had held over the chicagoans for so long. steinfeldt had struck out and Hoffman had reach ed first because Schaefer, after beautiful enchanted pick up of his weak grounder. had thrown low. The crowd scarcely hoped for more than a single and hardly expected that when Tinker came to bat. Donovan sent a fast waist-high in-shoot over the plate, that Is to say, partly, over It. Chicago short stop, who had already popularized himself by fast clean heiding swung yiciously. The pail scared high so high that 1t seemed certain 1t must drop into Cobb's hands, as that fielder was playing well back as a result of previous experiences with Tinker. But there was an un- usual amount of energy behind the hit. and 1t sailed igh and clear into the stand in right field. Tinker. preceded by Hoffman. trotted around the circuit amidst the first real cheering of the game. Horns were blown. bells rung