The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-13
THOUSANDS ARE OUT
Largest Crowd at Bennett Ball Park
Detroit Has Ever Seen.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 13.-The champion
baseball teams of the major league re-
turned here from Chicago today and
found the local fans" hugging to their
hearts the possibility of a Detroit vic
tory this afternoon which would make
the worlds championship series tie,
two games apiece. While Chicago play
ers and rooters found plenty of COM
fort in the memory of their teams tri-
umph over Detroit last year and its
advantage of two victories to one so
far this series, the local enthusiasts
gleefully contemplated yesterdays score
and declared that Cobb and Crawford
and Rossman had only just found their
worlds series stride. Contrasted with
last Saturdays feverish expectancy
when the series opened conditions today
are fairly normal. With ideal baseball
weather predicted clear and warmer"
with the eDtroit ticket speculators
practically eliminated by their heavy
losses on the opening day and a fair
prospect of desirable seats to meet all
demands and with the two clubs having
taken the measure of each others s
strength in the hard battles to date,
early indications suggested the alb
sence of hysteria and the presentation
of a thrilling contest. Summers and
| Brown will probably be the opposing
pitchers today with Donovan likely to
/ go in the box for Detroit tomorrow.
Baseball writer's from all over the
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worlds championship series have call
ed a meeting today at the Hotel
Pontchatrain to form a national asso-
| citation, carrying out the ideas outlined
| at a recent meeting in New York city.
| Among the objects sought by the wri-
ters are uniformity in the interpreta-
! tion of scoring rules and stricter rules
| for admission to the press box.
| Weather conditions were perfect when
| play was called. The sun shone bright
L. fo11f HI f11o
i field. The crowd was larger than it
was at the Saturday game here. The
| temporary seats surrounding the out
! field were comfortably filed, while the
regular grandstand and bleachers were
/ crowded.
When play began the crowd was the
! largest that has ever attended a game
at Bennett park. The grandstands and
| bleachers were jammed and the tempo
rary circus seats in the outfield were
about two-thirds filled.
The lineup and batting order fol-
| lows:
Detroit.
Mcintyre, left field.
OLeary, shortstop.
| Crawford, center field.
/ Cobb, right field.
/ Rossman, first base.
! Schaefer. second base.
! Schmidt, catcher
! Coughlin, third base.
| summers, pitcher.
Chicago.
Sheckard, left field.
! Evers, second base.
Schultz, right field.
Chance, first base.
/ Steinfeldt, third base
Holman, center field.
Tinker, shortstop.
King. catcher.
Brown. pitcher.
UmplreS-Connolly and Klein.
First Inning.
Chicago-Sheckard out to Ross
man, unassisted on a grounder. Evers
| filed out to Cobb. Schultz singled
over second. Schultz stole second.
Chance singled. Schultz was held at
third. Chance took second on passed
ball. Steinfeldt grounded to Coughlin,
out at first No runs.
Detroit-McIntyre out, Tinker to
Chance. O'Leary out, Brown to
Chance- Crawford up. Crawford hit
over Schekard's head for two bases
INTO the crowd. Crawford took third
on passed ball. Tinker threw Cobb
out at first. No runs.