The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-13
MORE ABOUT The
TUESDAY CONTEST

Detroit. Oct 1s-Detroit defeated
Pittsburg to o and evened up the
count in the worlds championship
series, each team now having two vic
tories to its credit The game was
played with the mercury at "a degrees
above zero, but 1906 persons braved
the chilling temperature and freezing
blasts and the great majority of them
felt well repaid for their polar ex-
periences because they were with De-
troit.
The American league champions
ol1tclassed their rivals in every de-
partment Of the game and the pitch
ing of George Mullin win make one
of the brightest bits in the baseball
history of Detroit 1t is hard to con-
sceive Of any pitcher having his OPP
ponents more at his mercy than Null
lin had Pittsburg. There was never a
moment when he was not the abso-
lutte master OF the situation and his was
at his best with men on bases Four
hits represented the ability of the
visitors and no two of those were made
In the same inning.
Mullin performed a feat in the third
inning that will live long in the an
malls of baseball and was frozen on the
minds of those who saw it. In the
third inning he struck out the mighty
Wagner with two out and men on
second and third That was a mighty
feat, but just previously he had struck
out Manager Clarke, hard hitter,
with men on first and second A
double steal on Clarkes third strike
moved the men to second ard third,
where they were when Wagner came
to bat. Liefield was also a victim on
strikes in this same inning, giving
Mullin three strikeouts in one ses-
sion. All told. he struck out the
visitors ten times.
Detroit scored because 1t was able
to hit when hits spelled runs. Jen-
nings' young catcher distinguished
himself in the second inning by send
ing Detroit's first two runs across the
plate with drive just out of Miller's
reach. In the fourth inning Busn's
ringing double into the overflow crowd
in left field scored another run and it
was imediately followed by another
two-bagger into the same place by
Cobb
Philippe Too Late.
The onslaughts by Detroit in the
second and fourth innings drove Lei
field, Pittsburg's star left-hander.
from the slab and he was succeeded
by the veteran Phillips, who was able
to stem the Detroit tide, although the
Tigers pressed him hard in the eight
inning. Eight hits were made by De-
troit and six OF those came in the
two innings when the scores were
made, only two were wasted.
Outside of Mullin there were no stars
on the Detroit team but their ensemble
work was brilliant. Every man did the
right thing at the right time and only
one fielding slip marred the otherwise
perfect performances.
Pittsburs FuuabIed.
The cold apparently affected the
Pittsburg fIelding far more than it did
Detroit's as the National league cham
pions put up miserable exhibition
In that department. six errors were
charged to the infield-Abstein, Miller
and Philippe each getting two. The
six errors detract little credit from
Detroit's performance as only one of
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An Even Break.
The conclusive victory OF Detroit has
toppled Pittsburg from its proud posi-
ton as the favorite in the betting, and
even money is now being offered as a
more equitable indication of the rela-
tive merits OF the two major league
champions.
Poor Hans.
Hans Wagner failed to star as he
did in yesterdays game. At the bat
he was helpless before Mullin. The
first time up he was lucky enough to
draw a base on balls, but was forced
out at third. The third inning saw
his memorable strikeout, In the sixth
he sent hot liner into Tom Jones'
hands, and in the ninth he was an
easy out, Moriarity to Tom Jones.
cobb's Work.
Cobb made one hit--a two Dagger
and reached first once when ae was