Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-09
Piusburg Captures Opening Game.
Smoky City Fans See Detroit Outclassed-Spsctacuar Fielding by Pirates-All National League Teams Win from American Rivas-Mystc Meets Academy

Pittsburg Oct S.-Pittsburg Ma tional league champions won the first game of the worlds championship se- ries by the score of to 1 at Forbes field today. After the early innings Detroit was outclassed in every de- partment Of the game, though in the first three innings the American leag- uers outplayed their opponents.
 Park Packed with Record Crowd. An immense crowd-2s,265 paid ad- missions-a new record for attendance in a worlds series games, witnessed the exciting contest. Every availa- ble inch of seating space in the i'm mense amphitheater was filled and when Umpire Johnstone called Play ball" there did not appear to be room for one more. The great ma jority of the spectators were Pitts burg supporters but a large delegation of Detroit enthusiasts made a credit able showing with plenty of noise in the early innings.
 Home Run Broke up the Tigers.
 Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy Leach were the stars of the Pitts burg team. It was Clarke who broke up Mullins wonderful and apparently lnvincible pitching with a smashing home run into the right field bleach- CTS in the fourth inning and tied the score. This hit appeared to take all the heart out of the Detroit team and scoring was comparatively easy for Pittsburg after that.
 Leach Lays for Ty Cobb's Smash.
 Leach's sensational catch of a ter rife drive from Ty Cobb's bat with two Detroit men on bases in the sev- enth inning saved the game. Leach was playing deep for Cobb, but thls hit went almost to the center field stand and it was only after a hard backward run that the diminutive star was able to make the thrilling catch.
 Both George MyHin and Charlie Ad- ans pitched adHnirably, Mullin allow ing only five hits, while the Pitts burg youngster was hit safely only six times. Adams was unsteady in the opening iHning when he gave two bases oR balls and allowed two hits.
 Aftey that he steadied down and De- troit was not able to get more than one hit in an inning.
 MulIin a Puzzle for Three Innings.
 Mullin was a complete puzzle to the locals during the first three innings during which he did not allow a nit and gave but one base on balls He had retired two Pittsburg men in the
 
 home run. Delehanty made a ridicu- lous error at the beginning of the fifth inning and Abstein made three bases on it. This wall followed by a two bagger by Gibson and another error by Bush gave Pittsburg two runs and the game.
 It was not Mullins fault. however, for he pitched remarkable game throughout.
 In the fifth inning Mullin hit Byrne on the head with a pitched ball, and it looked for an instant as though he had knocked out the little third base man. The crack of the ball against the Pittsburger's head could be plainly heard and as he sank to the ground a murmur of sympathy arose from the big crowd. but after few minutes he was able to get up and trotted to first base. Pittsburg played with ma chine-like precision all the way and never appeared at a loss to know what to do. In the field the work of the winners fairly shone at times