Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-13
PIRATES WIN FIRST
OF WORLDS SERIES
VAST THRoNe SEES PITTsBURG
TRouNcE DETROIT TO A
FRAGILE.

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FRAGILE.
MuLLIN PITCHES GOOD GAME
BUT TEAM GOES TO PIECES
UNDER STRESS.
Financial Summary.
The receipts of the game were $40,-
271.5O; which will be divided as fol-
lows:
To the national commission
s4,O2715.
To the players-s21, 1861
To each club owner-s7 .248.S7.
The score.
Pittsburg-
OOo1 21oO o.; 5; 0
Detroit
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIL; 6; 3
atteries-Adams, Gibson; Mullin,
Schmidt.
Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 9.-The Pitts
burg, National league champions, won
the first game of the worlds cham
pionship series by score of to 1,
on Forbes field yesterday. After the
early innings, Detroit was outclassed
In every department of the game, al
though in the first three sessions the
American leaders outplayed their OPP
ponents
Twenty-Five thousand, two hundred
and sixty-five paid admissions-new
record for worlds series game-wit-
messed the battle. Every available
inch of seating space in the immense
amphitheatre was filed A great ma
jority were Pittsburg supporters but
large delegation of Detroiters made
plenty of noise in the early innings.
Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy
Leach were the stars of the Pittsburg
aggregation. Clark broke the appar-
emily impregnable wall of Mullins
wonderful pitching with a smashing
home rum into right field bleachers
in the fourth inning and tied the
score This smash appeared to take
the heart out of the Detroit team.
The scoring was comparatively easy
for Pittsburg thereafter
Leach's sensational catch of a ter
rife drive from Ety. Cobb's bat with
two Detroit men on bases in the sew
enth inning, saved the game Leach
was playing deep for Cobb, but this
drive 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 Mullin and Adams pitched adj
mirably Mullin allowed only five
hits. The Pittsburg youngster was
hit safely six times Adams was un-
steady in the opening round when he
gave two bases on balls, and allowed
two hits. After that, Detroit was un-
able to get more than one hit in an
inning.
Mullin was complete enigma dur
ing the first three innings, when he
did not allow hit and gave but one
base on balls. He had retired two
Pittsburg men in the fourth when
Clarke made his corking home run.
Delehanty made ridiculous error at
the beginning of the fifth inning, and
Abstein made three bases on it.
This was followed by two Dagger
by Gibson and another error by Bush.
which gave Pittsburg two runs and
the game. 1t was not Mullins fault.
as he pitched a remarkable game
throughout.
In the fifth inning, Mullin hit
Byrne on the head with pitched
ball. The crack of the ball against
the third baseman's head was plainly
heard. He sank to the ground, but a
Few minutes later rose and trotted to
first base.
Pittsburg played with machinelike
precision all the way In field work
the winners fairly shone at times.
Byrne and Gibson starred with clever
bits of fielding.
The presence of the leading batter
OF each league-Cobb and Wagner
created great interest. Many bets
: were made which would hit better
during the series. Wagner had the
better of yesterdays hitting as he
made a two Dagger and a single. in
four times up, giving him an average
OF 1873. Cobb failed to make hit as
Leach robbed him of what was almost
certain three Dagger Cobb was
up four times. drew base on balls
and scored Detroit's only run. Cobb
also stole base in the fifth. 1t was
on this play that Wagner made a re.
markable one handed scoop of Glib
sons low wide throw. The play was