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DETROIT, Oct u.-Pittsburg defeated
Detroit by the score of to here today
In one of the most spectacular and fiercely
contested games ever played in a worlds
championship series. This gives Pittsburg
the margin Of two games to one and the
National league champions are correspond
ingly jubilant. Detroit however, showed in
the final innings OF the battle that 1t is far
from a hopelessly beaten team.
Weather conditions were frlghtful Rain
fell frequently during the nine innings,
several times in hard showers OF several
minutes duration. The sky was threaten
ing all day and low-hanging clouds made
the atmosphere so dark during the last
two innings that 1t was hard for both play
ers and spectators to follow the ball.
The afternoon recalled the first game of
the 1908 series when the Chicago Nationals
beat Detroit, with Summers also pitching,
in a rain storm. A sharp northwest wind
this afternoon added to the discomfort OF
the players and the spectators in the un-
protected stands.
Despite the wretched weather, the at
tendance 1921 broke all local records for
the worlds series
PittsburE Gets Good start.
Pittsburg jumped into the lead imne-
dlately by scoring five runs in the first
inning. They batted Summers out OF the
box aided by some poor fielding Another
run In the second, gave Pittsburg lead
of to and the game then appeared to
be safe for the visitors. Detroit, however,
came to the fore with one Of the gamest
rallies ever made and scored four runs In
the seventh inning, batting Maddox hard
TO 4. Plttsburg connected with some OF
Works curves in the ninth for two runs.
with the score, s TO 4, against It the De-
troit team did not realize II was beaten
and smashed out two more runs in the
last inning Had Sam Crawford been able
! TO hit up to his usual mark this afternoon,
there would have been a different story to
tell.
| Detroit outbatted Pittsburg by margin
of one hit, getting twelve to the winners
eleven Summers started for the locals
but was removed before the end or the
first inning. Willett succeeded him and did
| we'll until he was taken out to allow NC
Intyre to bat for him In the seventh. NC
Intyre struck out. Works, who then went
! in was lucky in the eighth, after Abstein
had made two-base hit with but one out.
The next two were easy outs. In the ninth
| Pittsburg landed on him for three hits and
that clinched the game for them.
Loses Chance TO Tie Game.
| Had Jennings sent in a more experienced
| ptcher in such situation he might have
secured a tie Maddox was on the rubber
for Pittsburg and was hit hard in the
closing innings although Detroit could do
nothing with him IN the early sessions.
When the American leaguers did start after
! him they landed hard and often, but Mana
| ger Clark left Maddox in because OF the
! lead his team had
The mighty Hans Wagner was the star
of the game, but he was forced to share
some of the stellar honors with Owen Bush
and Delehanty Of the locals Wagner made
four hits and stole four bases, although
| Catcher Schmidt was not to blame for at
least one OF tho thefts.
Beside his hitting and base running
/ Wagner played an admirable game in the
field In the first inning Wagner beat out
a hit To Bush. stole second and went to
third on Schmidt's bad throw to second.
He then scored on a wild pitch. In the
second he reached first on fieder's choice
and on a double steal went to third while
Leach was stealing home.
In the fifth he singled Just out OF Tom
Jores' reach and stole second. Wagner
singled 10 left in the seventh, but was
caught trying to steal second, Schmidt 10
Bush. In the ninth ne again singled and
stole second while Leach was on third
waiting TO score Schmidt do not throw
to catch Wagner this time, however, until
he had ascert6ined that Leach would nCA
| try to score.
DetrOits stellar Players.
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in the Detroit team In batting while Cobb
and Crawford made great catches during
the course of the game. Bush made four
hits in five times at bat and two Of them
played important parts in the scoring.
Delehanty was there with two two-bRggers
and a single in five times at the bat. His
third hit a double. in the seventh, started
the rally that caused many apprehensive
chIlls among the Pittsburg players.
! Although Crawford starred in the field
his work at the bat was feeble and he
missed two excellent chances to swing the
tide Of victory toward his team. He ended
the rally in the seventh inning by a pop
fly to Absteln with two men on bases. In
the ninth he again had a chance with
Cobb on second, but his best was a feeble
bounder to Wagner,
Cobb made a two-bagger and a single
that were important Factors IN the Detroit
rally. He singled In the seventh scored
one man and on his double In the ninth
sent in two more.
The ground rules brought out a long
conference between Umpres O'Loughlln
and Johnstone and the members Of the
national commission. Then an innovation
was made by sending Umpire KLEIN, who
was scheduled TO work today, out along
1.-The right field foul line TO watch the hits
into the crowd and TO act in advisory Ca
pscity to the other two umplres.
JOY MinEleS with sorrow.
The first ming was a weird spectacle
for the locals and when II was over hope