Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURG, Pa, October 9-Detroit
rooters own the town tonight, and every
where they are shouting defiance to the
Smoky city folks and their ball club, ow-
ing to the to 2 victory over the Pirates
this afternoon.
The result of today's game has filed the
Tiger rooters with confidence, while the
players themselves say that they have
shown the sort of class that will make
them worlds champions before next week
ends. They figure that the Pirates will
blow up if another of their pitchers gets
the hammering given Camnitz and Willis
this afternoon.
The game today was barren of feature
plays, with the exception of a one-hand
stop by Abstein, that took from Cobb a
certain double and probable triple The
Detroit infielders also gave their ad-
herents some cause for shouting by the
manner in which they handled thrown
balls, Moriarity in particular doing some
neat work in getting the sphere on slides
Another mammoth crowd, filing every
seat in the grandstands and a large meas
ure of standing room in the outfield, wit
messed the defeat of the Clarke tribe. The
Pittsburg people showed rather more life
in their cheering than Friday, though op-
portunities for vocalisms were less fire.
quent. AS for the Detroit crowd, it was a
case of yell from the first to ninth inning
Thousands of Eager Fans.
Forty thousand eager fans tried to
crowd into the stands again. Pittsburg
awoke this morning with the base ball
fever unabated. The news of the opening
victory spread over the district around
Pittsburg last night, and this morning
hundreds of excursion trains rolled into
town loaded to suffocation with out-of
town rooters for the Pirates. The crowd
was In the field seats early as usual. but
owing to the fine system in vogue, re-
served seat holders had no need to come
as early as they did Yesterday, and at
l: 10 the big stand had many seats va
cant. These all filled up quickly before
game time.
Hundreds were perched high on the
left field wall, regardless of the barbed
wire stretched along as an impeachment
Others risked life and limb by climbing
up on top of the fence behind the center
field bleachers. The Pirates came on the
field at l o'clock, followed shortly by
the Tigers. Each team was greeted with
uproarious applause. The weather con-
ditions were again ideal
Selling Places in Line.
AS early as sunrise there was a clam
oring crowd of fans swarming around
the entrance to Forbes Field. AS the
teams appeared on the field for practice
there was a din around the huge amphi-
theater. Men We're rushing around In
desperation, offering any amount of
money for seats. Thousa nds of men and
boys out of work adopted this method OF
earning few much-needed dollars. They
,camped around the park all night and
when the more fortunate fans began to
arrive, shortly after o'clock. sold their
places in line. Some realized as much
as so for their places. Spectators
also adopted this method of securing
tickets. and sold them around the Hotel
Schenley. which is across the street, for
outrageous prices.
What Won for the Tigers.
Some of the same sort of batting and
pitching that won the American League
pennant. and, incidentally some Of the
same sort of fielding that made the race
in Ban Johnson's circuit close-this. in
brief might sum up today's performance