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

PTTTsBURa. October e-The Ameri-
can League champions from Detroit
.evened tho contest In the championship
series by defeating Pittsburg. to 2. at
fBoybes Field today. AS Pittsburg won
the opening game, each team now has
ono victory to its credit. and at least
five contests will be necessary before the
series will be decided.
Detroit's ability to hit the National
League pitcher and Pittsburg's inability
to connect with the curves Of wild Bill
Donovan tell the story of the game.
Pittsburg got away to a flying start by
the scoring of two runs in the first in
ming, but Detroit tied the score with two
in the second. The American Leaguers
batted Howard Camnitz out of the box
in the third inning, when they took a
commanding lead by scoring three runs.
Vic Willis succeeded Camnitz, and two
more runs from his offerings in the
fourth inning gave Detroit its total of
seven runs.
Detroit made nine safe hits from the
combined curves of Camnitz and willis,
getting six from the former in two and
one-thlrd innings and three from Willis
during the remainder of the game. The
Detroit hit ing total included two-baggers
by Schmidt and Crawford.
Made Only Five Hits.
Donovan allowed only five hits, and two
Of those were two-baggers by Leach and
Miller in the first inning. After that the
Detroit twirler was an enigma to his op-
ponents; and another two-bagger by
Leach in the third, d single by Abstein
in the fourth and an infield hit by Wag-
ner ia the ninth represented the Pits
f,,rx hitting during the last eight IN
nings Only sixteen batters faced Dono-
van in the last five innings, and the sup
posedly lard-httins Pittsburg men were
absolutely helpless III the face of his
wonderful flingIng.
During the last four innings Willis also
pitched remarkable ball. and only twelve
men faced him in that time. Two men
reached first base in that time. but one
was caught stealing and the other -
doubled up.
The most sensational feature Of the
game, which was witnessed by more than
81, OOO spectators, was q steal home by
Ty Cobb in the third inning. This was
q remarkably well-timed bit of work, and
the entire Pittsburg team and crowd
were scaught off their guard. 1t was on
the first ball pitched by Willis after lie
succeeded Camnitz that the daring play
was made. AS soon as Willis started to
wind Up Cobb started for the plate, and
by daring slide he reached the base
in time to beat Willis bewildered throw
Gibson was SO surprised that he dropped
the ball after Cobb slid in. This scored
the third run in the third inning.
Leach Again Starred.
Leach was again star in the game,
with two two-bagSers in his first two
times at bat. In the field he played a
star game, but his work could do moth
ing to stem the tide that flowed steadily
toward Detroit Ty Cobb made his first
hit of the series with a single over second
base In the seventh inning. Wagner
made Il hit in the ninth, and still leads
Cobb In the batting duel between the
two leading hitters in the major leagues.
Wagner has made two hits in seven times
at bat, for an average of .2S6, and Cobb
has hit safely once in six times up, for
an average of .167. Wagner struck out
i'm the first with Leach on third. but
Niller's two-bagger scored Tommy.
Pittsburg started with a rush, when
Byrne walked and Leach Immediately
scored him with a ringing two-base hit
tn right Clarke sacrificed Leach to
rhird Donovan to T. Jones, and Wagner
struck out Miller shot long hit into
the crowd in the temporary stand in right
field and completed Il circuit of the bases.
scoring Leach. The umpires-Evans and
Elem-held a conference and frotted out
10 look at the stand and decided 1t was
a two-bagger under the ground rules, be-
cause the stand only temporary
Leach scored. all right, but Miller was
sent back to second base. Schmidt missed
an easy chance To retire Abstein by
mufinS foul ny. but Abstein later
struck out.
After that Pittsburg was helpless with
the bat.
- Iwo-baSSer. bue the remaining three