The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-12
THE STORY OF THE
GAME At DETROIT

Detroit, Mich, oct. 12.-Pittsburg
defeated Detroit by tine score OF to
in one OF the most spectacular and
flercely contested games ever played
in a worlds championship series. This
gives Pittsburg the margin of two
games to one In the series and the Ma
tional league champions are cores
pondingly Julbilant Detroit, however,
showed In the final innings of the bat
tie that IL is far from a hopeIessly
beaten team.
Weather conditions were frightful.
Rain fell frequently during the nine
innings, several times in hard showers
of several minutes duration. The sky
was threatening all day and the low
hanging, dark clouds made the atmo-
sphere so dark during the last two in
nings that 1t was hard for either play
ers or spectators to follow the bail.
The afternoon recalled the first game
of the 1908 worlds series, when the
Chicago Nationals beat Detroit, with
Summers also pitching. in rain storm.
A sharp northwest wind added to the
discomfort Of the players and the
spectators in the unprotected stands.
Despite the wretched weather, the
attendance, 1927, broke all local rec
ords for the worlds series.
Pittsburg jumped into the lead i'm
mediately BY scoring five runs in the
| first inning. They batted Summers out
of the box, aided by some poor field-
Ing. Another run in the second in
ming gave PittsburE lead OF to 0
and the game then appssred to be
safe for the visitors. Detroit, hew-
ever, came to the fore with one Of the
! gamest rallies ever made and scored
| four runs In the seventh inning, bat
ting Maddox hard and playing like
! flends. Vita the score 6 to 4, Pitts
burg connected with some of Works
curves In the ninth for two runs
{ With the score to A against 1t, the
Detroit team even then did not real
lie it was beaten and smashed out two
! more runs in the last inning. Had
Sam Crawford been able to hit UP to
| his usual mark there would have been
a different story to tell.
! Detroit outbatted Pittsbure by q
margin of one hit getting twelve to
the winners eleven. Summers start
I ed for the locals but was removed be-
fore the end of the first inning. viii
| lett succeeded him and did well until
| he was taken out to allow Mcintyre
/ to bat for him in the seventh. McIn-
| tyre struck out. Works, who then
invent in, was lucky in the eighth after
| Abstein had made a two-base hit
with but one out. The next two were
easy outs. In the ninth Pittsbura
/ landed on him for three hits and thai
| clinched the game for them. Had Jen.
nings sent in more experienced
| pitcher in such a situation, he might
at least have secured a tie.
Maddox was on the rubber for Pitts.
burg and was hit hard in the closine
!. innings, although Detroit could d.
nothing with him in the early sessions
When the American leaguers did star
to hit him they landed hard and often
A! but Manager Clarke left Maddox in be-
cause 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.
| Bush and Delehanty were the bright
spots on the Detroit team in batting
while Cobb and Crawford made great
catches during the course of the CHINE
Bush made four hits in five times al
bat and two of them played important
| parts in the scoring. Delehanty was
there with two two-baggers and !
! single in FIVE times at bat
| : Following is the official ATTENDANCE
J frofr 60