The San Francisco call., 1909-10-13

DETROIT. Oct 12.-Detroit broke
another record today by winning the
fourth game of the worlds series from
Pittsburg. to 0. For the first time
in their three years of trying. the
Tigers tonight have two victories TO
their credit in battle for the big
title.
George Nullin is the answer TO al
most any question that may be asked
about the contest. To be sure. the
Tigers pIaved wondrously nice ball be-
hind him. but no club could have done
otherwise back of pitcher who was
working as Wen as George. 1t was tn :
tirst shut out of the series. and if ever
a man deserved whatever honor is con-
nected with that fact, George certain
Iy did and does.
-Four hits. one Of them a scratch
cid the Pirates CLEAN of the gentleman
from Indiana. Ten Of them died on
strikes. among the number being John
Wagner.
Pittsburg never had a chance to
score after the third inning, winch, by
the way. contained some OF MUM ;
classiest work In this round he tanned
LeiheId. Clarke and the Flying Dutch-
nlan-Ciarke when there were men on
rrst and second with one out, and
Wagner when the men had moved TO
second and third and two were down.
This round and the second were the
only ones in which the pirates got
The work Of George formed a stout
link in the chain of evidence that he
IS good in cold water. for 1t surely
was cold. This morning, when the
snow was falling freely, II was pre-
dicted that there wouldn't be many
more than 5000 people at the game.
But Detroit fooled them again. The
attendance was 1896, and the receipts
S2l103.
Some of the bugs came prepared.
They We're wrapped up in blankets Dor
Towed from the hotels at which they
were stopping Most of the assemblage,
however. sat or stood and shivered;
days on which d worlds champion
ship game ever was attempted. ReallZ-
this the natives doped it out that
Howard Camnitz would work Tor
Pittsburg. as he is supposed TO
be the champion zero pitcher
Of the Pirate team But Manager ger
handler TO try it. Lefty Leiheld had a
little hard luck in the second round
and Detroit scored twice. but II was
not luck that gave them the Ihree
tallies in the fourth that sent Lefty
to the bench. II was Ieihelds own
Wildness and good, solid hitting. BuSh
and Cobb helping things along with 2
couple of two baggers down the fetl
foul line After Lefty had disappeared
who should Clarke send in but Ole
Deacon PHILIPPE. The deacon held De
troit 10 one hit and no runs during the
the last four innings and never woulo
have been forced to exert hlmSelf at a
il he had not been too cold TO field his
position But the Tigers didn't have
to hit PHILIPPE. They had four runs
more than they needed. because II was
apparent that Mullin was through
trii7ing with the Pirate batsmen. San
Crawford did manage TO land Tor
clean single. He also provided the
heIding feature of the afternoon
sprinting up half way 10 second II
The eighth and taking Byrne's vicious
fy two feet from the ground. This was
almost the only really hard chance the
Detroit defense had.
the sixth but il Travelled on a line
right into Tom Jones hands, and ht
would have been guilty OF an erroi
II he had dropped il. Cobb was tht
winner in the daily duel He hit 49,
for the afternoon and ielded perfectly
although not much wagner MI noIh'
ing at all but tied Cobb on the de
fensive. Detroiters were almost az
tickled over the fact that Wagner