The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-09
PITTSBURG WINS
THE FIRST GAME
terrible Tigers Are Humbled
BY Pitching of Adams
COBB FAILS IN BATTING
Fred clarke's Home Run Takes All
the Nerve Out of the Detroit
Players and Game Is Easy
After That.

Pittsburg, October S.--Pittsburg, the
National league champions won the first
game of the worlds championship series
by the score of to 1 at Forbes field to-
day. After the early innings Detroit was
outclassed in every department of the
game. although in the first three sessions
the American leaguers outplayed their
opponents
An immense crowd-29,265 paid admis-
sions-a new record for attendance in a
worlds series game, witnessed the ex-
citing battle. Every available inch of
seating space at the immense amphithe-
atre was filled and when Umpire john
stone called PLAY ball!' there did not
appear to be room for one more. The
great majority of the spectators were
Pittsburg supporters, but large delega-
ton of Detroit enthusiasts made credit
able showing, with plenty Of noise in the
early innings.
Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy Leach
were the stars of the Pittsburg aggrega-
ton. 1t was Clarke who broke the ap-
parently impregnable wall of Mullins
wonderful pitching with a smashing home
run into the right field bleachers in the
fourth inning and tied the score. This
smash appeared to take all the heart out
of the Detroit team and scoring was
comparatively easy for Pittsburg after
that.
Cobb Robbed of Hit.
I,eachs sensational catch Of terrific
drive from Cobb's trusty bat with two De-
troit men on bases in the seventh inning
saved the game. Leach was playing deep
for Cobb. but this drive went almost to
the centerheld stand and it was only
after a hard backward run that the
diminutive star was able to make the
thrilling catch.
Both George Mullin and Charles Adams
pitched admirably and Mullin allowed
only five hits while the Pittsburg young
ster was hit safely six times. Adams was
unsteady in the opening round when ne
gave two bases on balls and allowed two
hits. After that he steadied and De-
troit was not able to get more than one
hit in an inning.
Mullin was q complete enigma to the
locals during the first three innings, when
he did not allow a hit and gave but one
base on balls He had retired two Pitts
burg men in the fourth when Clarke made
his corking home run. Delehanty maze
a ridieulous error at the beginning of
the fifth inning and Abstein made three
bases on it. This was followed by Two
base hit bv Gibson and another error by
Bush gave Pittsburg two runs and the
game. IT was not Mullins fault, however,
as he pitched a remarkable game through
out.
Byrne Hit by Ball.
In the fifth inning Mullin hit Byrne on
tho head with a pitched ball and II
looked for an instant as though he hao
knocked out the little third baseman
The crack of the ball against Byrne
head could be plainly heard and as ne
sank to the ground murmur OF sym
pathy arose from the crowd. After a
few minutes he was able to get up and
trotted to first base.
Pittsburg played with machine-like pre-
cision all the way and never appeared
at loss to know what to do. In the
field the work of the winners fairly shone
at times. Byrne and Gibson starred with
clever bits of fielding. The presence OF
the leading batter of each league-Cobo
and Wagner-created great interest and
the work of both men was closely watched
as many bets have been made as to which
will hit the better during the series.
Wagner had the best of the hitting of the
game as he made a two-bagger and was
hit in four times up. Cobb failed TO make
a hit as Leach robbed him of what was
almost a certain three-base hit. Cobb
was up four times and drew a base on
balls and scored Detroits only run. He
also stole base in the fifth inning, and
it was on this play that Wagner made
a remarkable one-handed scoop of Glib
sons low and wild throw. The play was
close and the Pittsburg men disputed UNI
pire O'Loughlin's decision for some time
before they would continue the game.
Detroit Scores First.
Detroit scored in the first inning; Davy
Jones drew a base on balls and Bush sac
rificed him to second, Abstein to Miller.
Adams could not locate the plate and
Cobb also was walked. Crawford hit a
smart bounder to Adams and d. Jones
was forced at third by throw by Byrne.
Lelehanty landed a safe hit in left field
and Cobb scored, while Crawford moved
to third and Delehanty to second on the
throw in to the plate to catch Cobb. Mo-
Rarity shot a bounder to Shortstop Wag-
ner, but it hit Delehanty and the latter
was out, while Moriarity received credit
for hit. The Pittsburg players were re-
tired one, two, three in the first and two
were out in the second when Abstein drew
a base on balls.
This advantage was short lived, as Abb
stein was caught mapping by a quick snap
by Mullin to Tom Jones. Again in the
third the Pttsburg men were retired in
order, and 1t was not until two were
out I'm the fourth that C1arke's home run
came. Immediately after this Wagner
was hit by pitched ball. but Miller end
ed the inning with a fly to Cobb.
Downfall of Tigers.
The fifth inning brought about the COM
plete downfall of Detroit Delehanty
started it by making an inexcusable fun
BILE of Absteins grounder and the Pitts
burger was on third base before the bal
found its way back to the infield Mullin
struck out Wilson after hard time but
Gibson's two-bagger to center scored Abb
stein. Bush then muffed Adams ground
er, allowing the pitcher to get to first and
Gibson to third Byrne was hit on the
head and the bases were full. Leach flee
TO Davy Jones and Gibson beat the throw
to the plate, giving Pittsburg the lead
by to l. Clarke finished the inning. go
ing out from Delehanty TO Tom Jones'
Detroit was able to get men on frs
base In the second, third and fourth in
nings, and to second in the nth and sew
enth.
Detroit's hopes rose when Davy Jone
opened the fifth with clean single t,
right, but he was Immediately forced b.
Bush. Wagner to Miller. Bush wa
forced the same way by Cobb. Cobb thei
stole second, but the chances were gon
Schmidt's Bad Throw
Pittsburg added one more. run in tn
sixth Wagner opened with a two ba Rp a