The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
Mighty Hans Wagner Laces Out -Four Hts
And Steals Three Sacks for Pirate Crew
Pittsburg Knocks Summers Out of Box and
Scores Five Runs in First Frame
By R. w. LARDNER
T,Soeciol Dispofch TO The Cali

DETROIT. Oct. 11.-Detroits record
crowd 1927. saw the Tigers beaten
bv the Pirates. S TO 6, today in one OF
The most exciting and most poorly
piaved worlds series in baseball his
tory. The defeat was coming to
Detroit because OF Eddie Summers
rnisers bic showing in the first inning.
But the Tigers never gave up, despite
the handicap given Pittsburg by the
lznuczle baHist. and by virtue of two
great rallies late in the game they
Transformed A one sided joke into a
heart breaking thriller.
Detroit appears TO be changed
town There was no quitting by the
fans today. The weather was o9d
enough TO discourage anybody IN
fact il started TO rain IN the slAth
inning and continued right through to
the finish But the threatening Weather
did not keep any one away from BEN
nett park, nor did the rain send any
one home. The bugs sat through II an,
and hoped. They went crazy When De
troit finally broke down MaddoN's de-
Tense and scored four times IN the
seventh inning. And they were still
pulling after young Works had been
lit for two additional tallies IN Pitts
burgs ninth. thus giving the Tigers
another big lead to overcome.
And Jennings men were game to the
finish They came back in their final
trial and had Manager Clarke. wagner,
Maddox and the rest OF them worried
10 death. If Sam Crawford had been
able 10 hit at all. or II Jim Deiehanty
had saved one Of his earlier drives for
the dying stand. the Tigers would have
had a royal chance TO undo all the evil
that Summers had done. The duel be
tween the two headliners, Wagner and
Cobb. ragged furlOusly through II all,
and the hOnOrs We're with the Dutch
man by d narrow margin. Hans hit
safely four times during the afternoon.
Two of his were lucky, but they
counted just the same. He also stole
three bases and only one of his thefts
came al 2 time when there was a man
al third. and thieving was made COM
perauvely easy. He played dazzling
BAN in the field. but marred his per-
fOrmance q little by perpetrating a
mUf IN the seventh inning with the
bases fun and two out, and allowing
the Tigers 10 get within reaching dis
Cobb started poorly at bat, tanning
the first time up and being unable to
drive the ball out of the inield in the
next Two times But he made up for
II in the TWO big innings. His single
in the seventh helped a lot and his two
bagger in the ninth, by far the longest
hit Of the day. made Clarke wonder
whether after all il wouldn't be safer
10 remove Maddox from the front. This
WallOD would have been an easy home
run but for the temporary bleachers
in the outheld- But Tvs most brilliant
piece Of work was his catch of Millers
low liner in Pittsburg's final round. 1t
was such spectacular play that there
We're some persons who wouldn't be-
lieve that he really caught the ball
The feat was pulled off at the risk
of the GeOrgian's neck. for he landed
on ii in his mad drive for the ball.
He was hurt q little but that did not
prevent him from hanging 10 the ball
and thus retiring the side when Pitts
burg was threatening TO score still
more runs of Works.
II was almost dark when the end
came and il is = wonder that the rival
ba1Smen We're able TO connect so well
with the speed Of Maddox and Works.
The latter was put in by Jennings after
Mcintyre had hit for Willet in the big
seventh. II was an unfortunate move
on the part Of Hughey to send Matty
up In that pinch, for he struck out.
Willet could have done as much just as
well and he was pitching so strongly
that the chances are that the Pirates
would never have had another run off
him As after events proved they
needed almost all they did get
The rival outieIders lived up to their
reputation Of being two OF the best in
the country. Aside from Cobb's catch
and q throw by him a moment previous.
q throw which was perfect although il
failed IN its purpose, there We're things
done by Crawford and Clarke that
would have served well as features for
a3 ordinary game. Both of these
gentlemen had five putouts and only
two of the 10 could be called easy.
Wagner himself. Bib Abstein. Ownie
DlSIl- -fllNtQL ana NJ lll6kl contributed
errors which were awful TO behold and
Bushs was the only one that was not
costly.
II looked for a time this morning as
II there WOuld have to be q postpone
ment IT rained and looked like more
up to the hour Of starting. Those of
the inhabitants not provided with re-
served seats brayed the elements and
Were AT Bennett park early in the
morning. There was a demand for
general admission tickets that presaged
record breaking attendance The
seating arraD eenents We're good
Following is the official attendance
and receipts for today's game:
Total attendance, 1927; total re-
ceipts S20.676.
Division: National commission. 81
0s7-60: players, s1l.l65-04; two clubs,
s7,443.36.
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