Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
PIRATES TAKE
WORLD HONORS
IN BALL GAME
DETROIT TEAM IS DEFEATED
BY SCORE OF 8 TO 0
MEANS THIRD STRAIGHT DEFEAT
FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE
To Charles Adams, Formerly of Louis
Vile, Is Given Lions Share of
Credit for Smoky City's
Victory
[Ry Associated Press. ]


burg won the worlds baseball
a. championship at Bennett park
today by defeating Detroit by the
| overwhelming score of to in the
seventh and decisive game of one of
! the greatest battles ever fought for
the worlds title.
This gives the National league cham
pions the victory by the count of four
games to three. 1t is the third sue
cessive defeat of the American league
champions in the worlds series, and
consequently the third straight VIC
tory for the National league, the Chi
cago team having defeated Detroit in
| 1907 and in 1908.
| To Charles Adams, the phenomenal
| young pitcher from the Louisville
| American association team, belongs
| the lions share of the credit for the
victory, and his wonderful pitching
has crowded Wagner. Leach, Clarke
and the other Pittsburg stars into the
! background.
Third Victory for Adams
Today's victory was his third of the
series, and he held Detroit safely
throughout the game. He allowed but
six hits, and in only one inning-the
! fourth-did Detroit get more than one
safety. Adams allowed only one base
! on balls. and in four innings he re-
tired the hard-hitting American
| leaguers in one-two-t three order.
The crowd was a distinct disappoint-
ment, as there were only 1852 PAID
admissions. 1t was expected that the
game would break all attendance rec
| ords because of it's Importance. The
receipts We're $19,677, and this was di-
vided as follows: $196770 to the ma
! tional commission and $SS54.65 to each
club owner
This brings the total attendance for
the seven games up to 145, 444 and the
] total receipts up to $1SS,302.50.
Poor Baseball Weather
The weather was far from ideal for
baseball but was better than that
which prevailed for the other three
! games played here. The thermometer
was close to fifty degrees above zero
and not too cold for the spectators or
players. g..
The two twirlers upon whom Detroit
had pinned it's faith in winning the
great series were lacking when the
! critical time came.
/ "Wi1d BiP' Donovan lived up to his
nickname by passing six batters and
hitting another in the first two IN
nings. While this lack of control al
lowed Pittsburg to score only two runs,
! it had bad effect on the Detroit de-
Tense and Pittsburg scored often after
that. Donovan allowed a two-bagger
and a single in the third, but snappy
double play stopped Pittsburg from
scoring.
MuIlin to the Rescue
George Mullin was sent in to bat for
Donovan in the third inning and took
up the pitching after that. The Detroit
man was unequal to the task of pitch
ing four games out of seven and was
easy for the Pittsburg batters after
| Donovan had given them their start
MulIin was hit hard in the fourth and
sixth and Pittsburg soon piled up d
commanding lead.
Robert Byrne and George Moriarity
We're injured in a collision at third
base in the first inning and both were
forced to leave the game, although
Moriarity remained until after he had
hit two-bagger in the second.
With Byrne on second and Clarke at
bat in the first the Pittsburg manager
passed a hit-and-run signal to Byrne
The third baseman started for thlrd
on the signal, but Clarke missed the
ball.
Byrne made a desperate slide for
third and his spikes hit Moriarity IN
the leg He was called out, but both
men fell to the ground after the play,
1t was found that Byrne had sprained
| his ankle and he was carried from the
field Leach was then shifted to third
and Hyatt went TO center.
Moriarty's leg bothered him, but he
remained in the game until the next
! inning and when he went to bat IN
the second he hit a two-bagger into
the right field crowd, but could hardly
limp to second base. O'Leary was
sent in to run for him and finished the
game at third base.
The outlook for Detroit was decided
ly dark from the first. 1t could be
seen that Donovan was wild, as he
pitched a couple of balls to Byrne,
and then hit him. Leach sacrlhced'
| Donovan to Tom Jones, and then
came the play at third which resulted
in the injuries to Byrne and Morlarlty'
| Clarke drew a base on balls and stole
second. Wagner also drew a base on
balls and Miller forced Wagner al
second, Bush to Delehanty, ending the
inning.
Donovan Getting Worse
The poor work of Donovan was ever
more pronounced in the second, ano
Pittsburg was presented with two rims
Abstein opened by drawing a base on
balls and stole second. Wilson bunted
in front of the plate and Abstein peal
the throw to third. while Wilson was
safe on first Gibson popped to Bush
but Adams was given another pass, ano
the bases were filled. Hyatt sent sac
rifice fly to Crawford and Absteir
scored. Leach received another base
on balls and the bases were again filled
Still another pass was given &c
Clarke and he forced Wilson across the
plate. Cobb saved Detroit by making
a great catch of hard drive by
| Wagner.
There was no scoring in the third, but
it was prevented by speedy double
play. Miller opened with a single tc
center and when to third when Absteir
drove a two Dagger into left field. Will
son hit hounder to Bush, and Bush's
throw to Schmidt caught Miller at tht
plate. Abstein got too far off second
base and was doubled up, Schmidt tC
| Delehanty
Gibson forced Wilson, Bush to Dele
hanty, and the inning was ended. Null
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