The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
Tigers Even
Up the Score
With Pirates
Detroit Beats Pittsburg in the
Most Dramatic Game of
Big Series
By R. w. LARNER

J.
won the sixth game of the worlds series
this afternoon to 4 and thus made
necessary seventh contest to decide the
title. But the contest doesn't tell half
of it. Without a doubt it was the most
exciting worlds series game ever per-
perpetrated. There may have been just
as close battles in the world champion
ship wars in the past, but there never
was such a nerve racking one when so
much depended on the result. What
ever the reputation of the Tigers in the
past, 1T must be admitted that they
showed their gamenesS today and came
out on top in a combat which many
clubs would have given up as lost at
the end of the first half OF the first
inning.
1t cost Detroit something to win the
game, but no one is counting the cost
and Tom Jones and Charley Schmidt.
tense ninth inning, would take the
same wounds a thousand times, pro-
yided they could be received in such a
good cause.
PLAYERS ARE INJURED
The Tigers did not dash gleefully off
the field at the finish. One of their
number Tom Jones. was carried away
TO the clubhouse by his teammates
Another one, Charley Schmidt, hoople9
painfully to the dressing room and all
but tainted when he reached Ii. And
still another, George Moriarity, dragged
his spiked limbs at snaifS pace, While
the rest of his pals gave him and the
other two injured their expressions of
sympathy.
While George Mullin will be hailed
universally as the real hero of the con-
test, one must not lose sight of the fact
that Charley Schmidt had as much to do
with the result as any one else. Never
before today did Schmidt catch a world s
series game that earned him so much as
honorable mention But he was there
this time, and no back stopper in the
country could haye worked more con-
sistently and brilliantly than the stocky
Tiger. He didn't figure much in the
hitting. but he did catch wonderfully,
and he was the chief engineer in two
double plays that did much to bring
Gathering bunch of three runs be-
fore soul was out in the opening
all over until the home part of the
fourth In this round the Tigers tied
up the score and then proceeded to get
a little lead for themselves They
reached the ninth inning two runs to
the good, and because the weak end OF
the Pittsburg batting order was COM
ing the game looked as good as won
for the American leaguers. But the
Pirates had not quit.
MILLER DOES GOOD WORK
Jockey Miller, who had been doing
better hitting than at any time in his
worlds series career. led off with
who looked like a joke before Mullin
in previous attempts, followed with a
safe wallop to center and there We're
men on first and second and none out,
and but two tallies needed.
OF course, IT was UP to Wilson to
bunt. He did so and laid down the ball
so perfectly that he probably would
have beaten it to first base even IL Tom
Jones had not dropped Schmidt's throw.
Tom made nice try for Schmidt'S peg
but he had to get in front of the runner
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no thought of hurting anybody. Th4
ball sailed out of Jones hands and the
Tiger first sacker toppled over as if out
Before Delehanty could recover the
ball Miller scored. making the Tigers
margin only one. Abstein raced to
third while the Detroit players rushed
Wilson stopped at first. Jones was
unconscious. He lay there dead to the
world until Trainer Tuthill and four
other Detroiters lifted him up to carry
for a second during his trip, but he
relapsed into the land of nod and did
not know q thing until it was all over.
In the meantime the crowd had for
gotten the injured hero and was look
ing with all its eyes at the two
and Mullin--on whom
nings was out in the middle of the
diamond giving words of encourage
ment to Mullin and readjusting his
team. Matty Mcintyre was called to
1eII snelQ anu 1dVN zones moved TO
center Sam Crawford. whose repu-
tation as first sacker is not to be
sneered at, came in to take up the task
of the wounded member of the Jones
family. Sam had a chance to show
his skill Immediately.
sCHMID1vS HEROIC WORK
Mullin, cool and slow, shot curve
over for Hackenschmidt Gibby leaned
against it and sent it bounding to
Wahoo SAM The latter picked it up
cleanly and shot it home, whittier Abb
stein was Fastening to register the
run that would tie it and give the
Pirates chance to go home tonight
with the title. But Schmidt took Sans s
peg. blocked the runner off the plate
and tagged him out while the crowd
yelled madiy. 1t was not known at
the time that Schmidt was even more
badly hurt than Jones had been. But
the contact with Abstein's spikes tore
a huge chunk out of the catchers
thigh and he suffered intense pain
when he tried TO stoop and sign for
the next pitch
Mullins troubles We're not over bv
any means. There was only one out
Wilson was on second and Gibson on
first and the Pirates still needed one
to make it draw. OF course, Philippe
was not given chance to- bat In.
his place came Eddie Abbattichio The.
Italian fouled off two and then waited
for three balls. it was up to MuIli,l
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