Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09
RIGHT OFF THE BAT
Immense Crowds Watch the
Stars Score Board.
'EvERY PLAY IN DETAIL
Great Game at Pittsburg Flashed
Free to Washington Fans.
DETROIT RIOTERS IN MAJORITY
Pirates Backers, However, Have
Most Of the Cheering on
First Day.
RIOTERS IN MAJORITY

At half-past o'clock yesterday after
noon and again this afternoon a full halt
hour before the time set for the begin
ming Of the championship games between
the Pittsburg Pirates and the Detroit Tt
gers the crowds that had gathered on 18th
street to watch The Stars electric score
board were 50 dense that a special detail
of police. including bicycle and mounted
men. had to be sent across from the first
precinct station to insure order and to
keep the sidewalks cleared.
The knowledge that from The Stars
score board they would get the quickest
and best reports of the game was what
drew the crowds. Before the game yes
terday had gone two innings 18th street
was one solid mass of humanity. 1t was
an orderly crowd, but SO deeply interested
in the game that the police had to keep
moving up and down to keep the street
and sidewalks open.
The advance guard Of the fans appeared
across 18th street from The Star office
promptly at 1 o'clock, sat down on the
curb. leaned against tree boxes. smoked
and discussed the relative merits of Ty
Cobb and Hans Wagner.
Over in the Post Office Department
building clerks who were fortunate
enough to be working in rooms whose
windows looked out into Pennsylvania
avenue did very little work during the
in front window Of The Star building
the score by innings was told for the ben
eft OF the post office employees.
At the beginning Of the game the crowd
was restless under the hot sun. but-be-
fore two innings were played the sun
wandered around the corner of The Star
building and the spectators were able to
stand in the shade throughout the rest of
the game.
Detroit the Favorite.
And was it a Detroit crowd? Yes. in
deed, Mabel, it was for Hughey Jennings
and his Tigers heart and soul.
And what did the crowd do when Ty
Cobb was driven home by Jim Dele
hanty's smash to the outfleld?
Why, the crowd stood upon its hind
legs and cheered and said what a mutt
Joe Cantillon was to let Jim Delehanty
get away from Washington.
And what did the crowd do later, when
Jim Delehanty made a costly error?
1t groaned and said things like Dele
hanty always rotten and that Hughey
Jennings would live to wish he had
never seen him.
But tho great groan came when Clarke
almost tore the bieachers down with his
home-run drive. :.
And all the time the little electric lights
on the Stars score board flashed faith
fully, every detail of the play. and when
something unusual happened, such as
Leach's catch Of Cobb's drive. when
there were two men on bases. Meyer
Cohen got out his megaphene and gave
all the narrowing details.
Faithful Unto the End.
The longer the game went the greater
became the crowd. Not even in the
seventh inning. when nothing but mir
acle could save Detroit. did the faithful
rooters falter. Every time a Detroit mar
got a base on balls or hit the crowd
cheered.
But there was one big colored sport
who had his money down on Pittsburg.
While the score stood l to O in De.
troit's favor he stood silent and glum
disdaining to reply to the taunts of his
two companions
.'Whars yo' Pirates nowe What's yo
great and only Hans Wagner doin'?
they would ask.
No reply.
Finally came Clarke The smoky ad,
Aerent of the Smoky city team remarked
usually, as though for conversational
purposes only, that Clarke was the Pitts
,urg captain.
Dat don't mean nothin' to Mullin Dew
all looks alike to him. He'll cap'n Clarke
all right
Then it happened. The Pittsburg smoke
woke up for the first time.
Look out!' he yelled. Its a-comin'
Clarke's jes' bin holdin' 'em back He
SAYS, wait 70 me, I'll show you de way.
An gentlemen, he's shown 'em, too
Deep silence on the part Of the other
two.
Their Joy Was Short Lived.
For a long time the Detroit rooters had
no chance. Then. In the fifth, with two
out. Cobb got to hrst base.
Now, he'll steal" yelled an expert. Up
Ia this xoint no steals had been attempte Cd