The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-10
DONOVAN, IN BOX :.OR DETROIT,
WAS AN ENIGMA AFTER
THE OPENING
INNINGS.
MORE THAN 10000
PEOPLE SAW GAME
CafsN Knocked Out Of Box by
Detroit in Third inning, Who
Then Pounded Willis Hard
Fer WhiIe--Was Hard
Fought Contest.

Tittsburg, Oct 9.-The American
League champions evened the worlds
championship series by defeating
Pittsburg, to 2, today. As each has
one victory. at least five contests will
be necessary before the series is de-.
eiJed.
Detroits ability to hit the National
League pitchers and Pittsburg's in
ability to connect with Donovans
curves, tells the story, Pttsburg
scored two in the firss inning. De
troit did likewise in TIE second, and
batted Camnitz out of the box in the
third, when three runs gave Betroit a
commanding lead Willis succeeded
Camnitz and two more runs from his
offerings in the fifth inning gave De-
troit seven.
Donovan Was An Enigma.
Detroit made nine safe hits from
the combined curves of Camnitz and
Willis. while Donovan allowed only
five hits and two of those were two
baggers by Leach and Miller In the
first inning. After that the Detroit
twirler was an eEig:na, and a two
bagger by Leach in the third inning,
a single by Abstein in the fourth and
an infield hit by Wagner in the ninth
represented Pittsburg's hitting during
the last eight innings Only sixteen
batters faced Donovan in the last five
innings.
During the last four innings Willis
also pitched remarkable bali and only
twelve men faced him. Two men
reached first base in that time, but
one was caught stealing and the
other was doubled up.
The most sensational feature of to-
days game, which was witnessed by
more than 10000 people, was the
steal home by Ty Cobb in the third
inning.
Cobb's Gtea; eFat.
1t was remarkably we'll timed and
the entire Pittsburg team and the
crowd were caught off guar,l. Willis
was about to pitch his first ball when
Cobb started for the plate and by q
daring slide reached it in time to
beat Willis bewildered throw Glib
son was so surprised he dropped the
ball after Cobb slid in. Leach was
again the star, with two two baggers
in his four times at bat In the fie' d
81 HI htc wnrk
was unavailing to stem the Detroit
tide.
Cobb made his first hit of the series
with bingle over second base In the
seventh inning. Wagner made hi'
in the ninth and still leads Cobb In
the batting ,luel between the two lead
ing hitters. Wagner has made two
hits in seven times at bat for an aver
age of 2S6, and Cobb has hit safel,
once in six times for an average o
.167. Wagner struck out in the first
inning with Leach on third base, bu
MiIler's two-bagger scored Tommy.
Started With R.sh.
Pittsburg started in with a rusi
when Byrne walked and Leach i'm
mediately scored him with ringing
two-base hit to right. Clarke sacri
feed Leach to third, Donovan to I
Jones, and Wagner struck out. Mile
shot long hit into the crowd in .righ
field and completed the circuit of th'
bases, scoring Leach. The umpri
decided IL was iwo-bagger unde
the ground rules, because the STAN
was only temporary. Leach scored
but Miller was sent back to secon
base. Schmidt missed an easy chanc
to retire Abstein by mrffing a fou
bnt Abstein struck out, ending the II
ming.
After that Pittsburg was helples