Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-13

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DETROIT oct. H,-Detroit defeated
Pittsburg to O. today and evened up the
count in the worlds championship series,
each now having two victories to its
credit The game was played with the
mercury at "a degrees above zero, but
17OS5 persons braved the chilling tempera-
ture and freezing blasts and the great ma
jorty Of them felt well repaid for their
polar experiences because they were with
Detroit.
The American league champions out
classed their rivals IN every department
and the pitching of George Mullin will
make one Of the brightest hits in the base
ball history Of Detroit.
1t is hard to conceive Of any pitcher
having his opponents more at his mercy
than Mullin had Plttsburg today.
There was never a moment when he was
not the absolute master of the situation
and he was at his best with men on bases
-Four hits represented the ability OF the
visitors and no two of these were made
in the same inning
Mullin performed feat in the third in
ming that win live in the annals Of base
ball and was frozen on the minds OF those
who saw it. In the third inning he struck
out Wagner with two out and men on
second and third. That was counted a
great feat, but just previously he had
struck out Manager Clarke a hard hitter.
with men on first and second A double
steal on Clarkes third strike moved the
men to second and third where they wero
when Wagner came to bat. LeifieId was
also victim on strikes in this same in
ming giving Mullin three strikeouts In one
session. All told he struck out the visitors
ten times.
DetrOit's Hits Mean TanIes.
Detroit scored because it was able to hit
when hits meant runs. stanage. Jen-
nings' young catcher, distinguished him
self in the second inning by send
ing Detroits first two runs across
the plate with a drive Just out of
Miller's reach. In the fourth inning Bush's
ringing double into the overflow crowd in
the left field scored another run. and Il
was Immediately followed by another two
bagger into the same place by "Ty" Cobb
The onslaughts OF Detroit in the second
and fourth innings drove Leifield, Pitts
burgs star left-hander, from the slab, and
he was succeeded by the veteran PhAlippi,
who was able to stem the Detroit tide, al
though they pressed him hard in the eighth
inning, Eight hits were made by Detroit
and six of those came in the two innings
when the scores were made, only two being
wasted
Outside Of Mullin. there were no stars
on the Detroit team, but their ensemble
work was brilliant. Every man did the
right thing at the right time, and only one
fielding slip marred the otherwise perfect
performance.
Frost Damages the Pirates.
The cold apparently affected the Pitts
burg fielding far more than It did Detroits,
as the National league champions put UP
miserable exhibition In that department.
Six errors were charged TO the lnfield-Ab-
stein, Miller and PhrIippi getting two
each The six errors detract little credit
from Detroits performances, as only one OF
them figured in the scoring.
The conclusive victory of Detroit has
toppled Pittsburg from It's position as the
favorite in the betting and even money is
now being offered as a more equtable
Indication of the relative merits OF the two
major league champions. The teams left
for Pittsburg tonight and the fifth game
will be played at Forbes field Tomorrow.
The scene will then shift back 10 this city,
where the sixth game is scheduled EsE
Thursday.
Detroit is celebrating its victory In due
style tonight and the American league
champion supporters are more than conf
dent Detroit will be successful In its third
attempt to win the worlds base ball cham
pionship.
Hans Wagner failed to star as he d!d
in yesterdays game. At the bat he was
helpless before Mullln. The first time up
he was lucky enough TO draw a base on
balls, but was forced out at third The
third inning saw his Memorable strikeout,
In the sixth he sent a. hot liner into Tom
Jones hands and in the ninth he was an
easy out, Moriarty TO Tom Jones In the
field he had two put outs and four assists,
but most OF them wefe OF the easy sort
His best play came % the fourth inning,
when he fumbled a gfounder by stanage
foI the fraction OF second. recovered It
quickly and touched Second. forcing Tom
Jones, and then threw TO first in time to
double up stanage
MuIIin, the Diamond Master.
Cobb made one hit two-bagger. and
reached first once when he was hit by
Leifield. The other two times the Georgia
star tried to beat out bunts in front OF the
plate, but Gibson threw him out both
times. In the field he had only one chance
and accepted that gracefully
SO thoroughly did Mulin do his work
that there were only six balls hit u the
outfield. Three Of these were safe hits and
the other three were divided. two flies to
Crawford and one to Cobb.
Pittsburg threatened TO score IN the sec
ond and third innings. After being retired
in the first session Wagner drew a base
on balls in the second. Miller struck out
Delehanty then made the only error for
Detroit when he fumbled Absteln's grounder
and Wagner moved TO second. Wilson hit
TO Mullin and Wagner was forced at third,
Mullin to MorIarity. Gibson was easy
Mulin 10 Tom Jones, retiring the side.
Pittsburg's real opportunity to score came