The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-14
P|TTSBUGR is NOW
ONE GAME TO
THE GOOD
Defeated Detroit Yesterday BY
Score of 8 to q.
GREAT VICTORY FOR ADAMS
Young Pitcher Had Heavy Hitting
Tigers at his Mercy. His Second
Game of Series

Pittsburg, Oct 13.-Pittsburg took
the lead in the battle now being wag-
ed for the worlds baseball champion
ship by defeating Detroit to in the
fifth game of the series, at Forbes
Field today This gives the National
League champions three victories to
two for the winners of the American
League pennant. The scene will shift
to Detroit again tomorrow where the
sixth. and possibly the last, game Of
the series will be played. The com
mission today decided that a seventh
game, If 1t is needed, will be played
in Detroit. Garry Hermann Tipped a
coin; President b. B. Johnson of the
American League won and chose De
troit.
Attendance and Receipts.
Todays game was played with the
thermometer lowering between 35
and 40 degrees above zero. A chill
ling wind from the southwest swept
across the field. Despite the I'M
toward conditions, 21,706 persons saw
the game and the receipts were $780,
173 OF this sum the national COM
mission receives SS,217.S0 and each
club owner S14,477S5. The players
no longer share in the receipts as the
first four games is their limit. This
makes the receipts for five games
S156, los and the total attendance was
117347. Each club owner has now
received S36.7S6.15 and the national
commission $15,610.SO
Three Home Runs Made.
home run by Manager Fred
Clarke, which scored Byrne and
Leach in front of him, turned the tide
of victory to Pittsburg in the seventh
inning, after Detroit had tied the
score at 3 to by scoring two in the
sixth
Detroit had two home runs to its
credit but neither came with any one
on bases. d. Jones, the first man up
in the first inning, hit the ball into
the enclosure which had been built
around the outfeld for the overflow.
Sam Crawford made the other Detroit
home run in the eighth.
Fielder LeacF's Mshap.
Crawfords home run nearly depriv-
ed Pittsburg of the services of the
brilliant Tommy Leach. Leach gave
chase to Crawford's long hit and
while running backwards at good
clip he struck the enclosure fence
The impact of his body smashed the
boards and he shot over the low
fence head first and turned a COM
plete somersault. Presently, how
ever, he returned TO his place in the
field, apparently none the worse for
his spectacular mishap
Work Of Pittsburg Pitcher.
Charles Adams the phenomenal
youngster of the Pittsburg team,
achieved the distinction of being the
only pitcher to win twice in the ser
les by annexing today's game. Ad-
ans clearly outpitched Summers, who
worked the nrst seven innings for
Detroit but he was lucky in having the
team behind him hitting, as he allow
ed the losers four runs. Adams al
lowed six hits-two home runs, two
two-baggers and two singles, while
Summers was hit safely ten tines,
including one home run and one
double.
The mighty Wagner had bad day
in the field, making two errors in five
chances. At the bat he made one hit
in four times up, but reached first
three times. Cobb made only one hit
"a single to left in the sixth. After
getting three balls and two strikes ID.
Jones hit the ball into the center field
for q home run.