New-York tribune., 1909-10-10
TIGERS TURN TABLES
BEAT PIRATES IN FdSv
FASHION.
tn Cobb's Steal of Home Feqtar.
Tcith DonoUan's Pitching, of Sec.
ond Game of the Series.
rBy Telegraph - Ths rrlouz.1

burg Is trying tonight to realize that the r,.-.
Tigers really turned the tables on the Pirates =.
day and won the second game % the s-riss sor ss
worlds championship BY a score OF 20 z n.
Detroit delegation is on It's Uay home r.s4-, ~
cheer its team with renewed hops when ths ss,-s
game Is played In the homs Of the Ar-ss.,.
League champions on Monday. and the odds usi..
were heavily on Pittsburg this morning favor ~.
Pirates very little tonight
The Detroit team found ITSELF TO-DAY ae..- -.
arst inning and the Pirates when once the vs.,,.'
had taken the lead In the third inning were -.
dangerous. Wild Bin Donovan pitched a 49,
game He allowed only FIVE hits. and oulv tu, "a
them came together. two-baggsrs BY Lsaeh "a
Miller In the first inning, which produced ~,
runs. all that were credited 70 the standard hs,,..
Of the National League. After that h va
vincible, and held the Pirates at his mercy
The only reason there wasn't a bigger cr,-s q.
Forbes Field to-day than there was yester5sv 7p.
because Forbes Field would not hold any nor. -,
sons The scenes Of men standing ia line all rys,
waiting 10 buy tickets were repeated and thu -
feet weather for the game that again r-.,r,
brought thousands from outlying parts Of tbs -
who could get nowhere near the gates
Opposite the baseball park Is the Hotel seb.,,..
and here there was great traffic In tiek.ts w..
VINO nad obtained them succumbed 70 the Iu-. x
the high prices offered BY the speculatorz 49, -
result the scalpers had the wherevrttbaI = = =
business, although their efforts were r-o-,,.s =
DE tne national commission and al the oH~,.l :,
tne Pfttsburs club Another proAtabIs trss. -. -
tnat discovered by men who had held places 4, -
line all night and then sold their positions =. -
VINO turned up In the morning hours sucE -
were less profitable than those IN tic<sts L. 80
required less capital and gave the sr1brvo -
la'ors chance TO make enough 70 take ar.-s.
real tickets HSei u
The only ground rule in force aBpI,s5 - t.....
Wnere there was enough % a crowd 70 Iir,,, -.
two bases This rule caused = Ior - -, ''s p"
tne nrst inning ard cost Pi,tsburg 2 r,,, -
walked. and scored Tommy IAacb,v -
smash 70 right field. sending the crowd fai-, -
CIaIAe sacrinced' and then. with Wagner IN, -
am was deafening. Donovan was a. cool -
ioeOsrs. however, and struck the mighty Tsn.-
out. while the Detroit rooters a1tbouz5 -.
up in the huge home crowd r7a-sz.s =.
ncisiIy for a moment. Miller srnssba5 ~. -
really home 20 left field hr+ ,,,4. -
ground rule he was held to two baSa. -
scored. and Abstein. after get,inr a ufs ~
schmidt dropped his high foul struck out
The batting spell hadn't produced a r,s,,- -
as had at first seemed probable b,.t +hs -,,-s -
satisfied and looked for more damage as The -.
went along The damage was done bur n rs
done by the bats OF Detroit for Canntz baqs, :,
Weaken Just as 1t seemed that he had come saf.lv
'n'ousn the second inning Crawford began THAT
perlod oy striking out. and Wagner disuoSAs -
Deiehanty- Noriarity. however. undauutsd bv ~.
raet that two were out singled. and went 70 ,hir4
Vnen Tom Jones made good on the hit-anS-rr,
play and planted neat single IN Isft Tsz7
schmidt doubled to centre and NIorarity and Jon.s
dashed across the plate. the score being tied sa,
the Detroit delegation went crazy
Schmidt stayed on second base b-caus. po-.z,,
struck out. but the teams were on even t.--s
again and the crowd waited. tenssly for the h-.sk
mat seemed certain to come 20 one team q Is
other ere long
Ptttsburs could do nothing in the second 49, .
the second inning, and Detroit came N nn q,
commence for the third inning which was . setfs
the fate of the game. as il turned OUT Davv Io-ss
started with bunt along the third base linz sut
Abstein dropped Byrne's throw leaving Jones sss.
Bush singled and Cobb received a base On bsrs
nllins the bases, with none out. Clarke and Wa.
ner. afraid OF the effect or the situation on can
nttz's nerves, walked over TO speak 70 the pitcher
While Hughey Jennings, seeing the chance for tbs
game 70 be won at one blow. grabbed grass n
double handruls as he crouchsd eagerly back q
third base
Camnitz stayed in the box. although there vs,s
cries OF Take him outI'' and Crawford lifted a.
to Clarke in short left Held d Jones was not sen,
home the play. by,t scored easily with Bush %
hind him. when Delehanty singled TO centre. Co55
took third, and Delehanty went second oa
Leachs throw 20 get Cobb.
This ended Camnitz. and Willis came in. 10 es
greeted at once by the greatest PLAY Of the series
As he wound up TO pitch the first ball Cobb cat
loose for the plate and slid II the anazd
Gibson received the ball II looked II Dsrc'
would keep scoring. for MOrtartty took base On
balls. but Tom Jones forced Delehanty at third On
a tap TO Willis. and Schmidt struck out
IL was all over but the shouting now hOVsvsf
Donovan settled down into the pitching Of Von
derful game and held the Pirates practically a
his mercy True. Leach. who had already usts
one two-bsgger, got another when the Flsi''
went to bat after this triumphant Detroit ssssNl
OF scoring He was first man up. and got asia
drive down the left field foul line for two sss's
II did no good. however. for Clarke fled 70 traN
ford. Wagner lifted a foul 10 Schmidt and NlH
struck out.
That the way il went for the Pirates. SO
that Donovan had taken their measure Tha
seemed be helpless before the wizsrdry Of as
control, and the whole Detroit team, confident Q.
victory, backed him up in a fashion far diEsTsn
from the lame and hsItins support it gave Gs0rs'
Mullin yesterday
Willis pitched weTI-better than Csmnitz aai
done-but the Tigers found him for brace
runs in the NTH inning none the less. Aosts
began by robbing cobb OF a hit on tsn@
drive down the right field foul line a great ors
handed stop by the first baseuan CraVfo'
smashed a twO-bsgger past third. and pslenah0
walked Moriarity popped fv 70 Ahstein IL
Jones walked and with the bases full Sehnl~
made his second timely hit Of the same. oFiVi,-
Crawford and Delehauty home with clean sins'
10 centre. Tom Jones tried 70 take third on u
hit. but Leach caught him with Sreat thrc"
cobb got his first hit in the series 70 open ~
seventh inning. and then tried take third Wi.
Miller threw Crawford cut Absteins throw
third disposed Of him. howeevr
That was all there was 20 ~ Fittsburs rev
had another real chance 20 score until the hin
inning. when Wagner reached third with only =
out AbStein struck out, however, ana W"S
ended the performance With ty to CraWtoru
total of Sl,l1+ tickets was sold tor 'N0
to-day the turnstiles at the field sho"ins
80 9l5 persons passed Into the grounds. TIE -
receipts from the sale Of the tickets were ~ ~StL
which viii be divided follows. To the Nt'v
Baseball Commission. StlSS -, tO the P''
S2Sl7 6S; To each club S,5S9 81 .J
lows, Tickets sold. SO 6sI. tickets received ~ -.
6Oi7S; total receipts SS2.US: National BaSe'a.