Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-09
TIGERS EASILY
OUTCLASSED
BY PIRATES
TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND
PEOPLE SEE GREAT GAME
Smashing Home Run By Fred
Clarke Takes Ginger Out of
Detroit Players Wagner In
Batting Form,

NY Morning journal specia, LEASED wirel
| Pittsburg, oct. S.--Fhe National
League champions won the first game
| OF the worlds championship series NY
the score of I 20 I at Forbes field to-
day. After the early innings Detroit
was outclassed in every department
OF the game, In the first three in
nngs Detroit outplayed the Plttsburg
champions.
There were 29.9G5 paid admissions,
| a new record for attendance in a
worlds series game. Every seat in
the amphitheater was filled when
Johnstono called play ball.
| Manager Fred Clarke aud Tommy
Leach were the Pttsburg stars. Ia
the fourth inning Clarke solved Pitch
or Mnlin's pugzlng delivery and
made q smashing home run hit into
the right field bleachers, This tied
| the score and appeared to take all the
heart out OF Detroit. Scoring was
comparatively easy for Pittsburg after
that. Leachs sensational catch Of n
| hard drive from ry Cohb's trusty bat
with two Detroit men on bases IN the
seventh inning saved the game Both
|
| pitched admirably Muliin allowed
only five hits Adams was hit safely
| six times Adams was unsteady in
the opening inning when he gave two
bases on balls and allowed two hits.
| After that he steadied and Detroit
was not able to get more than one
hit in an inning.
| Mulhn WAS complete enigma To
/ In
lnlngs In these he did not allow a
hit and gave but one base on balls
| He had retired two Pittsburg men In
the fourth when Clarke made his
| home rum Delehanty made a rdicu-
lous error at the beginning OF the
| Afth inning and Ahsteln made three
bases on IT, lns was followed BY a
| wo-bagger by Gibson and another
Ierror by Bush gave Pittsburg two
runs and the game,
In the nth inning Mulliu nit Byrne
| in the head with a pitched ball and
| it looked for an instant as If he had
knocked out the little third baseman
The crack Of the bah against Byrne's
head could be plainly heard and as
he sank TO tho ground murmur OF
sympathy arose from the crowd.
After few minutes he was able TO
get up and trotted to first base.
Pittshurg played with machine-like
precision all the way and Ryrne and
Gibson starred with clever bits Of
nelding.
The presence of the leading batters
of each league--Cobb and Wagner--
created great interest, and the WORK
OF both men was closely watched. az
many bets have been made as to
which will hit the better during the
series Wagner had the better OF II
today as he made two-bagger and
was hit In four times up giving him
an average OF 33S Cobb failed to
make hit, as Leachs lne catch
cobhed him of what was almost cer-
tain three baggcr. cobb was up four
times and drew base on balls and
scored Dctroits only run
cobb also stole base in the firth
inning. and 1t was on this play that
Wagner made a remarkable one
handed scoop of Gibson's low wide
throw The play was close and the
Pittsburg men disputed Umpire
OLoughlin's decision for some time
before they would continue the game.
Detroit scored in the first inning. u
Jones drew base on balls and Bush
sacrificed him to second Abstcin to
Miller Adams could not locate the
plate and cobb also walked. Craw-
ford hit a smart bounder To Adams
and -. Jones was forced at third by
IA throw to Byrne. Delehanty landed
= safe hit in left field and Cobb
scored while Crawford moved TO third
and Dclchanty To second on the throw
to the plate to catch cobb. Moriarty
shot "a bouuder to shortstop hut 1t
hit Delehanty aud the latter was out.
while Morarity received credit for
hit
Tho winners were retired one two.
three in the FIRST and two We're out
in the second when Ahstein drew
base on balls, This advantage WAS
short-lhed as Absten was caught
mapping by quick snap 10y Mullin to
rom Jones Again in the third Pitts
burg men were retired in order and
not until two were out in the fourth
lid Clarkc's home run come. Inn
nediately after this Wagner was hit
By pitched ball but Miller ended
he inning with a fly To Cobb.
The hfth inning brought about the
'omplote downfall of Detroit Dele
lanty started II ny making an mex
.usah,e tumble on Absteln's srounder
and the Pittshurg first baseman was
IN third before the ball found its way
iuck to the lnncld Mullin struck out
Wilson after q hard time hut Gibson's
wo- bagger 10 center scored Abstein.
Bush then muffed Adams easy
,rounder. allowing the pitcher to get
o first and Gibson to third. Byrnc
vas hit In IN. head and the bases
we're full. Leach flied to Davy Jones
md Gibson beat the throw to the
,iate. giving Pittsburg the lead by
hree to one. Clarke finished the in
ling. Delchanty to Tom Jones.