The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-14
HOW PITTSBURG
DEFEATED TIGERS

PlttsburG, Oct 13.-Pittsburg took
the lead on the battlefield of the
worlds championship by defeating De-
troit s to 4, In the fifth game OF the
big series, at Forbes field today This
gives the National league champions
three victories to two for Detroit, The
scene will shift to Detroit again to-
morrow where the sixth, and possibly
the last game Of the series will be
played, BY winning tomorrow Pitts
burg will clinch the worlds cham
pionshoip, but II Detroit wins the
series VIII be be tied again and sew
enth game will be necessary.
The national commission met today
and decided 10 play the crucial game.
II II Is needed In Detroit
The game was played with the Their
mometcr lowering between So and 40
degrees above zero a chilling wind
swept across the field. but the i'm
mensc grandstand protected the great
majority of the spectators Despite the
untoward conditions, 21,70G persons
saw the game and the receipts were
TJE,ltos vi lHl6 buin tut nhNipHdl toLl-
mission receives s3.2l7.30 and each
club owner $14.477.S5 The players no
longer share in the receipts as the
first four games is their limit.
This makes the receipts for the Ave
games Sl56 los and the total attend
ancc was 117,S47. Each club owner
has now received s36, ,7S615 and the
national commission, s15,610S0,
A homo run by Manager Fred
Clarke, which scored Byrne and
Leach in front OF him, turned the tide
OF victory 10 Pittsburg In the seventh
inning after Detroit had tied the
score at to 3. by scored two in the
sixth.
Detroit had two homo runs to It's
credit but neither came with any one
on bases. DR. Jones, the first man up
in the first inning, hit the ball into the
enclosure which had been built around
the outfield for the overflow Sam
Crawford made the other Detroit homo
run In the eighth.
Crawford'S home run nearly de-
prived Pittsburg of the services OF tho
brilliant Tommy Leach. Leach chased
Crawford's long hit and while running
backward at good clip, struck the
low fence. The impact OF his body
smashed the boards and he shot over
the fence head foremost A groan
went up from the crowd as 1t appear
cd as il 1t was impossible for the lit
tie centerhclder to escape injury
After short delay. he returned 10 his
place in the field, apparently none the
worse for his spectacular mishap
Charles Adams of PittsbuTe
achieved the high distinction Of being
the only pitcher 10 win twice in the
series by anneXing today's game.
Adams clearly outpitched Summers.
who worked the first seven innings
for Detroit, but he was lucky In hav.
ing the team behind him hitting, as
he allowed the losers four runs.
Adams allowed six hits-two homo
runs, two two-baggcrs, and two singles
while Summers was hit safely ten
timos. including a home run and 4
double
Davy Jones homo run gave Detroit
run In the first. but Pittsburg I'm
mediatoly tied the score because Sum
mers gave a base on balls with the
bases full a wild pitch by Summers
allowed the second PlttsburS run to
score In the second, and another came
in the third. The score remained 8 to
] In Pittsburgs favor until the sixth,
when Detroit punched a single and
two-bagger and, aided by Wagner's
costly bad throw, scored two runs
Then came Clarke's home run in the
seventh and the national leaguers as.
sumed commanding lead Each team
scored one more in the eighth inning
Wagner had a bad day in the field,
making two errors In five chances His
first error was a bad throw of Dele
hanty's groundcr In the sixth, and II
allowed Crawford to score from sec
ond His other misplay was a muft of
Tom Jones pop fly into short left in
the ninth, Al bat, Wagner made one
hit In four times up. but reached first
three times. The first time he drew
a base on balls, but was left on second,
and in the third he singled to left, but
was on third when the inning was end.
ed, In the fifth he was au easy out.
and I'm the seventh he was hit in the
back by a pitched ball He dropped to
the ground. and was evidently In