The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-29

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graat interest -o .ans
HA Fullerton is the base
j." bah authority 81 Amer
alL .aen Chicago and De
tror met - plas for h. champion
shin 81 he World. Frank Chance.
leader 81 Tie champions. panne.
and won cue 81 the most beautiful
strateeic struggles ever fought and
TIE campaign that he arraneei an4
tha. his men carried out vas worthy
of NAPOLEON. The game was ihe
second one of the series and was
PLAYED En- Chicago en Sunday hetorA
huge crowd Bol teams realized
that the game meut almost every
thing. 90 Detroit chance fer iht
title. 10 Chicago almost certainty
~ retaining their hCnois. and before
the game meetings 0f both teams
were held Chance planned 4 cam
paign depending entirely upon What
pitcher Detroit mig4t choose AMI hls
orders, ISSUED the moment Wild
HiI" Donovan one of The grea
pitchers OF the country was selected
were conveyed 70 his men in ont
word Wait" They Waiiel-waiiei
waited. while the huge crowd wen
will as inning after inniLg 7eeleo
away ami neither side was able ~
score run. Donovan I'm that game
had perhaps as much speed as ans
human being ever possessed. His
fast bali jumped and dartea and his
curve. pitched with tremendous pOw
or and speed broke almost an right
angles Inning after inning as
Chance sent his men go face tfa
human gatling gun which was firms
the national cannon ban at auf
around them. be- m0n0t0nously CON
manded Wait and they went M
and waited One strike. one bail
two strikes foul. two balls. foul. foul.
sometimes three strikes. some lines
q weak Ay thur netted nothing To
the crowd if seemed as 10 Donovan
never 1id be- beaten as the cham
pions an .,sared helpless before his
wonderful speed Still Chance com
manded. "Wait-wait him ont
Every batter Went 10 the plate intent
on making Donovan pitch as many
halls % them as possible The
iouled they waited. sometimes they
lct him strike them out. but neve
hit until compelled 10 do so. AMI
when the eighth inning came neither
had scored Holman led off that In
ming and still his orders We're wait
ana he waited uptil ho could wait no
longer then Die and rolled safe hit
down the line ln fhFt moment
Chance the commanding general
ordered the charge Tinker WIS the
mex batter. and he order for thu
charge was conveyed I'm n word
switch That was an best TiukH
rushing eagerly forward 10 the bat.
tors position knew that the leash
that had held the chan pi0us an dly
had been cut and thar he could bit
when he pleased even the first bali
Crash Tinker smofe the sphere a
errife blow and Ike a swallow tho
lall darIel out 70 right field. high.
higher. until soaring over the heads
u The crowd it struck high over the
light field seats and the crowd went
Wild. Then like soldiers attacking
IA preacher wall Tho champions att
.iacked. and before the inning was
over they had made six runs and
their waiting game had won.
Chance had calculated from the
first that Donovan was pitching with
too great speed and that no human
lbeing could hold such a pace through
inine innings and during all the time
that the crowd th0ughl Detroit would
Win, ihe leader Cf ihe champions wa
sitting watching every move. waiting
for the frst sign that Donovan was
tlring or beginning TO lose his speed.
Al the start Ol the seventh inning he
thought he detected signs Of weari
ness bur the Smiling Tiger still was
strong After Holman scratched that
hlt al the start OF the eighth, Chance
saw Donovan lower his pitching arm
as If weary, and he issued his order
and after Tinker drove that home
run he ordered, Take crack at
the first one Like a general, he
had found the breach and ordered the
charge, and his men, held In leash
So long leaped 10 The plate and be
gan the bombardment that brought
victory
Words That Have Hidden Meaning.
II Is seldom that spectators az any
game got q glimpse OF the brair
work behind the movements of tn,
players and even to hardened fans
the game looks haphazard. They
criticize because they do not under
stand. They see only the individual
what he does. whore the ball is hit
or caught. or thrown. and the inten
and purpose OF il all is lost wthou
thinking how mech thought MAJ
have been wasted on the play tha
the individual attempted To carry out
or how well planned the game ma,
have been. They imagine. most q
them that the players are indiyid
uals who walk TO the plate, hit O
miss the ball, make a safe hit or g,
cut, and they do not know thai
behind The way the man hits. hehin
the movements OF the base runner
behind the position lne men take. an
hidden a code OF signals and a Serie
OF orders "a be obeyed without ques
tiOn, for the general gOol The
scarcely imagine that games ar
planned before they are started. O
that as soon as a pitcher is name
the manager and his advisers ma
out a scheme OF action and plan "a
attack upon the weakest point of IN
opposing team. They do net roaliz
that as soon as Marquard of Ne
York. or Phester of Chicago.
named to pitch, the opposing mar
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