The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-28
HOW CUBS WON
FROM DETROIT
Chance Played Waiting Game
Against Pitcher
Donovan.
(By Hugh S. Fullerton, In The Ameri-

(By Hugh S. Fullerton, In The Amert-
can Magazine.)
Last fall, when Chicago and Detroit
met TO play for the championship OF
the world. Frank Chance. loader of
the champions. planned and won one
of the most beautiful strategic strug"
giles ever fought and the campaign
that he arranged and that his men
carried out was worthy of Napoleon.
The game was the second one of the
series and was played In Chicago on
Sunday before huge crowd.
Both teams realized that the game
meant almost everything; TO Detroit
a chance for the title, to Chicago al
most a certainty of retaining their
honors, and before the game meetings
of both teams we're held.
Chance planned a campaign. depend
ing entirely upon what pitcher Detroit
might choose. and his orders. Issued
the moment wild BIZ Donovan. one
of the great pitchers of the country,
was selected, were conveyed to his
mon in ono word: Wait"
They -walted-waitcd, while
the huge crowd went wild as inning
after inning reeled away and neither
eide was able to score run.
Donovan In that game had perhaps
as much speed os any human being
ever possessed. His fast ball jump
ed and darted, and his curve, pitched
with tremendous power and speed
broke almost at right angles.
Inning after inning. as Chance sent
his men to face that human gatling
gun which was firing the national can
non ball at and around them. he mo-
notonously communicative and
they went up and waited.
One strike, one ball two strikes,
strikes, sometimes a weak fly that
netted nothing
To the crowd 1t seemed as if Dono-
van never could he beaten as the
Champions appeared helpless before
his wonderful speed
Still Chance commanded: Walt
walt him out" Every batter went TO
the plate intent on making Donovan
pitch as many balls 10 them as pos
sible
They fouled, they waited. sometimes
they let him strike them out. but
never hit until compelled to do so.
and when the eighth inning came
neither had scored.
Hoffman led OFF that inning and still
his orders were wait" and he walt
ed until he could walt no longer, then
hit and rolled a safe hit down the
line.
In tho meantime Chance the COM
mandinG general, ordered the charge.
Tinker was the next batter. and the
order for that charge was conveyed
In word. switch
That was all. but Tinker rushing
eagerly forward TO the batter's posi-
tion knew that the leash that had held
the Champions all day had been cut
and that he could hit when he pleas
cd, even the first ball.
Crash Tinker smote the sphere a
terrific blow and like a swallow the
ball darted out To right field. high.
higher. until soaring over the roads
of the crowd II struck high over the
right field seats and the crowd went
wild
Then, like soldiers attacking
preacher wall the Champions attack
ed. and before the Inning was over
they had made six runs and their
waiting game was won.
Chance had calculated from the
first that Donovan was pitching with
too great speed, and that no human
being could hold such pace through
nine innings, and during all the time
that the crowd thought Detroit would
win, the leader of the champions was
sitting watching every move, waiting
for the first sign that Donovan was
urlng or beginning TO lose his speed.
At the start of the seventh inning
he@thought he detected signs of wear
mess, but the Smiling Tiger still was
strong. After Hoffman scratched that
hit at the start Of the eighth Chance
saw Donovan lower his pitching arm