Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-10-09
NEIRST GAME GOES
TO THE PIRATES
il Makes a Fine Start, but is
adly 0utclassed After Third
Inning.
FAT CROWD SEES CONTEST
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Worlds Series.
aLARKE AND LEACH STAR
aLARKE AND LEACH STAR
Pittsburg Manager Ties Score il
Fourth with Home Run.
FINE WORK BY PITCHERS
Adams o. Unsteady I'm First, when
lie Issues Two Passes and Allows
Two Hits-Byrne Hit In
Ifend with Ball.

PlTTsBURG, Pa, oct S.-The National
league champions the first game Of
the worlds championship series by the
score OF to /. at Forbes Field today.
Afler the early innings Detroit was out
cassed In every department OF the game.
In the first three innings Detroit out
played Pittsburg
An immense crowd of 90 265 paid admis-
sions a new record for attendance in
worlds series game, witnessed the exciting
game. Every seat in the immense amphl-
theater was filled when Empire Johnstone
called play ball" The majority of the
spectators were Pittsburg supporters, but
large delegation OF Detroit enthusiasts
made a creditable showing, with plenty of
noise in the early innings.
Clarke and Leach star.
Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy Leach
were the Pittsburg stars. In the fourth
inning Clarke solved Pitcher Mullins puz-
zllng delivery and made 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 COM
psrstively easy for Pittsburg after that.
Leach's sensational catch of a hard drive
from "Ty" Cobb's bat, with two Detroit
men on bases in the seventh inning, saved
the game. Leach was playing deep for
Cobb but this drive went almost to the
center-fied stand and it was only after
hard backward run that Leach was able
to make the catch.
Fine Work by Pitchers.
Both George Mullin and Charles Adams
pitched admirably Mullin allowed only
five hits Adams was hit safely six times
Adams was unsteady in the opening in
ming when he gave two bases on balls and
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and Detroit was not able to get more than
hit In an inning
Mulin was a complete enigma to the To-
calls during the first three innings. In
these he did not allow a hit and gave but
one base on balls. lie had retired two
Pittsburg men In the fourth when Clarke
made his home run Delehanty made a
ridiculous error at the beginning of the
fifth inning and Abstein made three bases
on IL. This was followed by two-bagger
by Gibson and another error by Bush gave
Pittsburg two runs and the game.
In the fifth inning Mullin hit Byrne in the
head with a pitched ball and It looked
for an instant as though he had knocked
out the little third baseman. The crack
Of the ball against Byrne's head could be
plainly heard, and as he sank to the
ground murmur of sympathy arose from
the crowd. After a few minutes he was
dOie W set UP anu llOl 10 llIsl bdSts
Pittsburg played with machine-like pre-
cision all the way and Byrne and Gibson
starred with clever bits of fielding.
Cobb and Wagner.
The presence OF the leading batter of
each league-Cobb and Wagner-created
great interest and the work Of both men
was closely watched, as 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 a two-bagger and
was hit in four times up. giving him an
average of 1888. Cobb failed to make a hit
as Leachs fine catch robbed him OF what
was almost a certain -three-bagger. Cobb
was up s5ur times and drew a base on
balls and scored Detroit's only run. Cobb
also stole base in the fifth inning and
Il was ON this play that Wagner made
remarkable one-handed catch of Gibson's
low and wide throw. The play was close
and the Pittsburg man disputed Umpire
0Loughlns decision for some time before
they would continue the game
How DetrOfs scored.
Detroit scored I'm the first inning, David
Jones drew base balls and Bush sac
rlficed him to second. Abstein TO Miller
Adams could not locate the plate and Cobb
also walked. Crawford hit smart bounder
third by a throw to Byrne. Delehanty
landed a safe hit in left field and Cobb
scored. while Crawford moved to third and
Delehanty to second on the throw to the
plate to catch Cobb. Morlarity shot
bounder to shortstop, but IL hit Delehanty
and the latter out while Morarity
received credit for a hit. The winners were
retired, one, two three in the first and
two were out IN the second when Abstein
drew a base on balls. This advantage was
abort lived, as Abstein was caught nap
ping by quick snap by Mullin to Tom
Jones Again the Pittsburg men were re-
tired In order and 1t not until two
were out in the fourth that Clarke's home
run came; Immediately after this Wagner
wPs hit by a pitched ball. but Miller
ended the inning with NY TO Cobb
DOwRfan OF Detroit.
The nfth inning brought about the com
pleJe downfall Of Detroit. Delehanty
starred Il by making an inexcusable FUN
bee ON Absteins grounder and the Pitts
burg thst baseman was on third before
the bad found its way back to the infield.
Muilin struck out Wilson after hard
tirne, but Gibsons two-bagger to center
scored Aosten. Bush Thea missed Adams
siounder allowing the pitcher TO get TO
fnst ANA Glbson 20 third Byrne was hit
la ths mead and the bases were full. Leach
filed 10 Dary Jones and Gibson beat the
throw TO the plate. giving Pittsburg the
lead by TO 1. Clarke finished the inning
Dolehanty TO Tom Jones.
Detroit was able TO set men on first
bass la the second. third and fourth in
nlngs and TO second in the fifth and
enth. Mullin singled with two out IN
ne second. Crawford did the same thing
In the third. schmid, drew a pass with
\ two out in The fourth but was forced at