Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-12
PITTSBURG BEATS
DETROIT, s to E.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 11.-Pittsbure
defeated Detroit by the score of to
here today in one OF the most sensa-
tional and fiercely contested games
ever played in a worlds championship
series. This gives Pittsburg a margin
of two games to one in the series and
the National League champions are
correspondingly jubilant. The De-
troits showed in the final innings OF
the contests, however, that they are a
far from hopelessly beaten team
Weather conditions were extremely
bad Rain fell frequently during the
nine innings, several times in hard
showers of several minutes duration.
The sky was threatening all day and
the low hanging clouds made it so
dark during the last two innings that
1t wss hard for both players and spec
tators to follow the ball. A sharp
northwest wind this afternoon added
to the discomfort OF the players and
the spectators in the unprotected
stands. Despite the wretched weather,
the attendance 1921, broke all local
records for the worlds series.
Pittsburg took the lead Immediately
this afternoon by scoring five runs in
the first inning. The Pennsylvanians
batted Summers out of the box and
were aided by some poor fielding. An
other run in the second inning gave
Pittsburg a lead of 6 to and the game
then appeared to be safe for the Wis
itors. Detroit however came to the
fore with one of their gameSt rallies
and scored four runs in the seventh
Inning, hitting Maddox hard and play
ing like fiends. With the score 6 to 4
Pittsburg connected with some of
Works curves in the ninth for two
runs. With the score 8 to 4 against it.
the Detroit team would not admit de-
feat and drove in two more runs in
the last inning. Had Crawford been
able to bat up to his usual mark this
afternoon there would have been a
different story to tell Detroit out
batted Pittsburg by a margin of one
hit, getting IL to the winners IL. Sum-
mers started for the locals but was
removed before the end OF the first in
ming. Willett succeeded him and did
we'll until he was taken out to allow
Mcintyre to bat for him in the sew
enth. Mcintyre struck out. Works.
who then went in, was lucky in the
eighth after Abstein had made a two
base hit with but one out. The next
two were easy outs In the ninth the
Pittsburgs batted him for three hits
and that clinched the game for them.
Had Jennings sent in a more expert
enced pitcher in such a situation he
might have gained at least tie.
Maddox was on the rubber for
Pittsburg and was hit hard in the
closing innings, although Detroit
could do nothing with him in the
early innings. When the American
Leaguers did start to hit him, they
landed hard and often. but Manager
Clarke left him in the box because of
the lead his team had
The mighty Hans Wagner was the
star of the game but he was forced to
share some of the honors with owen
Bush and Delehanty. Wagner made
four hits and stole four bases, al
though Catcher Schmidt was not to
blame for at least one of these. In the
first inning Wagner batted out hit
to Bush, stole second and went to third
on Schmidt's bad throw to second. He
then scored on a wild pitch In the
second he reached first on fielders'
choice and on double steal went to
third, while Leach was stealing home.
In the fifth he singled just out of Tom
Jones' reach and stole second. He
singled to left in the seventh, but was
caught trying to steal second. Schmidt
to Bush. In the ninth he again singled
and stole second while Leach was on
third. waiting to score. Schmidt did
not throw to catch Wagner this time,
however, until he mad ascertained that
Leach would not try to score
Bush and Delehanty led the Detroit
team in batting while Cobb and Craw-
ford made great catches during the
game. Bush made four hits in five
times at bat and two of them played
important parts in the scoring Dele
hanty made two two-baggers and a
single in five times at bat. His third
hit double in the seventh, started