The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-18
CHIEF: BENDER
/ DEFEATS CUBS
aboriginal Pitcher for the Ath-
letics Puts Indian Sign on
Chicago Team.
|VERALL Is HIT HARD
AND REMOVED FROM BOX
Record Breaking Crowd Sees
Philadelphia Americans Take
First Championship Game.

N PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Oct lin a
s1lean and sharply played game. the Phil
Idelphia American league champions de-
feated the Chicago Cubs" the pre-
snier team of the National league. at
shibe park today, 4 TO l. in the first con-
est Of the series TO decide the world s
championship. Nearly 10000 persons
aw the game.
5 fTo Charles Albert Bender, the Chip
Nwa Indian pitcher, and TO Frank
3hker. the third baseman' Philadelphia
ersely owes il victory; the the &c ehiei eid
fhen he faced the Chicago men this
Hernoon. Bakers contribution was his
Rrd ard timely hitting. The Americans
5und Overall rather easily and after the
, bird inning Manager Chance retired him
, nd sent Mcintyre into the box. The
lfter promptly stopped the Athletics and
cid them without hit until the eighth
ming, when Baker hit TO the right field
fall for two bases.
Bender who won the only game the
.fllletics took from the New York Ma
onals in the worlds series ins 1905, al
twed the Chicago men but three hits.
s1Wo in the ninth. and not one Cub
=eached second base until the final In
Ing.
III 1t had moi been for the muffns OF
mixers foul 0y In the ninth inning:
he Cubs would have been disposed OF
18th but two hits, as the little shortstop
ID the ball for q clean single and took
econd on Strunk's tumble.
Indian Is Steady.
The big Indian was as steady as a
lock and appeared TO be the master at
very stage OF the game. Besides get
ing only three hits. the Nationals were
tble to work him for only two bases on
,ails, and Schultz got both of these.
me In the fourth inning and the other in
he ninth.
fOverall got away with the first inning
n fine shape. though Collins singled,
MT lie got into deep trouble in the sec
nd. when the home team, batted him
lave a base on balls in this inning. In
(hc third he was found for a single and
II double. Third Baseman Baker was
be only man on either team to get more
ban. one nit. He landed on the ball
ir two doubles and single. scoring one
in himself and sending home two others
M the total OF four Lord was the
her man 70 hit for ar extra base,
Fielding Not Sensational
Eycep, for a hard running catch by
Reck9rd OF n long hy off Murphy's bat
the seventh inning. and several hard
Pps by Baker and Barry, the felding
bs not sensational
Xfbe only base stolen was by Murphy.
no reached second base on high
tched ball. which King could not bring
wn In time for a try 10 the center
4eakness behind the bat did not show
belf. as Thomas had the ball down
second ahead OF the runner each time
steal was tried. Only two attempts
pre- made. both by Schultz.
e largest that ever attended baseball
ime In this city The official count
~ the attsndance was 26,S91 and the
tal receipts sS1.42t.50. OF this amount
e players will receive s20. .2O9.2S; the
| ub owners S13.472s2. and the national
mmission s3742.45.
1.-THE failure OF A record crowd 10 at
ma was due partly 10 the inability of
Ne Visitors To obtain reserve seat tickets
I'd 10 the fact that the police depart
ent would not permit anyone to. stand
the aises of the grand stand. The
fional commission had arranged. to sell
Feral thousand standing room tickets
the big pavilion, but after eighty-eIght
them had been disposed OF the police
al down on the sale.
Bleachers Are Crowded,
Lhe blcacher seats were packed and
feral thousand persons were crowded
nind the ropes In right and left fields |
~ preachers were filled hours before
game began. several thousand having
Fnt Inosi Of the night at the gates OF
park TO get good seats
outside the grounds entcrprisinr house
'ders whose homes overlooked the 0eld
S'ed pleacher seats OH the roofs and
Them a. from So 10 s5 each.
tne Die game WAS late in starting, due
iobG conference over ground rules
ing TO the crowd in the field and over
question Of permitting moving mic. |
e men on the field when The. game was
progress: Umpire O'Day who decided
phse decisions. ordered the phctoz. |
'ners of the field. They refused IN |
anu appealed 10 Ban Johnson presl- |
OF the America. eague who was
DoX' Johnson summoned Umpire
pnolIF and told him that the movine
ture men had permission Of the na :
commission TO operate their ma
O'Day Acquiesces,
pay acauiesced, but Manager Chance
Ected 10 the machine. being r.iorcd
ruu the plate. Then followed more |
Ives OF waiting. and the crowd he |
s',"is impatient, was yelling play |
was finally agreed to permit the
10 place their cameras
~ me grand stand behind first and |
~ phses Bender WAS given a snlon- |
ovation. His great record for The
pon VAS remembered by the crowd |
me Philadelphia rooters settled hack |
tnsn'sy believing that the chief would |
t,nue to show his great form
neSehard the FIRST man up fouled off /
nrs' Dali pitched and the crowd |
70, Inc next was ID strike. and |
TWO more heaves of the I,,dian's
pity arm, the batter went out on |
-, schultz. the next man up. sent !