The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-18
TOUCHING SECOND
mn By John j. Evers and Hugh S. FuIlerto, .n

on the West Side grounds. Tho cro,,d
Nv eNerNlhing-that is, evcrvthinn il
cpula see. What it did no: sec wa
unls' ms Tinker was batting. Steinfeldi
mSs on nrst base, Schultz on third. Tho
! orders were for hit and run NAV ~,
tinker went TO bat After one str;In
nad been called Chance raised his hand.
iltted III his cap from his head and quick.
! ~ replaced IT; the signal for his mnn
10 aItempt delayed double steal. Mar.
snail coaching at third, cried: Look
our, Steiny, and Evers. coaching al
nrsti LOOK out. Frank. - No one no.
t,ced IN the lumble of their wells that
they used the names of the base runnerS
for The first time. The use of the namc
| OF runner was the signal for tho de.
| laFed double steal. All that happened
afterwards was only mechanical and
although Schultz scored, and Steinfeldf
reached second and Tinker helped them
10y, ms MOTIONS as he struck at the
pan, Intentionally missing II, tnev were
but puppets carrying out the orders of
inc general. Chance had won the game
from the bench when he lifted his can
from his head
When Chicago and Detroit met for
the championshipf of the world that
same fall. Chance planned and won one
OF the most beautiful strategic strug.
giles ever fought and the campaign that
he planned and that his men carried
out was worthy a baseball Napoleon.
Inc game was the second ore of the
series and was played in Chicago be.
fore huge Sunday crowd Both teams
realized that the game meant almost
everything; 10 Detroit an even chance
for the title, 10 the Cubs almost Ger
tainty of retaining their honors. Be-
fore the game meetings of both teams
were held. Chance planned his cam
palgn. depending entirely upon which
pitcher Detroit used and MS orders.
issued the moment 'EWild Bill Dono.
van was selected, were conveyed to his
men III one word: "'Wait,' - They wait
cd -waitcd-waited. while the huge
crowd went wild as inning after inning
reeled away and neither side was able
TO score "A run. Donovan in ;hat game
had perhaps as much speed as any
human being ever possessed. Ills fast
ball jumped and darted, and his curve
pitched with tremendous power and
speed. broke almost at right angles.
Inning after inning rs Chance sent
his men to face that human Gatling
gun which was firing The National
cannon ball al and around them, he
monotonously commanded: "Wait. -
and they went up-and waited One
strike. one ball, two strikes, a foul, two
balls. foul. foul. sometimes three strikes,
sometimes a weak fly that neTred moth
ing, TO The crowd 1t seemed as if Dono-
van never could be beaten, as the Cham
pions appeared helpless before his ire
mendous speed. Still Chance command.
ed: Wait-wait him out. - Every
batter went TO the plate intent upon
making Donovan pitch as many balls
as possible. They fouled. they waited,
sometimes even let him strike them out,
sometimes they hit. but never until they
were compelled 10 do so. When the
eighth inning came neither had scored
Hoffman led of that inning and still
his orders were to wait, and he waited
until he could wait no longer, then
rolled safe scratch hit down towards
third. In that moment Chance, com
manding general, ordered the charge.
Tinker was the next batter and the or
der for the assault was the single word;
'Swltcb.'' That was all. but Tinker,
rushing eagerly forward 10 the batter s
position, knew that the leash that had
held the champions had been cut and
that he could hit when he pleased, even