Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-07
CHICAGO FIRST IN
FASTEST PENNANT
RACE EVER STAGED
Whales Win the Federal Flag in
the Very Last Game Played
Lead st. Louis by
One Point.

Chicago. oct. AIN the tightest league
race ever staged the Chicago Fed
erals narrowly won the flag by winning
the second game Of a double header from
Pttuburg after having dropped the first
game. Darkness held off just long enough
to allow the Chicago team to take the title
and put Pittsburgh in third place. Three
runs in the sixth inning of the
second game, however. settled the
ownership of the emblem. The
enormous crowd went wild over the VIC
tory. The scores were Pittsburg 6 to o.
innings. while the second was called after
the visitors half Of the seventh inning.
The league race was In doubt until the
| final game was played to-day, as for week I
past there had been constant shifting
of position on the part OF Pittsburg, Chi
Dago and st. Louis, the Missouri city not
being eliminated until yesterday. when n
defeat by Kansas City put 1t out OF the
running. The three teams finished with
only n little over three points separating
| them.
In the first game to-day Chicago SEEM
ingly had the game and pennaht won,
leading by three runs up to the ninth in
ming, when with two out the visitors
showed three runs across. tying the scora.
Pittsburg won in the 18th with another
tally.
In the unfortunate ninth for the home
team with Mowrey on base as result Of
a pass, Lewis knocked a long fly between
center and left and Mann and Zwilling
both attempting to make the catch
collided and Zwilling dropped the ball.
Mowrey scored. A double by Bergman
mer and a single by Wickland scored
| Lewis and Berghammer. The Win
ming run came In the nth after Berry had
struck out. Knetzer singled. went to sec
ond on Berghammer's out and scored from
second on Wickland's Texas Lacquer.
Knetzer replaced Rogge at the beginning
| Of the ninth inning and only one hit was
made off his delivery. In the second
game darkness began to settle over the
| field in the fourth inning while Knetzer
and Bailey were both going in good form
neither side having been able to score
With this game needed by Chicago to win
the pennant the locals went to bat in the
sixth inning determined to put at leas.
one major league pennant in Chicago
Three runs resulted and the game was
called in the next inning on account OF
darkness.
The three tallies came when Doolar
started with a single and was sacrificed t.
second by Bailey, and made third on lei
ders out. Flack made what ordinarily
would have gone for three bases but as hi:
hit went into the crowd, ground rules held
1t to two bases. Doolan scored Zwilline
followed with a double in the same place
scoring Flack. and Wilson singled, Twill
ing stopping at third. Zwilling scored or
Pechous' single through short Pittsbure
changed pitchers, Allen going to the
mound. and the inning closed without
further scoring. In the Pittsburg seventh
and last inning. Lennox went in as pincI
hitter in place Of Wickland, who had twice
struck out. and also famed. but the mex
two men flied out.
The crowd then swarmed over the fielC
and the next IS minutes were occupied
with a cushion and hat throwing contes.