Show in first dame of worlds championship series amer icons are defeated detroit oct ll 11 in the first game of tho worlds championship series on their own field the detroit american league team was beaten this afternoon by the chicago nationals by a score of 6 to 1 it was a well earned victory for the chicago team as it played superior ball throughout the I 1 game there were several errors of omission on the part of the detroit team besides the two errors scored against them which figured in the chicago run making it was anything but baseball weather this afternoon the temperature ranged between 46 and 50 decrees during the game with a cold twelve mile an hour wind from oie north blowing across the field I 1 several times there were showers one while chicago was batting in the fifth inning being so heavy that it was necessary to interrupt the play for fifteen minutes again in the seventh inning there was a sharp shower but it did not last long enough to interrupt the game the attendance was a disappointment reaching only allsot ll SOt the raw cold day had some effect in holding down the attendance the detroit team did not show any time during the afternoon the snap and dash which marked their playing during the american league season here rossman conducted his fine work at first base and drove in oits only donovan gave but two bases on balls the same number which overall did but both of the oits pitchers developed into runs while neither ot overalls gifts was expensive captain chance of the chicago team was hit on the right land by an in shoot while at bat in the opening inning and both his second and third fingers were badly crushed the game was stopped while they were dressed and captain chance tonight said he feared the injury might prevent his playing tomorrow just before play was called at 2 manager hugh jennings was called to the plate where mayor thompson presented to him from local admirers a life size floral tiger and a gold watch it vas in the fourth inning that detroit scored its only run with two out cobb drove a splendid triple to the browa in center field getting a three base hit under he ground rules Ross mass followed with a single and scored the coughlan Coughl ln singled and walked the crowd was on tiptoe of expectancy and shouting for oleary to clear the bases but he struck out oleary handled evers grounder slowly in the fifth inning and evers reached first base got a base on balls and tinker advanced both men with a sacrifice overalls hit scored evers and Sla gels fly a jones brought in schulte forced out overall detroit went out in regular order in its half neither team scored in the sixth but chicago rallied sharply in the seventh schulte opened with a hit tinker tried to sacrifice bunting to donovan the pitcher threw high to second to catch schulte and both were safe overall advanced them with a sacrifice grounded to oleary who threw to the plate to catch schulte the chicago man however slid under the ball and scored scored tucker with a safe bunt chanco forced around and then started to steal second schmidt threw to schaefer cr and wallo the detroit second baseman followed chanco down the base line to retire him slagle scored chanco was then put out A base on balls to tinker in the ninth materialized into a run by means of overalls and fly back bf which fell out of reach of the detroit fielders rossman and coughlan Coughl ln raised the crowds expectations by singling in succession in the ninth but the next two men were easy out the tola receipts this afternoon were 50 and divided as follows the players the national commission the detroit and chicago club owners each captain chance said tonight that he would probably pitch brown tomorrow or it was expected that or ably kallian would be sent into the box for detroit tomorrow the score detroit 0 0 1 6 2 chicago 1 6 7 1 summary three base hits cobb sacrifice hits jones linker overall stolen bases chance first base on balls by donovan 3 overall 2 hit by pitched ball by donovan I 1 first base on errors detroit 1 calca ga 2 left on bases detroit 7 chicago 6 struck out by donovan 3 by overall G double plays tinker un time of game umpires sheridan and oday attendance |