The Chicago Cubs opened their defense of the National League pennant against the Reds in Cincinnati in what turned out to be quite a barnburner. Cub manager Frank Chance's men escaped the field with a 3-2 victory, but it took 19 long innings to reach that final score. Both Reds hurler Bob Ewing and his Chicago counterpart (Orval Overall) pitched into extra frames, with neither allowing an earned run in a game in which none of the five runs scored were earned. Ewing left after ten innings with the contest locked in a scoreless tie. The Cubs charged ahead with a pair of unearned runs in the top half of the eleventh, but Overall's defenders let him down in the bottom of the inning and he left after 11 with the score tied again, this time at two apiece. The game continued apace until the top of the 19th when a walk to Cub leadoff man Frank Schulte was followed by three straight pops to Reds centerfielder Dode Paskert. Unfortunately for the Queen City nine, Paskert only handled two of them, putting Schulte at second (and Solly Hofman at first) with two outs. Schulte was delivered by Joe Tinker for what turned out to be the winning run.

 

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