The top seeded 1905 White Sox faced the lowly 1901 Dodgers who pulled a big upset in round one have an even bigger hurdle as they pitching rich White Sox. This version of the Sox is basically the pre-cursor to the hitless wonders who won the World Series in 1906 from the heavily favored Cubs.
The White Sox dominated from start to finish, and right from the start it was obvious there would be no chance as the south siders bats came up big in this one. They put three runs on the board in the first and never looked back.
With Smith having his no hit bid ended in the 5th the Sox erupted in the bottom of the inning after a Charlie Irwin error to open the inning and despite two quick outs pounded six straight hits to make the score 8-0 and erase any doubt.
The onslaught continued as they got two more in the 6th and 7th innings and added the 13th and final run in the 8th inning. When asked why he ran the score up player-manager Fielder Jones stated "I’m tired of hearing how we only win because of our pitching."
All 8 regulars scored at least one run and light hitting catcher Herm McFarland had 4 hits and 3 RBI in the lopsided victory.
Meanwhile on the north side of town the 1905 Cubs faced the surprise victorious 1905 Braves. This was a game the Cubs had from the start as Frank Schulte drove home the first run of the day on a one out double.
They continued to roll and got their second run on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Evers that scored Schulte who had his second hit of the day earlier in the inning.
Brown’s no hitter was broken up in the top of the sixth, but when Jimmy Slagle (above) drove home Evers for the third run of the day the Cubs moved the lead to 3-0, which was where the score was with one out in the top of the 9th when Harry Wolverton drew a walk, and former Cub Jim Delahanty crushed a big two run homer off of Brown to right field to cut the lead to one run. Brown steadied himself and got two quick outs for the 3-2 win and a cross-town match up against the White Sox in the South Bracket finals.
