There was no clear winner in the battle between the two Chicago teams, as the 1906 Cubs and the 1917 White Sox alternated wins, and the squads split the four-game series. Shoeless Joe Jackson batted .389 (7-for-18) for the White Sox (10-6), which actually brought his season average down to .400. Frank Chance batted .467 (7-for-15) for the Cubs (9-11).
Game #1: Cubs 4, White Sox 0
The Cubs’ Ed Reulbach tossed a four-hit shutout, walking none and striking out six. No Sox baserunner got past second. The Cubs scored in the second inning on Harry Steinfeldt’s RBI single, but it stayed 1-0 until the seventh. Then, Johnny Kling drove in a run with a double, and after a passed ball, he scored on Reulbach’s sacrifice fly. Kling tacked on a fourth run with a two-out RBI single in the ninth.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Jimmy Slagle 3 0 0 0 Nemo Leibold 4 0 1 0
Jimmy Sheckard 3 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 4 0 1 0
Frank Schulte 3 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 4 0 0 0
Frank Chance 4 1 1 0 Joe Jackson 4 0 1 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 1 2 1 Happy Felsch 3 0 0 0
Joe Tinker 2 0 0 0 Chick Gandil 3 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 4 1 0 0 Swede Risberg 3 0 0 0
Johnny Kling 4 1 2 2 Ray Schalk 3 0 1 0
Ed Reulbach AYW 2 0 0 1 Eddie Cicotte AXZ 2 0 0 0
Shano Collins 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 4 5 4 TOTALS 31 0 4 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 010 000 201 -- 4
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 5, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4. ERR--Joe
Tinker, Buck Weaver (2). 2B--Johnny Kling. SACF--Ed Reulbach
AYW. SACB--Jimmy Slagle, Frank Schulte, Joe Tinker (2).
SB--Frank Chance, Nemo Leibold, Ray Schalk.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Reulbach AYW [W] 9.00 4 0 0 0 6 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Eddie Cicotte AXZ [L] 8.00 3 3 1 2 5 0
Jim Scott B 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Game #2: White Sox 7, Cubs 1
It was scoreless through four innings, and tied 1-1 in the fifth. Then the White Sox offense finally broke through for five runs on four hits. Winning pitcher Reb Russell had the big hit, a bases-loaded triple. Russell gave up one run and five hits in the victory.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (1) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (7)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Jimmy Slagle 4 0 1 0 Nemo Leibold 4 2 3 1
Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 4 1 2 2
Frank Schulte 4 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 4 0 1 1
Frank Chance 4 0 0 0 Joe Jackson 5 0 1 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 0 0 Happy Felsch 3 1 1 0
Joe Tinker 3 0 1 0 Chick Gandil 4 1 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 1 2 0 Swede Risberg 2 1 0 0
Johnny Kling 3 0 1 1 Ray Schalk 4 0 0 0
Carl Lundgren BXW 2 0 0 0 Reb Russell BZ 2 1 1 3
Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 5 1 TOTALS 32 7 10 7
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 010 000 -- 1
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 015 01x -- 7
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 4, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9.
ERR--Carl Lundgren BXW, Joe Tinker. 2B--Johnny Evers.
3B--Nemo Leibold, Reb Russell BZ. SACF--Buck Weaver.
SACB--Nemo Leibold. SB--Eddie Collins, Nemo Leibold, Buck
Weaver.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Lundgren BXW [L] 7.00 8 6 6 6 3 0
Jack Taylor BR 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Reb Russell BZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 0 4 0
Game #3: Cubs 4, White Sox 2
It was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth when the Cubs’ Frank Schulte hit a solo home run. Frank Chance then singled and later scored on Joe Tinker’s RBI single to account for the final run.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (4)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 4 1 1 0 Jimmy Slagle 4 0 0 0
Buck Weaver 4 0 0 0 Jimmy Sheckard 3 1 0 0
Eddie Collins 4 0 1 1 Frank Schulte 4 1 1 1
Joe Jackson 4 1 3 0 Frank Chance 3 2 2 0
Happy Felsch 4 0 0 0 Harry Steinfeldt 3 0 2 2
Chick Gandil 3 0 0 0 Joe Tinker 4 0 2 1
Swede Risberg 2 0 1 1 Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 3 0 0 0 Johnny Kling 4 0 1 0
Red Faber A 3 0 0 0 Mordecai Brown ACXZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 31 4 8 4
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 100 000 -- 2
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 100 001 02x -- 4
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 8.
ERR--Swede Risberg, Johnny Evers. 2B--Swede Risberg, Joe
Tinker. HR--Frank Schulte. HBP--Harry Steinfeldt, Frank
Chance. SACB--Swede Risberg (2), Mordecai Brown ACXZ.
SB--Eddie Collins, Nemo Leibold, Harry Steinfeldt, Frank
Chance.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Red Faber A [L] 8.00 8 4 4 2 1 1
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Mordecai Brown ACXZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 1 5 0
Game #4: White Sox 4, Cubs 2 (11 inn.)
The Cubs once again broke a tie game in the bottom of the eighth. It was 1-1 when Harry Steinfeldt singled home Frank Schulte for the go-ahead run. This time, however. the White Sox tied it up in the top of the ninth as Joe Jackson singled, was sacrificed to second, and scored on Chick Gandil’s hit. The Cubs loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth but hit into a double play. The White Sox got a two-run home from Swede Risberg in the top of the 11th.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (2)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 3 1 0 0 Jimmy Slagle 5 1 0 0
Buck Weaver 4 0 1 0 Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 1 0
Eddie Collins 5 0 0 0 Frank Schulte 5 1 2 0
Joe Jackson 5 1 2 1 Frank Chance 4 0 4 1
Happy Felsch 4 0 0 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 1
Chick Gandil 4 1 1 1 Joe Tinker 5 0 1 0
Swede Risberg 4 1 1 2 Johnny Evers 5 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 4 0 2 0 Johnny Kling 5 0 2 0
Lefty Williams CY 3 0 0 0 Jack Pfiester AXYZ 2 0 0 0
Shano Collins 1 0 0 0 Pat Moran 1 0 1 0
Jim Scott B 1 0 0 0 Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 4 7 4 TOTALS 41 2 12 2
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 000 001 02 -- 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 100 000 010 00 -- 2
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 11.
ERR--Jimmy Sheckard, Joe Tinker. 2B--Johnny Kling. HR--Swede
Risberg. HBP--Ray Schalk. SACB--Happy Felsch, Nemo Leibold,
Buck Weaver, Jimmy Sheckard. SB--Ray Schalk, Frank Chance
(2), Joe Tinker.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Williams CY 9.00 9 2 2 3 3 0
Jim Scott B [W] 2.00 3 0 0 1 0 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Jack Pfiester AXYZ 9.00 4 2 2 2 4 0
Jack Taylor BR [L] 2.00 3 2 2 2 1 1
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