Though Chance only batted. 154 in the 1907 World Series, the Cubs defeated the Tigers in four games.

Though trailing the Series two games to one, the Cubs were leading by a score of 8 – 0 in the fourth game when the Athletics mounted a 10-run rally in the seventh inning.

Though Salt Lake City had a working agreement with the Chicago Cubs, the Cubs passed on Lazzeri due to his epilepsy.

Though the Cubs won 8 – 7, Harden earned a no decision after Carlos Marmol was unable to hold a five run lead in the ninth.

Though not Cubs, these bikes sold consistently well particularly in European countries, where the production of Honda Cub models had been previously discontinued.

Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to Albert Pujols, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance.

Though the Brewers scuffled some in September, the Brewers clinched the division on September 26, beating the Florida Marlins 4-1.

Though both the Giants and the Packers finished a game ahead of their closest division rivals, both clinched their divisions on December 3, the final day of the 11-game regular season.

Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.

Though he was 22 years younger than she was, on March 18, 1869, they were married at the Central Presbyterian Church.

Maida is widely used not only in Indian cuisine but also in Central Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. Though sometimes referred to as " all-purpose flour " by Indian chefs, it more closely resembles cake flour or even pure starch.

Though not a public holiday since July 1997, Remembrance Sunday is observed in Hong Kong, and is marked by a multi-faith memorial service at the Cenotaph in Central, Hong Kong.

Though little population growth is registered in Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta, these regions have higher birth rates than one would assume due to mass emigration to the Western side of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua.

Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in drama school as her brother Jeff attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Though a poor student, Kovacs was influenced deeply by his Trenton Central High School drama teacher, Harold Van Kirk, and received an acting scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937 with Mr. Van Kirk's help.

Though favourably received by the press – The Times described his music as having " a personal distinction and sincerity which is absent from the work of the Central European composers of today " – the experience convinced Tippett that he still lacked a watertight technique.

Though regarded in politics as one of Fine Gael's " survivors ", who held onto his seat amid major boundary changes, constituency changes and by attracting working class votes in a party whose appeal was primarily middle class, Mitchell lost his Dublin Central seat at the 2002 general election.

Though Isan is a multi-ethnic region containing a mixture of Lao, Vietnamese, Cham, Mon, Khmer, and other Tai groups, Central Thais ' perceived threat of Lao cultural and political dominance in the Isan region resulted in various Thaification policies being enacted to finally integrate the multi-ethnic Isan people into Thailand.

Though northeastern Russia had few Jews, countries just to its west had rapidly growing Jewish populations, as waves of anti-Jewish pogroms and expulsions from the countries of Western Europe marked the last centuries of the Middle Ages, a sizable portion of the Jewish populations there moved to the more tolerant countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Middle East.

Though at only, the city of Central Falls is Rhode Island's smallest municipality.

Though they admitted the Ashina of Göktürks into their federation, the power of the Rouran was broken by an alliance of Göktürks, the Chinese Northern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties and tribes in Central Asia in 552.

Though the metal was used by pre-Columbian peoples, the first European reference to platinum appears in 1557 in the writings of the Italian humanist Julius Caesar Scaliger ( 1484 – 1558 ) as a description of a mysterious metal found in Central American mines between Darién ( Panama ) and Mexico (" up until now impossible to melt by any of the Spanish arts ").

Though the results of the operations on Japanese positions were not known, Radford and other leaders saw that they were preparing the ships ' crews for smooth operation, thus preparing them for the many major battles to come in the Central Pacific.

Though the government has consistently refused to split the country into multiple time zones, provisions in labour laws such as the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 do allow the Central and State governments to define and set the local time for a particular industrial area.

Though preferences have since shifted in favor of the Central and Madurai Tamil dialects, the English words introduced during the early 20th century have been retained.

" Though perhaps best known for his design of Central Park in New York, Olmsted applied same approach to " the nearly resulting in what is now Cadwalader Park.

Though nominally independent, the Central Bank of Iceland was historically expected to follow the lead of the central government.

Though not ideologically or politically aligned with the Nazis himself even if he offered them intellectual support, geopolitician Karl Haushofer had also advocated for the partition of Switzerland between its surrounding countries in his work, where Romandy ( Welschland ) would be awarded to France, Ticino to Italy, and Central and Eastern Switzerland to Germany.

Though the two men shared some beliefs in certain areas, Röpke & co. instead formed the school of Ordoliberalism, to advocate free trade but with more Central Bank and State influence than what Austrian School economists suggest is required.

Though commonly subsumed under Gangwon dialect ( 강원 방언 ), Yeongdong is quite distinct from the Central Korean dialects to the east of the mountains.

Though Tornado Alley is considered to be in areas of the Central United States, no official definition of the term has ever been designated by the National Weather Service.

Though a 2003 study commissioned by the Central Corridor Coordinating Committee placed the cost at US $ 840 million, current estimates place the cost of the light rail line at about US $ 920 million.

Though the band's early years were shadowed by the legacy and basic sound of Joy Division, their experience of the early 1980s New York City club scene increased their knowledge of dance music and saw them incorporate elements of that style into their work.

Though an application for admittance to the Scottish Premier League was rejected, a successful application to the Scottish Football League secured Rangers a place in the Third Division for the 2012 – 13 season.

Though an application for membership of the Scottish Premier League was rejected, an application to the Scottish Football League was successful with member clubs deciding to place Rangers in the bottom division, the Third, for the start of the 2012-13 season rather than the First Division as had been proposed.

Though the towns merged long ago, the two school districts both remain in the city of 13, 400, divided at Division Street in the middle of Kewanee.

Though the 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions were able to hold their ground against the Chinese 9th Chinese People's Volunteers ( CPV ) Army Corps, the South Korean 6th Infantry Division, to the east, was destroyed by the 13th CPV Army Corps, which penetrated the line and threatened to encircle the American divisions.

Though Spain was officially neutral through World War Two, it did send troops known as the Blue Division to Russia to aid the Germans, and its pro-Axis stance led to it being isolated after the collapse of the Axis powers.

Though initially there was a surge in voluntary enlistment for the Irish regiments of the 10th ( Irish ) Division and the 16th ( Irish ) Division of Kitchener's New Service Army formed for the war, the enthusiasm did not last.

Though there was a 10th Infantry Division active in the US Army during World War I, that division was redesignated the Panama Canal Division after the war, and it shares no connection with the 10th Mountain Division activated during World War II.

Though many pre-Hoover collections now reside in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, others are split among other libraries, historical societies, and private collections.

Though the Art in Public Places Division of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts maintains most Hawaiian public art, including Kamehameha the Great ( second cast ), it does not allocate funds to care for the North Kohala cast.

Though still a colonel he was assigned to command the 6th Division in the Army of the Tennessee.

Though Gooch's locomotives were principally for the broad gauge, between 1854 and 1864 he also had to design a number of standard gauge classes for the GWR's new Northern Division.

Though the 93rd Rangers is fictional the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War did have Ranger-Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol units.

Though he scored 15 goals in 32 appearances in 1928 – 29, hitting a hat-trick against Reading, the club suffered relegation into the Third Division North.

Though relegation to the Third Division meant the club was no longer bound by the Taylor Report's 1994 deadline for conversion to all-seater, new owner David Sullivan continued the £ 4. 5 million development as planned.

Though Elie led AIC to their conference's first NCAA Division II Tournament Quarter-Final, he was at first overlooked by NBA teams.

Though it has never occurred, a NCAA Division III school may qualify for the at-large bid to the " NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament ".

Though the team would win the Northern Division title again for the second time in as many seasons, attendance curiously fell to around 4000-half of what it had been.

Though they only finished 11th in their first season in the Premier Division, as the league system was changed the club were qualified to be one of the founders of the newly formed Conference South for the start of the 2004 / 05 season.

Though she retired in 1964, Rhodes continued to consult for the Applied Mathematics Division of the National Bureau of Standards until 1971.

Though Vejle was relegated to the 1st Division, he was called up to the Danish national team.