The Washington times., 1904-09-23
H'GRAHfS GIANTS
NOW CHAMPIO
Will Win Bunting II They
Lose Every Game.
SCORE HUNDREDTH VICTORY
Old Jim O'Rourte Caught for Penrant
Winners and Handled Him
self Well.

After an absence of fifteen years the
National League championship returned
TO New York city yesterday Afternoon,
when at the Polo Grounds the New York
National League team won one of two
games played with Cincinnati. by 10 8.
The flag viii now wave over the Polo
Grounds for the next season, and it
doesn't matter what sort of Il team is
! sent out to meet such likely visitors
as Pittsburg. Chicago. or ST. Louis for
the rest Of the season.
Have Penuant Cinched.
BY its victory yesterday the team
which John J McGraw has transformed
from second section men to champions
in about two seasons made IT one hun
dreG games won and thirty-eight lost,
with fifteen more games 10 be played
| If they were TO lose every game they
would have still one hundred victories
/ as against hTty-four defeats. The sec
ond team today is Chicago. which split
even with Philadelphia in a double
/ header. its total being so far eishty-one
games won and ffty-fve lost. Chicago
/ has yet eighteen games of the 15f on its
years schedule to play; and II It
were TO win them all it would have only
Hinety-nine victories and ffty-fve d.
| feats. Pittsburg. by losing two o
Brooklyn. is stiI lower, and it has TWEEN
| ty games yet to play. If it were to win
them all il would stiU leave them at
ninety-nine won and ffty-ive lost.
O'Rourke Still Good.
Jim O'Rourle, the grand old man of
baseball. beside whose record those of
Pop Arson and other veterans faded into
insignifcance. yesterday made his first
appearance in many years at the Polo
Grounds and handled the delivery Of
Iron Man McGinnity without a flaw.
O'Rourke has been playing DJH profess
1 sionally for thirty-one years without in
PERMISSION
During his long service in the Ma
uonal League on the Boston, Buffalo,
New York. and Washington teams
O'Rourke was a noted Outtielder and
now and thee. went behind the bat 10
help out. Since he has been a club
owner in the Connecticut League the
veteran has developed into full-dedget
catcher.
O'Rourle was one of the original
Giants who won. the pennanJ in 1888 and
1889 and has never lost mis- love fOl
the old team. He had a longing to play
cnce more with his old club and 10 show
his old constituents and their descend
ants what he can do as backstop
although he has passed the half century
mark in years
"Jeems" the opportunity and O'Rourk'
not only had the honor Of helping th'
Giants to win their one hundredth vic
tory of the season. but the game tha
= gave 10 them the pennant as we'll
Handled McGinnity Well.
Those who expected to see a spawned
has been" behind the bat saw a maj
who has the activity OF a youngster
Z combined with the practical experience
2 Of "a Warner. a MCGUIRE. or a Robin
, son. Not one of the Iron Mans shoot
got away from "Jeems," nor did h
make a bad throw. His one error wa
% a muff OF a throw from McGiunfty Z
the plate 20 force a runner and thi
was due 10 OverauXiety 70 complete
D double play at first-base.
h | At the bat O'ROurke made a hit. an
! got to third base on a bad throw b
/ Steinfeldt. He blaZed his way arOun
- the bases like a minor league colt