The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-11


stays in Boston, and incidentally the
worlds championship, since the New
York Nationals will not test their
strength against Collins conauerors. the
Bostons retained their position as the pre-
mier baseball team OF the country by
heating their most formidable rivals, the
New Yorks. In the first game at American
League park yesterday afternoon. The
score was 8 to and the game was as
close as the score. In the second game the
Nav Yorks shut the Bostonians out IN
i0-inning battle, but the hrst settled the
pennant's abiding place. The secoho GAM
was therefore. but an aftermath,put theie
was no cessation OF effort on that nc
count. and a splendid tribute To popular
IT. OF American League ball ana spleh
did evidence of appreciation of the nara
eght made by Griffith's men was the tac'
that the bigger part OF the lmnehss },
crowd remained throughout the secoho
game. r.. c,,,,shro
and his fellows as the New 1orks iooA
the field. and three Boston batters VIZ
ont off I'm a hurry For New York fat
D",sLortv on whom the effects of ma
,aria were plainly visible walked ana
yvIlie Keeler sacrificed. But neither FL
sarfald nor Williams could make any
hesdway against the pitchins OF tle
hurlv Dineen The Bostons sent hVe men
70 hat i'm the second inning Freeman was
forthcoming, Freddie Parent thre" gu.
CAMEL and Conroy In the seco,lo ~. 20.
making wonderful stops or h''"' "''
grounders. l., .ha
AZ chesbro came TO the plate IN the
third inning a fur-lined overcoat, pres
ert from North Adams friends, was pre-
.ented 10 him. That was not the ohS
rre.eutat,on OF the afternoon. The Nv
York players presented diamond anu
gold fob to Abe Nahon. the cluo secre-
tary. Chesbro's response 10 ms siit W. W.
a lashins ree-bagger TO right, WIN
orIy one out. But just here Bill Dineeh
showed his mettle He struck out Dough-
ertv with three drop balls ana also ihaue
Keeler OF the eagle eye fan the a'Hos-
,,hare Tn the third and fourth innings not
p Rostonian reached first base. ana ohly
one I'm the fourth. on base on bais'
There were two New Workers out III 'lle
afth when Kleinow sent line single 10
r,gbt cheshire also hit safety. scorch-
,ny liner 10 Dineen. which the big reno"
Knocked down, but could not handle. The
cheering shook the stand when Doughet-
" singled 10 right and scored hleito"'
ana the embarked thousands went INTO .
frenzy OF delight. Dineen was shaky aho
a base on balls to keeler hlled up tns
bases Another base on balls To Elberteh
torced Chesbro over the plate. There were
.,ill three on bases when Williams MT 10
Dineen and was thrown out at trst.
had throw TO Elberfield and fumole
nv Chesbro made things look squally TOT
the New Yorks I'm the sixth But there
were two out when the two men were on
bases and Freeman gave Williams an
easv fy. Anderson led OF with hlt
Ill II hn al VI
hut was caught mapping Dineen using
motion that was so nearly palh IL was
hard to see the difference.
Tho Rostons tied the score in the
seventh, Lachance hit a slow grounder
10 williams, which was good for a base
Ferris ripped single to right. Lachance
being held at second. Criger sacrihced
very cleverly. Camel fielding the ball to
williams at first base. Then came play
that made the home contingent groan.
pineen sent a grounder to Williams and
the latter had an easy play on Lachance
nj the plate But he threw too low To
Kleinow. the ball bounded away from
the latter and not only Lachance but
Ferris as we'll scored. Ferris run could
have been shut off had Chesbro been
spryer i'm getting 10 the plate To help out
kleinow.
Kleinow hit hard to centre i'm the
seventh, Stahl's good fielding limiting the
hit 10 q single. Kleinow was forced by
Chesbro. Dougherty flied 10 Dineen and
Keeler forced Chesbro. The eighth inning
was hair raising. Stahl singled TO left,
Collins struck out. Freeman singled,
stahl going to second Lachance sent n
fy to centre Just out OF Anderson's reach
and Stahl. when he saw Anderson could
not get the ball. tore for the plate. Hc
Jumped up in the air and leaped for the
rubber like circus performer doing a
double somersault over a pack Of trained
elephants. But his vicious approach did
not disturb Kleinow. who tagged him out,
the ball having been beautifully sent IN
by Elberfeld from Anderson.
In the ninth Criger beat out an nfeld
hit. Dineen sacrificed and Criger went
20 third when Elberheld threw Selbach
out With two out Chesbro made a wild
pitch. and Criger scored. IL was a most
unfortunate play. II was not a case OF
being unnerved on Chesbro's part. He 1.
always cool customer In the box. n
simply happened that at this most crucial
OF moments he made a wild pitch. Parent
made a HIT on which Criger would have
scored anyway. though he might not have
made the hit had the dscouraging play
not Just preceded II.
CAMEL struck out in the ninth Con.
roy drew four balls, Klenow flied "a
Ferris and Mcclure drew four balls Then
tipped three over for Dougherty. the big
fellow struck out and the cham pionship
which flrted so long with Griffith and his
brave boys. took wings to Boston
The big left-hander Putnam pitched
p silt-edged game in the second game.
We had perfect control and only four hits
yere made off him This game was uel,