Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-13
New York the Scene of To-
days Base Ball Struggle
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
COLD WEATHER FAILED TO d.
MINIsH PUBLIC INTEREST.
The Giants and Athletics in Good Form
for Spirited Contest-Immense
Crowd Present.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
POLO GROUNDS, New York, October 10.
The moth ball was king today, with the
base ball as dowager empress. Far above
the smell of peanuts the cologne-like
steam of the hot Coney Island frankfurters
rose the delicate odor of camphor 1t filed
the crevices which the crowds left in the
elevated cars. and the subway yielded up a
smell like grandmother's chest used to
mako.
Many a man left the transit facilities with
homesick feeling and thought of the beat
ing he had received when he pulled out
grandfath uniform or the slippers which
great-grandmother wore when she met
Prince Edward and scattered them over the
attic floor. Every chest and closet had been
rausacked and there was a full market on
last winters styles. Down town the day
was cold. and every one came to the fourth
game between the Giants and Athletics pre-
pared for winter weather.
On Tuesday 1t was shirt sleeves and flags;
today 1t was overcoats and handkerchiefs.
Crowd Kept Turnstiles Clicking.
The early crowd was not as dense as
that of Tuesday. but before half-past II
the turRstiles commenced to click like over
worked alarm clocks and the bleachers
began to change from red to black.
The white which relieved the monotony
before was lacking, except for a few light
streaks which signhed collars and an oc-
casonal touch of brilliance which made
laundry owners In the crowd sneeringly
remark Rubber"
The female portion of the crowd was
slgnihed by a spot of gray and brown blue
which did their beast TO tighten the black
human avalanche which the bleachers and
grand stands had become before 30
o'clock. an hour before the game had
started.
The early spectators did not come into
the grounds in rush as they did on Tues
day, but they came in steadily, a long
black line, which soon commenced to
change the complexion of the grand stands
and bleacherS. When the bleacherites
reached their seats and the sum- which was
contributing Its part toward making a typi-
cal Indian summer day, began to make it
self felt, there was a general shedding OF
moth-protected overcoats.
Ideal Day for Game
In the grand stand, where the sunshine
did not reach the overcoats were still in
demand however. and in the few back
seats where fairly strong east winds
found their way in spectators shrunk into
half-asleep turtles. The weather on the
Held was Ideal, however, and one won Id
have been able to give odds of to 1 TO
the rarest day that June ever produced.
1t was warm enough for good baseball
and the only ones to suffer were those
who purveyed the beverages.
The old saying, Now comes the doleful
fail time. the saddest of the year, almost
too cold for whisky sings, too cold for
lager beer, applied with vengeance
and the vendors of hot food and cold
drinks broke almost even on the days
business. Both were busy, for the crowd
while quieter than they We're on Tuesday
could not make much noise because their
mouths were occupied with more profit
able business.
The Crowds Estimate.
Doubled Up. to keep out the cold, or
stretched out to let the sunlight strike and
warm every extremity. they were a self
satisfied gathering, however, and their quiet
evidenced. their confidence that today's re-
suit would make the scoreboard look some
thing like the blackboard at Philadelphia
yesterday. The crowd seemed to believe
almost to a man that todays contest would
make the Giants leaders by three games to
one and that by tomorrow night the cham
pionship would be won.
The crowd woke UP little when the first
New York players. Bowerman, Devlin and
Browne. came onto the field and relieved tt
self Of a yell that seemed to prophesy that
brought into service later in the day when
there was some real cause for yelling.
BY o'clock the stands were almost full.
but II seemed probable that the late corners
could be accommodated without any over
flow on to the Seld.
The pitchers commenced to warm up
early. Waddell. PLANK and Bender for Phil
adelphia, and Ames. Taylor and McGinnity
for New York. Both teams took prelim-
mary batting practice at slow pitching.
Philadelphians Active.
The Philadelphia players did not seem at
all discouraged by yesterdays defeat and
capered through their first preliminary prac-
tice like so many schoolboys.
BY the time the game started the turn
stiles had continued to grind their grist so
steadily that all the available seats in the
bleachers and grand stand were full, and
the attendance Appropriated 10000 people,
5000 less than were present on Tuesday.
There being no crowd at back of outfield
there were no ground rules today, so that
hit under the ropes was good for home
run.
The First Inning.
First inning-First half, Philadelphia
Hartsel was out. Devlin to McGann; Nc
Ginnity and McGann retired Lord on a
weak splash; Davis singled to center. Dew
lin made fine running catch of Lave
Cross foul fly. No runs.
The Batting Order.
q The following is the batting order for to-
days game:
Philadelphia-Hartsel, left field: Lord.
center field; Davis. first base; L. Cross
third base; Seybold. right field; Murphy,
second base: NJ. Cross. shortstop; Powers,
catcher; Plank. pitcher.
New York-Bresnahan. catcher; Brown.
right field; Donlin, center field; McGann
first base; Mertes. left field: Dahlen short
STOP Deviin. third base; Gilbert second