The Washington times., 1905-07-05
ATHLETICS WON
IN TWENTIETH
Remarkable Game Played
at Boston.
YOUNG AGAINST WADDELL
Rube Again and Again Pulled Out of
Danger When Defeat Seemed
Certain.

BOSTON, July 5.-WaddeH beat "Cy''
Young here yesterday in a twenty-inning
battle, the longest major league game
| ever played TO a finish.
The score was 4 to 2. The home team
made two tallies in the first inning. the
visitors two in the fifth, and then for
fifteen innings more neither could get
a man across the plate, until in the
twentieth Young weakened, and one of
the greatest games in the history of
baseball went TO the credit of Connie
Mack's wonderful southpaw.
The long struggle took place in the
afternoon. The Athletics landed the
morning contest, 5 to 2, after calling In
Waddel1 to help out Coakley when mat
ters looked squally in the closing in
ming
Tho work the "Rube' did then proved
that the big fellow was in fettle for his
duel with Cy Young. always one Of the
events of the baseball season.
Historic Contest.
Last year when the southpaw and
veteran met Young performed the most
notable of all pitching feats by retiring
the twentyseven Athletic batsman in
one, two three order. Yesterdays game
derful.
There are records that show longer
contests Grand Forks and Fargo once
went twenty-five innings. Harvard Col
lege and Manchester played twenty four,
and in both cases the scores were 90
But these games were not major league
baseball
The nearest approach to yesterdays
epoch-naker is the TT game played in
Cincinnati June 3O 1882, between the
Reds and Chicago. This went twenty
innings. but was not finished, darkness
forcing a draw.
Moreover, the difference between AZ
and ~ score shows how much more ef-
fective the pitching was yesterday.
The way yesterdays game began gave
nc hint Of the wonderful struggle that
was IN prospect. In fact, Boston jumped
on the Rube ir way that indicated
than usual
Selbach singled, and Parents sacrifice
was followed by doubles from The bats
of Burkett and Stahi. Two runs resulted
from this cannonading. but that was all
In nineteen innings more the Beaneaters
never were able to force a man across
the plate.
Homer Tied it Up.
For four innings the Athletics never
got chance at run. Then Davis
hit home run. with Lord on base. and
tied the score.
From this point for three hours the
spectators watched breathlessly the
masterful performance of two of the
greatest pitchers who ever toed a slab
Rubc got better as the game went on,
and in the closing six innings Boston
had only three men on base
Young never gave single base on
balls in the long battle. The Rube was
but whenever danger threatened he put
on speed. and the Boston batsneu
might just well have been trying 20
hit his curves with toothpicks
In the eighth inning Parent openeo IN
with triple. but the Rube famed such
great hitters as Burkett and StahI and
Unglaub offered an easy chance 70 Sey-
bold
A hit by Burkett and double nv
Stahl gave Boston men on second and
third In the tenth, but they could get no
farther
When Rube got into trouble his great
support pulled him out. SeyboId once
catching low line fly from Criger. and
doubling Collins at second. when it
seemed that nothing could prevent
score.
Young Weakens.
Ten. twelve, fourteen, sixteen. seven
teen innings. the game heightened out,
and it seemed certain that some acci-
dent. some weakening, must yield g tai
ly, but both pitchers stuck 20 their
tasks bravely, determined to emerge
from the historic struggle winner.
But Young. game Old veteran WAS to
lover his flag in defeat. 1t was the
F.thletics who broke the long string of
cipllers.
The finish came in the twentieth.
Parent fumbled Murphy's grounder.