The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12


| the rain holding of long enough for a game
| to be played at the Polo Grounds were re-
warded by baseball treat. They saw q
conflict that seethed dubbed and efrervesced,
that was rip-snorting. fighting. teeming
! engagement every minute OF it's length.
| 1t WAS the busiest. most bustllng and most
| exciting game played at the Polo Grounds
this summer. and the New lorKs won 1t In
the tenth inning, Three successive days
| " idleness had made the Champions eager
! for the fray. end the ChcaRos were no less
| willing and scrappy They had not won
game in New York this year and were an Sious
to break the ice. The ice is still unbroken.
but it sagged and came mighty near cracking
E efto7T,e the New ., FORKS. by playing a stun
skated safely over the thin spots. Both
teams went into the combat with their sleeves
were on their toes all the time. and spectators
were on edge all the time,
Lengthy Reubach who had speed that
| scorched the air through which 1t hurtled.
became unsteady in the last two innings in
the face Of trying situations and HE infsld
New Yorks took advantage OF the unsteadl-
m to h q" and then soS 10 w wn the
taking the lead, and in the eighth inning
Wild pitch gave them two more runs, Wiltse
h %' % Fo on Bases The hot hs as
we're hitting McGinnty again in the eighth
inning when he became involved in n wrangle
game Wiltse had had no warmng up and
under the circumstances finished the game
out ha in SeS sg and outoodod the
perfectly, and he had az many difficult chances
earshot OF, him he got, and he was sure death
t. groundcrs. Tinker was another sterling
actor. covering great expanse Of ground
pretty swift himself but both he and Tin ker
mad" a costly error. The nmplrses, tive Of
made base decisions which nine OUT of ten ten
spectators were honestly con WINGED were
wrong; Both sides suffered from, poor deci-
the Cubs The decision which led TO McCin-
nitv's ejectinent was apparently n mistaken
one as was one calling Mertes out at third
when he was trying to stretch a two Dagger
Browne who culled four hits banged the
leather for 'hree bases in the first inning
on three 4trkc4 b but Mc6ann i" ,@I ovs e
the nneld and scored Browne Mertes made
atwo bags"r IN the fourth inning with nobody
the bah had been returned He was called
out here by Emslie. and the New Yorks did
n" seventh, inning, one three Dagger. one
has" on balls and one hit bntsman were the
only mediums for reaching bases hat arose
Dahlcn had hand in retiring seven hatters
in successon-this in the third. fourth and
II the seventh inning Chance singled TO
nrsd ana pr CasSey ippeed two Dagger 10
ReulbaCh's lusty lift to center scored Casey
Mctiinnity batted in New York run in he |
seventh First Devlin clouted for corner
He advanced when Bowerman stopped an
inshoot with his funnybone. and took third |
on passed bali McCinnitys hit tailed !
him.
Malonov singled in the eighth inning, and |
Schultz sacrificed Malonev hoofcd It 10 |
third on Chances hit Tinker hi' to Devlin. |
who threw low to the plate but Bresnahnn |
made a good pickup and nailed Maloncv al
the tape, Chance went To third on h" play, |
and after Tinker had stolen second W,lise !
ma L. his wild pi,ch When Chance hit q right /
u this inning the ball was returned TO /
McGinnty, and Maoney was of third at the
O'nay said safe Thereupon Mcti''nntty's
kick and dismissal
Tinker fnmbled Strang's gronndor in tho
ninth. Eyers threw out Bresnahan. bur
Wltso walked, Tinker made dazzling stop
of Brownies hit and held Strang at thrd !
Samrny however. galoped home on Don.
a pitched bali Nlinr the bases M"rtes
cam" to the front with q two Dagger Ia rlgnt
that fc' ch"d Wltse and Browne to tn" desired
destination.
In n" tenth. with one ont Casey's error
ravo Rresnnhan life Wltsc hunted and
the t'h'caGos. being taken by surprise, Gaprd
NJ he ball while Wtso streaked to first
Browne forced Wiltse. Brcsnahan going to
bird and scoring from there on Donlins
,cratch hit to Casey The score: