The Washington herald., 1907-05-24
TO-DAY's GAMES.
Boston nt New York.
brooklyn ut Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at PittsburE.

New y 0rk, May -5--DroAtS OF pltclclS
circulated i'm and out Of the box for the
New Yorks i'm their third game with the
Chicagos to-day. McGraw used all he
had-slx-in a useless but well-meant
effort to keep the Cubs from winning,
and there was not time 10 send 20 The
minor leagues for more.
Joe McGmnity, who had not expected
to put on his uniform at all. was the
sixth and last boxmau summoned 20 the
platform, and the dyn3sties in the order
of their reign up TO his advent had been
WHtse, inning; Ames 9 innings;
Mathewson, 1-3 of an inning; Taylor. / 20
innings; Ferguson, . innings, McGinnity
1 inning.
Not an OF these pitchers were dispos-
sassed because they were ineffective
Ferguson and McGlnnity were not hit by
the Chicagus, Ferguson being taken ont
because il was advisable that somebody
bat for him. Nor did Taylor pitch badly
he going into retirement for the same
reason that Ferguson did. Witse was hi-
freely. Amcs was wild. and Mathewson
was "a yertablc cinch for the Cub hitters
II was while he was in that the game was
lost Jimmy Sheckard following two sin
giles with a home run. The New Iorkz
never could catch up
The New Yorks used seventeen men I'm
all Everybody on the pay roster eXcep,
Fitzgerald, Shay and Mcdonald took a
hand Thirteen of them We're left on
bases Only once could they make op-
perfume hits of Carl Luudgren. who was
hit freely when hits We're not damaging
and frightened mp Ike the head of "a snare
drum when hits would nave brcWcd runs.
Behind him was some brilliant fielding
Joe Tinker being the chief robber with
stops that choked of likely counts.
Three Doublc Plays Made.
The New Torzs erased runners from
the bases with "a string Of brilliant field
ing themselves. their three double plays
being corkers and 20 the point Corcorau,
Bresndhan, McGann. and Shannon fn-
ished fine PLAYS. and besides Tinker on
the Chicago side. slagie and SJcinfeldt
were participants in peppery proceedings.
The game. iu the matter of department,
was the cieaucst of the three. There were
no unseamiy jawings between players and
no grumbling at the ump.res. Emslie
had one close decision which provoked "a
howl from the hlaacHers, but his ruling
was correct The frequency with which
men parished az the plate added spice t0
"a spicy encounter.
The queerest of double plays was made
10y the New Yorks I'm the third inning
when they had the satisfaction of giving
AS good as they received A hit and
two passes had filed tine corners. with mo-
body out Dallen shared Sheckard S
grognder from q bad bound. and tossed
Lundsren out at the plate.
Chance chopped the ball which hit in
front Of the rubber and bounded up high
II came down almost perpendicularlv but
iu fair ground. and Bresuahdn caught ii
with his foot on the rubber This forced
Siasle at home, and Bresnahan com
pleted a double play by hurting 20 Nc
Gam ahead of Chance
Steinfeldt was doubled at the plate in
tine fourth inning.
The New Workers scared the Cubs in
the sixth. Seymour singled. Bresu7han
f0uled % Chance. and Mccain forced
Seymour Dahlen doubled Corc0ran
touched of a 0ue-timer, and scored Nc
GarE. and Hannahn hurled "a single over
Tinker's topkuot tfrat tailed D3hlen.
Tinker played just right for Shannon. and
scooping Spikes mite touched second for
the third time out
Bresnahan made the best play OF the
day in the seventh inning, catch of a
foul against the picket fence. in front OF
the grand stand The New Yorks had two
on the bases i'm the seventh. three in the
eighth. and two in the ninth. but the
chances came with two out in each in
stance, and the game went 20 Chicago.