The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
PITTSBURG IS
 OUT OF RACE Loses Last Game to
 Chicago. STORY OF THE VICTORY
Largest Crowd That Ever Wit
 messed a Ball Game.
Chicago New Leads the Nationals With 1 Good Percentage and VIII Prob ably Fly the Pennant Flag
 Again.

Chicago. Oct. 4.--Pittsburg was today eliminated from the National League pennant race when Chicago scored 2 Ave to two victory before a crowd which was declared to be the largest which ever paid to see gaAne Of base ball in the world.
 Today's game was the hnal one oi the season for Chicago and Pittsburg, while New York has three more to play. all with Boston. If one Of these games Is not played by reason of the weather or for other cause. or If Bos- ton wins one, the pennant will go to Chicago for the third successive year. By winning all three games New York will exactly equal Chicago's percent age of .641. Tonight Chicago leads the league with .64l; Pittsburg is second. with .s36 and New York, who did not play today, is third with .633.
 The story of the victory Is a sim pie one. Chicago garnered twelve hits of Willis, while Brown allowed Pitts Ahurg but seven. The contest was cleanly waged throughout. The um- ptres' decision were questioned only e9nce. f5ssa
 President Murphy, of the Chicago club announced the paid attendance at S0.247. This, Mr. Murphy said, was the largest attendance ever present at a game of baseball in the United States and presumably in the world.
 A Game Loser.
 At the conclusion of the game, Mir. Murphy and Mr. Dreyfus. of the Pitts burg club, gathered with others in Mir. Murphy's ofice. Mir. Dreyfus. whose team had just lost the pennant, was smiling cheerfully and proposing that in the event of tie between New York and Chicago the series of three games be played of at Pittsburg. "You are better loser than I am," said the Chicago president; you are the best loser in the league"
 ''We1l play the string out" he con- tinued. However, l am by no means certain that Boston won't get one of those games"
 The constitution of the National League provides that a series of three games shall be played to decide a tie for the pennant, but leaves the matter of where 1t shall be played for the board of directors to decide. The board win meet at Cincinnati tomor- row to take action on the game in dis. pute between New York and Chicago and which President Pullian has de- cisred to be a tie. It is said the board may settle on a place for the event of New Yorlk's winning the re- nnaintng games with Boston.
 Two hours before the ticket win- uoWs opened at II a. m., the crowd began to gather. By 1 o'clock, the stands which surrounded the field were nlIed, standing room in the aisles was et premium. and a deep fringe of spectators occupied the green sward In the left center and right field. At this hour, Chicago began batting prac- tice. Pittsburg at 1:35 came on the held In body. bursting through the black banks of spectators lige a gray cloud amid the impartial cheers of a large section of the stands
 Crowds Om Diamond.
 By o'clock, when PittsburR began batting practice. the crowd outside the stands completely surrounded the Held, but still the densely packed streams of people pressed upon each others heels through the various en- trances and spread out into the field, Fifteen minutes before the time set For beginning the game. the gates were closed and the crowd had so far en. croached in the field that ordinary dy ball would have fallen safe. when play was called however, order had been restored and 1t was agreed thai hit into the crowd should so for only two bases.
 Chicago scored in the first inning Shreckard hit what would have baen an easy out. but the ball fell in tha crowd in right field and went for double. Eyers sacrificed him 10 third schulte singled to right, and shreck- rad scored.
 No more scoring was done until tha nth. wheu Chicago got anotber Brown went out. Abbattichio to gtorIxa, schreckard was disposed of in like fashion. Wagner made a wonderT,,I stop of Evers' slow one. but thraw into the crowd and Evers went to see. ond. Schuite brought him home with a slashinG single through Willis. Chance flew out to Clarke.
 In the sixth PittsburR tied 1t m. Thomas singled to left and went fo second. when Browns throw to catch him off the base went wild. Evers took clarke's ny back of second. Thomas went to third on Leach's out Evers to Chance, Wagner brought inc run in with a clean double to left field Wagner went to third on wild pitch. Abbattichio singled to center, brinRina Wagner in with the tieing run. Chi. cago came back in their half with what proved to be the winning run, How ard flew out to Leach. Clarke took HoRman's fly. Tinker doubled to left Willis deliberately passed King to wait for Brown. The strategem failed for Brown hit cleanly to right, Tinker scoring from second.
 CAnched the Game.
 Tn the seventh Chicago clinehed the