New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING

With Mathewson pitching like demon ana
thirty thousand enthusiasts cheering hilH. ''.e O
cago Cubs, champions of the world ana ied'eia " y.
the nennsnt race had as much chance or oeatine
the Giants at the Polo Grounds yeSteruaS az
noon as big Bi11'' Devery has OF beins '"
Bryans running mate on the Democf'iuC ~
Matty was the old Matty, and the Cuos "eIe sii
out. Meanwhile the New Workers caught : 90 80.
napp.ng in the lucky seventh. and pusheo loul
men across the plate for the only runs oi '"7
game.
From 2:so o'clock until long after the game haa
started the turnstiles clicked merriiy ana the
sfands and h,eachers filed up and then the croVc
circIed the field Maybe there was still room lor
few more, but from seat in the press stahu
looked as II John Brush had a full mouse. Inc
crowd came out to be entertained. and notiihs
49,. of . ,,ictorv would have been satisfactory
with the series up to yesterday tie at one game
EACH McGraw picked Matty to accomplish .lo
downfall of Chances cripples. and. as usual tiio
little managers Judgment was not at fauit' Na'tS
has hsen called has BEEN but IL the IidnIS
had one or two more like him they would no" ns
at the top of the ladder. He had all ms speeu
perfect control and abundance of commence u
his ability and the support Of his teammates "Ao
felded faultlessiy
Fraser Mattv's opponent in the box. did some
,,f+v tuirIine and would have the majority
Of his games with the same performance Except
for the seventh inning. he had the Giants tleo up
hut his weakness in that inning was just "hal NC
Graw was looking for. and his amen didn't neec
heIped things along by giving couple OF bases
on balls and a wild pitch in this inning
From the time the first ball was pitched the
crowd began it's roofing for run. and II seemed
as If the game would go on indefinitely without a
tauv in the run column. After every one had got
I'D from the benches grass for a stretch IN the
lucky seventh the Giants took htch IN thelr
belts and got down TO business
"spike'' shannon waited and was rewarded After
he had stroIled Chances corner Bresnanan
singled but Spike had to stop at second Brld-
veil followed with sacrifice, which advanced ooth
runners Mathevson couldn't help the cause any
and fouled out to Chance. Tenney also excelleo
as a waiter Larry Doyle got in the way or one
Of Frsser's shoots and Spike was forced to come
home He didn't object, and neither dld some tiil
ty thousand New York supporters put II "aS" I
over vet moment later Seymour hit haro anu
while the ball was sailing out into right held Bres
nahan and Tenney breezed in Doyle scored the
last rim on a passed ball If there had been any
NOR. scoring the heat victims would have raien
BY the hundreds. . .
Frers kicked so hard in the fourth inning that
the reaction landed him in the clubhouse Wnere
he remained for the rest Of the afternoon Cnance
had to put Marshall in centre field ana hoIliah
Was moved up to fill the gap at second base
captain Mike Donlin made catch in the fonrtn
inning that was almost the equal of seymour on
Friday. Perhaps the crowd didn't do some cheer-
ing! .
in the grandstand when some one turned on 'ne
uater in a fire hose. Half hundred persons got
a free shower bath An attendant finally shut on
the
You would have thought New York had won
the pennant after Maty famed Chance In the
second inning.
Chicago didn't get hit until the sixth inning,
and then Tinker banged out single Slagle and
Chanc. were the only other champions to hit safe
ly. The score follows: