New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
GIANTS BURY BOSTON
4HES IN RARE FORM.
ncCormick's Circus Catch Feature
of Last Regular Game.

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-ra Giants brought their wonderful fight for the
-s--znt 10 an end. far as the regular season OF
80 league goes hv winning the third straight
,,,e from Boston at the Polo Grounds yesterday
~ q score Of Z 10 2 They are now tied with Chi
-sFo and the viii fight il out to-day, as told
elsewhere in this paper
Those who expected huge crowd TO see the
-7e Yesterday disappointed. AS a matter
- fact. there were fewer fans in the stands than
- any tine since the Giants got back from their
rse- western trip. after fighting their way into
- -ara not more than Se0o being present But
,}osa who did turn out. despite the threat of ran
- mn N enthusiasm for the absence OF greater
-ov-z and they saw of the most brilliant
N.z.4sr r7e Giants have played in many a day.
7,,e- e+ the start yesterday II looked II Bos
ton. in diving gasp. was TO make a triple tie
oss5Fla r beating the Giants. but after the first
,,-irC Ares pitched one imagined he would
80 learn 10 do. and backed up by some fielding
,sr WIS startling in its brilhancy. kept the visit
- e-or7 getting anywhere near the plate. He
ts-re5 70 win the game with his batting. too, de-
uFhtng the crowd by smashing out two pretty
singles
7bs one vivid. sensational play Of the game
as 2 truly marvellous one-handed catch by Nc
c,-nick in the eighth inning Bates, who hits the
- hard punched one Of Anes's straight balls far
e. high - left Geld II looked like hit into
=. bls.ohe-s but the ball swung around and away
g. Mccormick as he raced over. so that 1t was
80 m he foul Mccormick was going much
So fzS- 70 stop as he reached the bleachers, and
,-7she5 hard into the wooden fence as the bail
- s7v-7 The impact knocked the breath out
: -, 7--r his gIoved hand gripped the ball as
=. .-,-r over The fence for moment in pain. and
tte catch waS made
~ c-e realized until Bates walked back TO the
t.--h --st the catch. which looked absolutely i'm
-os-f-la had really been achieved. but then there
= -oe- Of APPLAUSE, renewed when Mccormick
ned 4 clean single after
,re Doves had taken the field
Tia =-s- inning Of the game made New Yorks
to-as sink Becker started the game by beat
~ ON an trfeId hit. and went down 70 second
vre- Bates singled 70 left Ames steadied ana
--zza Browne strike out. but Dan McGann belted
= 1z~ hard between Seymour and Mccormick
o. thee -bsgee- that scored both runners.
.e-r 7-zals $50 every one would have expected
A--ss - - I'D in The air in face Of such ztua-
zion but nothing of the sort happened Sweeney
cou-5 only raise foul that wes easy for Tenney.
e-= F-es-zhzn. grabbing Dahlen's bunt. chased
1.,l-z-- hack 70 third base and then threw him
OF 70 DeTlin-
Frz-e-r-- was II the box for Boston. Kelley evi-
s4--lv thinking that there something in the
idea tzzr tle Giants could not hit ieft-handers-
+ looked Ike 2 good idea. too for Tenney started
b r-nchi-- ~ right into Brownies hands Her
z7r bear ou- 81 infeld hit that Flaherty tried
had 70 ge- but vas caught stealing as Bresna-
han struck out
That didn't bother the Giants bit. however
Toulzn singled through the box in the second in
nins and v-eu- 70 second base when Seymour went
our n E-5aun unassisted- Mccormick. who was
II great form. singled vicioUsly past MCGann, and
DouIa raced home from second base.
That III helped 70 explode the southpav theory,
and nothing vas left Of il after the next inning,
vhsa rhe Giants piled up two more Arnes started
the third session with the first Of his surprising
hts which went clean and true over Hannifan's
Fez5 = right field Tenney followed with another
single across second base and got to second on the
Throw 10 catch Anes az third Hannifan juggled
Efsrzp-'s drive, bEt got his man at first base as
Aras scored Bres1ahan hit 10 Dahlen, and the
throw l. the plate was three feet ahead OF Tenney,
wao scored by q great slide, Bowerman never hav-
ilg cLa1c~ 70 touch him
Flate--y was weakening fast, and Seymour added
= his troubles by nice single TO start the fourth
inning s vas caught of first moment later.
but JohrSrone called him safe and the Bostonians
made great KICK Devlin singled ID centre. and
F1aher-r was taken out 10 give way 10 Mattern,
sno-her les- handler Mccormick sacrificed the
newcomers N-sr hall. making nice bunt, and Bird
vel followed with = rafting single that scored
se-Dou-. Ar=s s-cpehed the crowd with another
hr Dav-i- scored and Tenney laid down a
p-fect l--- thar let him reach first base with ease
FEe-zcE sent IN Two more runs with hard smash
T. centre. hu- R-esaahan hit into double play
ChaTIelle pitched the rest of the game for Boston
an6 did well.
There was beautiful work by New York IN the
ftrH inning IEann5fan singled and Bowerman fol
lowed with another safety But a splendid relay
throw Hv DonIin and Bridwell got Hannifan at
third base and Ar1es stopped the attempt at a rally
h making Stem. who batted for Mattern' and
Beczer fzr.
Anes delighted the judicious critics by his pitch
ing yesterday He had We'll nigh perfect control,
EvlaE nor a single base balls for, perhaps, the
frsr tine siuce he Joined the Giants He worked
Z svilt drop ball that was almost impossible 10
hi,, bat instead Of trying do all the work him
SCI he Iet the batter bit tht bali instead OF trying
l. strike aim out Il there was z chance Of a
On haIls