Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-22
THE DIAMOND
THE GIANTS WANT
 T0'WATCH OUT
That cineh Seems to Be Slipping
 Away From Them . Cleveland to the Fore.

New Yok, Sept 22.-One of the finest contests of skill and general ship between pitchers took place at the Polo grounds. yesterday after noon in the fourth game of the series with the Pittsburgs. Mathewson op- posed Willis and the Pittsburgs won. The game. therefore, did not end satisfactorily, except from an allen viewpoint. but so masterfully did Vic Willis slide the z elusive globe over the plate that the, home team had to accept defeat, eMathewson too pitched superbly, but two hits were all that were made as a sup porting factor to his splendid work, and these two hits were not even to- gether. %.'5 v | Except in the third inning the Pi- rates did not makea hit of Mathew son, As things turned out, that was all the hitting they needed The fatal biRgles were, punched in that one vital ropHd aud were good for two runs. Wilson and Gibson made safeties and old Cap Clarke rammed a keen cutter down theY foult%]i line which escorted Wills and Glib to their journeys end.~- ,-.'- . After that nothing but inaction for the Pirates at the bat. One feature of this exceptional twirling encoun- ter was the fact that the Pittsburgs did not get base at all in any in ming but the third. They went out in one, two, three sequence in eight of the nine innings. The New Yorks went out in order in six of the nine innings. One of their hits was an infleld jab which Donlin beat out; htheIOther. vas clean. MathewsoD's control was perfect, while Willis's was almost so. Willis hit one batter and passed one, inconsequential weaknesses in his chilled steel !armor. .
 When the two pitchers used speed they burned the ball through at white heat. That with the curves and the change of pace combined to make the ball talk and in language that was Greek to most of the bat ters. The latter had trouble in meet ing the ball flush. Most of the con- tact between the bat and the ball was below the equator. So the ball was sent up in the air a great deal. If height had been synonymous with base hits the game would have been slugging match. The leather went on numerous lofty but futile flights. Eighteen of the New Works went out ;on flies and fifteen. .of the Pirates. There was some fine fielding, Her zog, Bridwell and Wagner doing 1t. The only errant ones in fielding were Gibson and Devlin. Each muffed foul.
 k Thomas, Clarke and Leach went out on rocKeting flies in the first in ming, while for New York Bresnahan had discerning eye and reached first on four balls after two were out. He hardly had time to stretch his legs waiting hands. The second inning was barren, but in the third the Pittsburgs made their runs. Wilson sent ground ball ekimming toward right and Herzog ran over and made beautiful pickup. He threw quick ly to Penney, too, Wilson the while tearing to first. It was very close thing, and O'Day said safe. Gibson made pure and .undeflled two bag ger to right. Willis and Thomas re- tired on insignificant flies to the in- field, but Clarke was not so snbmis- sive. The Pirate chief picked his ball and drove it3past Devlin so fast that the latter couldn't get to it. Wilson. and Gibson came home.
 McGraw didn't like the decision on Wilson at first base, kicked and was sent off the field He disap- peared in the coop under the grand stand, but the door had an aversion to staying shut, which prompted Klem to consult his watch. Where upon the door stayed shut. Herzog was out at first ol. a close decision in the fourth inning and after Bres- nahan had. been struck out by Will lis's mystifying slings and arrows Wagner raked in Seymour's vicious but inoffensive liner.
 The New York run was made in the fifth. Devlin,' first up, was hit by pitched ball, Mccormick pun. meled safely to center. the ball took a bound over Thomas's head and Devlin went to third and Mccormick to second. Bridwells contribution was fly which looped the azure and was absorbed by Tommy Leach when 1t came down. The Pittsburg infield played back. and while Wagner was disposing of Mathewson with long throw Devlin scored. Gibson at tached himself to Tenney's foul, clever catch.
 There were only near hits after that. Herzog. Mathewson and Clarke made them. Wagner made a rattling play on Herzog's grounder, Thomas went far out for Mathew sons earnest drive and Bridwell made a running one handed stop of Clarke's hot one along the median line and threw Clarke out at first. The score
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