The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-27
FOUR IN ROW FOR new YORK
THEY CLEAN UP ENTIRE SERIES
WITH PITTSBURG.

Game Full or Incidents Ends q to . In
Favor OF McGraw's Men-Msthewson.
Called On TO Prevent n Final Score by
the Pirates, Puts 3 Men Out in Order.
PIrrsBURo, Aug. 28.-The New York
Nationals are battling just as hard to hang
on to their recently acquired lead az they
did 10 get the lead, and to-day they topped
OF their s~ojourn by winning the fourth
game in succession from the Plttsburgs.
They cleaned up the entire series and took
10 the rail tonight confident that they would
win enough games in Chicago to come back
Fast still in the lead. They have won nine
out of eleven games since they invaded the
West, and having lone that much they are
not harboring any thoughts of not holding
on to what they have fought 30 hard and
successfully to obtain.
To-dsy's game was the most eventful
of the four. 1t was the most exciting OF
the four. The score was 4 to 8 and the
three P%ittsburg runs were all made In one
inning, while the New Yorks bagged three
Of their four tallies In the last two innings.
They won the game with a powerful finish,
Rising to the demands OF the occasion when
in the last ditch and conducting a relentless
assault which Melted the two runs needed
to win. In order to hold the Pittsburgs of
In the second half of the ninth. Mathewson
was hurried to the mound. and the three
Pittsburg batters who faced Mathewson
were put out in order.
Sudden outbreaks Of scoring and a tan
gled, wrangled mixup over a play in the
sixth inning were phases OF the strife which
kept the pot boiling. Cy Young lost his
grip in the last two innings n exploded
after doing we'll up to hat time. Taylor
pitched seven innings for New York and
was taken out to let somebody hit for him.
McGinnity pitched the eighth inning. The
Pittsburgs took to him kindly. but he got
by without scoring. McGrau. however,
did not let him 60 in In the ninth. the New
Yorks having gone to the front in the mean
time. and it being essential that the Pirates
be hurled back their last time up.
The New Yorks made one or more safeties
in every inning. but there was nothing
in the punching line until toward the last.
Bridwell hit safely with two out In the
second. but a throw from Gibson hat wa
80 straight and sudden 1t seemed to come
from nowhere caught Bird slumbering
off first by ten feet. Outside Of that the
first four innings brought little except
steady fielding and scattered hitting.
In the fifth inning things began to
brighten. The smoldering sharpness Of
the nvalry began to spit fame. Bridwell
was the first man up in the fifth and he be-
thought him Of the saying:
They also serve who only stand and
watt He gave q clever exhibition Of
W aiting. Three balls were called O him,
then two strikes. The next pitch wa
just { inside the plate, and. having a good
eye. Bird well did not offer at 1t. He walked.
1avicr played his part by hitting to Young
fer a sacrifice. Tenney. who caressed
the leather for a trio Of singles. stabbed q
low fly over third base and luck offended
the hit. The ball took a croched bound
away from Clarke and delayed the Pirate
chieftain Just long enough to enable Brid-
well, who had slowed up at third. to squirt
and rea CHI the plat. Clarke was guyed
for not throwing 20 the plate instead Of to
SEQ end but there was no chance to catch
Bidwell after the ball had taken a bad
b oumd.
Bresnahan threw away an inviting chance
to score in the sixth inning. He was first
I'M and strolled. Donlin whitfield on a high
fast one. but Seymour picked a beauty
TO right and forwarded Bresnahan to third:
Devlin banged a scorcher to Young n
had DETECTED it. Bresnahan could have
come home on a dog trot. but he Rugged
third while Devlin was being. retired at
first. Barry flied to Thomas and BresnahAn
was the target for some crisp
from his mates.
second half OF the sixth. The first play
was a neat pickup by Devlin and the SUBJ
lection Of Roy Thomas at frst base. Tommy
gratefully acknowledge the favor by pranc.
ing to first. Clarke flied to Seymour and
then Leach moved to second on a wild
pitch which hit the ground In front OF the
plate and jumped higher than the Trinity
steeple. So far 80 s1od. but trouble was
intentionally. Honus shifted from one
OF the plate to the other when 10 saw
Taylor was not going to let him hit the ball.
Rresnahan shifted too and took the wide
pitches on the other side.
The next batter was Gill. the new first
baseman. a brawny youngster who used
to play football at the University OF Mis-.
sour. Gill made a thirty yard gain around
the end; that is. he made q single and
reached first base, but the dispute which
accompanied his hit will impress his big
league debut on him for the rest Of his
baseball career. ellis contribution was a
sharp smash toward Devlin. Leach came
racing down for the third bag. and the ball.
u was wv LIZ ~ hhLoiC "oo iiBah
around between him and Devlin n Brid-
well.
Devlin threw of his glove nj started
for the bench, and the other New Workers
too CANT In. This gave the impression that
Leach had been hit by the batted ball and
therefore was out. O'Day, who was UNI
piring in the field, thought Leach had been
hit, But it was Rigler's place to give the
decision. O'Day looked to Rigler for a
decision and then went in and asked him
how about it. Rigler said the ball struck
Devlin's hand first. That being the case
Leach was not out, and 1t may be said that
TO most Of the spectators who were In q
position TO see the ball did bound of Devlin's
glove first.
Leach scampered home on the play,
Wagner went 10 third and Gill to second.
Tn run stood and there was a vivid protest
from the New Yorks. For awhile nobody
Knew whether the run was allowed or not.
Tn Pittsburgs too surrounded the umpires
and the air cracked with language. There
were groups around 0'Day and groups
around Rigler. Mike Donlin was all het