The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-08
n, SAW MURPHY.

PROVIDENCE, X. b., Sept. AS far as
the pennant is concerned, the Tigers are our
of il. Nothing but a miracle c0uid WIN iof
them now, and no one expects anything ~
that line. The Grays did not nave 10 pay
championship ball to get todays douple-
header for Il was n gift pure and simple.
The scores were 6 to 8 and il to 3. bad rs
was the morning game, the afternoon $
setto was about as weird a game OF pase-
ball MS could be found. Newton wouid nave
had G chance in the afternoon, put the
Tigers threw baseball to the Winds. Dem
mitt made a new worlds record Ior rlghl
field when he made seven errors, though
officially he only gets charged WIN SIN
Every one was an easy ehanes' lhey "efe
all slow fly balls.
Ten errors breaks all records for the
snappy Tigers, and they never had a look
In at luck. The crowd, an immense one,
sympathized with the Tigers, VINO slipped
up on the easiest kind of. opportunities.
Frock did not have to pitch, but he tried
his best. a clean sweep for the Grays,
now that the Tigers are out of the hunt,
would not be surprising.
The remarkable double play by Hoffman,
McHale and Eaton. by which Newark was
prevented from tying the score IN the MORN
ing, is still being talked about here, and
well 1t might be. for the play seldom hap
pens. Old-time baseball men here say they
HtAti saw Al pa Va = hAhd IN ObG Va
the men did not score. There were two
double plays by the Clamdiggers that
brought the fans to their feet, but anything
like the characteristic snap of the Tigers
was lacking. =
The Grays had 1t easy in the morning
game, before Il good sized crowd. Phelan
opened with q hit past Sharpe. Donahuc
sacrificed and Arndt got a clean hit off
Mueller. bringing III the first run. -Four
more came in the third. Slime hit safely
to right. and Pheian sacrificed. Donahue
WIS Walked and A fnIf Hital nm fha praHrne
with a safe hit. Hoffman sent two Of
them home with a crack to center.
Arndt advanced on Abstein's sac
Fngle let Josh's return throw slip by him
over the plate went Arndt and Hoffman.
The Grays' infeld went to pieces in the
fourth and the Tigers all but tied the
score. Two boots by McHale. after Dona-
hue had fallen down on Demmltt's offering,
gave the Tigers their first run. Mailing
hit 4Tsfely; Sending home tive more for
ting for the Newark boys,
Remarkable Double Play.
1t was in the sixth that the fans all but
gave up the goose. With one down, Nc
Hale missed Mueller's easy one and Nah
ling singled. Stanage sent the ball be-
tween Hoffman and Phelan and for a
moment it looked as though Hoffman
would get under it. Mullen and Mailing
safely. Both runners, heads down, headed
for the plate as Hoffman caught the ball
on the bound; They We're a foot apart
the ball to. McHale. His throw to the
plate had Mullen easily, and Jimmy, not
knowing Mailing was back of him. did
not bother Eaton, who also tagged NAH
Two passes. a double steal and an
error by Mailing gave the Grays their
sixth and last run In the seventh.
The least said about the second game
the better. 1t was. not the same band
Of fighting Tigers that has taken a ma
circuit except the Clamdiggers that played
Tue afternoon game. It was a pennant-
demanding crowd that packed the stands
and 6ieachers at the opening of the setto
and II was a Disguised crowd that wendell
Its way homeward when the Grays land
ed a double-header. Errors and hard luck
on the part of the Bengalists made the
chances will tell the tale.
To start. with, Phelan was first hit and
then Mailing dropped Newton's wild throw
10 catch the runner on Donahue's at
tempted sacrifice. Hoffman singled and
Anstein flied to Demmitt. but Donahue
scored. Newton had Hoffman yards off
first base, but there was so much saliva
on the ball that 1t bounded out of Sharpe's
mitt TO the stand and the third runcamein.
Three more came in the second. Dem
initt dropped Peterson's pop fly and Frock
hit safely and Phelan flied to Mullen.
Donahue walked. choking the sacks. Arndt
was hit. forcing in FrGck. Abstein flied
10 Dcmmitt and he missed the ball and
Two more runs resulted.
Three singles in the fourth netted
another. Two came into the Tigers col
umn in the fifth. Two men were gone TO
the bench when Kelly hit safely. Dem
mitt walked and Fngle singled and Sharpe
pasted one through Rock. scoring Kelly
and Demmitt. and yet the %oficlli scorer
gave Rock an error on the drive.
An error by Engle and "A hit by Frock.
which Demmitt booted. made the Grays'
total nine. The Tigers third came on a
pass To Doc Newton. a single by DeVore
and an error by Phelan. Three hits and
two more boots by Demmitt gave the
Gravs their third cluster OF three puns.
Nothing more need he said. except That
DeVore hit safely in the ninth. making his
fourth safe drive.
The scores: