The Washington times., 1908-10-04
NEW YORK ROUTED
BY THE PHILLIES
Giants Defeated After Val
liant Stand in Bruising
Struggle.
MIGHTY MATHEWSON
WEAKENS AT LAST
Wild Scenes Follow Swish of
Devlin's Bat as He Fans
in Ninth.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 3.-Covaleskie,
the New York's hOodOO. Covaleskie. the
modern giant killer" for the third time
in one week, the husky product Of the
Pennsylvania coal fields. forced the
hRrd-hitting, pennant chasing Giants TO
bow TO the skill Of his sOuthpaw bend
ers. Today COvaIeskle faced New
York and was opposed by Christie
Mathewson. the star twirler of
McGraws team, and the only one OF the
large pitching staf who could be de-
pended upon in the dying effort TO win
the National League championship. and
the young eX-Tri-State League star
sunk the harpoon OF defeat into the
very vitals of the Giants pennant
hopes, defeating them by a score Of Q
10 p
Game TO the very last New York
battled hard for victory, and in the
ninth inning two runs behind and with
the best batters on the team in line
they gave the crowd of 6,622 spectators
q nerve-raCkinB few minutes while they
scored one run and had a man on third
base, with none out. 1t was only the
ragged work OF the Phnlies in the last
inning that gave the Giants a chance
to pull victory out when defeat looked
certain. Two hits and two errors gave
the one run and put the runner on
third. The New York rooters in the
stands were frantic with JOY. Many Of
the home crowd lost their nerve, others
Jeerea the PhilHes and charged them
with quitting and throwing the game.
Garrison Finish.
II was the most exciting finish seen
at Broad and Huntington streets this
season. With an easy victory in their
grasp. the Phiilies almost threw fl
away In the ninth inning. Kways
ready 20 take advantage of the slightest
slip on the part OF their opponents. the
Giants arose to the occasjQur$nd made
a last grand rally. but fell Aort Just
one run Of tying the score. Il was a
most important game for the Giants.
and the loss OF il may determine their
standing in the race after the last game
Of the season has been played 4
victory would have left them still tied
with Pittsburg for first place. the de-
feat has forced them down 70 third
place In the closest and hardest fought
baseball race in the history Of the sport.
Mathewson, the peerless twirler, who
has kept the Giants in the race for the
past month, was sent in to face the
Phillies for the third time in the week.
Twice before he had pulled through a
winner on errors by the PhiIIies after
being pounded hard. He looked good
for a while today. but his great speed
was lacking. and he weakened in the
fourth and fifth innings long enough for
the Phillies to gather enough runs to
win.
It was also Covaleskie's third game
against the Giants in the week and the
youngster won both of his previous
games with far less effort than the
great MathewsOn. II was the criticism
Of the Phillies that prompted Manager
Murray to send him back for the third
game and the vindicatiOn was complete
Charges that the Phillies were cutters
and that they were throwing games TO
the Giants have been freely heard re-
Gently. Those who witnessed today's
games needed no other evidence that
every man on the Phillies' team was do
ing his very best to win and the victory
was e. sweet one.
The score: