The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-22
pIrrsBuRo, 2; NEW YORK IN. L., 1.

no. 81 WIN ~ of'
One Of the finest contests Of skill and
generalship between pitchers o place
at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon
In tho fourth game OF the series with the
P%ittsburgs. M%athewson opposed Wills
and the P%ittsburgs won. The game there
fore did not end satiefa ctorily, except
from an alien viewpoint, but so master
fully did Vic Willis slide the elusive globe
over the plate that the homo team HAD
to accept defeat. Mathewson too pitched
superbly. but two hits we're all that were
made az a supporting factor to his splendid
work. and these two hits were not even
to gether. . 2 -
Except in the third inning the Pirates
did not make q hit of Mathewson. AS
things turned out. that was all the hitting
they needed. The fatal bingles were
punched In that one vital round n were
good for two runs. Wilson and Gibson
made safeties and old Cap Clarke rammed
q keen cutter down the foul line which
escorted wills and Glib to their journeys
end.
After that nothing but inaction for the
Pirates at tho bat. One feature OF this
exceptional twirEng encounter was the
fact that the Pittsburgs did not get to base
at all in any Inning but the third. They
went out In one, two. three sequence IN
elGnJ Oh tue nln6 lUuiukb, ~ <NS .
went out In order In six Of tho nine innings.
One OF their hits was an lnield jab which
Donlin beat out; the other was clean. Math-
ewson's control was perfect. while Willis's
was almost so. Willis hit one batter and
passed one, i~nconsequential weaknesses In
his chilled steel armor.
When the two pitchers used speed they
burned the ball through Mt white heat.
That with the curves and the change OF
pace combined to make the ball talk and
in q language that was Greek to most OF
the batters. The latter had trouble In
meeting the ball flush. Most OF the con-
tact between the bat aud the ball was
below the equator. So the ball was sent
up in the air a great deal, II height had
been synonymous with base hits the game
leather went on numerous lofty but futile
ons on ni is' snd fffte el Of oPt he sf Pira'ss. There
and Wagner doing Il. fhe only Grant ones
In aeldins, were Gibson and Devin' Each
Thomas, Clarke and Leach went out on
rocketing flies in the frst inning, while
e eye S and reached frst on four balls after
stretch s{ Sis legs ere boniaS put a ny into
ming wa barren. but IN the third the Pitts,
buIes made their runs. Wilson sent q ground
/ ball Swimming toward right ana herzog
ran over and made q beautiful pickup.
He threw quickly to Tenney. too. Wilson
close thing. and 0'Day. said safe. Gibson
to right. Willis and Thomas retired on
insignificant Mes. to the inneld. but Clarke
was not 40 submissive. The Pirate chief
picked his ball and drove Y past Dev:in 80
fast that the latter couldn't get TO II.
Wilson and Gibson came homo.
McGa " didn't like the decision on Wilson
Mt frst base. kicked 2 wns sent on the
the grand stand, hut the door had en- aver
sion to staying shut. which prompted KLEIN
to consult his watch. NWhereapon the door
close decision in the fourth inning and after
Bresnahan had been struck out by .Wilis's
mystifyinR slings and arrows wagner
raked In Seymour's vicious but inonenstve
The New York run was made In the nth.
Deyiin. frst up, was hit BY a pitched ball.
Mccormick pummelled safely to. centre.
the ball took a. bsd bound over Thcmas's
head and Devlin. went to third and McCor
mick to second, Bird wells contribution
was a ny which looped the azure and was
absorbed by Tommy Leach when u came
down. The Pittsburs infeld played back.
son with a long thtow Deylin scored; Glib
son attached himself to Tenney's foul. q
clever catch.
. HerzoR, Mathewson and Cha rke made them.
Wa gner made a rafting play on herzog's
grounder, Thomas went lar out for Mathew
sons earnest drive and ridwell made a
one along the median line and threw Clarke
ont at Arat Uhe scOrp,