New-York tribune., 1908-09-29
GIANTS PULL GAME
OUT OF THE FIRE
DONTTN AND SEYM0tf n
COME TO RESCUE
Ninth Inning Rally Turns Appars"t
Defeat Into Glorious Pictory
at Polo Grounds.

c,--zf- Mike Dcnln and Cy seymour are oase-
bail heroes with the game almost over anc the
r-t.-+s one r.n behind. they made Garrison
@-fbsn5 brought victory out Of apparently dismal
5efea- bv shifting the Philadelphia pitcher hip and
thigh and making the hnal score OF yesterdays
rar1e with the Quakers at the Polo Grounds to 8.
:. uas q small crowd which gathered under Coo
rs7,s Rlu~ Yesterday afternoon but II couldn't be
tas-en as q noise producer when Donlin and Sey-
r7our came 70 the rescue n the ninth inning and
drove out q triple and a home run that made the
score : 70 s instead OF 10 ). II was so dark in
ne last inning that the felders could hardly be
seen from the grandstand Had the Giants lost
they would have been pushed out of the lead in
the pennar: race. but now they have three-point
advantage over the Cubs who did not play.
OF all the heart breaking games played az the
Poo Grounds this season there has been 70
equal yesterdays tussle- It far from a per-
feet day for baseball. The sky was overclouded
and q heavy rain fell in the early innings. Then
il cleared OF little bat the gloom heavy. and
finally It began 10 drizzle in the last inning
WItse and Corridor were the opposing pitchers
and the small crowd settled back expecting TO see
little scoring and light hitting but they guessed
wrong There was hitting galore. awful fielding
Wa pitching and everything else which tended TO
put The fans roofing for the Giants win the pen
aan- the anxious seat and give them innu-
znsrah-e thrills and equal number Of attacks Of
heart failure.
The Giants should have scored al the start. but
poor base running prevented a tally. With one out
B-es1ahal worked Corridor for pass and took
second on passed ball. Captain Donlin a hot
cre over second for base. and Roger could have
scored easily but ne afraid TO take chance.
Se-raour failed n help. and two were left
bases They had another good chance IN the next
inning when Bridveu and Witse were safe on
errors nr fred Tenney failed in the tine Of need.
.Just before the rain came down in sheets in the
-hs-d inning The Giants scored four runs. and
every one thought the game was won After Herzog
I'D 7a<~E ED--T
line and Corridor walked Donlin- Then Seymour
n!- q bouacer 10 Bransfeld. and the first baseman
threw wildly 70 second. all the runners being safe.
Arthur Devlin cleaned up with sizzling single,
which sent Donin and Seymour across the plate.
Mccormick followed a moment later with a long
sacrifice hit 70 Titus. and Devln scored.
Il Was raining hard in the fourth inning and
Vurse had poor control q the ball. Titus led of
with a double Harry Mccormick tried 10 make
grandstand catch Of Nasee's long fly and made
an error instead which gave Titus q chance to
score easily. B-anzfed followed with q clean
single. and NaEee came across.
The Giants made the score ? in the fifth
i--r=. when 8-esnahan- Donlin and Devlin singled.
Every one then got to work figuring how much the
Giants would be in front Of Chicago for the game
seemed over. Those Quakers stil had a few kicks
il them. however. When they got another run in
The sixth the New York rooters failed to get ex-
cited. Tor TIE score was 10 in the Giants favor.
George WiItse got his bumps IN the seventh ard
win single. and wutse hit Knabe. Titus was an
easy our Magee. The man who jumped out of a
window while dreaming he was catching a fly.
hanged the bal for TWO bases. and. CT course,
Grant scored Fer some unknown reason Bresna-
han th-ez- 70 second and threw wildly. and Knabe
lost no time in getting home with the ;ieing run.
E-a1sEeld got Z single and MaEee scored. When
the inning finally ended the Quakers led the way
BY The score cf s .
Although Gordon gave two bases on balls and
tr safely twice in New York's half Of the sev-
eath. VIE Giants could not get a man around the
bases Shean started the eighth inning with a
double but fast fielding held him third until
end.
g1rrilop seemed better than ever in the eighth
aid -ce fans were ready 70 acknowledge there was
--r-s chance for the Giants when the side was re-
tired without nan reaching first.
Nc5-av seur McGinnIty in TO end the game The
iron man was il prime condition and killed of
TIE Q-ake-s IN short order. By the grace Of Shean
Who made beautiful u7uT-if you look at it from
the Nev York side-Bresnahan got 70 first in the
ninth The crowd impIored Captain Mike to bring
hin -1- The Giant leader responded in gallant style
AID drove out terrific liner. which went 70 the
uglt field fence and good for three bases
BT-slaHan walked in with the which tied the
score Then up came ole Cy, ana again the crowd
called for hit. Right nobIy he stepped into the
breach corridor shot one Up and Seymour sent
4 back fs- over Osborne's head and Donlin came
hone with the winning Although II only
counted for single Seymour could easily have
made The circuit on tie hit.
Weather permitting. the will play double
header to-day. and. with Corridor out OF the way
tae Giants hope 10 win both games.
The score follows: