New-York tribune., 1908-07-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

1t was Disappointing that is true But never
fan of the thousands who packed the Polo GROUNDS
yesterday would willingly have missed single one
Of the many thrills that the desperate sixteen m
ming struggle of the Pirates and the Giants fur-
nshed in such abundance. ending. as IL did. with
the score a tie at to 2. II great game be-
tween great adversaries. and while II Is tnou-
sand pities that the Giants could not squeeze that
one run over the plate. there IS soiace in the
thought that McGraw and his men came so well
through the critical series OF the year True the
Giants lost the series. but they proved their Glass;
and their regained fighting spirit from the very
first inning OF last Fridays game, ana Ne" hOrA
may well be proud Of thenI-
Yesterdays struggle was worth going miles 70
see Lightning work IN the field marked the play
of both teams. and the wonder is that either team
scored at all. George Wiltse for the Giants. ana
Vic Willis for the Pirates. were the heroes OF thes
day for It was their superb pitching at crfticai
moments that broke up numerous chances to score
WiItse deserved all the applause he got. for IN
sixteen innings the mighty Wagner could not get
a hit and at the end of the game Hans was 50
tame that he was ready 10 eat out OF Wli'so
hand
The titanic struggle between the two sets OF
former champions went on until the shadows under
Coogan's Bluff had become so long that no one
could see the ball. There seemed no particular rea-
son to suppose that either team could make another
run even If electric lights had been strung out
on the field to make an a-night session possible,
although the crowd would cheerfully have settled
back If such a decision had been reached. 70 the
profit of Harry Stevens. So after Seymour and
DevIfn had gone out in the sixteenth inning with
two Giants on the bags. Klein and En1slfe held
consultation and called the game, amid groans and
boots from the crowd.
The Pirates hoisted their black flag at the start.
scoring a run in the first inning Thomas singled
and made second on Ieach-s sacrifice Bridwe1-
gathered in CIarke's drive, but Thomas survived
his Wild throw to Devlin. and Wagner next up
triad hard for birtt he hAzt he
produce was a lusty drive Donlin- Thomas
eruptions of the sixth inning after which the game
might have ended. far practical results went.
The sixth inning settled the game Two Pirates
out when Swacina barely reached OF
Wiltse's shoots and poked it toward Tenney- Ten
ney got the ball and threw IT to wiltse, who tried
to cover first the run. His foot missed the bag
however. and Swacina who should have been an
easy third out. safe II costly, for Glib
slammed out to the errattc Mccormick
who had much trouble with IT that it vas good
for two bases. Swacina. naturally, getting home
during the excitement
The Giants saved their bacon in the second hale
of this inning. Wiltse started good rally with a
clean single. and went to third when Wilson fun
bled Tenney'S single. Doyle made the third hit
scoring Wiltse. but the demon Pirates got him
when he tried 10 get second base. BreSns han
tied the score with long sacrifice fly Tenney scor-
ing on the throw in Donlin singled and stole sec
ond. but Seymour couldn't send him home That
was all there was TO il. though book might be
written of the remainder of the game
The score follows: