Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-23
THE DIAMOND
THE GIANTS WERE
 PICMlES FOR SURE
Chicago Downed Them Twice on Their Own Grounds Yestsr-
 day-.0thsr Games.

New York, Sept 23.-If an entire menagerie, man-eaters and all. had been turned loose up at the Polo grounds yesterday they could not have done moro damage than those nine pesky Chicago Cubs that made mincemeat of job lot of Giants and routed 35,000 New York fans. The grand bear hunt ended most disas- trously for the hunters and New York lost both games. the first to 8, the second to 1. There's no use making excuses and inviting pointed ridicule. We've got to take our med icine this time without sugar coat ing. We have no, O'Day goat to tag. There's no peg upon which to hang an excuse. We were stung. We know now just, how those poor Pitts burg fans felt last week when Hans Wagner and his team mates were sent to the. morgue after a double header.
 Bear meat is a delicacy at this sea- son of the year and hard to get-but we will get meal or two of it yet and don't forget 1t. "Matty" or Wiltse will probably lead the next foraging party, and when they do we seldom come home empty handed. Matty, boasts that his great-great- grandfather was a bear hunter and taught him all the tricks of captur- ing, tanning and killing the var hints, so we will have to pin our faith to Matty and let it go at that.
 The Polo grounds will have to be enlarged if the attendance at the games yesterday may be taken as an indication of what is to come. Fiery seat was occupied, the aisles in the grandstand and bleachers were choked, and the overflow made 8 fringe of humanity ten feet wide around the diamond Ground rules, of course, prevailed, and that always robs game of certain amount of interest, especially when the heavy hitters have their batting suits on.
 A more enthusiastic crowd never made the turnstiles click at the Polo grounds. Everybody was charged to the muzzle with noise and everybody cut loose in the seventh inning of the first game when the Giants took a brace, knocked Overall out of the box, pounded Brown hard and sent three runs across the plate. Every body shouted, cheered, stamped their feet and raised Ned generally. It was great roofing and there was plen- ty of it, but-"it didn't get 'em any thing"
 Errors, costly and at critical pe- riods during the first game account for the first defeat. Ames, it is true, was not particularly effective against the visitors, but an analysis of the box score will show that he was not altogether to blame. Seymour, Mo- Cormick and Bridwell will have to shoulder little of the responsibility
 The second game was won for the Cubs by Brown, who had also pitched two and half innings in the first game. He was simply unbeatable yesterday. When the Giants needed hit this western wonder buckled down to business and it was all off for McGraw's bunch. He certainly can pitch. McGinnity, who replaced Ames in tho first game, and Gran dall, who twirled in the second bat tle, did good work, but not good enough to stem the rush of the fast coming Cubs.
 The Giants are only six points in the, lead now and the pennant race takes on renewed interest. Weather permitting, the Polo grounds will have another record crowd to-day. The scores: