New-York tribune., 1908-09-25
MATTY SAVES DAY
FOR THE GIANTS
HUMPS IN WHEN CUBS
MIKE LAST STAND.
DonIin Also Comes to the Rescue
and Helps Vim Game That
Nay Mean the Pennant.

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score Of to leaving no chance for protest. and
twenty Thousand fans went wild as the game was
won There was no fuke about it McCSraw's
men played better ball from the start. They fell
q Brown. the three-fngered wonder al the start:
they drove him from the box in the fifth inning
and when the Cubs. their pennant hopes fading
-,-,ed snarline and tried 10 snatch the game with
rally hat accounted for four runs in the seventh
inning the Giants hurled them hack in two des-
perate assaults A brilliant double play and
s-re-b catch by Donlin. combined with splendid
emergency pitching by Mathewson. who went in
cold and without warning TO save the game after
wgltse went TO pieces. were ingredients in the
double stand that saved the day.
New York leads the Cubs and the Pirates,
who pulled up Level with the champions in beating
Brooklyn again, by Is points President Pulam
having decided yesterday morning that the game
OF Wednesday tie. He said. in formal
statement, that the umpires reported him that
was such. and. without deciding any disputed
points. he ordered it 70 be recorded a tie. His
statement follows:
In the matter of the New York-Chicago game of
September % at New York. have received writ
sre Nessrs oDsV and EIsiie T6eT report that
Ire game resulted in q tie score ! TO l. and that
i was impossible continue the game after the
The merits Of the controversy that has arisen
this game or passing upon the legality Of any de
cfsion the game will be recorded as reported,
namely. tie score.
Following this ruling. that arch humorist Chance.
aided and abetted by c. ". Murphy, president Of
trotfed
e 30 O'Clock and had Andy CJakley pitch three
balls 10 King Then the nine went hack to the
bench. and il was conveyed TO the early fans that
The Chicago team claimed a game by forfeit
Chance worked il out this way Wednesdays
game was tie and had TO be played of There is
q rule that games postponed or unfinished in the
final series must be played of during that series,
and the Cubs thought that the game should be
played Of yesterday. There were umplres on
hand. but that didn't bother the Cubs and the
.-ras he
farce and il him good NT Pulliam's decision
had affected the New York managers nerves so
much that he needed some such relief. and his
hearty laugh helped.
TIE few fans who had turned ID early to get
a seat much amused as McGraw. and told
the story with much relish the late By
the tine the game began the stands were closely
packed. and more than twenty thousand the
gsme. The police arrangements were excellent. In
spector Titus being in charge. with q hundred
ira policemen. Several Of them had e task after
the game in escorting Chance 10 the clubhouse.
There were few hand TO hand encounters but
they were hardly noticed
The game goes down on the records as a clean
cut victory by sheer superiority in playing and
IN grit Never did a more truly prove his
worth than NatheWson Tired from his trennen-
dous duel the day before with Pfeister dis
couraged he might well be fruitlessness Of
his efforts. he rushed into the box in the seventh
inning, with barely time 10 get HIS sweater of TO
relieve Witse who up 70 that time had shut out
the Cubs without giving them any sort OF
chance
Three runs in, and King. who mad just
trpled. was on third base Howard, always a dan.
Eerous batter. faced him and swung on the first
ball pitched for single that scored Killing. All
this had happened with out, and when Hay
den faced Matty only one run needed TO tie the
sce7e- Hayden EiT hard 70 shortstcp. but Bridven
made q clean stop and flung the ball TO Herzog
who. barely touching second base. made fine
throw 10 Tenney that disposed Of Hayden
That was perhaps the crucial moment Of the
game although there were plenty Of thrills
in the next inning But AL through il. even though
New York was ii the lead. there had been a rer
vous tension that made itself felt through the sui
t-y smoke laden air. No stirred TO leave the
grounds. fer there was feeling that thrilling mo-
r1ents We're come before the end. ard the pre-
r7onition was abundanty justified
TVfItse and Marquard warmed up together, and
the indianapolis man looked ready to pitch the
game % his life. But McGraw took Wiltse. and
for SIX innings his selection was justified An er-
ror by Tenney. who dropped a low throw from
Iserlin gave Schultz life in the first inning. but
10 harm was done and the Giants made things
warm for their old zee, Brown. when they went to
bat
a perfect storm OF Kisses greeted the Chicago
team when il first took the field the early prac-
ice bit il was as nothing the demonstration OF
hate that mad been held for Chance He got il all
hisses. eatcalls and boos-when he went to bat in
the first inning but had the good sense 10 grit MS
teeth and refrain from talking back to the crowd
Brown was wild al the start. and Tenney. the
up. walkcd-as for that matter ne usuali3
does FerzoE got a pass too. and the crowd
called eagerly on Bresnahan for a hit He had
Browns curves measured but his best effort was
z screaming liner that went into the left neld
bIeachers foul hy inches. He finally went out on a
fv IN Schultz But Donlin's star working. and
he drove 2 vicious liner that Steinfeldt barely
touched as II screamed past him Tenney scoring
easfIv while Herzog made third base by superb
slide
SEYMOUR hit sharply through Brown. and Tinker
vas SOW IN handling the hit, Herzog scoring. WIN
only one out there was good chance for more
runs but ronlfn was down when he trled 70
score On Devlin's tap, Seymour taking thlro ana
DevIln second OF the play. Hoffman stopped uhe
scoring by a fine catch Of Mccormick s ny
The second inning and the third saw the Cuos
20 out IN order and the Giants. in their turn couo
Do nothing rzro hits going TO waste in the thlru
Fra,, ~ The ,,,+ir,ev death Herzog in an effort
10 steal second base Chance came up IN s'oL ~
Of eers in the fourth inning and got the nIs' M
OF Witse but il did no good
Fgresns han thought quickly in the nfth inning
that Terney and the crowd could tollo" helelei t-
thoughts nor his movements. "hch "eie =
alck Tinker singled with one Out ano hii5 NJ
in the dfaroond TO Bridwen Bresnahan saw an at
tempt u q double play coming as ne gaaeeo 'iie
eight of TIE ball. and raced over TO naek uP is"
-ev F5e-zo- took EridweiIs throw TO force tinker
and threw TO Tenney. His throw was WIG anu
Is the first basenlan who cid not know mat bres
rahsn was anywhere near him, turned TO look Ioi
tn ball king turned for second base ChAhce'
who was coaching Bresnahan just as lehies'
following the ball saw that the catcher had H.
ana king got back just Tenney reached the Gag
and took Bresnahan's throw, being safe pS d mar
Tie ula- vas one of the headiest and prell~sI
ever seen on the diamond and when the crown
cot through wondering how Bresnahan had got TO