New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
GIANTS PENNANT BOUND
prSKY PIRATES CRUSHED.
rreu7;fd Thousands Cheer Double
Vfctory of NeSc York Team.

a
,sssban game in this or any other city John
,~o-rex AID his Giants made the winning of
>-.+tonal League pennant practically fore
~. Conclusion at the Polo Grounds yesterday
,-z,ctinr two crushing defeats on the Pitts
nine. Some thirty thousand persons saw
.boared the game. and their cheers, as play
-. fhev turned into raving lunatics drove
= - ,,+o the souls of fifteen thousand more
-.c-n,=d vainly at the solid wall of blue
- -,oscepen who guarded the entrances
- .ta doors had closed. The climax Of
- ,ov came in the fifth inning of the first
10, intimately by a score Of . 10 %. when
e,...si, Nike Donin standing at the bat while
- and Bresnahan danced on the bases
-. o,,. a horne run that really ended the pen
-. homes Of the Pirates at a single blow
-T.,. mighty hit was followed by a scene that
,ev7er been parslleled in New York base
nsn ,srs. Every man. woman and child in the
IDS or hacked tightly around the playing field
- and velIed waving the while hats. coats.
..4,e that came 10 hand. and as Donlin rose
- ,uu7ged on the plate with both feet after
s-.,5nr the bases il seemed as if the noise would
never stop.
7be-e was almost as much excitement in the
.sTsrrt inning Of the second game. when. after
=. Pirates had obtained lead of three runs
in 10
las. n the Giants all the way. terrific hitting
co-,bne6 with errors and bases on balls. gave
,to tsiants six runs. Then. however. there was
a,-;sio7 for The hopelessIy outplayed Pirates
,rinqlAd with the cheering. and there was moth
ING like the thunderholt quality Of Donlin's huge
r-,ssb in the first game 10 electrify the crowd.
vlltse vas Disappointing in this game. and had
,,e Pirate pftchers-Clarge used three-been
IN form nothing could have saved the Giants
from defeat. as the score Of l. 10 4 shows But
no f,itsher in the world. with the possible ex-
eepfion Of one could have stopped the Giants
YESTERDAY ard that one. the peerless Mathew
son had already done his days work when he
shut the Pirates out in the first game.
# anything had been needed to ill the cup OF
;ar of the fans 10 overflowing il was supplied
shout the middle az the second game when the
big scorehoard showed that the Philadelphia
,ssm had won pitchers battle from Chicago.
Chicago and Pfttsburs have each fifteen games
to play. and if the Pirates win fifteen while the
Giants are losing eight Of their twenty-one the
men from STnoketovn win have chance 10 win
the pennant. This morning the Giants have A
percentage OF -654 while the Cubs. who broke
the tie for second place in spite Of defeat are
ahead Of the Pirates with .6i6 This. lead of
thrty-sight points wiII be practically Impossible
Tor ether Of the contending teams 10 overcome.
MONSTER CROWD AT GAME
Estimates Of the size of the crowd yesterdav
vary One cau.-say thirty thousand. or thirty
fire thousand. Probably it would be safer to
sptr the -drervnce But TO one who saw ii in
formation. II frenzied existence and in impress
sre disintegration figures seem laughable It
crowd SO huge. so awe compelling in its
Fastness, that it outweighed even the game in
interest. And withsl it was inspiring on ac-
count Of lis orderly behavior. its intense desire
as crowd. 10 help the players TO provide the
sport il had come 10 see by encroaching as little
On the field as its huge bulk would permit.
0aly reserved seats were left at noon. Great
Ines Of men and women stretched in apparently
nierrinabie length before the ticket Offices two
hours before the first game was To begin. and
even then ticket spectators were doing thriv-
hs business That was the one thing that
narred the game. For days il has been inpos-
sible 10 buy reserved seat tickets. and there
we're some harsh words for the management OF
TIE club. possibly not deserved. which had al
ioTed an enormous number Of tickets to find
TIER way into the hands Of the brokers. For
NE specuetors il was such a harvest as New
aork has not afforded in many years.
John 7 Brush. in anticipation OF the NAM
moth crowd. had appealed TO Commissioner
Bingham for help. ana the Police Commissioner
'roke his rule and sent uniformed police to the
grounds taking over also for the afternoon the
aSfee employed by the club. Thirty biuecoats
were II the ground at the start, with reinforce
neafs later, and txo hundred more guarded the
salFances- The gates were closed at > O'Clock.
saa had II not been for the presence of the po-
nee the frantic late comers. nearly twenty thou
Asna strong before the first game was half over,
you'd have torn down the fences and broken
1er way into the grounds despite all the club
employees could have done.
terrific hitting by the Giants in both games
-Nsniy-e.ght safe drives. 10 be exact-brilliant
pAealng by &athewson in the first game, and
81 Old fashioned slugging match in which both
Sshs took part in the second. marked the base
s@u of the day. In both games, and by both
sans although more particularly by the Giants,
-sfe was fielding that sparkled and gIittered in
y dazzling effectiveness. although there was
aged work by the Pirates in the field once or
vice IL the second game It was that together
mn the ineffectiveness Of the Pfttsburg pitch
~ OF whom five were used in the two games.
lel stamped the Giants their masters, and all
io1gn both games there was lacking in Pitts
Is that spirit q daring confidence that has
.ooEht the Giants up from the rear 10 a po-
liant
AalheTson was master Of the situation at
- moment Of the first game He pitched
- 'haf beautiful precision and judgment that
- mace him the greatest pitcher in the world
- 4 vas absolutely impossible TO rattle him
Ing the men behind him. he relied upon
-. - 70 the fun. and 81 the end one had the
s that he could have continued for nine
-'es more had it been necessary Tense at
- moment, there was stin in his work a
- s,'aness, lack OF visible effort. that was 4
'sisat TO witness.
D1ALIN PLAYS LEADING ROLE.