The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-09
CUBS DEFEAT NEW
YORK GIANTS Al
Chicago Wins National League
Pennant in Worlds Great
est Ball Game.
GREAT THRONGS PRESENT.
FRANK CHANCES REVENGE is
SWEET, HE KNOCKING TWO
Stacker WHICH cINcHEo GAME
FOR WESTERN TEAM.

New York, Oct. 9.-The greatest
game in the history of baseball was de-
cided on the Polo grounds, in this
city. yesterday, when the Chicago Cubs
defeated the Giants for the possession
OF the National league pennant by the
score Of 4 to 2. The crowds in attend
ance broke all records for Gotham
gatherings, and it is known that no less
than two lives were lost as result OF
the big crush in and around the ball
park Tonight New York fans are sad
and sick. The victorious Cubs are
somewhere on the road between New
York and Chicago, sleeping soundly in
the hunks, while the whole of the
United States awaits the outcome of
the worlds series between the Cubs
and Detroit Tigers. which starts in the
latter city on Saturday.
Mathewson, the peerless Matty, was
almost knocked out Of the box in the
third and four playful Cubs galloped
over the full circuit of bases. More
than 100000 men, women, small boys
and children within sight and hearing
of the Polo grounds wished each one
OF them no more harm than that they
would break one or two legs each in
the attempt.
That Is about all there Is to be said Of
the game off-hand. 1t Is history that
THE Giants scored run in the first in
ming. and that up to that fatal third
the score stood to o in favor Of New
fYork. It. is enough to note that Mana
iger Frank Chance, of the Cubs, gently
ibut FIRMLY removed Mr.. Pfeister, who
twas officiating on the slab, right in the
middle Of the first inning and called
Ito the post OF honor Mordecal Brown,
the only three-fingered Cub in captiv-
ity. Again those hundred thousand
and more frenzied fans wished him
nothing worse than that he would lose
all the rest Of his fingers, including his
good right arm
But Browns arm did not fail in an
swer to the witching hour seance of the
fans and he pitched through to the
ninth inning. 1t was the nerve-reck-
ing third that told the tale.
Joe Tinker's bat started the third in
ming with mighty triple into center
field out OF the reach of Seymour. who
gave frantic chase.
Before the dust from Tinker's flight
around the bags had settled King
smashed liner safely into left center
and Tinker completed the circuit with
the run which tied up the score. Brown
laid down a neat but not gaudy bunt
along the first base rine, which was
just as good as hit, for 1t advanced
King to within scoring distance of the
plate even at the expense Of Mordecars
life at first. Sheckard flied to center
and there we're two out.
In this pinch Johnny Evers came to
bat and Mathewson feared the fighting
Irish spirit of the Trojan, so deliber-
ately pitched four wide balls and sent
Evers growing on his way to first.
Schultz was next and Franks fighting
Dutch was just as good as Johnny's
Irish, for he met the ball squarely with
that inimitable sudden poke of his bat
and 1t shot on line over third base
out OF all reach. Into the crowd it
trundled. giving Schultz two bases
rAl1uE Win Inc Iuil JudL put
Chicago ahead, and driving Evers to
third.
Revenge Sweet to Chance.
Then came Frank Chance, some peer
less leader, and put into his bat all the
vim and vengeance that had been we'll
ing In his heart at the unjust decision
which compelled his Cubs to face and
conquer that unfair situation. All the
enmity and disgust of a great sports
man for the petty tricksters who have
been yapping at his heels and trying
to do him out of pennent ever since
they locked tombstone out of the Polo
grounds was put into the swing of
Frank Chances bat as he met a curve
squarely in the middle or it's break Out
into right field shot the ball, far out of
the reach of the waiting Donlin, and
with that swat came two more Cub
runs across the plate, borne by Evers
and Schultz.
That was the hit which cinched the
game, and, with four runs in, the Cubs
knew that Brown would do the rest.
So there was no fear when Steinfeldt
closed that winning rally by striking
out. Score: