New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

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The Giants met the Chicago nine. worlds cham
rions this season by virtue Of victory over De
troit last October. yesterday. and proved aiie"
that NcGraw's team has come PACK 10 soiie'iii.'s
of the form brought il the highest honofs 'he
baseball world offers in 1905 beating the team from
the Windy city by g score Of 10 in game orif-
ful of excitement from start to finish III Is saie
70 say that the Polo Grounds never held larger
crowd for it is felt everywhere in New York that
whichever team loses this series Will be hopeiessiS
out of the for the pennant this year. te o'iie
being left tc fight il out with Pittsburg
Critical opinion admits that either Chicago OF
New York, beaten in this series. will sthi be
dangerous contender. and looks also TO the Phiie-
oephia nine for night. but to the fans who crowd
Sd the stands Yesterday this IS a decisive series
and the Philadelphia nine is looked upon as impor-
.snt only by virtue OF Its proved ability TO help
the Giants by defeating Pittsburg and Chicaso al
crucial times.
Late coners would have missed the first inning
If the game YESTERDAY and in doing the period
tn which New York won. but matter OF fact,
late comers did even worse than that There vas
no chance to get a seat after o CLOCK 1hsn
there is for the Yankees 10 win me American
League remnant and half an hour later. with thou
ss,5s sin rnring into Eighth avenue from street
cars and elevated trains the gate keepers were
ceterrinedly barring the entrances and refusing
admission. for the capacity OF the grounds was
taxed. and the crowd inside was simply laughing
ct the efforts Of the private police employed by
the club keep ii in check
The outfeld was black with men and heed
was paid To the ropes that supposed TO mark
the limits Of the crowd Only the intense desire
Of the fans 70 see q game kept the diamond free,
with the appeals Of the players the two teams,
for II would have taken large force Of regular
policemen TO handle the crowd. There must have
been nearly thirty thousand fans inside the grounds
an hour before the game began. and many ex-
pressed the opinion that the preservation of order
IN such e crowd was distinctly part OF the duty
Of the Police Commissioner.
Probably fifteen thousand got glinpses Of the
game from points around the grounds The via
duct was packed and up the elevated structure
:u the yards train had been run that was packed
with men and boys. who watched the game from
the windows There not an inch of room on
the porch of the clubhouse, And its roof was
well filed In fact if there was q spot affording
e view Of q single play that was not occupied yes
1erday afternoon. il impossible TO find IL
II is strange to see Mo5raw relying on another
r,tcher than Mathewson to win game Of such
Importance as yesterdays and stranger stil 10 find
a New York crowd applauding another choice
But George Wiitse has been using his good left arm
10 such purpose this year that he has become one
Of the idols Of the fans. and mighty roar
greeted him when il beca evident that he was
70 mount the slab Opposed to him was Mordecai
Brown almost invincble in the last two years, and
regarded Justly. as enc of the greatest pitchers,
from every point OF view,sthe game has ever seen
Hank oDay. the best umpire. probably, on the
National League staff, came back from six weeks
-sst "a take charge of the game. with Rigler to
work on the bases. It was just after $50 CLOCK
when he rnotioned Hoffman TO get into the
batters box and called Play
Hofrnan wanted a hit and banged away. But
1srsdwei leapea for the ball and threw it TO Ten
rey in plenty Of time. sheckard was greeted with
a roar of welcome, and answered with clean
single which was not what the crowd wanted
Chance hit hand Bridwe on line, but the short
stop held the hit and missed a double play only
eecause his throw pulled Tenney of the bag. No
. harm vras done for Evers smashed fly 10 Donin
A cyclone Of noise greeted Tenney as he faced
BROWN and the crowd went crazy with JOY when
he laced the ball to left field for single. Brown
was not worried bit, and Larry Doyle. eager 10
mako good lost his chance and famed McCiraw
called for the hit and play, and as Brown
,vound ED Tenney cut loose for second, and was On
,op of the bag as Bresnahan pounded out hit
over second base Tenney kept for third base.
xnd Hoffman coming in at top speed. picked up the
hall and flung into the crowd over Steinfeldts
head.
PsnJernontun reigr1ed as Tenney danced on the
-Iafe and Bresnahan reached third base. to grow
even less restrained when Mike Donlin came up
and HIT q grounder Evers- Overs threw 10 the
plate yards ahead of Bresnahan and the whole
Cub inheid tried 10 the catcher down. only TO
fail es he slid safely back 10 third base last.
I1ouIin was on second and both he and Bresnahan
raced home when Seyrnour's vicious bounding hit
went over Chances head for single. The game
was won then and there.
E,vers saved Brown from two runs. Barry
had walked and BrdweIl had hit safely. but Evers
made a superb stop OF Wiltse's hit and caught
Bridweli at second base
The Giants scored again in the fourth inning
Fradwell got a hit but witse famed and Tennev
.ied 10 Sheckard- Bridwell stole second and Doyle
pasted one into the crowd for the bases that
were the limit all afternoon. hit into the
bleachers for homer. Chicago made its one run
sn the seventh inning thanks largely an error
by Bridwen for WiItse pitched game that would
have shut out any team on earth with proper sup
port
steinfeldt the who made the run He
was safe on inheld hit. and Bridweu for no rea-
son al ell, threw TO first without chance Of get
ting his man. The throw poor, and went into
the crowd. putting Steinfeidt on second. He went
10 third on an out and scored on Tinkers sacrifice
fy 70 Seymour
Anxious eyes watched the score board all after
the OF the Pittsburg- -Philadeiphi
game posted, and there was srievous disap-
pointnaent when It that the Pirates had
won out in the tenth inning
The score follows:
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