New-York tribune., 1908-10-08

New York is tied with Chicago for the Ma
tional League pennant this morning and tens
of thousands will wait to-day for the news of
the battle at the Polo Grounds in which the
Giants and the Cubs will settle the issue Of the
greatest fight the game of baseball has ever
known. A brilliant victory by score of to ,,
crowned the efforts of the Giants yesterday in
the final game CT the real season with Boston,
and the players, relieved from the fearful strain
Of the last three days in which even one mis-
plav might well have made triple tie for the
pennant. with Pittsburg and Chicago their only
possible reward, eagerly awaiting the Chi
cago team They are in fairly good condition
and anxious to prove themselves able to win
again the game lost on a technicality on Sep
tember % except for which New York could
have Joined Detroit last night in celebrating a
splendid victory in heartbreaking fight.
But every New York player and every loyal
New York "rooter' feels this morning that joy
has only been deferred, and that tonight the
reward for the magnificent uphill struggle will
have come TO McGraw and his gallant fighters,
who on clean baseball, leaving technical in
fractions of almost obsolete rules aside, have
already won the Pennant.
lest showers in the night should come to spoil
the field, yesterdays game had hardly ended
when great canvas covers were drawn over the
stripped spaces of the infield, while huge piles
Of straw We're placed on the portions Of the out
field where Donlin, Seymour and Mccormick
must stand to-day to bear their part in the
great fight Everything about the Polo Grounds
proclaimed the tenseness of the feeling, and
when the umpire calls PLAY BALI" to-day he
will look cut over the greatest crowd that ever
saw a baseball game-a fit setting for what
should be the greatest spectacle the game has
ever afforded The probabilities last night were
for showers, but the fans were hoping for bright
skies.
When it became generally known here yes
terday that the game with Chicago would act
uay be played, which was as soon as President
Brush returned from Cincinnati the office at the
Polo Grounds was literally deluged with calls,
personal and by telephone. for reserved seats
for the game to-day. while kilograms were
stacked in great piles on every available desk
Fred Knowles secretary of the club, said that
no exceptions would be made to the rule that
reserved seats could be bought only after the
gates are opened but, nevertheless, a list of
applications made up, and an effort will be
made to provide those who applied early with
seats The management has determined that
not single ticket shall find its way into the
hands of spectators. and there is apparent
reason why its efforts should not be successful
The gates will be opened about II o'clock and
at that time it is expected that monster crowd
missioner Bingham has made special arrange
ments to handle the crowds, both without and
within the grounds, with a large force of police
men. The uniformed city men will be aided by
the special officers employed by the club who
will be under the orders of the police officer in
charge Probably not less than five hundred
patroImen will be hand of whom two hun
6red will be inside the grounds, while the rest
will be held outside in readiness for any emer-
gency
pionship to-day by a game played after the end
of the regular season Is the result OF a situation
unprecedented in major league baseball New
York had not a technical protest made possible
by the stupidity Of a single player, robbed the
team Of a spendidly victory would have
won the pennant yesterday afternoon when
Ames ran over 10 first base and put the last
Boston player out.
But the umpires, the president OF the league.
and finally the board of directors, felt compelled
to decide that Chicago's protest must be Needed
at least to the extent Of calling the game a tie
and as New York, through no fault of Its own
was unable to play out the game, the directors
also felt that the Giants should in all fairness
have an opportunity to the pennant by
playing off the tie game particularly as when
the decision made ttere was chance that
Boston would win one of the last three games
med