Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-09

NEW YORk October 9.-Thc story of
one terrible inning tells the tale of the
game that brought TO the Giants the sting
of final defeat after season of glorious
struggling in the face of every possible
encouragement and handicap. Fighting
for a pennant elready Won. as far as
base ball on the field is concerned-for,
no matter what opinion to the decision
that called the game of September ~ IA
tie may he. il must be conceded that that
game was won by New York on the
actual piay-it was the fate of McGraw :
gallant band to lose the crucial struggle
through the wavering for moment of the
great pitcher whose splendid skill and still
more splendid courage have done so much
to make this the most wonderful fight the
game of base bali has ever known.
1t lacked quarter Of an hour of )
O'Clock when Klein called play in the
struggle on which the attention of the
whole nation was practically centered. As
on perfect August day, with
a blue sky above. conditions could not
have been more per -ect Fifty thousand
pairs of eyes were focused on the held
where the tense gray players of Chicago.
lighting to lead the league for the third
tim. awaited the issue, and fifty times
that many gazed at bulletin boards at
tickerS az electric boards that showed
every play. and at every other of the
countless devices that were waiting all
over the country 10 carry tn instant
word of the fight from the living, throb-
bling wires that began at the ends of
nervous fingers in the press box.
Good Start for the Giants.
Sheckard faced ''Matty for the first
ball of the game. and a great sgh-the
tension was too great for Il cheer-went
up as Klems raised hand flashed strike
\ ne lOOSpd
III mighty roar as Sheckard swung
wildly AZ slow. floating ball and went
back to the bench. Two strikes were
quickly called on Evers. and then he shot
d bounding hit TO Herzog. which was
truly thrown to Tenney Tor the second
out. Schultz was the next man. and
Mathewson, exulting in his strength,
struck him out with three pitched balls.
1t was a superb start, and when the very
first bail that Pfeister pitched hit Tenney
on the arm a great roar of joy filled the
air Herzog waited for four balls, and
the crowd fairly shrieked at Bresnahan
for hit But the third strike fooled
the great catcher completely. and Her
Zog, fooishly dancing off first base. was
thrown out by the deadly arm of King,
completing a play that may have cost the
game DOnlin was the next man up, and
when he smashed the ball down the right
field foul line for twO-base hit the
crowd was lest in such transports of joy
as Tenney scored that II could hardly
take the time to boot Chance for shrek
ing that the hit was foul.
Then came base on balls TO Seymour,
and after long conference Chance sent
for Brown, who had been warming up,
and PfeiSter walked sadly To the bench.
The crowd went wild with joy but its
rapture was short lived, as the three
fingered pitcher ended the inning and
great chance to break up the game by
striking Devlin out. the third strike pro-
ducing "A luSty kick.
Chance whipped a single TO left field 10
start the next inning, but lightning
throw by Matty caught the Chicago man
ager off first base, and the roar from
Chance on the decision seemed likely for
moment to break up the game. He ar
gued with tombstone for five minutes, and
the umpire threatened twice to put him
off the fie!d-whicn he would have been
justified i'll doing Chance came back
wrinsiEg his hands, and Hoffman, who
was waiting his turn at the bat. threw
his bat on the ground. He had said moth
ing. but mis- act was evidently thought
more serious than his managers. unless
il is that KEN is made of Sterner stuff
than tombstone, for the doughty umpire
behind the bat ordered Chicaeo'S center
fielder off the grounds. Then Steinfeldt