New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
GIANTS WIN TWO
FROM THE QUAKERS
WILTSE PITCHES NO-HIT-
I0-INNING GAME.
Only One Phladelphian Reaches
First Base-Second Contest
Slugging Match.

eoN%S
Playing gilt edged ball the Polo Grounds yes
terday the Giants both the morning ant
afternoon games from Philadelphia, the first %,
q score Of ] 10 Q and the other to j. Eien'
thousand baseball enthusiasts the morning con-
test George wiltse pitch the greatest game o.
his career. The southpaw in wonderful FORM
and did allow the Quakers a single hit IN tne
ten innings which were played before the Ne"
Workers nosed out victory. Not until the hih'n
inning did single Philadelphia reacf hrs' pase
According many spectators. had II NOT pee.
for Rtclers poor judgment of ball, Wiltse |oulo
have had the honor OF retiring thirty men peioie
they reached first.
Nitses record even better Than mat OF "ie
veteran .'Cy" Young who pitched a ro-nit an'
.,,, r.,,a AGAINST the Yankees earlier in the
week, The Boston twrler allowed rnly one man
20 reach first and that was The hrst hat'er VINO
faced him wiltse has the better OF fouhs IA
,h., he wont ten innings while the veteran hao
TO mitch one inning less.
From the sixth inning on the crowd ceilieu as
,-,.-ee, IN wiltse's ability retire the Quakers
without hit AS he returned TO me oeheh a. w 'e
end of each inning the spectators arose en- mass
and went crazy with delight. After the game ue
crowd broke loose and cheered for nearly nFe MIN
p.es The uachine-like playing OF the New YORK
team was without faw and the ouakers were
merely schooIboys before them
ncouir,an who opposed Wiltse in the box, was
,bs lone Quaker 10 reach first. To many il seemed
9 u
Rigier called a ball. and the next one MI nun o
the arm and he took his base. 1t was haro oio"
10 Wiltse, but he content with ms reColu wa ~
Deylin scored the winning run on single ioo" Gu
by a bunt by Shannon and errors by Grant ana
Courtney Not an error made by the Giants
an ,bis rame Wiltse struck out FIVE men and got
four assists and one put-out McQulan pitched llhe
ball but he paled before Wiltse
BY taking both games the Giants ore" up '
the leaders in the pennant race. for while they
htF2R
,,-r.sts,c .he lead from the Pittsourg Pirates
The first two innings OF the afternoon game were
played while the rain fell in torrents As usual
the New Workers just galioped in the nluu' anu
scored enough while il rained to take IL easy
FOR the rest of the afternoon. There were I"h!
,-,en,v thousand persons on hand for the second
struggle and twelve thousand OF them at least
were drenched the skin but the sun soon came
out and dried both clothes and diamond.
This was the Giants last game at the foo
Grounds until July "a and they demonstrated that
beyond adoubt they Will be in The pennant race 10
win henceforth The New Workers hit like henos,
nearly every man getting at least single "he
Doyle and Dcnlin hanged the ball all over the lot.
The fielding was Of championship calibre. as well
as the batting With the exception OF Dummy
TAYLOR the pitchers were never better
Fecause Of the duel between Wiltse and McQuil-
Ian in the morning the game lacked interest ex-
cert for speculation Wi1tses ability TO make d
record but the afternoon game was bubbinE over
with redhot plays and long hits Larry Doyle
knocked the cover the ball four times in success
sion one of his hits being a three-bagger- He
made some wonderful catches besides, and mao ue
fans cheering him continually Mike Donhp was
also much IN the lmelfght with two singles and a
triple His throw TO the plate OF Magees triple
which the Philadelphian tried 10 stretch into
homer was of the best tcsses seen on the POLO
Grounds this season.
Joe McGinnty pitched the second game gong
into the box in the second inning, after Dummy
Tayicr had been forced IN retire before an ava
lanche of hits The Iron Man" held the Phillies
safe at all stages In the eighth inning. with only
one out the Quakers got three singles, but couldn't
score a
Bresnahan was the her, 4 the ouakers' half of
the fifth inning. Knebe had flied out. and Titus
was safe at first serror- Magee hit TO DeVHn.
who tossed the ball 10 Doyle to force out Titus
The play worked all right, and Titus out. but
Doyle then made a wild throw to Tenney. and
Macee raced to second Bresnahan caught the
ball as il of the fence and shot IL 10 Doyle
IN plenty Of time TO catch Magee. who thought he
would be able TO reach third the error, as did
every one else
Moren who relieved Corridor in the second in
ming was big Improvement his predecessor.
but his road rougher simply because the
Giants were well satisfied with their lead.
Rigler had an easy afternoon for all the players
were in good huror and made few protests. Magee
was the only exception. He nipped at the
plate after making a three-bagger. and then when
he famed in the eighth the Quaker left fielder was
sore at the world. and the umpire in particular.
John McGraw carorted around the coacher's box
as Il he had been shooting fireworks all the morn
ing He is tickled death at the way his men
playing
Knabe never moved for. BridwelTs and McGin-
ntys liners in the third inning.
Doyle and Seymour raced for the clubhouse when
TWO men out the ninth. Their team mates
and the crowd joshed them until knabe finally
famed and ended the game
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