New-York tribune., 1908-10-07
GIANTS ONE GAME
NEARER PENNANT
WTLTSE TOO MUCH FOR
BOSTON B4TSMEN.
rropd Hoots When Announcement
rs Made That Protested
Game Is a Tie.


,.ssttng Boston again. this time by a score Of
-, ,re Giants won the second Of the three games
.-s.ss-v 70 enable them to tie the Chicago Cubs
g. tbe National League pennant Before the game
-. 5ecision of the board Of directors OF the Ma
.,o,sl League that the protested game Of Septem-
- :, ha-veen New York and Chicago must stand
ss tie and be played on on THURSDAY was an
-,,,oed. and the crowd hooted- Fifteen thousand
- .o,v +hs game and between innings the de-
-, =, Cincinnati the chief topic OF con-
ve7sstion.
=. ,ba New York club the option of playing of
-. rarne and cries Of NO no; don't play it Off"
- from every side. The New York players, too
- n agree with this sentiment although
VS. o. them would say anything for publication
- .ha decision At shat time IL was not known
.t,+ .he game was mandatory
~, NcCyraw manager Of the team, said he
,s szy nothing TO the probable action Of the
g. York club until ne had seen Mr.. Brush, who
LEFT Cincinnati yesterday morning ai" Is uue mere
.o-ne tine to-day
,r.r-,vr seemed confident OF establishing a tie
1.h chicago by beating Boston to-day. He an
,,es that he would have the game started at 2
,ro,E n there seemed any chance Of rain putting
=. f-,s,ts out Of Il to-day. and then said he
-. he Giants could win When asked TO
ts.be- wathewson would be sent in to pitch, he
Ia he U-as undecided. and the possibility Of
20 vstb Chicago to decide the ownership Of the
.,,s1- on Thursday will undoubtedly affect his
plans.
- viii know whether the game with the Cubs is 10
:. ,tsvss Of OF not and If IL IS Mathewson VIII
-~obsbI, tA saved In that case Arnes Will prob
,,, he sent 10 the box, although It is quite pos
sr5a that CrandaH McGinnity will start the
game with Araes and Mathewson warmed up and
ss6y 10 ro in If there IS any sign OF trouble The
- 70 s~z
F7,be-, rrorabv Boston's best pitcher. and left
4.-5sr Who has made 2 lot Of trouble for the
I,,ar-e ~ one tine and another has been held in
reserve.
II Is not an easy decision for McGraw to make.
~ be Is Y7;-izy Il have both Annes and Mathewson
fresh for to-5ay's game. as Wiltse's recent form
hes been such that his appearance in he box
Yesterday kept the fans OF the anxious seat for
2 long time.
rorin was stTl lame yesterday. and so. for
4ts+ matter was Bresnahan. But the catcher
was n better condition than his captain, and
7jnrea much less lie said after the game that
his ankle was almost well. and that hard work
had apparently proved as good a cure for the
injury as he could have found
Ferguson pitched great bail against his old team
for FIVE innings yesterday but good mixture OF
lucs and some timely hitting gave the Giants the
lead in the sixth inning, and in the seventh ses-
sion they made sure ef the game by scoring three
# not been for Seynours muff Of Ferguson's short
fr IN the eighth inning followed by his clumsy re-
ceverv on the error which gave Boston its only
George Browne was the first man on either side
70 distinguish himself in yesterdays game and his
chance came in the third inning Brdwen had
singled and gone 80 third base on Becker's tumble
when wiltse raised a fly hack Of second base
over toward short left field that looked like sure
hit Browne came in on the dead run and made
wonderful catch. holding BTidwell on third base
and cutting of a that had seemed sure The
old Giant fielder was loudly cheered when he came
n al the end Of the inning. which he ended by
fne catch Of He~zogs long fly
That lit Of FrsizveTs the only sign OF trouble
Cor Ferguson in TIE first FIVE innings. He had
given two bases on balls. but no harm had fol-
lowed and he had puzzled the heavy hitters OF the
team completely. striking out Donlin and Seymour
IN succession IN one inning
Ir the sixth inning Witse started the first New
York rally with a clean single 10 left Tenney
fled 70 Becker. but Herzog came along with two
bagger. on which Wiltse reached third base. Nc
Cornick hit 70 McGann. who was back at first
base and on Dams quick throw Bowerman ran
down Witse between third base and the plate
Herzog chasing around 20 third base meanWhlle-
Then Bowernan threw to Dahlen TO head off Nc
Cornick but failed 10 do so. Herzog scoring as
the old New York catcher dropped tie return
throw. Dorlin singled TO short left field, bdt
Sweeney threw Mccormick cut at the plate
The Giants were lucky in the next inning. SeF-
planted 2 hit just over second base that
was lost By Browne after a hard run and DeVlh
after two heroic attempts to sacrifice was MT %
pitched ball Bresnahan put down peaul4iul
bant toward first base and ran hard 10 peat
the throw, although ne vas easy out oTld"eAi
chopped out the lucl1iest kind Of safe Int over
short, and Sevrncur scored. Devlin had reacheo
third base and made daring sprint home ailer
Bates had caught Wiltses short fly in left heid
He was safe On a slow throw, and B1dweH uieh
stole second and third bases, poor throws by BOW
e-usn helping him each time Tenney slnsieo
Sharply through the box Ferguson making goou
attempt 10 stop the ball. and Bridweh scored.
Seymour dropped Fergusen's fly after nara
run n the eighth inning and the Boston pltcher
teored On q clean hit 70 left by Bates afteF
Becker had put him on third with a bunt- DeFllh
wanted tol throw the ball TO third base on the
bunt, but there was no one on the bag. and Becker
beat the delayed toss Becker tried TO reach thiro
base on Bates's two bagger while Ferguson "as
scoring, but seymoar's splendid throw Oeal HIN
hy five feet
BowerHasa got the mate to the loving cup siN'i1
% Dehiin some weeks ago. the presentation oeIHs
mace Just before the game. 1t was the re"aiu
tr receiving the largest number OF votes gwen
to any man oa a visiting team in newspaper
popularity contest
Tie score follows:
NEW YORK BOsIoS 9
EEsesy rs III c Becker. #. I 9 3