The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-09
Ideal Weather for Game.

Ideal Weather for Game.
 Chicago pon and New York lost.
 The game was played in the cheerful sunshine of an ideal baseball day be- fore vast concourse of people who carried with them to the Polo grounds the pent up enthusiasm, hopes and fears accumulated day by day through the closing weeks of a seasons fight for National league pennant which had been absolutely unprecedented for constantly intensifylng interest and uncertainty. At dusk the great null titude departed the historic enclosure '-hushed and disappointed The pen nant does not wave above the sky scrapers tonight. Its winner who ar rived here on the Twentieth Century Limited this morning, are now on their way westward. The large black head lines In the newspapers-"New York !. Chicago f--are like mourning cap tlons over the story of some great per sonages death. And yet probably Manager McGraw's words after the game, in the unwonted quiet of the training quarters where the Giants were having their last showers and rub downs eptomises the feelings of the vast army of Nsw York's followers from those of them of the merest office boy, who had to sacrifice another grandmother so as to get of early and climb an "L' pillar for an occa- sional diamondward glimpse, to the oc- cupant of grand stand box; "I do not feel badly about the game; we merely lost something we had won before"-- fair or not it appears to be the view generally obtaining in Greater New York. It was great baseball witnessed by the greatest of great baseball crowds would have been more than doubled could the fences have been stretched out Into circle of snf- fclent size to include all those who had clamored vainly for admlttance. and who thronged everything that offered the least possibility of catching even hN echo of the applause within. Spec tators who know the game, however, bitter they may feel over the tic de- @ision which made todays game com | Spulsory, seem to concede tonight that the work of the Chicago team was practically perfect
 Giants Outplayed.
 The Giants, well though they fought, were outpayed
 They lacked among other things that certain indehnable something. ab- sence of which Is probably in this in- stance explained by the results of the great and continuous strain they have been under the past week.
 Chicago Fresh as Daisies.
 Chicago fresh from rest and we'll judged practice and coaching was superb In form, Brilliant, snappy, errorless fielding, artistic base run ning-and opportune hitting in the third inning, which made effective in scores q double by Chance, won the game. New York could not hit at critical times, Mathewson~-th great "Matty' favorite of the favorites.- could not hold his invincible arm power--and the effect of q moments lapse in that third inning could not be overcome McGraws substitution of Wiltse in the box the last two in nngs may or may not have been Wise The home team needed 8 long hit. needed the tremendous ralylng pow. CT which Mathewson has more than once inspired in them at the very fin ish and brought victory out of seem. ing defeat
 Crowd nj the Gate.
 The gathering of the vast crowi which witnessed the stirring contest for the premier honors of the nation. al league was picturesque in the ex treme At dsYhreak the enthusiastI had begun to assemhle---and places ir line were held by dozens of the great unknown who had travelled sron some backerN lntJnteht bresdlI1a tr