New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

header with the Chicago Cubs yesterday. be-
ysurins at o'clock. and fifteen minutes after that
.ou- with the first game more than started.
llfv thirty thousand fans in the Polo Grounds
5roo-7e5 70 see me Giants six-nning contest.
.,icb was al the rain allowed They swarmed
aver the stands they filed the aises they roasted
- re roofs Of stands and clubhouse. they adorned
rs TOD ~ all the fences. and. in short. they filed
,rs-x inch Of they could find Out the
rls-ing field \ lire Of sitting rooters marked the
foYl lines and barely gave the first and third
hsserpen room 70 play. and the outfield was re-
s,ed 70 half its normal size by the thousands who
Filed IT.
Not on1v every u1idveek bat every Saturday rec
,-s ss well went by the board yesterday. It was
--,ss+fo7sh hlv the biggest baseball crowd this
- has ever seen and II must hold its record until
bs enlargement q the Polo Grounds seating ca
.,cs,- mans for which were filed yesterday. is
.o-,nleted. As Il was. fully ten thousand disap-
..-,a5 fans -seed around the entrances after they
- sY1 aeen closed. and they refused To he COM
forre5 until il began 70 rain Had i not rained
t,-s--v thousand more would probably have tried
r. sse the second game
-~7e soe7a inside. after it began % rain hard
- -sz71- wonderful. Chicago four runs
shes5 in the sixth inning when the Giants got
,ei- -r-7 ~ the bat It was raining so hard that
,i-a 71-rrires out of ten would have called The
-. -,-+nr Chicago 2 70 victory. Perhaps
[7,.-- though. Of doing SO. but scarcely fan had
.5a q move % bolt. although only & part OF the
r-zn5s-and offered any protection from the orlV-
~ rain that had begun 10 fall and once the mn
= ms started no umpire. in the face OF that
- would have dared 10 stop play Niitse
Ees ~ the hat and a perfect cyclone OF muse
--ss-e5 The Giant pitcher as he faced Pfeister
7ha hsu was wet that the Cnicagoah couid
- little with IT, and score Of thousand straw hals
issned ID in the rain as Wiltse walked 10 nfSI
-. n, <o-7- halls Tenney followed him and the
- --s-- -rsz- as he slammed a single over
.,-s l7ase this being one OF two hits made by the
,-is,re al afternoon. Prospects for a victory
seemed 10 have returned for a moment, ana every
- ~ The grounds was his feet as Herzos
zane L. the bat
TIE ,of7es3er stabbed valiantly at a straight
III h,r il shot toward Evers. who made won
5-4nl s-or and threw TO Tinker in time TO eaten
rrs.re- Al second base Tinker hurled the nan 10
,-,arrz A. first base. trying for oouhie pay anu
,5e fs-y NJ the fans was unrestrained as Rigler
-,llss Ffe~zng out also. There was some reason
:. -. ro1~ Of 5fssprroval. for II looked as II
+5z-zog mad beaten the ball ny Al least loot
.T-r-rs7 z-ho had been ordered of the heid oy
C-Uav : few minutes before. rushed out from MS
,e-7r-s-z retirement and protested Vigorously as
ID DonIir but the protest vas Of no avail, ana
he game was lost right there, Tor 9resIl'4ian :
l1srv fv was easy for Slasle-
TIE cross rinahers that support the roof OF the
s-andsrsud afforded good view and seat as
zzsu srd they were in demand from the start N
climbing I'D 10 one OF them mans foot turned
the wheel that controls one of the fire hydrants
~ +,z seconds later the water he had turned on
snr7--A5 o71t of q tHo-inch nozzle and orencneo q
hundred people who were sitting directly IN me
line Of fre. The crowd in the aisle at the oacA
VS. "a dense that It nearly ten minutes be
fore the source OF The trouble could be found ana
vel meant efforts 10 render the stream OF water
.,ccYo-s in the mean time simply widened the area
q destruction
I vas after the game had been called. at about
z O'clock that the afternoon reached Ms ciiiIiaA-
Thousands sat still, hoping against hope that the
v-zTSa III
,sS,a forth 5-zlz- hut thousands sIarn1ed up
The sisles that led from the seats TO the main pas
sszez-av 10 the entrance TO the grandstand, which
runs along behind the last rov of seats
Al the exit itself. where the exposed journey to
she street and the elevated begins, nearly every
ore rauzed. waiting for the rain to stop. The
crowd behind was impatient and pushed and
showed rs way along until il finally forced those
g. front outside with rush in which many Iost
their balance, and fell across the slippery boards
Behind women were fainting everywhere, ana there
vas no selnblauce Of attempt 10 keep the cToWo
n order. Seats were torn up in the struggle. and
--sc-iosiv, every one of the last row Of chairs
gave way under the strain
Il was distinctly situation 10 be handled by uni
formed policemen and the private officers employed
BY the club would have been able TO 90 nothing
with the crowd even had they been present dur
.ns the rush. Not even one Of these men appeared
hoveve-- - "a
In the game New York had only the one chance
e break things Up. The Cubs we're able 10 reach
wltse without excessive difficulty, and the New
York ou1heid was chasing flies all afternoon IL Is
only fair TO Wltse. however. TO say that he was
hznpe-ed ~ the crowd IN the outheld. for Barry
and Don.n both lost flies they would have caught
easily IN clear field, the hits counting Tor tnree-
bsgge-s Pfester clearly outpitched Wiltse, but
the New Yorker, with proper support and an even
break of luck, would have saved the game.
Pfeister pitched as pretty game as has been
Eeen al the Polo Grounds in : long time He had
control Of the wet bali in the later innings when
Control vas difficult. and showed fine Judgment
e. e. stages. He had perfect support but the
Cubs never had 10 pull him out Of a hole, and the
slight twirler held command OF the situation ct
81 tines Seymour and Tenney were the only
Giants who could get real hits, and Pfeis1er gave
eniy two bases balls
TIE game really began IN the second inning
when the Giant infeld induced Chicago % accept
two BY its unstesdiness. Johnny Eyers was
the first Cub Up in that period. and he stopped
tsIL which travelled slowly, with a nasty bound.
bS1 lis throw 70 Tenney was poor and landed In
tie crowd Evers reaching second base Steinfeldt
fled 70 night field and Mike Donlin made brave
effort IL the crowd The fans couldn't seem TO get
cut of the way however, and the hit went for
g tTo-bsgger, although IT would have been & sure
81 - under other conditions Evers scored on the
lA and StenfeI6r got home on Devlin's throw
q Tenney. which the first basenan failed 10 get
Had o'Day done his fun duty and called the
80 go efter i've innings OF play: tnat would have have
- z heavy rain through the sixth inning; ano
sies E1is 2y Evers, Howerd ano tinker with
Seymour led OF for the Giants with a two-bag-
C.. u The second inning but Pfeister steaded at
The score follows:
CHICAGO. NEW YORK.
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