The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
PITTSBURG
 PUT OUT OF THE RUNNING beeSe esee t0 t9 Cubs Cubs R if Crucial Crucial GGafHe GafHe Of Great Baseball Fight
 by the Score Of
 s to z. BIGGEST ATTENDANCE EVER New Mark for World Set Up at West Side Park-Mur- phy sympathizes With
 Dreyfus.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES TO-DAY. Boston at New York. BrOklyn at Philadelphia.

Chicago Oct. 4.-Pittsburg was elim- mated today from the National league pennant race when Chicago scored a 5 to victory before crowd which was declared to be the largest in the world which ever paid to see a game of base ball. Today's game was the final one of the season for Chicago and Pitts burg, while New York has three more 70 play, all with Boston. If one of { these games Is not played by reason of the weather or for other cause, or if Boston wins one. the pennant will go to Chicago for the third successive year. By winning all three New York will exactly equal Chcago's percentage of .641. tonight Chicago leads the league with 64l; Pittsburg is second with 636 and New York, which did not play to- day, is third, with .s3S.
 The story of the victory is a simple one Chicago garnered twelve hits off Willis and Camnitz, while Brown al- lowed Pittsburg but seven. The contest was cleanly waged throughout. The umpires decisions were questioned only sonce. and this in orderly fashion de- spite the intense but suppressed excite ment in which the players worked President Murphy of the Chicago : club announced the paid attendance at 3o,247. This Mir Murphy said, was the largest attendance ever present at A :. game of baseball in the United States and presumably In the world. It was nearly 1000 larger than ever passed through the gates of the West Side ball park before.
 At the conclusion of the game Mir. Murphy and Mir. Dreyfus, the latter president of the Pittsburg club gather ed with others in Mir Murphy's office Mir. Dreyfus, whose team had just lost the pennant, was smiling cheerfully and proposing that In the event of a tie between New York and Chicago the series of three games be played off at Pittsburg, You are a better lose, than am,' said the Chicago pres- dent, You are the best loser in the league
 Well play the string out" he con. tInued With reference to a possible tie by New York. However am by nt means certain that Boston won't ge one of these games"
 The constitution of the Nationa league provides that a series of three games shall be played to decide tl race for the pennant, but leaves the matter Of where 1t shall be played fo the board of directors to decide. The board VIII meet at Cincinnati tomor row to take action on the game In dis pute between New York and Chicago which President Pmllam has declaret a tie, It is said the board may talk, time by the forelock at this meeting and settle on a place for the deciding series to be played in the event of Nev York's winning the remaining game with Boston. The weather today wa ideal.
 Two hours before the ticket window opened at il a. m.. the crowd began t gather, and when the gates were open ed it had swollen to proportions whic required several squads of police t keep 1t in order, By 1 o'clock tn stands which surround the field wer filled, standing room in tho aisles wa at a premium and a deep fringe o spectators occupied the greensward i left, center and right fields, At thl hour Chicago began batting practice Pittsburg at l;35 came on the field in body, bursting through the black bank of spectators like a gray cloud amt Impartial cheers from q large sectioi of the stands. By 2 o'clock, whe Pittsburg began batting practice tn crowd outside the stands completel surrounded the field, but dense stream of people still pressed through the va rous entrances and spread out into tn field Fifteen minutes before the tim set for beginning the game the gate were closed and the crowd had so fa encroached on the field that any ordln ary fly ball would have fallen saf Members of the Chicago team and el cry available policeman fought strenu ously but forced the crowd back onl 70 have 1t surge forward ct some mpro tested point, When play was called however, order had been restored an It was agreed that hit into the crow should count for only two bases Tn game in detail,
 First Inning.
 Pittsburg Thomas went out on a easy grounder, Brown to Chance Tir ker threw Clarke out at first Leac hit cleanly to center, but was ot stealing second, Kllng to Evers. N runs
 Chicago. .--Sheckard hit what woul have been an easy out, but the ba fell in the crowd in right field an