New-York tribune., 1908-09-20
PIRATES TURN TABLES
ON THE GIANTS
PILE Up FOUR RUNS IN
TENTH INNING.
Big. Croacd Disappointed at Out
come of Hard Fought Game
at Polo Grounds.


By scoring four runs in the tenth inning the
,,;,ts,urg pirates defeated the Giants the Polo
Grounds Yesterday by & OF 6 to >, ana got
partial reAenge the double defeat on Friday
II was Disappointing ending for the local rooters
TO a close hard fought game The Giants mad
chances 10 win in abundance but 1t was not theiI
day and the score showed pretty well the merits
OF the. teams on the afternoons play Ihe Ne"
York team was Ike the New York crowd mat
ewarned into the Polo Grounds Ihe cro"u was
y great one but quite great as on frloaE
and the New York team was a good one puI Ho'
quite as good Friday.
Perhaps there will be some 10 say that the cro"o
yesterday big as any that ever packeo 'he
grounds Certainly il was q big CROWD ana 'ie
gates were closed before all who wanted to get N
had done So and there were fans on the feld just
es there had been the day before. But IT would
have been possible to get more persons ln ana OH
cial records would probably show that there Were
less than thirty thousand in the park yesterday
afternoon Certainly the police had far less TO
do in preserving order outside than on FRIDAY
The fans seemed TO feel that the Giants won the
rennant when they, that glorious douple-
header. So did the Giants and that was why 'heV
Jet game they should have won long before 80
innings. The licking may 90 them a lo' oi
good in view of the coming onslaught by Chicago
Commissioner Bingham decided 10 let uniformed
police handle situation again. and thereby IN
creased his popularity with those who go TO see
q game and not a running free fight for vantage
pofnts that have he vacated as soon as the
ravers take the field In the last Pittsburg serles
the only way the base lines could be cleared was
for the players 10 throw balls up and down SIN
inches from the faces of the fans. and that sort
Of thing delayed the games as well as spolhng
fhe pleasure of many nervous persons VINO mao
pushed the front
Ames and Crandall dill the pitching Tor Ne"
York and both wavered when they should nave
presented a firm front to the enemy The men
behind them wavered a bit. too, men who have
irT he grjn of an situation
are likely TO do and. always, the wavering
came at the critical moments Baseball players
are human. and the best of them at times must
he allowed the human weakness of revealing i'm
1,erfections tnat should make them all the dearer
10 those who laud them to the skies when they
are winning
The crowd yesterday exciting game.
even il il was not fawless one, and the real
enthusiasts. who know the game, only shrugged
their shoulders philosophically when they saw
four Pirate runners in the tenth inning.
even though the score board showed that Chicago
had won the first game from Philadelphia The
second game in the Quaker City was scoreless
tie ended by darkness after ten innings.
It was a hot and sultry day. and the pail Of
smoke that has swept down the city from the
blazing forests Of the Catskills and the Adiron-
dacks hung low the dropping pennants won
in lso4 and 1906. soon to be joined by a third,
If the hopes Of every New Yorker meet the reali
cation that seems almost certain.
The first inning found Ames in trouble
He gave Thomas three balls. but steadied down and
struck the former Quaker out Clarke got his
l5ase without work. however and so did Leach
Mccormick held Wagner's liner, but Abbaticchio
hit hard. and II looked like when the hit got
away from Ames. BrdweIl made a fine stop. how
ever. and off run. besides getting the batter
at first base.
Ames was steady at one moment even brilliant
ane wild al the next In the third inning he let
Clarke walk but Donlin robbed Leach OF hit by
a superb running catch doubling Clarke with
fine throw. Then Ames faced Wagner and made
that mighty hitter strike out to the joy of the
crowd
Despite the erratic work of Arnes who was saved
more than once by good fielding Pirates didn't
get hit off his delivery until the fifth inning
when Beifeld who pitching fine game him
self. and really showed better than Ames. sacri-
feed Gibson who had made that first hit For the
first time things looked exciting. but BridwelI got
Gibson at third base by a fine play on Thomas's
grounder Signs of coming trouble continued. for
.n the sixth inning Wagner solved Ames ard
punched out q nice single. He tried TO steal sec
ond. beautiful throw by Bresnahan to Bird
well cut him of.
Then the Giants got to work. Ames was out
a tap to Leifeld, but Tenney beat out bunt that
was almost impossible to field, and, after Herzog
had fouled out, Bresnahan, who showed lassi-
tude or relaxation in his game. scored Tenney with
a nice two-bagger. Donln had chance TO score
Bresnahan. which, it turned out, would have
won the game but he could hit only to Wagner.
in the seventh inning the clouds that had been
gathering burst on Ames. Wilson was too fast
for BridwelI's throw on slow hit. and reached
third base when Gibson pushed a two-bagger into
the crowd Ames made Leifeld fan, but with two
out Thomas singled scoring Wilson. Clarke got
a two-bagger and Gibson scored, putting the
Pirates ahead.
In their half the Giants started poorly for
Seymour and Devlin raised long flies. Mccormick
singled and stole second Brfdwen walked and
BcGraw Barry in bat for Ames. He
walked, and the bases fun. J.eiffeld couldn't
find sthe plate. and tied the score by forcing Nc
Cormick home with another pass to Tenney.
CrandaI showed nicely for two innings and the
Giants had a great chance win in the ninth
timing. 3ridwell fast for a slow hit and
sferkle singled. having taken Tenney's place. A
close decision ended Herzog ar first base and had
fte been called safe the game might well have
bAen won. for Bresnahan walked. With the bases
-fun Donlin fouled TO Leach, who made a great
catch.
IN the tenth inning Crandan gave Clarke a pass
but Abhaticchio singled. scoring Clarke and Leach
and scored himself when Seymour made a mess
Of storke's single. Seymour made up for this by
holding Storke at third Wilson's hit. hut
Storke scored a moment later Gibson's long fly.
The Giants went sout-one. two. three-in their
raf and disappointed crowd went home. slowly
and sadly.
The score follows
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