The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-10-09
Giants Dovvned By
the Chicago Cubs
National League Champion
.lnse ecutiye Season, Defeat.
6 aggregation 4 to J The
|on Went to Pieces in
Wonderful Contest
Chances Men w
tS S-. 80
ship for Third
ing McGraw'sI
Great Mathe|
One 'II'| Inning il j i

New York, N. Y. Oct. 8. Chica-
go. 4; New York Q. This was the tale
in a phrase told at the end Of the
most decisive baseball game played
in this country in many years, to de-
eide the National league champions
ship for the season Of 1908. In the
presence of record d,breaking crowd
which swamped the grounds and left
many thousands outside long before
the game began, the game was play
ed in deadly earnest, straight base
ball with no frills,' to settle as dra-
matte situation as the most ardent
lover of the sport could imagine.
The game was played in the cheer
full sunshine of an ideal baseball day
before vast concourse Of people. At
dusk the great multitude departed
from the historic enclosure, hushed
and disappointed. The pennant does
not wave above the sky scrapers to-
night Its winners, who arrived here
on the Twentieth Century Limited
this ,morning, are now on the way
westward. Probably Manager Nc
Graws words after the game in the
unwonted quiet of the training quar-
ters where the Giants were having
their last showers and rub-downs,
epitomizes the feelings of the vast
army of New York's followers, from
those of the merest. Office boy, who
had to sacrifice another grandmother
to get off early and climb the 8" !"
pillar for an occasional diamondward
glimpse to the occupant of the grand
stand box: S \ s
s5 II do not feel badly about the
game; we merely lost something we
had won before
Fair or not, this appears to be the
opinion generally obtaining in Great
er New York.
It was great baseball, witnessed
by the greatest of great baseball
crowds, which would have been more
than doubled IL fences had been
stretched out into circle Of sufi1-
cient size to include all those who
had clammored yainly for admit
tance, and who thronged everything
that offered the least possibility of
catching even an echo Of the sap-
plause within. The spectators who
knew the game, however, bitter they
may feel over the tie decision which
made today's game compulsory,
seem to concede tonight that the
work of the Chicago team was prac-
tically perfect. The Giants, we'll
though they played, were outplayed.
Chicago fresh from the rest and
we'll judged practice and coaching,
was superb In form. Brilliant, error
less fielding, snappy base running
and opportune hitting in the third
inning, which was made effective IN
scores, the double play by Chance,
won the game. New York could not s
hit at critical times. Mathewson
the Great Matty,'' the fayorite q
favorities, could not keep his invinci-
BILE arm power and the effect OF 2
moments lapse III that third inning mini
could mot be overcome. McGraW's
substitution Of Wiltse In the box the
last two innings may or may not
have been wise. The home team sl,
needed g long hit: needed tremen-
dous rallyihg power which Mathew
son has more than once inspired n
them at the very finish, and wrung
victory from seeming defeat.
The two great innings OF the game
were the third and seventh. In the ne
former Chicago made all its runs. 10 70
the latter. opening with q tremen-
dous enthusiasm following loud
shouting THE Giants lucky sey--,
enth' hopes were renewed, but died
after one run, which kept company
with that made Id the first inning on
l the mammoth bulletin board
It was Chicago at the bat for the
opening. and Sheckard began auspic-
iously Tor New York by failing to
solve Nathewson's curves. Then
EYers went out on 4 fast stop BY Her
zog to- Tenney Schultz struck out.
No runs.
New York went to bat: Tenney
was hit with the ball and went ~
first. Herzog got q base on balls:
( Breenahan struck out and Herzog
was caught on frst by q wonde derf,al
throw " Killing 70 Chance. making =