The sun., 1908-06-21
NEW YORK IN. L.. 4: oHIcAoo IN. L.. o.

NEW YORK IN. L., 4; CHICAGO IN. L., D.
Chick Fraser Of Chicago undertook to pit
his pitching wiles against those Of c. Mathew
son at the Polo Grounds yesterday and fell
far short Of the standard Of the New York
boxman. He fell 50 far short that the Chr
cegos not only were beaten but shut out
Fraser had his newly acquired spit ball, and
while the New Yorks did not solve 1t to any
great extent they punched two hits In useful
fashion In an inning in which Fraser experi-
enced a spell Of bad control Mathewson
had speed which made the Cub hitters blink
and swing wild. an effective high ball. the
fade away. drop and every other adjunct to
deadly service. He pitched a superb game.
giving about as finished and mastery an ex-
hibition Of pitching as 1t was possible to give.
A crowd that put a strain on the capacity
of the grounds sizzled and stewed and re-
joioed. The stands were filled until there
wasn't room enough for the proverbal one
more. They were standing both upstairs
and down In the grand stand, and a number
OF women spectators suffered considerably
from the heat. which the density Of the crowd
did not allay any. Temporary lodgings
around the field took care Of hundreds.
Spectators had gotten hold Of choice re-
serve seats. and one man paid as much as IS
for one. The bleachers and most Of the
sristocraoy Of the grand stand were abso-
lutely auiltless OF a coat. Umbrellas were
useful where It was possible to raise them with
out risk of assault. and when you see an UNI
brella raised at ball game you can know 1t Is
But the New Yorks are hitting up the pace
just now, and when team in this town is win
ence can keep the people away, Yesterdays
vent through With dash and Ia rSsh
doWn as o@ as Il
and Tinker single handed shut of runs by
their fine dsfensiye work; There wasn't an
ing the difficult chances that came to the
hs AZ. inning y Vas s u,s,sntinl save for the
ing Schulte's splash to first base. 1t was
glsdiatorial in its grandeur. shorty slase i'm
fiy In the third. and stepped on skirt, but
held on to the ball Johnny Evers, as cspable
a broth of a boy on the diamond as there y
and was fired by Umpire KLEIN. Doc Marshall.
his successor at tho bat. was a weak hitter
soSSEH as hss the sScss ooiSs ba
Il came by so fast.
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q had seey %h
the ball in his hand and forced Bridwel out.
q ,raspins drive from HofInan's bat in the
In the seventh inning Mathewson wasn't up
to his form Of the other rounds, and base on
balls. force and Chances single put two on
bases and one out. Devlin saved the situa,,
third for force and winged ths ball over to
TeIney for double Play, This was FSaser,ss
overheard. He walked shannon and Bresrfa-
han hit safely to short. Bridwell sacrificed.
Mathewson fouled to Chance and Tenney was
passed purposely.
There were two out and the idea was TO look
to, Doyle for the third out. pitched ball
osso plans and pushed Shannon home with q
run. More emphatic means were employed
for the next two runs. Seymour hit TO right
and brought them In. On passed ball Doyle
came In with the fourth. The Chicago goose
was cooked. The score: ~