New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
nhTiorhi LEAGUE STANDING.

Sev FoTs. - IS Se5sJ Louis 80 81 -s57
had ra,ned as hard at the end Of the sixth
- old as soon as the ninth inning was
HI .be Giants would have been at the top OF
o'ei- '-an- column this morning and some thirty
ue Fro,,eand rabid baseball enthusiasts would
f's I.4 -be Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon
bh'0 lo..e- frame OF mind But It didn't. and so
- sill leads the for the champion
..z-tng won yesterdays contest by a score
while the Giants are down in third place
u .s = hard game TO lose The Giants seem
s+ = snag every time just when the honor
..' ts within their grasp. The same thing has
happened Al 1e19'
rrs-vthing seemed in favor OF the home team
=. The game began before the largest crowd
.hs-ea under the shadow of Coogan's Bluff
&c - thirrv-7ve thousand persons thronged the
= ,n,los1lre. while the viaduct was crowded from
s,5 and every other point OF --antase was
70, nth those satisfied TO get even glance at
Nathewson. the idol of every one who
- snvthing about baseball, was selected TO
= =. ni1chtng With him in the box il seemed
80 wager that Pittsburg would be unable 10 do
- ssneerous work with the bat, while New York
g. 80 .,ecred 10 clout any pitcher the Pirates put
-, P,t New York supporters guessed wrong 1t
- z,stinctlv a Pttsburg day, and the Pirates
-, On their merits
"s- s+-er he game began black clouds rolled
-, hen on the rain fell spasmodically until the
- ,rben q perfect downpour fell But the rain
cane 100 late TO save US
re afternoon crowded with features. but
-. greatest of them was the crowd itself Every
t.,.s,u follower seemed 10 be keyed up 10 high
.,b and realized that on this series much de-
-ss IN the final standing Of the teams There
-svs- was crowd 10 equal the one which poured
~, Mr. Brush-s ball park yesterday afternoon
A. $50 O'clock. an hour before the game was
,,ssuled 70 start. there was not an empty seat
-. mass Of baseball enthusiasts circled the field
7o,h The big 5o-cent beachers were solid banks OF
+,,. every man being in his shirtsleeves- In the
~s-s5 pranGstand even the aisles were packed
= -ss rbe greatest crowd in the long history OF
he PeIo Grounds
EsoB,s Wagner was clapped and cheered when he
sr,ssred on the field. just heartily as the stars
4 ne New York team The crowd was out TO en-
,,v itself and It succeeded. A big heavyweight
.-.s m frd 2 place TO rest his three hundred
,r-ss n beef in the right field bleachers- Inch
~ ;,cb he worked his way up the tiers Of seats
tagIly he got a seat in the uppermost row
r-o1 90 On there was one continuous roar
without moment Of quiet Finally the mob TOOK
n,sssss;on of the playing field and every player
essed himself q special deputy 10 get the cro"o
hsrk ron The base lines. McGraW. with a pat as
club drove the fanatics back like chan oeIore
re z1nd Balls were thrown like q shot along
~ Hse and The crowd had TO move back or be hit
With all the push and tussle. il was good natureo
c-oEd and there was never sign Of violence
rnless vou were at the game il is impossible 10
believe that there is such a thing as baseball
fsTer and that enough persons TO populate sii-ai
cry had q bad attack Of il yesterday
After the crowd and the Importance Of the game
II the standing Of the teams. the batting of Honus
Wagner must be considered. He faced the. pitcher
1Te times during the afternoon and hVe times ne
snOte The ball safely. two Of his hits being ooupies
because il was necessary TO have gTouho Fu4e-
Such mighty swatting against pitcher OF Mathe"-
sons caibre is seldom seen, and was worth the
Trce OF admission alone
Nov for the game itself Larry Doyle had much
70 do with the final score. II isn't right 10 holo
hin responsible for New Yorks defeat. but ne
made couple Of errors in the seventh inning
which helped PIttsburg a whole lot and TOOK lhe
heart out Of Nsthevson. who retired at the end OF
he session in favor Of McGinnity. Larry felt
worse about i than any one He has been playing
grand ball recently. and simply had an off day
z Pittsburg intends TO trade Lefty Leiheld and
three other players 10 Brooklyn for Tim Jordan
B-oakyn IS getting big prize. Leifield pltched a
game yesterday which was good enough TO win al
nost any contest He had all the heavy hitters-
Nike Donlin. Cy Seymour and Roger Bresnahan-
a. his mercy
Tie Pirates took the lead in the second inning
Wagner doubled 10 left field and then stole third
base after he had hurdled clear over Arthur Dew
H. vho was crouched ready 10 tag him with the
al On Abbaticcfios two-bagger he simply had 10
walk in
New York vas shut out up 10 the fifth inning
8r5Nel got his base on balls Then Matty
Elgied and Tenney followed with a sacrihce'
which gave Us man on third and second The
eoEd called on Doyle for hit, and he banged
he ball 10 left field for single. and when 1t got
hy Fred Clarke both Rridwen and Matty scored
9fth The score TO : fn New Yorks favor, no one
cared whether i rained not at this stage
The end came in the seventh Wilson singled
~. ar O-0G
via double which brought in Wilson, and ued
ne score Leiheld then hit an easy oounoeT "hlch
fsni through Doyle's legs allowing Swaeina and
Gason TO cross The plate Leifeld advanced on
-Aonzs's out Leach fled out to Seymour Captain
tSrke hit une At Doyle. and once again the second
Nsenan fumbled the ball Ieiheld scoring "ag-
u and Abbaticchfo both got singles. another run
of,ng r. Pittsburg got one more In the ninth OH
ASSianity- But al our good work ended IN the
I'a Inning. Leifeld holding the game safe At al.
tzes after that
4here IS no excuse be made for the game
I]eshurg got twelve hits four Of them being Two
lIesers New York had TO be satisfied with half
e@t number. The record OF the hits explains the
Hne
tred NerBle who was threatened with blood
loson,ng while the team was the road batted
u Aat,y in the seventh. He looked pale ana
sE and not equal 20 a game yet
Heczog. the little shortstop. who had disagree
Ient with SicGraw and quit the team month ago.
uniform yesterday.
Tie score follows:
PITTsBCRG NE" ~ 1oKk5 4 70 f..
al 10 40 40 y n