The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-23
CHICAGO LANDS
DOUBLE HEADER
AT POLO GROUNDS
McGraw's Men Have No Cinch
on National League Pen.
nant Now.
BY G. A. FALZER.

And II came to pass that the Philis-
tines OF King McGraw and the army
from the city of pork and breezes met
in mortal combat on the veldt below
J Coogan's Bluff, and. verify. the Coli
aths, or Giants, as they are sometimes
known, We're slain by the Davids-yea,
even without the use of a slingshot.
Getting down to 1908 talk, the Giants
were beaten, not once, but twice, by
Chicago in the great doubbe-header yes
terday at the Polo Grounds. -Four to
3 and 8 to 1 were the scores. n to-
day the lead Of McGrawss warriors in
the National League campaign has
dwindled down to the margin of six
points. Another defeat this afternoon
would, put the Cubs In first place. oh.
horrors!
The pitching of one Mordecai Brown,
a gentleman with but three fingers on
his business wing, was the principal
| cause for the double disaster. Before
hostilities were begun. and while the
Cubs were practising. the fans Just
aimed their vocal batteries upon this
three-fngered marvel, and for many
! minutes this chorus of 80
that's Brown, eh?" rippled over the
scene.
Well, that Brown merely went TO
the Cubs rescue, when the Giants had
batted big overall out of the box, and
saved the day for Chicago. And then
he toed the mound In the second game,
as well. and for nine innings pitched
such mystifying curves around tho
Whitehead warriors that that SECOND
game also found its way into Chica-.
go's%"won column"
Hat a Calling gun been opened upon
that multitude Of 10000 at the Polo
Grounds, the effect would not have
been more stunning than the result of
that double- barreled defeat shot into
the New York cam. Those dopesters
who had seen the pennant cinched for
New York a week ago took another
look into their dope sheets to note
where the miscalculation had come in,
and, as for tho crowd, it seemed as
though everybody had been stricken
with the humps. The name Chicago,
had suddenly doomed up as a grave
danger sign.
Some few called Chicago's double
victory baseball luck, but. shucks. the
Giants We're simply outplayed. What
is more, the Cubs had them standing
va ~ ttt IN y lily
team got going, and this demoraliza-
ton further weakened the chances of
McGraw's men. Why, they acted act
ually scared when they pitched IL:
the fray, and this, though they V
ahead OF Chicago in the standing, q
had been acclaimed as the CON
worlds champions as far back a.
week ago.
/ e Tho. Wants lad tI,. A~n. ~"
they still have a chance, they will be
stepping some, for that Chicago bunch
has again developed Itself into that
perfect baseball machinery which car
ried off the world's title last season.
You can't detect a flaw on the team,
rot even when utility men are fill
ing the places of regulars, as was the
case yesterday,
1t is evident that the Chicago pitch
ing staff outclasses that or New York.
McGraw has Mathewson, but the Cubs
have, Brown, and l think that Overall,
Reulbach, Pfeister, Lundgren and
Frazer have something on Wiltse,
Ames, McGinnity. Crandall & Co. And,
as for catchers, this man Killing seems
to be the peer of them all. His throw
ing yesterday was little short Of mar
velous. All the second baseman or the
shortstop had to do was to cover the
bag, shut his eyes. put out his hands
and the ball would speed into his mitt
with unerring accuracy. One man
stole a base on Killing in that double
header.
Tinker, Evers and Steinfeldt pulled
off marvellous infeld plays. The out
field was minus Slagle and Sheckard,
but Hoffman and Hayden ably filled
the bill. Hayden, the former Eastern
Lacquer, who was purchased from In
dianapolls. played right field. Three
two-baggers and a single was his share
of the hitting,
In the face of such pitching, hitting,
fielding, tho Giants had little chance
against these modest, unp~retentious
worlds champions.
4 Once. in the second game, New York
filled the bases, with two men out.
Then Merkle, who was sem in to bat
for Cra2dall, famed. Little Josh De
Wore was there, ready to respond, if
called upon. The chances are that the
ex-Tiger would have Jared better than
Merkle. but McGraw didn't know that
his sub first baseman would fan Joe
McGinnity figured in both games, re-
lieving Ames in the first and Crandall
in the second. In both instances the
games were lost before the iron man.
went to the box.
Well, they meet again this afternoon,
weather permitting. Let's see what
we will see.
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