The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-09
CUBS WIN PENlNANT
 FROM THE GIANTS

ence fell over--a tenseness which could be felt The thousands of cow bells and horns were unuseSh The game was on. It held the crowd as by a Chicago plainly showed 1t. and shreck- ard. facing Mathewson, struck out. The deafening greeting of this be- ginning was in striking contrast with the silence. as the game ends, the home team rushed across the diamond to their club house.
 Two Great Innings.
 The two great innings were the third and the seventh. In the former latter opening with tremendous en- thusiasm following tho loud-shouted slogan. The Giants Lucky Seventh" hopes were renewed. but died after one run Sad been scored.
 Shreckard began auspiciously for New York by falling to solve Mathew sons curves. Then Evers went out on fast stop by Herzog to Penney. Schulte struck ont--no runs.
 New York to bat. Penney hit with the ball and went to first. Herzog got base on balls; Bresnahan struck out and Herzog was caught on nrsL Dy wonderful throw by Kling to Chance. knocked a two-bagger and Penney scored. Chance strenuously but yain- ly protested that the two-base hit was a foul. Seymour was given a base on
  position, so Chance took him out Of the box. putting in Mordecai Brown. Devlin struck out. First inning: Chi cage. O.: New York. l;
 singled to right but was caught on first, Mathewson to Penney. pro test came, this time from Hoffman. who SrnoSp Sered of the i 'ak fiefd a Then Moran went to the coaching box, began more talk and he. too. was promptly banished. Play resumed, Steinfeldt struck out; Howard went to bat In Hofman's place and likewise struck out
 Tinker's Three-Bagger.
 New York went out in one, two. three order in the second.
 kers beautiful three-bagger to deep center starte dthe run-getting for Chi cago. Kling then singled to left and Tinker came home, amid great cheer advancing Kling to second. Shreckard flied to Seymour who made spectacu- lar throw, holding King on second. schnlte then doubled to left. scoring Kling. and Chances two-bagger to right scored Evers and Schultz: stein four runs; the westerners got no more. but they were enough.
 New Yosk made two hits in their half, but failed to score.
 7 The contest then seemed to have re- solved itself into a question of which side could. go out fastest for the next
 Now the Lucky Seventh" but it was not lucky for New York. The Chicago batters were quickly despatched In their half. The fans took up their famous war cry. Giants Lucky Sew
 Devlin singled to left cetner, and Mccormick hit safely to right for a base. Then Bridwell gt a base on balls. and all the sacks were taken. ryha hal hfs breath. At this critical juncture, when suspense accentuated the silence, Man. ager McGraw sent Doyle in to bat for | Mathewson. The clamor broke forth. pitch no more in this game. A long | hit was needed. Everything had pre- | pared the way for this particular in- l stant ii., Mathewson ,Ss had way of rsi, stress. Doyle failed to fill the bill. | He sent up a nice little 'pop-fouP' which fell into the clutches of Catcher | Kling, and that ended Doyle. To be to Schulte. but Herzog went out. Tink- | CT to Chance, and the seventh was
 Tf The eighth was quickly over. wiitse | pitched for New York now in Mathew | son's place Evers knocked a double | to left with. one out. and Schulte got | to first on Tennay's tumble, which al- ed 2wfd oat av'Es sni Sho chS1Ss threS Io Bresnahan at thl6 plate, catching Evers. one. two, lhres again for New Work in this inning.
 It was three up and three out on each side in the ninth. It was all over. md there was hardly shout from the immense crowd. Chicago, 4; New Fork, 2.
 And there was no appeal The pen lant of 1908 was securely in Chicago'E | grip and 1t was Chicago, not New Fork that would seek the worlds with Detroit, the cham ,ions of the other league.
 The Managers Talk.
 Manager McGraw, of the New Yorks, aid after the game:
 T do not feel badly about this game | We merely lost something we had won before. This cans be put too strongly. | As for Mathewson. he pitched winning ,all. It was merely one of those apses. which the best pitchers experi- ,nce under such terrific strain. The whole team showed the effects of it. ut they fouoht to the end"
 Manager Chance, of the. Chicago cam, said:
 My boys were very nervous at, the tart of the game. The circumstances account for that. But then hey braced up, and you know the rest The team Is the finest in the history of