New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
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GIANTS BEATEN IN
THIRTEEN INNINGS
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game late last fan that cost the
cents the pennant
DOYLE AND MGRAW MISSING.
,--r DovIe. who took part in the practice
-.,l.5,ed ~ feeling IN just before the game
e.ar or So it was announced, and Fletcher
- his place The Giants were without the
..-yices also. Of John J. McGraw. the little
-.narer who was nursing q badly infamed
L.,5 and was unable to direct the fortunes of
.s team from the bench. Wilbert Robinson
- charge Of the men for the day. Doyle was
at missed except possibly at the bat, as
rrs-cher quickly earned warm place in the
hearts OF the fans 10y making two clever stops
" the first inning and playing a we'll Judged
ysne one error was charged against him. but
- came al a time when no damage resulted
lsnd he more than made up for this by brill
fsrt one-handed pick up Of a fast driven bali
n the eleventh inning, and retired the runner
tor the third out. with Jordan on third Nc
C;raw was missed, however. although even he
might not have been able to turn the tide
Il was soon whispered about that Doyle's i'll
ness vas only a subterfuge, and that the real
cause Of his not playing was due 10 the fact
that he had not signed a contract. and refused
10 DO 50. except at an increase in salary Ten
nev and Doyle went 10 the clubhouse lust be
fore the bell rang for the game to begin. for
fnal word with John T. Brush or McGraw. but
The second haseman could not get any satisfac-
tion. and the game went on without him
4 rapturous roar that must have been heard
blocks away went up as An1es took his place in
The box and the umpire called. Play ball"
From that time until the last man was out there
wss 10 lack Of noise and enthusiasm for there
was much u cheer about For nine innings
Ames and Wilhelm played the leading part in a
-l,-,-
10 that point Ames struck out eight men and
did not allow single hit while only two Brook
lyn men reached first base one on an error by
Fletcher and one a base on balls AmeS
maze two wild pitches. but the bases We're
empty In both cases. So that neither counted
against him.
While Ames was pitching such remarkable
game for the Giants. Wilhelm was not far be
hind him. Not hit was made off his delivery
Until Schlel drove a single - left centre. in the
sightn inning, and while he was bit unsteady
al times and altogether gave seven bases on
balls he never lest his nerve. and pitched the
game out for better record than his rival
in the hrSt nine innings the Giants had two
good chances to score. whereas the Superhas
could not get man 10 second base. New
Yorks first chance came in the second inning
With TenneN out on q pretty e-handed stop
and quick throw by Alperman. OHara and
Devin waited patiently while Wilhelm sen-
them 10 first on balls With only one out Bird
wells chance TO shine came but he could not
get the ball outside the diamond and forced
Devlin AZ second ! moment later with 0'FJara
dancing on third. BridweIl was caught between
first and second on what looked like poor coach
ing
CHANCE THE GIANTS LOST.
The Giants went out ia one-two-three order
Up 70 the eighth inning when their second
chance 10 score came. in much the same way as
in the second inning Alperman threw O'Hara
out al first and then Wilhelm sent DevIin and
BrdWell 70 first on balls in quick succession
Schlei the next man up drove single to left
centre, The first hit Of the game but Devlin.
who tried TO score from second. was out at the
plate on Sebring's good throw Ames then had
chance 70 win his game. but he grounded
70 Alperman, and retired the side
When the tenth inning started the fun be
gan, and game that had been interesting
largely because Of the clever work Of the
pitchers suddenly became wildly exciting After
Burch had been retired a quick throw b.
BridHen to Tenney. Alperman made the first
hit of Ames. stretching il 10 two bases by 2
daring slide. He went to third on Hummers
sacrifice and the followers Of the Giants felt
anxious. with Home Run" Jordan at the bat.
He could not get the ball by Ames, however;
was thrown out at first. and the fans breathed
easier for q moment In New Yorks half of
the tenth O'Hara and Devlin got free passes
after Tenney had been retired and with only
baseball fame. A sacrifice hit was all that he
could accomplish. The crowd then called on
schlei 10 save the day and cheered wildly when
they saw Big Chief Myers pick up a bat and
take his place on deck. Schlei failed. however.
as ne drove the ball down the first base line.
which Jordan handled easily
II the eleventh inning Jordan sent a Two
base hit ever Tenney's head and landed on
third. while Bridwel. after juggling 3 hard
hit bali for q moment threw Lennox out at
frst Witt two out. Bergen drove a fast ball
through the pitchers box. which Fletcher
managed TO pick up on the run and retired the
side Again the fans breathed easier In New
York's half AIperman took good care Of Ames's
rroundcr. ana then Herzog aroused fresh hope
with single. which AIperman stopped with
his gingloved hand. but could not pull down.
Hone quickly died, however. when Burch
caught F1etcher's long foul up against the
fence in left feId and sebring made a pretty