New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-28
wn tennis Auomoblng Racing Baseball & Todng Sports
CUBS OUTSLuG GIANTS
WiItse Weakens and AllOzcs Cham
mons to Overcome Big Lead.

The Cubs came down the Giants like thou
sand of brick yesterday. winning by score OF .
20 s. They trailed along. hypnOtized Oy Wl'se
good pitching. until the Giants had piled up nve
runs. and then they came to life and began 10 Dat
right merrly. The score was left a tie at tne
end of the sixth inning. and each side had scoreu
six runs. The Giants had finished their scoring
for the day. IT turned out, and the CUBS hao not
gathering two off the estima5le Arthur Ray
mond in the ninth session. Raymond reiieVed
Wiltse when Tinker made a home in the sixth
period. and pitched mighty well until the ninth
inning. which nightmare for those VINO
make this town the home Of their baseball ale
glance
The cool weather helped to swell the crowd, and.
while battles between Chicago and New York are
not what they used to be in the good days of a
year ago, fifteen thousand turned out. and prom
ises for a really big crowd to-day abundant.
Matty will probably pitch. and the big fellow
is out after new record in the way of display
ing control. his work will have added interest He
has pitched nineteen innings now. including two
full games and critical ninth portion of another
without giving base balls. and in three full
games. involving twenty-six innings before that
he gave only three passes altogether. Three bases
on balls and nO-hit batsmen in forty-fve innings
Is something 10 be proud of.
Disgust was written every face when the Cubs
finally won yesterday and the complete collapse
OF the Giants when tho Cubs were allowed to pile
up the runs gave for this feeling. wiltse
was undoubtedly badly out Of form when once the
hitting began. and II seemed strange many that
he was allowed &c stay the mound. Most Of the
damage had been done when Raymond called
upon, and the substitution of Hgginbotham for
Overall had put complete blight on the hitting
OF the Giants.
The first inning was brief and painless on both
sides great piece OF fielding by Chance. who
! ~obbed Doyle Of hit being the chief feature. In
,he second session. however. the Giants went after
| Overall and began batting him. helped by errors.
Of which the produced eight. equally divided.
| an amazing record for teams of such class
Jack Murray. who, with Arthur Devlin, returned
20 the game. began the second session with whist
ling single into right DevliR followed up Murray s
/ drive with another 10 the same spot, and the au-
burn haired one rested on third. staying there while
BrldweI got a base balls. Merlle fairly jumped
with excitement and eagerness when his turn
| came and tried hard for a home run that he
| struck out. Meyers trickier. but not tricky
enough for Steinfeidt who got his creepy grounder
| and threw Murray out at the plate. Archer tried
for a double play. but couldn't get the ball by the
Chiefs portly frame and II went to right field In
| stead Of Chance Bridwen and Devlin scoring while
| the Indian warrior made second. Wiltss struck
/ out
/ Tinker started the third inning with roaring
drive seymOur's head for three bases. but
/ never did get any further than third. Archer
| banged away 10 Devlin and thrown out after
/ Tinker had decided 10 stay on third. Joe took a
| chance when overall apparently singled 20 left
/ but DevIn got IN the way. OF the ball. made an
| amazing stop and tossed the ball 20 Meyers ahead
| Of the Chicago shor:stop Evers hied 10 seymour
/ and wound up that chapter.
| DOYLE got a real hit when the Giants took their
half OF this inning and banged the ball so hard
| through Tinker that Joe never had chance TO
| get a. Seymour popped up foul 70 Steinfeldt'
| but Fvers made an awful mess OF McCormick's
singing grounder to right and there were men on
/ n-st and second II ought 10 have been a double
play Nurrays hy short left fell safe. but Larry
J Dovle who thought II would be caught. was too
slow in starting for home and was caught on Stein
/ fedt's relay 70 Archer OF Sheckard's throw.
such trihes unattered not. however. for Deviin
| sen, a whale OF a hit Hofnan's head for three
| bases and sent Mccormick and Murray home He
scored himself on Bridwes safe shot over Tinker's
head
| Tben the Cubs went 20 work. and Scared the
| score hoard with a big figure three in their part
| ~ tho fourth inning sheckard started with two
barrer and took third while Devlin was making
a fine unassisted play 20 dispose OF Schultz Sheck-
ard scored when Doyle threw Chance out after a
| ,yorderFul stop and Chance peevtsh at
being called out that he was summarily elected
from the game by the irate KLEIN. steinfeldt pasted
| n ny 10 left and Mccormick after figuring out
tust where II would land. lost the ball in the sun.
| Duttine the batter second He scored on Hof-
| mans two-bagger. and pair of errors by Bird
/ we'll lot Hoffman In.
| tI,ggtrbotham appeared az this stage and wor-
r,ed the Giants a good deal Wiltse was losing his
| ,errors however. and got fearfuly mauied In the
Nftb inning II was difficult for many TO reason out
! NcC;raw's motive for keeping him In harness Ills
control was poor he had to let batters hit the
| ball with disastrous results
! There were two out in the midway frame when
| scbrlta hanged a wo-bagger away down In left
Howard followed with a sizzling drive past Bird
well that went like lightning and streaked along
between Seymour and Met ormick for clean home
run This tied the score. but Hoffman fouled out
10 Movers after Steinfeldt made an inheld single.
and the Giants went ahead again In their half OF
the next inning Mccormick safe on an error
IN, Johnny Ewes and went 20 second when Hig-
einbotham got rid OF Murray. The dangerous Dew
lin evoked wild cheers from the crowd by making
his third hit another thTee-bagger. and Mccormick
scored Devlin was left, however when Tinker
threw Bridwell out
Tinker led off in the sixth inning by planting the
hall In deep left for another home run. and then
Wiltse finally got the relief he needed and Ray
mond went In 10 stem the tide. He succeeded until
| the ninth inning when he hit HigginbOtham, passed
Fvers and Sheckard and let Schultz make the only
hit off his delivery which, complicated by an error
of Doyle's let in two runs.
! Tho s1nomarv follows