New-York tribune., 1909-04-20

Z Naeee had not robbed Murray Of = three-base
- in the eighth inning At the Polo Grounds yes
.-5sv hv q brilliant running catch OF his long
1--WE 10 deep centre field. the Giants might have
-, instead Of losing a rather hard luck game.
:. = vas. Philadelphia defeated New York in the
80 game OF the series by a score OF 3 TO .
.r,,ts largely 10 q short ascension by Crandau in
,sa third inning. when the Quakers punched three
hrs and scored three INNS Il was the first vic
( - n he season for Philadelphia
7,rr J. GIet7rgw. his injured hand swathed in
,s,ssres. sat on the bench and tried every ex-
5,s-, after CrandaIls fatal slip TO save the game
=, 10 no avail He sent Mccormick in TO hat
: t--zr6sU IN the third inning. calling on Durham
= 7zke MP the work in the box. and thcn sent
,,rs-s out te 5at Tor Durham when a hit was
fa5lv needed IN the seventh inning. depending on
-Begs" Raymond 10 pitch the game out AIcCor-
-s-k and Myers hoIh failed as pinch hirters. al
-baash TIE indian drove a long fy 70 deep left
centre which looked promising fer a time
7fJ-iarr was l-r rather freely but not safely. and
70 +sr as the score goes only one safe drive was
-sde OF his deGvery- Raymond also held the
P.iss sac tn the two innings he pitched. but IN
4-1unarelv for the Giants good pitching VIII not
-5rce runs and safe drives off AIor-n. the Phila-
5aphia pitcher. were fow and far between. thanks
ls--ey tEe excellent support his oUtfelders gave
nm The Giants. il may be said. had their eyes
o. ;he ball but the Philadelphia outfel6ers. par
1sularly Osborn playing in Deintngers place. COW
s-sa 50 much ground that the drives counted for
1othing-
Crandau went along well for two innings, hut
trouble came in the third. DColin. the first man
u2 singled, walked down 10 second when the big
pitcher hit Doom in the RIBS took third on Morens
sacrifice. and sid home OF . close decision when
Grant dumped = little hr along the first base line
VIII Doom and Grant on tie bases Knabe cleared
70 with a timely double TO centre. Knabe was
caught OF second base. and Doyle threw Titus out
e: third but three runs had been scored and the
game won. as il turned out For the next six
innings TIE LuaEers Eor one hit and no runs
O'E5ara reached second base when DoCIin threw
1he bau over Bransfeld's head in the second
inning. but outside Of that the Giants were retired
in one-tw7-tlree order IL the hrst three innings.
One run came IN the fourth, however, on Murray's
sasEing Ilree-hase hiU and Tenney's sacrifice hy,
and another II The sixth. when DOYLE opened with
. two-bazger. took third by fast running. after
Osborn had pulled down = long drive of Nurray's
bat from deep centre, and scored on q passed ball
that lit the umpire.
IN The seventh inning. with two out. Schlei sin
gle5 70 centre, and AIcCraw called on Myers 10
save the game but as said before the Indian fled
ou- Tie Giants had another chance in the eighth
i1riEg 10 lie tie score after AIasee had taken
good care Of Eerzos's long fy, Doyle made lis
secend hit OF the game, and then Murray drove
what looked Ike thTee-baggcr almost 10 the
fence fl left centre Magee made remarkable
G;ch t1e dead ru-l, and then Tenney ended
re agony with q Erounder down he first base
Ire u the ninth the Giants went out in one-two-
rree order.
Osborn made no fewer than seven put-outs in
centre field, while Mage caught four flies without
mistake and Titus This shows how the
Giants were pounding the ball, and shows also
hat with little more luck defeat might have
bssu turned into victory.
NcGraw released Benny NIeyer, an outfeder, TO
ihs Newark club Of the Eastern League yesterday
Fully zen thousand persons saw the game, which
Tzs said 10 be q record for i Monday crowd.
Tie score follows