New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18
TEN INNINGS TO A TIE
Giants and Yankees Battle IN a
NerVe-WreCking Game.
CROWD OVERFL0WS STANDS
Ford's Mystery" Ball No Mys-
terry TO McGraw Men, but
Errors Prove Costly.


.iorsl fielding Anuch hard clean hltii'll anu /
some costly errors the Giants and the Aah- 4
a-eeS rlsved each other go tie score OF .
- ~ American League Park yestercas- +
= MS the fourth game in the poSi-seiS'n I
series between the two local teams. ana +
Russell Ford failed 20 win MS game aEalllS-
OTIS Crandau A monster crowd that Over
flowed ;he stands and sought vantage
r,oluts behind the ropes along the left Held s
fouI line testified once more 10 the re-
7uarkable end ever growing interest h me
hattie Tor the mastery With the st~UE-ie .
yesterday draw. the games stin stand
tv-o 70 one in favor Of The Giants. when 4
means a. least one extra day for the 'fans
- root md roar and an extra day For me
7,lavers - share III the profits.
In some WAYS The game was the most
exciting or any 50 FAR played. noI excepting
tfa- wonderful pitchers battle last Thurs
CAV. when Narrv gained the decision ever
Ford There was hardly one dull moment
hardly q minute when the followers Of one
tenn or The other were .,'ot shouting ana
cheering over some screaming 6rrve or some
sizzling play
The Giants scored % run I'M tie Second
inrinr on single and "a crashing three
farger by Me-kle. the Yankees tied the
score In their half Ola q base on balls and
2 single. The Giants took the lead by scor-
srE their second run ia The fifth inning n"
hits m Nerkle and Crandau: the Yankees
TIED the score IN the sixth on a th,ee-hal-
ger hy KTolter and wild pitch. The Giants
again took the lead and scored two rams
81 the seventh inning on three singing
drives In quick succession hy DeVhn Aei'-
Ike and Movers the Yankees tied the score
and actually took tie lead in the eighth
irnirg on three hits and three costly 81
8arr-r IN
Giants then tied the score In their nalf
o. the ninth inning. hits by Devlin Mey-
e-s sn6 Devore. Neither side could break
the tie in the tenth. and the game was
called on account O. the approaching gloom.
This in a measure tells the story Of how
the hattie WAS waEed. but Il does not begin
70 tel OF how Russell Ford the star OF the
Yankee pitchers. practically was knocked
cat Of the box. now Otis Crandall. Of the
Giants was saved time ana time again by
seemingly Impossible plays: how the bFaiIls
Of McGraw and Chase worked ~ critical
moments. how the Yankees. with their in
oonitable fghtinE spirit overCame he
handicap OF being outhatted two To one, .
and how Deylin. Bridwel and FINELY little
Josh Devore saved the Giants from pos
sible defeat.
Game 70 Be Dreamed OF.
i was a game that has been dreamed
about hut rarely seen; il was game that
PLAYED on the nerves and made ne onlo0k-
ers fl subjects for a sanatoriurn. II was
game that sent nine out OF every ten home
with an aching head from the sheer in
-e-sIt7 OF watching and roofing. The
crowd was impressive il its size and Won
derful in its enthusiasm. i was much
bigger than the one that saw the game last
FRIDAY and while hardly more than half 50
Ei= as the one that damned the Polo
Grounds on Saturday il seemed TO FIJI the
smaller Enclosure with greater fuiness.
TIM noise WAS deaferinE. the excitement
was Infectious.
In one sense the came ~-as "a victory Tor
. The Giants as Ford was eliminated as a
n winning pitcher for the Yankees His
Iii famous '-ruvsterv' hall WAS no mystery n
y the Giants ~ they solved his delivery for
nine sharp drives in the seven innings he
pitched. John !. Ec1raw. the manager Of
Tire Giants. showed his confidence in Otis
Crandau by 7irtinE him against the great
rvirie~ of The Yankees. who won twenty
six and lost only six games in the last sea
son. and t'randau justified This confidence.
on the records Craudau outrirched Ford
IN the seven innings they were opposed
four hits 70 nine. The comparison does
not end there. however and without de-
CrandaI i must ne recorded that Devlin,
Bridueu and Devore saved the big pitcher
time and again by brilliant stops and
catches sun. Ford was eliminated. while
the Giants have Marty" TO fall back upon
for the game Al the Polo Grounds to-day.
Tom Hughes took I'D FOrds work in
the eighth inning. but after the Yankees
had jumped 70 the front in their half Chase
called on Warrior, who beat the Giants
last Friday. 70 pitch out the game. War
hon was none too effective four hits be-
.uE made OF his delivery in the TWO inn
1nEs he was on ira mound. When Suod-
EraEs batted for Crandall in The ninth inn
3nE and gracefully struck ont. Red
Arnes went 20 The box for the Giants 70
hold the Yankees of Tor the ninth and
tenth innings. and succeeded beyond the
1onoest hopes oT those VINO were roofing"
for the Giants. only SIX men faced him
and two Of these struck out
Briuvve!l Back. but Lirping.
Both managers made some changes IN
kheir Iine-ups WCl-er was substituted Tor
Daniels IN left field for The Yankees and
showed that the change WIS a good one by
making three hits, while Roach went 20
second base En- place OF Laporte. Bridweu
WAS back 81 slortstop Cor the Giants. al
though stiu limpiag badly as a result Of
being hit on the leg bv Ford in the first
game. and Becker took the place q Srod-
grass in centre field HridweU. while
Handicapped 10 ii large extent made two
remarkable catches that ser the crowd
cheering. on the second one Dc reached
out ard took the ball with his Eloved
hand. rohhiuc Mitchell Of a posi- bic two
hBgeer in the ninth inning.
Arthur De- jim made one error. which let
~ a r7n. bv wild throw 10 Brldwell after
picking foul or cnase's bat our Of one
o. the field boxes with his bare hard The
rnisplay was forgotten IN the brlIiancv Of
the catch. Even more amazing. however.
Wa the stop he made IN the second inning
when he threw himself fun length on the
ground and clutcaed what would have been
3 sure two-bapcer N MitcheIIs HAT hold
3nE runner on third A. another tine he
Jumped TWO or three feet in the air and
TUlled Gown q liner with his gIoTed hand
and altogether plaHt6 as Il possessed with
some uncann- power a rabid r0oter for
1he YANKEES remarked after one OF DeyIin-s
sensational stops. Everything 10 DevIin IS
plain murder" and he was right
other players or Doth teams were worthy