The Washington herald., 1910-10-15
YANKEES DEFEAT
GIANTS In NINTH
Pass TO Chase with Bases
Loaded Does 1t.
DEVLIN HITS THE BALL HARD
Third Sacker Cracks Out Homer and
DOubIe-LittIe Jack WARRIOR TyyirIs
Good BaIi-In Eighth inning High
Ianders Reach SOuthpaVv WiItse.
The Final score l. to 4.

New York, oct. 14-With three men on
bases and two out in the last half OF the
ninth inning. George Wntse handed
free ticket 10 Hal Chase and forced IN
Austin with the run that enabled the
Highlanders 10 beat the Giants by a score
OF 10 / al American League Park to-
day. Il was the second game OF the local
pust-season series. and il bristlcd with
thrilling baseball.
For seven innings the Giants held sway
by a total Of 10 J. chiefly due 10 a four
Dagger by Arthur Devlin IN the second
inning, which sent Merkle home ahead
Of him. Three singles were punched by
McGraw's men In the next inning ana
another run resulted. but after that War
hop settled down and pitched so effect
lively that the polo grounds team gath
cred only one more HIT a double by Dew
lin. which scored another run in the ninth.
The Highlanders knocked out five sin
giles off Wiltse in the first seven innings.
a base on balls being turned into run
in the fourth But in the eighth inning
Chase's men began 70 solve Wiuse's left
handed shoots and, combining three-base
hits with an error by SnOdgrass, they tied
the score. When Witse finally went 10
pieces and the Highlanders won hy sheer
perseverance the Hilltop fans lost their
senses and rushed upon the field yelling
ike Indians II was a sensational finish,
and squared accounts for the Giants VIC
tory on Thursday.
The game was married by several in
stances OF unsportsmaEiike conduct by
the Giants. probably due 10 the general
excitement and the extraordinary desire
to win While DevHn kept the Giants in
the struggle by his splendid batting. he
lost his head by attempting 20 interfere
with Chase as he rounded third base on
Knights hit in the eighth inning Chief
Umpire Evans. however, saw Devlin In
the act of blocking Chase and even try
ing 10 hold him. and he promptly ordered
the run TO count Murray roughly
bumped into Gardner when he was forced
at second in the second inning, when
he could easily have avoided a collision,
while Doyle and Wntse Kicked strenu-
oiIsly over a ruling that seemed TO non
partisans 10 be eminenty fair.
WItse Finally WeakenS.
wntse was hit So hard, thoug.. not FOR
runs, in the first inning that McGraw
han Crandall warm up but the left
handler frightened after that and did not
show signs of weakening until the final
stages Of the conflict. Warhop pitched
with great confidence all the way. He
kept cool under fire. and using bis puZ-
zllng raise ball he had the Giants, bar
ring Devlin, at his mercy. He received
brilliant support particularly from Aus
tin and Gardner, who was a marked
improvement over Lapo-te AT the infelds
keystone.
The Giants PLAYED a dazzling game in
the field, too. Fletcher filing Bridwell's
shoes AT short field I'm capital style. IL
was a superb day for baseball. The sun
was warm and a cool breeze blew across
the Hudson River The field was like
a billiard table and the play was fast
and snappy. The paid attendance was
10, $50, the crowd filling the stands, but
not being OF sufficient size to warrant
the use OF ropes in the outfeld. The
gross receipts were SS.672j0, Of which
the players share was Si.603l5, each
clubowner received Sl,J6l05. and $S672
went TO the national commission. The
crowd was about equally divided as to-