New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-14

e-e- fought - a diamond In tile first game
Of the rosr season series. at the Polo
Grounds. Yesterday. when Christy Mathew
sor n the %ev York Giants. upheld his
--ie II The Mighty By outpifchinC Rus
sell Ford Of TIE New York Yankees. the
phenomenal Young tvi-lcr - IRE American
IezC,e
The strategy OF John J. MeGraw went a
1onr way toward helping the Giants "a win
3 hard fought game 10y a score Of 10 !,
f1t only after AIathewson had beer forced
70 p.tcr as he never pitched before. Big
SIX - ne is called. did not give base on
balls ard struck out fourteen hatsTnen'
ever nan in the opposing lineup. with the
exception Of Sweenev and Mitchell, falling
3 victim 70 his curves 81 least once. This
-roened ire National League record Tor
this season and came within one Of equal
Ing the American League record az fifteen
r-sSe h-- r Walsh. - chicago
Hardly less brilliant vas the WORK Of the
zorr-frl Ford His mystery ball proved
& r1zzle ~ the Giants. and nine Of them
walked the plank bv TIE strIke-out route
before ne game vas over Eut Matty was
-,z+ 2 7f--1a stronger. ans that iiVtle meant
--ie-crv for me Giants
Big Ed" Sweeney. who WIS hack in the
zare for the first time since his finger
zvss broken some six weeks age Was IN
fortunate enough IN get foul tp on his
right hand - tina opening of the third in
ring. which zer- him 70 The bench Mitch
= took his place. 1u- the change no doubt
handicapped Ford. as Sweeney handles his
elusive delivery IS none other.
Tor seven innings Ford was practically
.rv---ihle and The one run which Merkle
presented 10 The Yankees on TWO had errors
leEan 20 look pretty big. Suddenly, how
eue1 NcEraw changed his tactics and
started hunting game n the sixth inning,
md il was good enough for the run which
zied the score. IN the eighth, however, it
s,losseme5 forth INTO its ful maturity.
Nsrrv started trouble for Ford by drop
s1ng safe single into right field and De-
vOre hes- cut a bunt. DOYLE followed with
anoth@r nunr which Hal Chase heided IN
wonderful manner and threatened 10 choke
~ The rally % q dazzling throw 10 Austin
20 catch Matty al third. Jimmy dropped
--e ball however. and the bases were fuil
Even then Ford bade fair 10 cover himself
with glory by pulling out Of a bad hole.
Snodg-ass struck out for the fourth time
CnG Murray flied 70 Hemphill
Ford. however cut loose a wild pitch at
--ls point which Lit Bridweu and forced
-Ia-ty home. while Devlin followed with a
sting II single 10 left field, whica scored
Ievrre and BOYLE and seWed up the game.
TIE Giants Tailed another ru1 before the
inning ended. lent ore vas quite enough
l. WI
The crowd which thronged the POLO
y-----sz was an Impressive sight in Itself.
Tire long talked Of series between the Van
hes and Giants had a. last become an &C
g. the
tEfere--e ~ the Two baseball clubs.
The official paid attendance was 24.59s
--e total receipts being Sl9,262 .. OF this
amount the riayers VIII receive NO4"l s.
each club owner 3 - 80 and the National
Commission 3 e26 ..
These figures seem small Il. as reported
tre stands viii seat 35.eo persons. ana
many must have had friends at court as
those Who stood up In the grandstand would
have more than filed the seats in the
bleachers back Of centre field, which re-
NAMED unoccupied. Il was one Of the big
Eesr crowds mat ever attended a baseball
game in this city. Although partisanship
was keen and the supporters Of the Giants
lredoruinated. the feeling on the whole was
friendly and all loyers Of baseball were
held speubound BY the wonderful pitching
c. Nsthevson. and AL joined in applauding
ffe EFeaI A+lTtfT a. ilLfe anu AGAIN liF
pulled out Of critical situations IN safety
The shouts and cheers which greeted both
Marty and Ford Is inning after inning
rolled by seemed powerful enough TO carry
to The Battery.
Although there was a chill in The air and
overcoars were comfortable. not even snow
could have kept the New York fans
away after waiting years 70 see the TWO
riral teams II action During the morning
hours hundreds trooped fl a steady stream
10 ne grounds. until by noon there were
easily seven thousand persons in the IN
closure safely settled IN good seats. The
steady stream soon sueIled u enormous
proportions a. the time approached FOR the
game 10 begin.
The dense black mass 4 humanity
poured into the graudstand until by l:S1
O'Clock En- was fun and there was hardly
Standing room II The ais-es The bleachers
then began 70 receive their fun quota
Holder % reserved seats. expecting little
trouble IN finding their places, were tardier.
11t by O'Clock the upper tier also was
packed and TANNED
Half an hour before the game started
there Was hardly z vacant spot il the
arena, a few scattering seats in front u
TIE s1o-e1osrG in centre field being the only
break IT, The black throng which encircled
lie field Il was fairly orderly crowd.
30 provision had been made 10 keep the
followers Of The Yankees and the Giants
separated, 50 there were many arguments
which almost ended IN blows. For the first
TINE n many years squad Of uniformed
I'a1fo.men were on The field, but the ''lops
Lac little 10 DO
" hen Bes- Daniels. Tom Hughes, WI
- Roach and Jack WARRIOR. TIE first play.
x" appear stepped through the LITTLE
a the Ear enc u the field al IL
Aileen thousand fans" jumped u
zee 70 roar greeting. 4 few min
arthur Deylin and JACK Murray
I---'"e1 by small army of white clad
--1' Sleppea into the arena. ana q rous-
-E oa4 split the air. Il was for Christy
A-atheVson. however. thai the fans re
yea --elf greatest efforts. and as b,
h-AlTea Gown the field a sbo1,, q-sn- ,,,, sucF
Is -Posans Buff mas rarelv heard Rus
sell zero an1 I'd sweenes followed soor
after. p receive almost as ,,,-,,,1,,,e,,s :
greeting IN short tim. all the regular.
and Substitutes = both teams mere 20 she
telc toEsins the ban around Toh, T
----~-w 2n- Hal Chase tbe ri,sJ mana.