The evening world., 1911-10-03
GIANTS HAVE GOOD CHANCE
TO C|NCH PENNANT TODAY
New Yorks Will Be Sure of National League
Title if They Beat Phillies and Cardinals
Take One From Cubs.
BY BOHEMIAN BULGER.

observe hat the Giant pitchers outside
Of Mstbewson are going so we'll Just
nov that tho team has not been scored
upon in two games.
wiItse's performance n Pittsburgh,
however,. will probably 70 down in
diamond lore as tho browning event
Of the ~ason But for a clean shot by
Miller. q substitute batter. in the last
half Of the ninth inning there u no
doubt but that Wiitss oulh W. got
. no-hit game. 1t was h irony Of
hate for the last man up In
the last half OF the ninth inning.
with two out. to p%unoture q record that
was bordering on q classic. During
the game there had been considerable
doubt In the flcial scorers mind about
Ia hit by Carey In tho fourth inning,
and II Miller had boon disposed Of in
the ninth II 10 likely that he would have
wiped the slate clean As II was, the
Pirates are credited with two hits
against the Giants s~outhpaw. The
Carey hit was q groundsr that got past
Hsrsog and was then fumblsd by
rist0hsr, n was doubtful n F1stchar
could have got the man BY handling
the bail o~lsaniy. but thsrs wa sufncsnt
discussion over II for the scorer to have
BlVSN IL MI WIZ " A~A
failed TO make another.
During this wonderful exhibition Of
pitching wiltse allowed -four men 10
reach hrst base. One got . base on
balls. another arrived N An error and
there we're two hits. Mons Of them
reached second. In fact, the 1rst three
were retired on double plays and one
attempt At q steal. This gave Pittsburgh
but one runner left on bases through
the game. Only t~wenty-eight men faced
wtltss. which 10 within M Of the
record.
A. . vitchsng proposition YOU could
not ask for anything much fairsr than
that On account Of their victorious tour
Approaching an end. Mcoraw Instructed
Secretary Gray to give the players svsry
night trip to phhladeipnia in three sps-
cLal sleepsrA 20 THAI everybody could
Aavs Q iow@ berth. There havs bssn
many efforts to wine and dine the Giants
while on the road. bat Mo0raw has held
everything on until there y NJ moro
question about the finish
oiANTe HAVE WON 10 OUT or "a
Ths record Of the Giants up b data
10 sixteen viotorsss out Of twenty games
played. n that u something that no
WV $500 - VNS-~ - Shv DeAtAs
moro team had 10 win twenty-four out
Of twenty-five back IN the early ~ninsties.
Ths people q Philadelphia Are intense
~ interested In seeing the Giants In 40
ton. II 10 not that they care about the
result Of The Same With the Philiias,
but they want TO gst . comparative line
on the Giants and the Athistics. For
that reason . big attendance 10 expected
this afternoon. In addition to the fans,
quite . number Of the Athletic players
will watch the game nom the stands.
The only members Of the Giants who
played against tie Athletios before ara
Mathswson. Devlin. Ames and Wiltse.
and the old guard Of the Athletics
who fought the Giants IN 1905 and
Gtiii remain on the oiuo are Murphy,
Bender. Plank. Hartsel and Davis
Hartsel and Davis are not regular play.
ers now. but they can DO . lot Of worh
on he coaching lines.
According TO the present plans Of de-
parture the Giants will reach New Yorh
between eight and nine o'clock tonight