BOXSCORE: 1908 Chicago Cubs At 1908 New York Giants 10/8/1908 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG J.Sheckard LF 4 0 0 0 .212 F.Tenney 1B 4 1 1 1 .270 J.Evers 2B 4 0 0 0 .294 B.Herzog 2B 5 0 1 0 .309 F.Schulte RF 4 0 0 0 .260 R.Bresnahan C 2 0 1 0 .279 F.Chance 1B 4 0 0 0 .255 M.Donlin RF 4 1 1 0 .349 H.Steinfeldt 3B 3 0 0 0 .252 C.Seymour CF 5 0 0 0 .279 S.Hofman CF 3 0 0 0 .282 A.Devlin 3B 5 2 2 0 .255 J.Tinker SS 3 1 1 0 .288 M.McCormick LF 3 0 2 0 .292 J.Kling C 3 0 2 0 .310 A.Bridwell SS 2 1 1 3 .308 J.Pfiester P 3 0 0 0 .136 C.Mathewson P 3 1 1 0 .090 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 3 0 Totals 33 6 10 4 Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Giants.......... 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 - 6 10 2 Cubs (104-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Pfiester LOSS(14-9) 8 10 6 4 5 3 0 2.42 A1 Totals 8 10 6 4 5 3 0 Giants (108-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Mathewson WIN(31-10) 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.75 A1 Totals 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 14,757 DATE- Thursday, October 8th 1908 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:50 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 3 Giants:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Giants: 0 ERRORS- S.Hofman, J.Kling, A.Bridwell-2 RBIs- F.Tenney(75th), A.Bridwell-3(88th) STOLEN BASES- R.Bresnahan(20th), M.Donlin(29th), A.Devlin(15th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Mathewson SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Bridwell WALKS- F.Tenney, R.Bresnahan, M.Donlin, M.McCormick, A.Bridwell HIT BY PITCH- R.Bresnahan-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Sheckard, F.Tenney, B.Herzog, A.Devlin GIDP- M.Donlin 2-out RBI- F.Tenney RLISP 2-out- C.Seymour-3, J.Sheckard, B.Herzog-2, A.Devlin TEAM RISP- Cubs: 0 for 3 Giants: 2 for 8 WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Joe Tinker robbed Fred Tenney of a base hit. Christy Mathewson hurled a 3 hitter as the New York Giants topped the Chicago Cubs by a score of 6 to 1 at Polo Grounds. Mathewson(31-10) was simply too much for the Chicago batters. He gave up just 3 hits and no walks in 9 innings. New York managed 10 hits in their victory. Jack Pfiester(14-9) ended up with the loss. He allowed 10 hits and 5 walks in 8 innings. 'He had his 'A' game today,' John McGraw said of Mathewson. 'Very impressive performance.' SCORESHEET: 1908 Chicago Cubs at 1908 New York Giants J.Shecka-A1 A1:F/8 B1:G/43 C1:K D1:P/4 J.Evers-A1 A2:F/8 *4*:G/53 *6*:L/4 *9*:F/7 F.Schult-A1 A3:G/13 B3:F/8 C3:G/13 D3:L/6 F.Chance-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:L/5 C4:F/9 D4:F/8 H.Steinf-A1 A5:G/53 *5*:F/9 *7*:P/5 S.Hofman-A1 A6:G/43 B6:F/7 C6:G/53 J.Tinker-A1 *3*:G/63 B7:Si C7:F/7 J.Kling-A1 A8:Si+E/6 B8:Si>13 *8*:G/43 J.Pfiest-A1 A9:FC/12> B9:E/6>3# C9:L/4 3o 12 F.Tenney-A1 A1:G/13 *3*:K C1:Si>2# *6*:G/63 E1:W>b1 13 B.Herzog-A1 A2:Si B2:K C2:E/8>3# D2:G/53 E2:F/8 1# b3 R.Bresna-A1 A3:HBP>12 B3:W>b1 C3:HBP D3:L/6 *8*:Si M.Donlin-A1 A4:G-DP/4 B4:E/2>12 C4:SB>12 *7*:Si E4:Force/ 63>1o IW>b1 64>1o b1 C.Seymou-A1 *2*:G/63 B5:G/63 C5:F/8 D5:F/9 E5:F/8 A.Devlin-A1 A6:Si *4*:K *5*:G/43 D6:Si>13 E6:SB>12 L/4 M.McCorm-A1 A7:Si>13 B7:F/8 C7:Si D7:SB>12 W>b1 A.Bridwe-A1 A8:SF/7>3 B8:W>b1 C8:Force/ D8:Si>3# # 36>1o b1 2# 12 C.Mathew-A1 A9:L/5 B9:Si>12 C9:L/6 D9:Sac/34 >23 12