Titans Win 4-3, Take 2-1 Series Lead

NEW YORK, NY. September 30, 1917 -

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
New York		0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			3	10	2
Brooklyn		1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	x			4	10	2

"I don't know how we lost that one," Gothams short stop Olaf Newman said after the game. "We hit well, and Gale pitched a heck of a game."

Newman was right, and he didn't even mention his own performance (3 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI). Gale pitched a solid game, going the distance and striking out seven while walking just two. He had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the 5th at Washington Park, and even got two straight outs to open the inning. But his own error on a dribbler towards the mound allowed Fisk to get on base, and then Gough stepped up to the plate and ripped a line drive into right center that rolled all the way to the wall and allowed him to go into third base uncontested.

That hit tied the game, but when the Gothams came to bat, Clark gave them a triple of their own, and two batters later, Olaf Newman drove in the go ahead run, making it a 3-2 game.

But the lead wouldn't stay for long. In the bottom half of the 6th, two straight singles put men on first and third. Gale struck out Sheffield to get the first out, but Spencer was able to make contact and hit a fly ball deep enough to score Dell from third.

With the game now tied, Gale needed just one more out. But after a called strike, Ferdinand Bonaparte laced a line drive over the left fielder's head. The runner on first headed to third and Bonaparte slid into second base with a double. Gale could still get out of the inning with the game tied by getting Moyer out.

Moyer would have none of it. He softly placed a flyball in between the right fielder and the second basemen who was running out to get it, and a runner came in making it 4-3.

The Gothams would only get one more runner on base the rest of the game, and the contest ended with the Titans in the lead.

The two teams will play again today, with Bennett pitching for New York, and Murrell pitching for the Titans.