Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-10
GOTHAM FANS ROOTED ONCE
 F0R CHICAGO
Thousands Gathered At Polo Grounds To Watch Game Was Played By Electricity. Over Thousand Miles Away


 NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The season is over and the giants lost by an eye wir'ker. But the dyed-in-the-woo fans of Gotham got run for their money which will be baseball soothing syrup for their progeny in the decades to come. Thrilling sidelights to the last two weeks of the season were plenti- ful, but none more unique and interest ing than the sight of thousands of fans gathered at the polo grounds on Sunday last. roofing for the Chica go Cubs to beat Pittsburg in the Windy City.
 The feeling between Chicago and New York had been most intense, verging on the bitter, all season, but a crowd of loyal Gothamites never root ed harder for the beloved Giants than did the crowd at the Polo grounds Sunday afternoon for Chicago. If Chicago won, Pittsburg was out of it, Boston, New York would tie with Chicago and a play-off be necessary. It was a last, desperate, fighting chance, and for the time being the Gothamites were transposed into wind tanners of the most rabid stripe.
 The game was reproduced on two electric scoreboards. Several of the Giants were in the crowd and were loudly cheered. Joe Kelley and Frank Bowerman, of the Boston club, were also aDplauded.
 The fun began when Hank O'Day's name was posted as one of the un- a hH6c many remarks not complimentary to the veteran indicator handler. | The fans got to their feet and yelled as Tommy Leach, who mad singled, made the third out in the Pirates first inning when Kling caught him steal. ling Sheckard's double in the Cubs half started the full fedged roofing, and when Sheckard scored on SchNltets single there was another frantic outbreak. With Schulte, Howard and Holman on the bases ana Joe Tinker to bat, the fans begged the Cubs shortstop to bring them in Remember what you've often done to us and soak it. was one fans plea But Tinker failed in the pinch and fculed to Gibson.
 There was applause when Hans Wagner came to bat in the second, and much more when he was an easy out from Chance to Brown.
 "Three-Fingered' Brown, though l 1000 miles away, was offered plenty of advice in the sixth inning. With Thomas on third and two out, Wagner came to bat. Pass him, Browniei' Don't let him hit it, Rrowniei" Strike | him out. Brownie!" Don't put it over l Brownie" He can't hit it, Browniei were samples of what were hurled at , the Cubs great twirler. Then when Wagner doubled, scoring Thomas, the crowd groaned. They settled back in their seats Respondent when Abbati. chic singled, bringing Wagner in with the tieing run.
 When Victor Willis took a chance in the sixth inning and passed King to get a chance at Brownie and the Eiiner responded with single, scoring Tinker, there WIS a volley of cheers
 Everybody stretched when the Cubs went 70 bat for their seventh inning Wagner was lGasted in the eighth for booting Sheckard's grounder
 With the score to ? in favor of the Cubs in the ninth, Wagner led off. Let's see what Wagner does, said the fans, and the Flying Dutchman singled Batty's drive was called foul by O'Day and the announcer told the fans that the Pirates were dis putting the decisi n. The crowd then supported Hank with ye1ls of Foul" ''Foul,' Foul" and Tt was foul by ten feet
 When Gibson, the last Pirate up, forced Storke at second the fans shook hands all around and yelled: The Giants will get them yet"