New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18
Bender Pitches the Athletics to
an Easy Victory.
Huge Crowd Storms Gate ana
Overfows Diamond to See
Baseball Struggle.

an beInIess with the hat that the game vas
undressing. except for Bender $ WohIsT-
ful work. The Philadelphia plt'H'i VI
lowed only three rits, two OF winch Ne's
made in tho last inning. and OILY t".-i-y-
four men faced him IN the first c's"t 'i'''-
ings not n Chicago player reaching Seooilu
In that time Bender also struck J1' eIB"'
men
overall. upon whom the cubs DEPENDED
so strongly for success In the res
was a distinct disappointment. he ih''eu
only three innings. in which time the Ath-
letics punched Eve hits and scored thres
runs NcIntire pitched fine ball TOT 'he
last five innings. and held Philadelphla IN
check A tremendous crowd pached ui'e
stands and overfowed the field. Al ieasI
thirty thousand persons saw the game. ana
half as many more clamored at the gates
outside. unable 70 get in, but loath 10
leave the scene Of the conflict The iran
tic thousands attempted TO rush the GateS'
and only vigorous action on the part Oh
hundreds of patroInen. VINO we're on hand
held the mob in check
If Ben Franklin had wondered down
Broad street with a loaf Of bread under his
arm this morning, or had BIZ Penn ZIP
Van Winkled back to life. both would have
been crteved and panied at the frivohty
of the descendants of the stOlid 4Uakers-
The town was baseball mad. The excite
ueut perueated TO the heart of the city,
where SPECTATORS lined the sidewalks,
Offering to buv or sell tickets to the game.
All of the principal hotels were filed to
OVERLOOKING. and during the morning
hours the corridors buzzed with the sound
Of many voices Baseball ''magnates' and
bush league players. has-beens and are-to-
hes thronged the streets. discussing the
merits Of the two teams and placing Wagers
Al the prevailing odds of 10 70 in favor
of the cubs.
Those who dilly-dallied away the time.
however. were the fortunate possessors Of
reserved seats To the game The peaceful
PhiIadeIphians had hours before gathered
AT the park to await the opening Of the
gates. As early as 5 o'clock last evening
thousands wended their way 10 the grounds
prepared to spend the night Among them
we're many women. Several times the pO-
lice were almost mobbed by the waiting
multitude. and when the doors were opened
at Il o'clock this morning there was
wild rush for seats in the bleachers, which
were filed in less time than it takes 10 tell.
Crowd OVerfio"5 on TfSt0'
Bv noon all available space was occupied
and the crowd surrounded the field many
rows deep. The display of armed force on
the field was typical Of darkest Siberia
and gave the impression that players and
urnpires were in imminent danger OF their
lives A hundred and fifty patrolmen by
actual count stood just inside the rope
which ran around the field from first 70
third base They stood scarcely more than
a ward apart, forming an effeCtual barrier
by shutting out view of the players Tor
those who by any chance came TO the park
with the intention Of seeing game or
baseball The principal duty Of the strong
arm of the law seemed TO be nothing more
than to look graceful and playfully attempt
To catch fly balls which were knocked into
the crowd. In the mean time. hundreds
jumped over the fence at their backs for a
free admission
The crowd that saw the game was not
the largest that ever attended a baseball
game in this city The official attendance
was 26.S91, and the total receipts $50
424 so OF this amount the players will
receive S20.209 23, the club owners 3d.
472S2. and the National Commission
$3742 45.
was due partly TO the inability of thou
sands to obtain reserved seat tickets and
to the fact that the Police Department
would not permit any one TO stand in the
aisles Of the grandstand. The national
commission had arranged ~ sell several
thousand standing room tick SIS in the big
pavilion, but after eighJy-eigh Of them
had been disposed of the police shut down
on the sale.
The Athletics. led by Hartsel and Nor
gan. were the first on the field, and they
were greeted with rousing cheers The
Cubs arrived fifteen minutes later-about
1 o'cIock-after fighting their way through
the crowd on the outside. which blocked
all traffic. causing those who held reserved
seats stormy passage to the gates
As Chances men came on the field they
were heartily appIauded. The Chicago
manager and Captain Davis proceeded 10
shake hands and pose for the moving pict-
ure men as well as the photographers.
Both teams then went through a snappy
batting and fielding practice. while the
partisans Of both sides looked on with
admiration.
At 1:55 o'clock solemn. dignIfed de-
termined looking group of men. four in
an appearance funereaI enough to put an
efectual damper on the most lively
scene, the crowd burst into cheers They
were the umpires-Rigler to care for
right garden; Sheridan. 10 browse in the
left pasture: Connolly. behind the bat. and
ODay. the only member OF the National
League staff, 10 watch the bases. The
game was delayed fifteen minutes in dis
GUESSING ground rules. made necessary by
the big crowd on the field.
Bender Idol of the Hour.
Render was the idol Of the hour and re-
ceived tremendous ovation from the
crowd as. inning after inning. he retired
the Cubs ir order. He was at his best and
was simply invincihle and unbeatable The
Cubs seemed to realize this Chances men
shifted their attack several times, hu,
without success They couldn't pound n,
ball and they couldn't hunt. Bender re-
vealed all the technique of a great pitcher
craftly changing his pace and varying his
curves so that his opponents were helpless
Schultz was the only player to reach FRS
base for the GUS in the first eight innings
In the opening frame he singled. and he
walked in the second. Both times he died
stealing second Thomas turning him bach
by fine throws. Only two Chicago players
reached second during the game. one OF
these. Tinker. scored and saved the Cub,
| from a shut-out. Tinker opened the ninth
with a clean single to centre field. and tool
second = hon Str,1rlr fttrubfed the hail nc a.