New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
INCIDENTS Of THE GAME
How the Joyous Moments Soed
Before, During and After.
BLEACHERS HAD THEIR FUN
There Was Nothing Sombre
About the Eclk5 in the Stands
Either-Sayings Of Fans"

One Of the happ!est moments in the live,
Of the bleachcrites ~ the Polo Grorns,
yesterday was tic Oft recurring one ~,
offered opportunity 10 pclt a woman wI,r
paper The woman could rot rfaga,s,
she could merely blush and grow - u,,is
frightened and very self-conscious and NJ.
comfortable But there was nothing ole,
for the bleacheritos 70 do. They has ,,
while away the hours before the sar.
some way, and II was only noon and N.
big baseball battle two hours away :,
vas an old trick thus 10 shoot showers a,
mutilated literature AT unoffendlng won.n
bat the bleacherites laughed and iesrst
and chanted in greatest enjoyment II N.
trick had been brand new IL could not nav.
been more nolsily approved by some.
An individual of the male gender dsncsl
about after the game waving his arm.
splling much enthusiasm and shouting
Net me, I'm butterfly
one dlsgrUntled onlooker. plainly from
Philadelphia. remarked: Look 4 tas,
poor idiot; ne s neaied for MatteavAn"
Nonsense" came a quick retort: "hei
from your town. and the air over here ia,
gone to his head"
Newcomers. strangers who had travells,
far and paid anywhere from s. 70 - for
seat 70 see the conflict. got At least ore
half their money back before the gaye wa
called in the pleasure T. gave NJ Just 4
look at the "pylons and the alegories" a
Bill Hanna calls them, and 10 let thel
eyes linger lovingly over the most. IN
manner OF speaking. fascinating frie1e ths
was ever seen. except perhaps on the out
side Of circus wagon People in the eft
are more or less used to the frieze at IN
Polo Grounds. OF course. they stiu nav
10 take more or less note of it even now
II is the kind of frieze that command
attentlon-a great, beautiful outdoors tor
dered by decorations reminiscent Of a
Italian table d'hote
When the photographers walked acros
the field at 1890 o'clock the bleacherite
rose and cheered and posed. ready to
man to see their pictures IN the paper 4
the morning The enthusiasm that va
wasted in this one instance would, other
wise employed. dig 37iz feet Of obstruction
out Of the Culebra cut.
A 50 seat I'm section l3 became too un
yielding for n stylishy attired sportsma
along about / o'clock. He offered len
onade salesman 10 cents for newspspe
to ease the situation, his intention bein
to use II for a cushion. The salesms
begged one sheet from a spectator, and n
other man folded it twice, sat down an,
smiled. He acted Ike a man pleased wit
his bargain.
No need OF publishing a list Of names 0
well known sporting men present Nos
otherwise in racing, boxing, golf, lawn ten
mis-, automobiIing and other sports.
How're you bettIn'?" one IAN woul
shout to another across the sea Of face
in the grandstand.
us" would come the answer.
us is right" the inquirer would n
ply. happily. And then each would stud
again the actions Of the players at prat
tice.
Stars of the baseball world were not cor
fined TO the diamond, and some OF theI
were full fedged newspaper reporters o.
better, baseball writer's" for the momen
painfully pencilling impressions. These u
cluded Ty Cobb, player extraordinary; hs
Chase. manager Of the Yankees; Hughl
Jennings, manager Of the Detroit Tigers
cap" Anson, once manager OF the o.
Chicago White Stockings; Iris Speaker
the hard hitting outfelder Of the Bos'o
Red Sox; John NJ Ward, onetime captai
Of the Giants, now golfer and lawyer
George Mullin, pitcher OF the Tigers an
Red Doom. manager Of the Philiies
The Philadelphia players were no VII
cast down by defeat, If appearances coun
for ANYTHING. They tried their best
cheer up Collins, whose error was so cosu'
and seemed full Of confidence for to-mOf
row. The players left for Philadephia
the $50 O'Clock train.
Almost every big city in the country Wa
represented by at least one writer ana eve
Cuba sent a man TO fash the result ot ea1
inning by cable to the expectant fshs J.
Havana. So is baseball growing
George +. Murray. graduate manager
the Princeton Athletic Association va
among the fans" present.
When the Giants ran on the ne1d u'e@ss @
in new black uniforms and white s'ooA",e
the crowd howled a greeting and then u'e
10 decide whether or not II approves -
the change from regulation "il'e
superstitious accepted it as bad omen v
those who recalled it as the old UNIFORM
tho club smiled cheerfuly.
"Stuffy" McInnis, the brilliant hrst oas'
man OF the Athletics. warmed up WIN ~ ~
team, but the fans" Of PhiladeIPHr
groaned when they saw him throwihs vs."
n stiff arm and heavily bandagea "''''
Tom Jones. manager OF Al "os'.
lightweight champion Of the "orlu' p'~s.
a pool Of 5000 on the Giants at even 'N''''
irst before the game began
John 7. Brush, owner of the Gis"'''
on hand IN his automobile
Little Dick Hennessey, mascot ,-.,
Giants gave a Hal Chase exhibition q. "a. -.
base in the fielding practice that wVn IA
crowd by storm. The fourteeh.' , y,
midget pulled down high ones anu N
low ones I'm the most approved sly'e