New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-12
SDEuGHTS OF THE GAME,
little Happenings That the Um-
pireS Did Not Rule On.
CDBB UNDERSTANDS WOOD
Line of Fans" Stretched for
Many Blocks an Hour Be-
fore Game Began.

fore Game began.
n Cobb, the champion batsman OF the
Anrdcan League, had seat back OF the
NAB yesterday afternoon, and called
nlas before they were made with amaz-
,pshccuracy. Half a dozen times Tyrus
cand the exact play to be made by the
RsdSox, and announced the sort of ball
With Wood was about to pitch when Joe
was winding up for his delivery. Also,
Cbs won a pool made up by the news
pa,s men. He picked the score. Boston
Z NV York /, while coming in on the
tran from Boston Friday morning.
NIFTY may or may not be at the head
of Is career as a great pitcher, but the
oyaon which he received from the fans"
whe he walked across the field yester-
dayaust have gladdened his heart. Sell
donnas any pitcher received a more gen.
erou reception than the grand old vet
ersnf the pitchers box. whose failure
to W in Boston was not HIS fault.
The is no definite way Of finding out
Just nen the fans" began to arrive at
the Pc Grounds yesterday, but as early
as 9 clock there were several hundred in
line. Though the park opened early
there Us a line which stretched from the
main atrance down Eighth avenue 10
18Th sect, west on that street to Brad
hurst eenue and half way down TO 18th
street hour before the game began.
Cy Igler has no friends among the
photographers. Just before the game be-
gan Rikr chased them all OF the field
and refsed TO even let them sit on the
steps orentrances to the stands.
Dark ad lowering, 1t was a perfect day
for Joe Vood's fast ball, and he made the
most Of / The Giants could scarcely see
the ball It whistled UP to the plate.
McGraw rdered them 10 choke" their
bats and look quickly, but all the advice
in the wild couldn't beat Wood in the
pinehes.
Cady, T. big catcher OF the Red Sox,
was the inirect cause OF fine little row
in which several special cops" and
body Of Ans" mingled, the latter win
ming the poular verdict by a shade. Cadv
dropped tD fouls into the stands, which
the crowd agerly caught and held, while
the special with equal vigor tried to get
them back. The result was. as usual, the
fans" KEEP the balls
When Mtkle famed out in the eighth
inning, wit two out anu two on bases.
come one Suggested that Fred sing They
Always Alrays Pick on Me-" 1t was the
second conecutive time that Fred had
fallen Yicim.
One pest n the grandstand, who boast
ed the hci that he was from Boston,
made life miserable for those around him
With a ioie making contrivance which
reseTnb!ei a frying pan with an egg beat
Tag attainment, and which when turned
orishy made an unearthly racket. Fortu-
nately, he was suppressed by the special
policeman
The fans" are wondering which pitcher
viii Be the first TO join the Baker Club
oy anowin. home run. Cady gave Mat
y scare in Boston on Thursday, while
Larry GARNER made a bold bid on Tes-
reau yesterday.
Forrest Cdys left hand was badly swol-
len after the game from catching Woods
fast ones gil day. When Joe struck out
Murray in the fourth inning for the third
out cady took his mitt of and rubbed
his hand n the mud to relieve the sting.
Walter Johnson, who with Joe Wood
holds the ,ecord for consecutive victories
u the American League, sat in the press
box and watched Wood work. In the
ninth inning. when Herzog. Meyers and
Fletcher lied on pop flies, he turned
ana said: The boys have a little trou-
Ole with Joey's fast ones" and then re-
Numbering his s. a word contract he
iapsed int silence.
Billy Evans was we'll prepared for his
long vigil on the left field foul line.
Tne popular arbiter was muffled in a
btNS bWcdIcLg nulCH IN the low
n'oity must have been uncomfortable.
me endless stream OF automobiles
which carried part OF the crowd to the
same required the attention OF a special
corps Of traffic policemen from the down.
wwn precincts The line OF cars ex-
esnaed nofthward on Edgecombe avenue
ivr more than three blocks, while ct.
nicholas Place. ST. Nicholas avenue and
''0'h street were filed with them.
All through the last innings Of the game
Yesterday a large and apoplectic fan"
view frsntically on police whistle. At
HN the gray uniformed guards looked
eppfehensiyely toward the exits, but
scenting no riots they lapsed into their
sceustomed stolidity. Between blasts and
sasps for breath the owner OF the whistle
explained that he was calling for help
known
me FIRST inning stretch" was an inno-
salon Yesterday. Just before "piay
an came the faithful In right Acid
~, nna the bleacher stands rose in one long,
lingering stretch. partly to bring luck 10
sne Giants. but mostly to ease their bodies,
sssmped by long hours Of sitting ia the
"''he too comfortable seats.