The evening world., 1912-04-11

~ Fcsst' ssssmbiage of baseball fans
IN ~ history OF Brooklyn.
MlV0N PLEADS WITH CROWD
tTo owe PLAYERS aooM.
ABtsr the special officers employed by
I'd do had struRsied In vain for an
~ 20 clear the crowd from the field
anG Il ioo8ed n n a game would he Inn
~ 1bae. the players In desperation came
- h. rescue. Two long ropes were
0t9veohed down the foul lines and the
Uo1P0e strung themselves along these
ot D1owah of ten feet.
agaal they all started to shove.
01d ~ but surely the crowd fell back.
Bvvfy Inch gained was applauded TO
eA4 echo By the throng. Just then.
he'd time arrived for play. ana
ehd moment the athletes dropped the
49, ~ cvowd rushed back to the
- DoaA. Tue fans pleaded In vain for
IN regular police to take a hand In the
49,, but he biuecoats stuck to their
poks outside the park. claiming that
III had all they could do to prevent
tn disappointed fans outside from
waking down the gates. Finally
~ Tor 0aynor arrived on the field.
III crowd gave him an ovation. not
81 because they liked him. but he
ca&pe they had hopes OF his having the
- cleared. Taking the situation in
oAya glance the Mayor impiored the
oF(Rl TO give tho players room. This
I'D them 10 fall back n little and
~ oct to warm up. which also helped
~. The most ardent would not take
. Dhancs on being beaned by n OF
It'd fast left-handsd shoots.
V0Da the pitdhsev had retired the
ee1td again became 20 u 20 see tho
49, that they rushed back to the cid
rntD. Just then the starting boil sound
ed and tho held wal IN . worse mess
th1h ever. Tho Newspaper men appealed
10 meputy Police Commissioned Walsh
"a forang IN some regular police. The
q whatsoever smiled and threw up his
&a41s. Umpires KLEIN and Bush then
9s(seenant Kennell waS sent for . hur-
~ eouesrencs with the Deputy Com
o1onsr. The crowd In che stands
To- this - hopeful and waited for re-
- No police came but the crowd
lsLDea on . iktis md the Samc began.
- oniy players that could be seen
1t(o the press boz were the pitcher.
ssteRp and catcher. n these came Into
vi(w 1t Intervals only. Marquard and
Myers were announced as the battery
yok tee 0tAnts. and Rucker and Phelps
sov r~H0oltiyn. II was as when Mayor
oort tossed the bail over the hsads Of
tn crowd.
the arst inning the frst bail
pssuhsd BY Rucksr was a clean strike.
- On the ntx one Devorc bounced
o4ypo the bog. Doyle smashed q hot
1sev1 which Hummel fumbied. and
l1lPY VA safe at first. snodErass
~ &1hed Q grounder 10 short. which
f060o1 Doyle at second and snodgrass
eA6nf 11ea stealing. NO RUNS.
04ogaA died On u hot Groundor to Her-
80 Oaubert smashed n drive past sec-
- ~ <hs first hit Of ehe game. but
oo0eQuosd caught him mapping n ne
e01ofruA down between the bags. Smith
"a . IN front of the plate and
- oans1 out for Kicking the ball NO
tbe second inning. Mayor Gaynor
o1g unabls TO see che game from the
oton1s, took . chair MD moved out on
I'D. Murray rolled an easy
UgonB1ee end vas thrown out at drst.
oGUk1e goe . oass OF balls after hav-
n 40 strikes called on him. Heroes
~ . long drive into the right hsid
Qp4 Tor two bases. which Gent Mer-
1870 third under the ground rule
N11DP cot Shafer's bounder and he
49, 1ssAAs out at the plate. Her.
UUfng TO third. Meyers leaned
a1not ths ball and sent It whastiins
~ ~ ut field crowd for w bases
seSetg Hsrsog and sending shsfer &c
~ 0arquard slammed another
6nvs over the heads of the right
crowd. scoring shafer and Meyers
O0lose was thrown out a. FIRST BY
nEuDl. TTfIREE RUNS.
0Do6gfaa caught Northen's long ny
to,Sentse. Wheat got a base on balls
GtD9nd popped out to- Doyle. stark