El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-17
E PlS0 FANS RAISE DIN AS THE RED S0X WIN.
Cheers of Crowd Around The
Herald Bulletin Board
Are Heard Many Blocks.
BALL BUGS BLOCK
STREET CAR TRAFFIC


~ OSTON WINS, As this news was
flashed to the fans Wednesday in
- Pioneer plaza by megaphone
from the balcony Of The Herald build
ing, pandemonium broke loose. Men
who had watched and waited for the
final score tossed their hats into the
air and shouted themselves hoarse with
joy
But a few minutes before they had
been New York fans, many Of them, but
now they were for Boston. They cared
not for any special town, they cared
not if they won or lost their money
BostOnians which had carried them on
to victory when all seemed lost
Cheers Heard Blocks Away.
l. was a tribute of the American faL
to the fairest, the squarest sport that
is known the world round The excite
ment had been intense and the men had
to give vent to their enthusiasm. Such
a cheer has not been heard for many a
day in FL PasO. and it was declared by
customs officers that they had heard it
at the Santa Fe bridge.
As the battle waged, with first New
York leading, there was not much
shouting. Then came the announce
ment that Boston had tied the score.
Boston and New York fans alike
shouted and made merry. The game had
become interesting
Then, when the ninth inning was an
nOuuced and neither side had scored,
shout went up that would have made
the ball players themselves glad, had
they known how FL Paso appreciated
their efforts
Crowd Wild in the Tenth.
1t was the tenth inning. AnXiOuSly
the CROWD waited with ears open to
speaker as he announced the plays, one
by one, through a megaphOne- NEW
YORK SCORES ONEI' he shouted on
flash Yell after yell rent the air
Small boys threw one anOther's caps
about patted each other on the backs.
Smiles came to the faces OF some, while
others frOWned-
Then came the last half of the 10th.
The news was coming too fast to an
nOUnce how the plays were made, but
the flash was given and then the shouts
broke loose The crowd was one of
Boston fans.
New Workers paid the money they
had lost. They did not care who won,
the series was over Tor another year,
the tension of eight days Of anxiety
was relaxed and men might now have
time to attend to their business.
Record Breaking crowd.
Tt was the largest crowd that has
ever gathered in Pioneer plaza to hear
baseball returns. 1t was larger by far
than any audience previously gathered
there to hear any returns during the
day and it was an enthusiastic thrOng-
Time and again. when it was men
toned that New York fans had rooted
for Mathewson or Wood or any other
player and Boston fans had done the
same, a shout Of sympathy went up
from the FL PasO crowd who saw and
played the game play by play 1000
miles away from the city where the is
men on the diamond were playing it.
They lived each moment on the ball
grounds. No thought. no time had they
for business cares nor anything else,
save only baseball, on which ii seemed
the life Of the nation depended
What cared they if there is a pO-
liticaI campaign on. What cared they
if Roosevelt were lying in a Chicago
hospital with a bullet wound in his
body? What did they care if the rebels
marched into JUarez at 1 o'clock or >
o'clock Wednesday afternoon Not one
whit Their eyes. their hearts, their
minds were centered on the worlds
championship game of baseball. Of
which they were hearing the news.