New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-08
Storm Breaks Up Game, but
Biz Crowd Stays to See a
Victory Won.
WHITE S0X THE VICTIMS
Heating Day Breaks Spell
and Brings First Success of
Home Team on the Polo
Grounds This Year.

GROUNDS In1S year.
And he spake to the master Of cere-
monies: Let the trumpcts hlare let the
guns boom the glad news, let the rock
els fare. let the redfre burn bright to-
night. that all the world may know the
hour Of the Yankees has come and the
first home victory is won.
Yes. II is true. The figures speak for
themselves. TO 2 Won in the ninth. with
the lightning fittering playfully over
Harlem and the thunders crashing
resonant approval certainly no more ma
jestic scenery could have been selected
I'm which TO stage the creation OF TINS
opochal triumph. And the Yankees
dramatic TO the last. even In their SUI
ureme hour. waited until there were Two
out in the final stanza before they struck
the fateful blow PeCkinpaugh lining a
single to left and scoring Ieider from
second. The Chicago White SoN. with
Hal Chase on first obhgingly furnished
the opposition and earned a niche IN the
hall of fame
Seventeen times up 20 yesterday Frank
Chance had marshalled his forces and
drawn up his battle lines or the Polo
Grounds this season only to serve as a
background for some sensational work
by the enemy. Not once had the banner
Of New York been carried TO the fore.
Even Yesterday when all else had failed
and the appointed hour had arrived for
& New York victory. the elements got to-
gether and almost registered veto y
thunderstorm broke in the second in
ming and lasted long enough 10 put an
ordinary game in the discard. But Muir
ply. the groundkeeper, got his Irish up
and decided to see the boys through.
lie called out his reserves and rushed
enough picked canvas 10 the front to
save the delicate diamond from the full
rdvages Of the storm.
Thus after three-quarters Of all hour
delay. fifteen minutes after the umpire
is ordered by the rules to call the game
the field was in condition to play the
shower having passed Fire and water
had done its worst. but with the inevi-
tabeness Of death and the measles vic
tory was due. and nothing could stop ii.
-Four cities of this broad land were in
VOWED in the struegle-New York and
Chicago in large way and the two thriV-
ing Connecticut burgs. Meriden and
Bridgeport. in a small way. II was one
OF those days that have been so popular
this spring and Ray Heating was picked
as the target for a lot Of floral horse
SHOES loving cups. silver bats diamond
rings and salvos Of applause.
Ray nails from Bridgeport which sent
the flower Of is electorate, LOO strong, to
sec that Heating got what he deserved.
But Jimmy Callahan. the Chicago leader
who is a Massachusetts boy. was in jest
ing mood. and when he learned that Ray
was going to pitch for New York he picked
Big I'd" Walsh who, by the accident OF
birth. made Meriden famous 10 lead the
chicago forces.
Thus did Jimmy start internal strife
and .nterurban Giscord in the otherwise
peaceful and Mellen ruled Nutmeg state.
The battle between the two was keen all
me way. but neither harvested the laUrels.
a. Russell Ford slipped in over the pinch
hit route in the ninth inning and plucked
the plum Of victory.
The great Chicago star held his oppo-
nents to three hits for the first seven
frames. but four were punched. with two
assists. in the last two innings for three
runs. Heating was found for seven in
eight innings but famed seven of the
visitors and did not give a base on balls.
lie weakened slightly toward the end, and
Daniels batted for him in the eighth, MAX
ing a scratch hit that led up to tieing the
score.
4 crowd OF some $4,000 persons was on
hand to see the game, and the size Of the
gate was a potent reason for the extreme
patience exercised with the thunder
shower. The sight Of a LOT Of good simo-
Icons passing out Of the park is not pleas
ing to any owner.
\ slight delay was noted at the start.
Two sections Of the lower grandstand
were roped off for the Bridgeport contin-
gent which Charlie Mellen was transport
ing in some of his archaic railroad APP
planes The result, of course. was that
the spectators were long behind sched-
uled time. but realized that they were
lucky to get in before evening. and were
thankful.
The game started before they arrived,
and that with the action on the field and
the assault Of the Nutmegateers on the
reserved seats. lent a three-rng-cir
atmosphere 10 the scene. as the specta-
tors were required 10 keep an eye on
everything al once. The large number Of
the opposite sex among the crowd. if not
shedding any light on his social activities.
lends color 10 the suspicion that Heating
is very. very well thought of in his home
town.
The visitors had hardly got settled be-
fore the rainfall threatened 10 put the
hibosh on the whole affair. However. II
really proved a blessing in disguise be
cause il gave an opportunity for the
staging OF all the ceremonies before the
contest again started This OF course,
had been omitted, and Mayor Wilson of
Bridgeport thought a perfectly good
speech was wasted until the opportunity
came and the usual thing around the
home plate was done Pictures. players.
flowers and all the fXings. Chance, Cal
lahan and Walsh all pulled bunch OF
flowers out of the melee. while Heating
was fairly showered with gifts and good
wishes.
Hal Chase. playing his first game for
the Chicago White Sox. with New York as
the scene OF his debut, did not cut an en-
trancing figure. on his first time at bat
vigorous applause changed into Kisses and
boos. which grew more pronounced as the
conflict advanced until Hal became the
target for a demonstration such as Johnny
Evers and Otto Knabe have endured so
exultingly for many years. This did not
prevent the Peerless One from making