New-York tribune., 1913-10-10
COOCAN'S BLUFF SHARES
IN GLOOM Of DEFEAT
Shut Out from Promised Land,
10000 Shout at Plays
They Couldn't See.
HUNDREDS ON HOUSET0PS
Patient and Hopeful Fans"
See Spectators with Seats
in Plenty After Ticket
Booths Are Closed.

Several thousand fans" VINO were un-
able to buy seats for yesterdays game
watched, or tried TO watch, the Athletics
give a trouncing to the Giants from house
tops, fire escapes. trees, the elevated
structure and other points near the Polo
Grounds. A vast throng sat on the rocks
on Coogan's Bluff None Of them could
see more tnan a little patch of the dia-
mond, near third base. and the great ma
jorty could see only the scoreboard
But all acted as though they had grand
stand seats. arising and stretching them
selves at the seventh inning and shouting,
too. when they heard the roar OF the more
fortunate ones in the little vale below
them as some good play was made. The
gloom OF the Giants defeat mounted UP
to them from the grounds
Vendors Of hot dogs" and ham and
corned beef sandwiches reaped harvest
among the Coogans Bluff contingent, and
some enterprising small boys VINO had laid
in a store Of old newspapers sold their
stock for seats. Spectators who had not
come provided with something to put De-
tween their clothing and the wet rocks
and ground eagerly bought the old news
papers. paying as high as five cents FOR
what one boy termed "a good chunk'
Inspector Titus, who had 300 men under
! him keeping the spectators In check SAID
that the crowds were bigger than at the
opening game, and the automobiles, which
were parked in nearby streets. moro
numerous.
Aside from the disorder attendant upon
the arrest OF twenty-five ticket specu-
lators who were fined SO each in the
Harlem court, all was peaceful with the
crowds that sought admission TO tne
| game One Of these spectators had TWO
hundred s. seats for the days game IN
his pockets His arrest was shortly atteT
the ticket booths were closed and an
nouncement made that there were no more
tickets on sale. All the spectators had
plenty of seats for yesterdays game.
The first position in line was held by
little Johnny Gerard, OF No III East l3sth
street. who clung to the post at the en-
trance of the Eighth avenue gate. which
marked the beginning OF the line' at little
before midnight.
At $50 o'clock yesterday morning there
were almost five hundred in line. Many
Of them had brought bits Of old carpet
along with them, which they used as
seats. Some who had carpeting 10 spare
stretched il across bits Of scantling that
they nailed 10 the fence over their heads
10 protect them from the rain.
The first woman 10 make her appear
TNh nf
Albany, who was accompanied by her
husband To inqurers she said she was
a sufragist and her chief mission was
not 10 see the game, but TO see II women
fans" were accorded the same treat
nent as the men. She could not be found
when tho game was over, so the question
will remain a mooted one until Mrs
Rrone Is heard from.
Mrs Elizabeth Harris, OF Roslyn. Long
Island. who has missed only three games
IN the lax two years. was the second
woman IN line She volunteered the In
formation that she thought John McGraw
was as great a man as George Washing
ton
Some OF the boys who held places In
the line became convinced at about 10
o'clock that there would be no game, be-
cause OF rain, and sold their places at
81 10 81.
Al 1O45 the sale OF seats began, and when
the last one had been sold and orders
given by the policemen to disperse. what
remained Of the crowd sought places on
| Coogan's Bluff and elsewhere.
Just before the sale OF seats began o.
f. I.evoy. an elderly salesman. OF No. 7ls
Eighth avenue Brooklyn, tripped as he
stepped from an ''L' train at the Polo
Grounds station. He was trampled on
before rescued. He was taken TO the
Harlem Hospital, suffering from q
sprained back and contusions OF the body.