New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
FANS HAIL WILSON
AND HIS FIANCEE
Presidential Party Centre
of Attraction at Worlds
Series Game.
CAMERA MEN MAKE
MRS. GAIT BLUSH
President and Bride-Elect Root
for Different Teams and
Prove To Be Game"

From s'sr Corrcsponden, of The Tribune
Philadelphia. oct o President WI
son and his fancee, Mrs. Edith Boiling
Gait, appeared here to-day in the guise
of ardent baseball fans. They answered
20 the same call of the national game
that thrilled the man in battered
derby hat sitting far up on the back
row of the bleachers. Perhaps they
were not quite so dem0nstrative. When
Luderus slammed the bah into centre
field in the fifth inning and drove
Cravath across the plate. tieing the
score, the bleacherite beat his hat 70
pieces. while the President merely
waved his hand and Mrs. Gait only
smiled. But all the same, Mr.. Wilson
and Mrs. Gait enjoyed the second game
of the worlds series just as keenly as
the individual IN the bloachers who
cared so little for his hat, or, rather,
cared so much for he Philly run.
The Pres. dent and his bride-elect fol-
I lowed each play with deep interest
watching every move OF the players
with the eyes of experts. At the end of
ne game the President turned to Mrs.
Gait
81 Told You &c." Says Wilson.
81 told you So" he said, triumphant
ly, with all the zeal of an American
League supporter
Wait until Monday. You know,
woman always has the last word"
laughed Mrs. Gait, still stanch for
Philadelphia and the National League.
President Wilson and Mrs. Gait at
tracted quite as much attention as the
players. They were seated in a box
along the third base line, where all the
great crowd could see them. When
they came in they were cheered. and
they were oheered again as they left
the park Rudolph Blankenburg. Phila-
delphis's Mayor, who sat in o box ad
Joining that of the Presidential party,
spent a great part OF the time convers-
ing with Mrs. Gait. HIS snowy white
whiskers waved beneath his soft black
hat as he nodded his lead emphatically
in answer to her questions.
The baseball crowds would watch the
game for 2 few moments and then
their eyes would shift momentgrily TO
the Presidents lag-draped box.
The President Bushes.
Both the central figures Of the after
noon were in good humor all the time.
They laughed and they joked. They
bowed pleasantly to the crowd IN ac-
acknowledgement Of its salutes. They
blushed. too. The bushes came when,
on their appearance, they stood TO bow
their thanks for the cheers OF the
crowd. Immediately a squad of camera
men began to line up in front of the
box. The rosiest of bushes spread
over the Presidents tanned cheeks, and
Mrs. Cats face grew suddenly pink.
The photographers begged loudly:
Keep on standing up; there, that's
right" Mrs. Boiling in embarrassment
shrank into chair and then rose has
tily. The President hurried 10 screen
Mrs. Gait from the cameras as the
party sat down. Two photographers
continued 70 poke their machines over
the edge of the box until Secret Ser
vice men shooed them away.
The crowd was on edge for the
party's arrival, and when, ten minutes
before the scheduled time for the game,
the band burst into THE Star-Spangled
Banner" every one rose and barred his
head. When the crowd discovered il
was Mayor Blankenburg everybody sat
down quickly.
False Alarms Fool Crowds.
Three minutes later there. was an
other false alarm. This time the fans
were absolutely sure a man in black
derby hat and black gloves was the
President. Motion picture photog
raphers wasted a good deal of film on
this person, and the Boston players
rushed from their dug-out and took off
their caps, the crowds starting to cheer
before they found out it was merely
scare
When Mr.. Wilson and Mrs. Gait and
their friends finally arrived there was
plenty Of advance notice Of their APP
Droach. Secret Service men, led by
their broad-shouldered chief, William j.
Flynn. and uniformed policemen and
detectives kept every one back from
the alleyway leading to the Presiden.
tial box. The band crashed out and
handkerchiefs began to wave. The
Presidents secretary, Joseph Tumulty,
was the first to appear, and little
later the rest of the group came in.
As the President arrived the crowd
burst into a roar.
Just behind Mr.. Wilson was Mrs.
Gait. wearing q big black picture hat
trimmed with brown fur, and black
velvet suit. Purple orchids were
o,.t which NyoS hold To