The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-18
$4,000 PEOPLE
!, OUT TO SEE
REDS BUMPED
Greatest Crowd Ever at Ball Game Saw
Chicago White Stockings Down
Cincinnati Crew.
"BASEBALl OF BYGONE DAYS"

umpircd that game fairly and spuarely
as hc saw n He played no favoritcs
And We accomplished on that hot sep
tombcr afternoon, what had been consid-
cred impossible the defeat of the Rcd
Stockings on their home grounds
Immediately after the game was over
the crowd swurmod upon the field, intent
upon wreakug vengeance upon MS.
had anticipated this move and instructed
my players for q quick get-nway When
the last out was made We dashed for the
exits and Jumped into OUR carriages As
We ran across tho field many of us were
struck with stones and bottles The
frcn2icd phlonua pursued us even after
We had entered our hacks, peltng us
Win rocks until our horses had dis
tnuccd them
"Our victory over the Red Stockings
/ on Cincinnati soil was the greatest sen
sation up TO that time. And Chicago
went wild with JOY when We got back
/ home We were given n greeting unlike
nny ever accorded ban player. before We
We're the heroes of the hour-nnd ~ the
/ year
Second at Chicago
Three weeks later va played the sec
ond and the last game OF the series II
was PLAYED in chicago on diamond In
/ the Dexter pnrk race Cours" No other
. place I'm Chicago was considered big
enough to accommodate the crowd that
wanted 10 80 tn that game
. The dny the elur was played the
crowds started for the park carly in the
morning Al forenoon and during the
/ carly part ~ the afternoon, carriages
, wpudcd their WY to the park and there
Was always outside the gate q mob howl
/ ing for admission. Before the game be
gan, 2lnr0 admissions nt 81 cach. had
been sold, with another 25on0 In Wild
scramble for tickets
And then the fcnc". unable 10 with
stand the pressure NJ that surginC mob.
went down with crpsh-Rnd IN" mob
swHrmcd In several attempts were
/ made 10y the club officials to have that
/ broken section NJ the fence fixed, but It
wos useless The crowd. rushing in.
swept everything before IT, and the game
began with the fence broken and the
/ frro admissions still coming
$1,000 See Game.
"Thc paid admissions for that game
| toill"d 2Ionn: In" Tree admissions went
we'll beyond $4,000, making 1000
/ crowd within the park when the call
play hall-thc greatest crowd that ever
witnessed professional baseball game
sounded
Eleven hundred carriages the popu.
lar form NJ loromotion In that period
also were inside the pnrk
Rob Ferguson Of BrooNrn umplrcd
that game fIo was p1!d slOn and his
expenses and Was guaranteed every pro-
/ lection He was chosen tn rather I'M
usual way About two weeks before the
game was PLAYED Harry Wright. mana
ger of the Rcd Stockings, and myself
agreed that We would select the umpire
In this why. c0ch would write three
names on slip of paper and mail /, Ia
m" other In case ono Cnnddnte was
named by both he would be the umpire
"lt was found that Ferguson had been
named hy both, Whoroupou he Wns pu-
pointed IN" uwr"rs NJ the White stock
iugs wanted 20 pnN Ferguson $500 nnd
expenses, but the Rcd stockings owner,
baked ana III Ferguson got was $40,
and expenses
Odds Are Even
when tho game began the hcttln,
was rN.u \ vast sum ~ money wa
wNEcrcd ON the outcome Of that damon,
battle II seemed That every Chlcng,
fan wanted tn plunge his hnnkroll on on
,mnc's Th" city 1s u whole had un
bounded confidence In our ability
nig delegation OF Cincinnati ruot,rs an,
gamblers went io Chicago for thnt gam,
and from the WnN they fluufishrd $50,
and 81 nn0 bills In the stands II mndr /
look us N they were commissioned Z,
bet the entire wealth of the Onto cit,
on the chances of their ball club
~ W'. lu ihvi game hy the WAY. tha
tho Reds introduced To Chicngonns ms
Npldlug practice ng 10 prrllmlnlr, Re
fore that time no club over had prnc.
llrrd inst fielding In 70 game IN Chicago
The r''n-ts of Uur ulp,rrs v,r, devote,
only tr increasing their hitting skin
mighty roar went up from m,
stands when Ferguson sounded his pla,
holl ana then the crowd settled back I,
watch. IN, game
Ih'ng hrok" badly FOR MS IN the cnrl
innings An enron ur two ru the part %
nay boys. miSHi with several long hlt
hy IN" Red stockings. gave them lcu,
NJ i've runs Latter ON they nrrcnsc,