New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

at the second Worlds Series gam
turned away from the gates by m
The crowds started to mobilize in
the lee of Coogan's Bluff as early as
I o'clock. The viaduct on 155th Street
was jammed with the professions of
fans marching over from the West Side
and Eighth Avenue became absolutely
impassable. Police couriers were sent
out in all directions to head off the
crowds and rope barriers were
stretched for blocks around the en-
frances. It was the biggest demonstra-
tion of the ruling baseball madness to
date.
Even the owners of the Yankees had
difficulty in getting into the park.
Colonel Tillingast L'Hommedieu Hus-
ton, vice-president of the New York
American League Club, had to be
hoisted over picket fence by platoon
of police, and the colonel weighs 2S5
pounds in his stocking feet. Colonel
Jacob Rupert, being more sylphlike of
ngure, climbed the picket fence un-
assisted. Harry H. Frazee, the Boston
magnate, pretended that ne was Nicky
Arnstein and the police passed him
right through the lines.
Linger to Listen
The crowds swarmed along the sides
of Coogan's Bluff like ants maneuver-
ing to get at a broken honey comb.
Even after the advance guards had
been forced back by the mounted police
and held at bay by Enright's infantry
they fingered to listen to the game that
was being played inside. They did not
have much to listen to, but loud moan-(
lngs and expressive silences, for the
Ianks were fattened in the first in
nlng by Tristram Speakers pugnacious
Indians and Babe Ruth did not hit the
ball out of the lot. He got mere two
bagger.
Inside the park the bleacher curtains
were rolled up and for once in the his
tory of the Polo Grounds every seat in
the section designed for the hoi polloi in
city where there seems to be no ho
polloi was filled. Men and women let
lnto these seats were weeping tears Of
gratitude on the shoulders of the blue
coats who crowded them through the
entrances A New Yorker will not sit
IN the bleachers even if the alternative
is seat with a tack in it. But yester-
day he sat there shamelessly and
thanked his stars that he was in.
Back of the tiers of seats in both the
upper and lower grandstands the crowds
were standing eight deep. The posi-
bility of admitting some of the crowd
INTO the outtelds was discussed has
tliy, but it has been an established ira
dltion Of the Polo Grounds that there
shall be no ground rules. The tradition
was not violated. No police and no
ropes would have held that crowd in
check anyhow
Pre-World Series Air
There was a real pre-world's series
air OF suspense over the crowd at the
start of the game and the surgine of
the seas OF straw hats subsided for the
time. But the suspense cracked with
series OF loud detonations in the very
trst inning when Carl Mays, one Of the
most expensive pitchers in baseball.
was knocked out of the box and the
Cleveland Indians had piled up five
runs before his remains could be SHOW
eled from the lot.
Cries of anguish reechoed from tho
slopes of Coogan's Bluff and should
have informed the waiting multitudes
outside that all was far from we'll tn
the Yankees. Never did S45,0OO worth
OF pitching material look more like a
pile of expensive junk than Carl Mays
did during that inning.
Mays, you will remember, got himself
N.1"OoN as IiiuNl uOlOIlcUy as the late
Helen Of Troy asia, not the town
that Johnny Evers came FROM. Mays
was the causus belli of the battle of
afhdavits and injunctions that got the
american League magnates so angry
tnat they almost refused one another's
dinner invitations.
Bent on Bumping Yanks
Evidently Mays, vas of the opinion
that the Cleveland Indians would start
to shivering when he stepped into the
box. But Tristram Speakers men are
not shivering this year. They. think
that they can bump the Yankees right
out of the pennant race, and if they
continue they will have lot of people
outside of Cleveland even thinking the
same way.
They went after Mays like a lot of
Republican candidates after the nomi-
nation, and the infeld of the Yankees
cracked in several places during the
bombardment. Graney, of the Indians,
started the trouble with a clean hit to
center. Chapman sent him to third
with another hit. Speaker shot one at
Ward, who was so stunned bv the COL
lapse of Mays that he let it get bv and
Graney scored.
smith beat out an infeld hit along
the third .base line and Gardner
slammed one down to Pipp. Chapman
started for the plate, but Hannah got
the throw from Pipp and hung the ball
on him before he could land Then
Wambsganss.l .landed hit to left, scor-
ing Speaker and Smith
Jangling Sound Arises
The moaning of the multitude at this
1uncture was exceedingly distressing
to the multitudes on the other side Of
tne East River, and it is highly prob
able that this volume of grief carried
that Tar and even beyond. There was
Janglng sound as of loose metal
oelng kicked around the place as Mays
began to look more and more like a
hunk Of junk.
Then came Johnston, who is leading
his league in the matter of hits. He
mastered out another hit. which scored
Gardner and Wambsganss. but was
caught out trying to take second on the
throw in. By this time Miller Hug
gins, the midget manager, took time
out to do some thinking.
The result of his cogitations was to
reach the conclusion that Mays could
have the rest of the afternoon off with
out hurting the chances of the Yam
KEGS to any extent. This decision was
applauded, and Herbert Thormahlen.
the southpaw, was sent in to fill the
aching void The game, to all practi-
es' iStents and purposes, was finished.