Arizona republican., 1921-10-10
BAND CONCERT ADDS PEP II BIG1 CROWD WHILE REPUBLICAN bOARD| PLAYS FOURTH GAME IT SERIES

W litn I0 CouI tc0 liOStS III 1IOt1llAi last year. The official enumarators | were either off several thousand or every man, woman and child in the city came dowE town yesterday to see the fourth game of the worlds series as played on the Republican player board. The entire block between Adams and Monroe streets were crowded with interested and excited fans; the alleyway to the rear of the Adams hotel was crowded to First avenue and the balcony and front windows of the Adams hotel was taxed to ca pacity. The adjoining streets for sev- eral blocks were almost closed with automobiles parked end to end. If there was any vacant space within view of the board the overflow crowd would have worked into It.
 The entertainment furnished by TheeArizona Republican and the band from St. Johns Indian mission was the biggest and rest of it's kind ever staged in the Southwest. The fans were treated to an excellent band concert and one of the best and fast est played baseball games of the worlds series.
 From the time the first ball went over the plate until Pipp popped out in the last half of the ninth not fan moved away from the board. The perfect detail of the game held the fans throughout the entire nine in nings, with the crowd just as excited at the finish as at the start.
 Babe Ruth relieved the suspense of his numerous admirers by crack ing a homer in the ninth inning. The four ply stroke was followed by wave of applause that almost drowned out the band and saved his packers several shekels. The hit came too late to rave the game. but it pleased the fans and kept his good record from going b1ooie in the series.
 When the mighty Bambino came to bat with one down and nobody on in the ninth Shufflin' Phil Douglas bathed the sphere and shot one across for strike. Babe went out on three straight strikes .n his previous ap- pearance at the bat and the crowd was pulling for him to hit. The band struck up And the Lights Went Out" and they did. Douglas forgot to soak his splitter and when 1t came down the groove Babe swung You could hear the bat as 1t snapped AkdlnSL lUC Dctll anu LIC OlQ Spne-EC Q airplaneo to the uncovered bleach- CTS. Babe lot no time in covering the bases and it was with great diffi- culty the Republican player board kept him on the path. The ball hit the concrete pillar and bounded back into the crowd. Running true to form, the wonder board covered the play and when the ball went out of the lot IT WENT orr The silver spheroid landed on the marquis and the oper- ator tossed the ball into the crowd with the announcement that the first ball Babe Ruth hit into the crowd be- longed to the fan who caught it. A small boy clasped his hands on tht ball and Babe Ruths first world se- ries homer was history.
 On the bases the Giants showed more class and their defense wal 100 per cent better. Snyder's pet held the base stealing down and thu players earned every sack they GOV cred
 The game was the fastest of the SC ries and the most interesting t watch. Every play was snappy a the Polo Grounds and on the won der board The game was playe' with remarkable adherence to detai from the diamond to the bleachers.
 Yesterdays victory puts the Giant and Yankees on even terms; today . game should be whiz for actior Don't forget the game will start a 12 noon, Phoenix time, and the won der board will be at your service positively the wonder of the base ball world and the most perfect re production of ball game ever de signed.
 In response to numerous request from the fans who have been anxiou to know who operates the wonde board and to bring the fans and play CT board operators closer togethe the operators will be introduced | the fans between the seventh an eighth innings of this afternoon game The duties of each operate will be explained and when the umI give a bad decision or a player pull a bloomer the fans will know who "razz" It's a real game on the wor der board and the fans in Phoen have the same rights when it conn to banning the umpires and playe as the fans who crowd the Pc Grounds, each afternoon.
 And then there was the band. rabid Babe Ruth fans who. despi their interest in the big game. jazzt along the immense crowd WI snappy selections that added a thr to every exciting play made on Il nlayer board. As an entertainme feature the work of this Indian al rrerat ton won immediate applau snd resulted in demands that 1t
 hro,,cht to Phoenix for at least O more game, which perhaps Will
 the deciding game of the series.
 When the announcement was Iia that the band at the Polo sIouiiuS ..5r New York City was piaying Star -Spangled Banner. eet : Riyera's musicians dupilca.ed strains here while the croWu uo,, their hats and stood sllentiy y,.,, .l,l U !. inc strains of the anthem nen :. Banbino clouted the firsl npl,s of the series into the pIeae ,.t o, Indians-all of whom are nu.n o ers--added to the entnuSiasaLitt a.ts V w. other fans by And the Lisnss e.a, Out" At every period IT .ne .L G La S;s ;,s share in marking the excl ment by a poppy selection "AA'e
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 Tba hand concert started per inc onening of the game. ana V cnn,nieted with a stirring ma Ia..ad ne inc Indian marched 10
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 angaged in playing the musicians
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 faithful followers of Babe Rutn'