The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Crowd Entertained.

Excellent foolery entertained the
crowd before the game. IL was supplied
by Nick Altrock and Al Schacht. the
clowns of the Washington club Of the
American League. Their pantonime was
immense. They played Il golf game. with
Altrock as golfer and Schacht as caddy.
Altrocks club was baseball bat. Imi-
tating the antics of a temperamental
golfer. he knocked a baseball all over
the lot, and finally. lying OH his stomach.
handled the club like a billiard cut and
shot the ball into the cup"
Then Schacht led the brass band for
time, whipping frenzedly in among
the musicians as Creatore used to do.
while Nick Altrock gyrated with q cornet
at his lips. Finally they did an interpre-
tive Egyptian snake dance. The snake,
seized from faker's basket. was a
string of frankfurters. In these baseball
comedians hands il became an asp. Both
dancers stung themselves to death with
1t and ended by doing double fall on
the turf, 80 that Cleopatra and her
gentleman friend lay side by side and
great was the lamentation at their
taking off.
simultaneously the press section was
being informed by peanut vender that
business had been rotten for two days
because the pcople would not buy pea
nuts unless the Gints won. He passed
along before this remarkable fact could
be thoroughly elucidated.
Both baseball teams were out practis-
ing by o'clock. The Yankees. as the
VISITORS" wore their travelling clothes
of plain gray. The Giants, the hosts.
were in their light suits with stripes. An
hour before the game the vast sweep of
unreserved seats seemed 20 be wholly oc-
c,,rfo<l All avranf rpoaf partfqan YAM
kee idoiaters were saying as they gos-
siped that the Giants had a good chance
to win. 1t did not seem logical that
they could be beaten three in ?. row.
Their fans were explaining that their
trouble up to this time had been stage
fright, nothing else.
Stranger Is Incredulous
You can't tell me that those birds
could come to bat eighteen times and
not get n run unless Il was stage
fright" a stranger was confiding TO the
assembled press. ''Then again the
raising of that screen that covered the
centre field bleachers affected their eye
sight so they couldn't see the ball" The
screen was still raised yesterday, but II
seemed TO have no disturbing optical
effect. BY and by Col. Rupert. presi-
said he was sure that the Yankees
would make II Ave straight. For once
the Colonel was misinformcd.
Then the game started. There was no
Governor or Mayor to throw out the
first ball, so IL wasn't thrown out: II
just appeared in the hands of Pitcher
Fred Toney OF the Giants. The clubs
are down TO business now. The fuss and
fixings that mark the preiimlnaries of
world series are done with. The crowd
was that much better off.
Everybody was high spirited Roaring
in the stands began es soon az the game
did. Everybody was awake. As for Mr..
McGre w's men. the Giants Despair OF
Doubling Castle, had quit the old shack
and msde tryst with Pollyanna. Their
conduct as well as that OF the Yankees
was inspiring. AT no time. however, not
even when the Giants opened their bat
ting drive In the third and drove
Shawkey from the box, not even when
the Giants smothered the earth with hits
and runs in the seventh. did the crowd
or any considerable part of II use it's full
lung power.
II has become apparent that the spec
tators OF an intracity contest do not yell
the way the spectators OF an intercity
contest do. Indeed. the Yanks and the
Giants do have their single minded
partisans, but for the most part. judging
from yesterdays exhibition, both teams
re affectionateiy regarded "a New York
cams. There were moments yesterday
York club and a Chicago club, for ex-