The New York herald., 1921-10-12
BLEACHERITE TRIES
TO BURN DOWN THE
LEFT FIELD STAND
Small Fire Is the Result
A Cop Goes to the
Rescue.
FANS CORRUPT REPORTER.
Openly Bribe Him With Ci-
gars and Chocolate
Candy.
FANS CORRUPT REPORTER.
BY EDWARD ANTHONY.

ny Ell w A1D INV ON
THE BLEAcHERs. Polo Grounds. Tues
day. IL o'clock. We stride leisurely
down the centre field runway putting
an excellent cigar that fan gave us
yesterday for putting his name in the
paper. Every man has his price. Ours
Is a good cigar. The boys in
centre field are too quiet, so we make
for our favorite haunt in the left field
bleachers. To our dismay we are not
met by an escort this time. What is
the matter? Where is Giant Cheer
Leader Danny Russell? We look
around for him in vain. A Yankee fan
hints darkly that he has been captured
by the enemy and is being held for
ransom. Where is Yankee Cheer
Leader Clyod? Are we to be shown no
ceremony to-day? We are so used to
being escorted to a seat by beaming
bleacherite that we feel lost. Alas!
for our laurels. Again we look around
appealingly for Cloyd Where is he,
anyway? No one seems to know.
II :15-Just as we are about to leave
for the right field bleachers we hear
a cry of Fire 20 and looking to our right
We see a little cloud of smoke trickling
through the section of the runway floor
ing that is on line with the left field
foul line. Nobody seems to be excited.
The smoke grows denser and few fans
run over to investigate. Fire under the
stand!" yells some one. "a cigarette
butt lit some papers - A soda vender
deposits his tray on the floor and runs
for pail of water. Hey. come back,
you boob. and spill soda on it," yells
some one. The vender keeps on running
An alert cop beats him to 1t. Merryshouts
Of A-a-h !" from the fans as the officer
puts out the blaze with a well timed
bucket of water.
Fire or Smoke Ballf
Five or six feet from where the blaze
started Is Fire Prevention Week"
sign The sign says something about
being careful what you do with lighted
cigarette and cigar stubs. Oh, well,
some guys can't read. And
maybe. as fan behind us points out,
the fire didn't start that way. His
theory Is that a pitcher. warming up
under the stand. burned over hot one.
A smoke ball. as 1t were.
II .30-Off goes our bonnet to Vendor
o. 4
of gum out OF his basket and handed
him nickel. He returns the nickel.
saying, ''1'here's only four slices In that
package. Take 1t for four cents or buy
something else" Men have gone to
heaven for less than that. 1
IL :4O-Here's Bobby Milasch. the
tallest movie actor in captivity offering
us a piece of chocolate. We're afraid
Bobby wants his name in the paper and
is trying to corrupt us. Shall we sell
out for a piece Of chocolate? Let's
think. Ha! an idea! Well hold out for
two pieces Will Bobby meet our terms?
Um, that tastes good. And that.
IL 50--Raymond c. Schultz, a fan
from Chicago, comes up and introduces
himself. Raymond wants to know
where we get that stuff about there
being hardly any out Of towners In the
bleachers. Raymond says there's a mob
of Chicagoans out here and II we don't
believe 1t he'll introduce us to 'em one
at time. Raymond Is our Idea OF
rcd hot fan. He took in the first two
games Of the city series in Chicago. he
tells us, and then hoped the next train
for New York.
~ 2:O0-Nick Altrock and Al Schact.
the baseball comedy duo. appear on the
field. They head for their favorite
haunt, the left field bleachers. The fans
howl with delight as Nick chases-and
catches--a butterfly. A lone fan OBJ
3ects to Nick's antics and tells him so.
Nick responds with a criticism of the
gentlemans moustache, the shade and
shape of which he takes exception to.
The crowd roars and the crab is silenced.
Altrock and Schact start a pantomimic
crap game in left field. A wag in the
stand blows a cops whistle and the pair
In Cf afr 20 iNtr oil
the "bones" a final roll. we try to add
to the merriment OF the occasion by re-
citing Gilbert's Roll On We quit
when the snipers in back of US open up
T. severe peanut shellfire.
suspenders with Baseball Suit.
i2:3o-we go for our daily stroll along
the runway. Nothing happens. so We
make for the clubhouse to see what's
doing there. We are greeted by a sight
that psrplexes us. On the short flight
OF stairs in front Of the clubhouse two
men are standing-one in a Giant uni
form, the other in civilian clothes. The
man In civilian clothes we recognize as
Catcher Earl Smith of the Giants. The
man in the uniform Is the one we are
staring at. He is wearing suspenders
Ever hear of a man wearing suspenders
with baseball suit? Who Is the guy?
staring at him we are CHASED by n
Polo Grounds guard. mo hangin
round the clubhouse" he tells us.
who Is that guy with the suspend
ers?" we ask him. whats that to
your" he asks US suspiciously. Moth |
ing" we meekly reply. "rd just like TO
know" You would. eh?" he replies In |
hard boiled fashion; take my advice
and beat 1t while your shoes are good!"
Come on" we persist "be n regular
feler and tell me who the funny guy !
Is" who are you trying to kid?' he |
pipes as he glares at us; beat Il now" !
Then you aren't going to tell us?" we |
beg. with tears In our eyes. run along |
now. young fellor. or you'll get yourself |
into trouble!' he bellows. and this time |
his look Is SO savage that we decided |
to beat IL before we arc pinched. But
some day we are going TO solve theI
mystery of the suspendered ball player. |
12:<o-We return to our perch in the |
left field bleachers. Who Is that |
grinning young fellow who follows n |
ininuts later? No less a person than |
Danny Russell, Giant cheer leader! |
Danny hasn't been captured by the
enemy after all.
1:00--Pitcher Harry Harper of the |
Yenks appears ON the field. and tho |
Hack snsack rooters whoop It up. Harry |
is from Hackensack. So arc we. We |
spent ten years Of our life there q.
Pardon us while we give three cheers |
for Harry. Some yell. sh? Wen bet |
the boys In Marty Brestel's store on
Main street can hear us.