New-York tribune., 1922-10-06
By Crantland Rice

x2rld's series baseball that unIucky
58s CT Ireub-e ana GoId,s stepped In
iroat OF another young tornado yester-
taf that came near leading to wreck.
Ns Giants and Yankees, fighting out
iasf second battle, had just closed out
astenth inning, with the score knot
teaet ) and 3. The minute hand on
the big clock in center fed was point
!ng twenty minutes to 5. There was a
haze over the diamond, but the sky
aooveswas cloudless. at this moment
me two senior umpires, George Hide
brand and William j. Klein, ordered
Inc announcement made that the game
was called on account of darkness.
ior perhaps second or two TIE big
crowd OF $4,000 fans sat stunned. And
then from almost every nook in the
grounds, from grandstand to bleachers,
terrific rear of protest swept back
ana forth across the field, followed by
the prolonged "Boo!" of the Raspberry
oherus working at full b asst.
In the excitement that followed hum
qIeds OF enraged fans swept around
yadge Aenesaw Mountain Landis, while
thousands Of others began to pour
!usliiade OF burning words against the
ciun owners, none of whom had any
more to do with the decision than
Babe Ruth or Kemal Pas. a,
The two senior umpires, KLEIN and
hiidebrand had decided an inning be-
iore tnat the game should be called
alter the tenth on account of the heavy
maze, which they claimed was obscur.
ing the plate through the bInr ~ the
center field background.
With No Hope of Reward
Inc two umpires gave their decision
courageousiy and honestly, with no
Ja Jsasf nope OF reward beyond an extra
uays work without any extra emolu.
sIen' ra loT the trouble they were taking
~ W. ahe iignt was failing slowly, but
our opinion another inning could
oeeh prayed without any trouble
na aue 10 the immense amount OF
~ mvass that had been paid in and the
sas s amount OF gossip that baseball
sss ,araWn in the past few years, it
san0 rvnia nave been wiser to have let the
game run out at least another chapter
= eHectually stifie any shrill voice of
mqlgnant protest, fair or otherwise.
".th unquestioned honesty the SEN
ief umpires thought that the combina-
Won OF slow pitching and approaching
Wright might run into serious troub 9
.s,er on If they attempted to add an
osher chapter to the serial story.
from their viewpoint psychology did
a.. 49,. enter into the question at issue.
a ns! Psychology has way OF taking
.s. control of crowd that has just
paaa out 100000 to see a decisive re-
~ ~ II such be possible in any way.
q aaaose who sat in the bleachers, where
n .as mt VS. even brighter than it wa
sae saoer the heavy stands, were even more
s..us svsa.ercus in their declarations of
/. and then after all the hubbub and
iashaoes came the announcement
ISL sass night that the entire receipts
,sa ,usva'a be turned over to charity-that
sas Ss owners, bal players, or no one
sssanected i with the game would benefit
My ahy way from this extra game made
Tsassary By yesterdays tie affair.
s.,, ampires merely considered the
saa,. AL game more important than the
ssss.sshgs i Of the fans or the psychology
hI.ss sns crowd and fer this they will be
fs~ faisa ) ny the many and praised by the
rss.. out little more far-sighted judg-
ana.. would have taken the chance on
ssst; siaef inning, with the sun barely
pssg pg pack OF the tall stands.
chornoofe the nmpires had opened the 4
des, d,as %, o. that ancient balsad-aH Honey,
hon.. Msten here; I'm afraid to 60
Yasks. "a the dark"--the Giants and
desnasnad ds mao fought out one o. the m ast
coss;aa csisaIa contests Of the year. The
at te. ! s. was as slow as frozen molasses
gras,ns s ,na'fn's Bay breakfast, but for the
Is ds s part of the route it carried
sstiasa, i,sa share Of quivering drama, sem
eaus ea. fielding, hard hitting and
mssss , 8; ss;sliiFns pitching where hit
tensi.n and Barnes, under heavy
sorrs =. = pitched with cool, deliberate
snat at times was entirely too
scsRtiausa sa ease twsly,,