Evening star., 1925-01-26

The game really was in charge of the
National Commission, although there
seemed to be no reason why II should
assume jurisdiction, since it was a
game that belonged solely to the Ma
tional League season. But it did as
sumo charge. and because of its ignor-
ance regarding conditions in New York
nearly made a ffasco out OF it.
Not enough tickets were put on sale
and the first thing the base ball people
knew the grounds were practically be-
ing mobbed. All the reserve police force
in Harlem was summoned. Fences sur
rounding the Polo Grounds were torn
down, and the playing field was in
vaded. In one corner of the grand
stand hose was turned on the belliger-
ent mob that had stormed the structure
and was bent on tearing it down to see
the contest. The police charged the
crowd in various places and finally got
some semblance of order.
The writer who, like many others,
anticipated no such turn out was COM
PEELED to get inside the ground by riding
| in an ambulance, for which the police
made way. All exits had been closed,
except the carriage gate, which was
manned by a large force of police. Once
| inside the grounds, the writer was lifted
| Into the press box, as the crowd was
| Jacket so densely back of home plate
| there was no other way by which to
| grt in.
f, The game was lost by New York, al
! though Chance nearly lost it because
| of his bad judgment in starting Pfiester
as pitcher. The latter was hit hard by
the Giants, and if Herzog had not been
caught off first base in the first inning
| the Giants probably would have settled
| the outcome of the game right there,
| for the opportunity was open for them
| to do SO. Herzog forgot that when there
is a runner on first base the batter is
out if the catcher drops the third strike
and there are not two hands out
Seeing the ball drop to the ground Her
zog started to bolt for second base and
all the advantage that the Giants had
earned went glimmering with that
play.
Chance quickly saw that he had
! blundered in trying to use Pfester
and took him out of the game. Brown
finished it for Chicago, and it was
! Browns skill in the seventh inning
that put a final quietus on New York
| The bases were filled by the Giants
with no one out and Mathewson the
| batter McGraw took "Matty" out of
the game and sent Larry Doyle to
bat The latter had hit Brown hard
all the season, prior to the time that
the New York player had been in
injured, and when he walked to the
plate there was every confidence on
the part of the Giants that he would
make a play which would permit
them to tie the score and take the
lead. Doyle swung wickedly on
fast ball, hit underneath it and lifted
high foul in the air, which was
caught by Archer. That spelled
goodnight" for the Giants.
The Chicagos gained their lead in
this game because Seymour, playing
the outfieId for the Giants, would not
follow the instructions that had been
given him to play deep. He either
forgot 1t or Intentionally refused to
do SO, because he was a very stub
born ball player with convictions of
his own that were not always well
based The result was that he lost a
fly ball hit by Tinker which he
could have got had he been back.
There was a tremendous lot Of