Show p n I SA SALT LAKE li FANS SEE BASEBALL BATTLE I FROM VARIOUS PERILOUS PERLOUS POINTS OF VIEW VIEW- I BY HAROLD GOFF I Lakers New York orle saw tho City great Oct 17 Steral Several Salt Sal Sal tween baseball game gome be between be- be the tho Giants and lh And such a n it October game gamo wasl wasi The Tho J had jad often been I ofen at nt Walkers Walker's when c ers the grand eland stand and ana bleach bleach- wore waro thought crowded to capacity cI and they they know a great groat deal about aboul baseball n enthusiasm But Hut before tho end of of tho the ninth InninG at tho the Polo grounds that day the they realized that thai until that time they had hud been under under- graduates j In tho kindergarten of or tho thc baseball art school school Being Beil temporary residents of or Now lork the tho Salt Lakers naturally favored the tho Giants sO go the they whooped with tho the crowd and at tho the clos close of the game gamo the they joined In tho fun funeral march away from from the tho Meld field whore where tho the gloom hung heavier ier than th the tho fo fog over tho the neighboring ba bay For or Chicago had won In tho the greatest same amo amo recorded In the his history tor of baseball tho Giants had fallen bo- bo fore their most moat hated rivals and tho the hopes hopeR of or of or thousands thousand had hod been ohl obliged od To ovary every bulletin In tho the leen cf city over every telegraph wi wire rc everywhere went the bitter bIter message Chicago i 1 Now lew York 2 2 For weeks New Ness York had been baso base hall hail hal craz crazy developed Into dementia that threatened to rob lob the time city of ot a largo large part of ot Its Is population And tho the game Samo with wih tho the Cubs was the tho seasons season's sea sea- Ant sons son's crisis So even a stranger could have hao guessed that thero there n would be bo a large crowd at tho the Polo 1010 grounds that Thursday afternoon Tho The Salt Sal Lak Lak- ors ers started for tho the park lark two hours houra bo- bo fore Core ore the time set sot for tho umpires umpire's found Play liay ball bal themselves Arriving at the tho field feld tho they on tho the outskirts of a n multitude storming tho time entrance gates Tho The Utahn had been used Ih In days das gone gono b bv by to storming the third circle entrance of or the tho to Salt Sal Ll Lake theater whon when Florence Roberta Robert put In her annual ap- ap at conference time and the they thought that the tho crowd was wa waiting for tor the gates to be bo But be It But i known the they were f soon oon informed that the tho grounds gounds were already filled fled to over flowing owing and that even tho the possession of a box ticket wouldn't get ot one ad d The fhe They were told that fans tans l- l hud had slept In line lino Ino nil al tho the night before in order to got get at nt tho box office among the first As time passed the time crowd crowl grow grew Fort Forty For For- t ty thousands were inside tho fence tonco andas and andas andas as man many more moro were g gathering around it It Mounted policemen stood their horses before the thc gates and tried to tomake tomake tl make maJce the mob understand that there thero was no getting Into the tho grounds Tho The mob wouldn't understand that and a arIot ariot ariot riot was started The mounted ot officers cers plunged their horses through the tho crowd striking right and left Jef and theriot tho the riot was over but bit thoro thero man bruised heads and tr trampled to toes S jj in tho the ml mix Unused d to such a melee and not an anxious lous to got acquainted with it It tho Salt Sal Lakers took tool to their heels But from tho inside of ot tho the fence tonce at about that time came such a thunder t of ot voices a o a reception to the tha homo home players as te they wont upon the time that field field that tho fans tans from resolved to brave bre br e ever every danger tanger for tor a n glimpse at nt the tho game Tho The high bluffs bluff a on the tho west side of ot tho the Held field wore lined with wih people and the tho Salt Sal Lakers decided to try by their fortunes for tor- fortunes tunes there After fifteen minutes of ot hard mard climbing they found th themselves m elves as is 9 high as they could get et and turned to o view tho the fel field Curses the tho grandstand grand grand- grol- grol stand tand was In the Uio te way und and nil all nI that could ouI bo be seen of or McGra McGraws McGraw's s 's bul bully bo boys s 's sas vas as tho center contor Holders Holder's nelder's head But tho the vi view ow of ot tho the crowd was well worth the 1 I climb Although the wol people In tho Ule grandstand were vero hidden tho the mass of ci human humanity i on the bleachers could be seen scon every overy neck craned toward tho the dia din mond mend where there thero scorned BeNned to bo be things doing and occasionally the tho entire mass entre rising as ono one man to pay tribute to an nn artful play pay by ono one of or tho the Giants But Dut tho the crowd Inside was not so 90 largo large and not nearly nearh so Interesting as the one outside In ever every ever direction on 08 every eminence people hu huddled or or treading trending each ot others other's lers ler's tOM toes in an nn of- of fort tort to get a glimpse of ot tho the diamond where tho the battle battlo botte royal rOal was on Coola- Coola gans gan's Bluff on time tho west est was lined fit or- teen persons deep for tor a 3 distance of ot three blocks Tho The great reat viaduct on tho the south wa was practically closed to traffic b by tho the crowd assembled on It The tracks and yards ards of ot the time cleva elevated tol railroad railroad rail rail- ral- ral road rond on the north were wore thronged with spectators notwithstanding the deadly electric third rails rais strung along overy every line InC From tho the roots roofs of or stationary cars in the tho railroad yards scores of men and amid boys bos looked down upon tho field until untila n a special Spocia detachment detachment of or police drove tho tim crowd fr front from m Its Is dangerous position on the UH tracks In tho the meantime tho thu most active of or I tho the crowd crowe outside o the grounds were those hundreds who had remained near 1 tho ho foot eighteen fence Regardless nCr of or tho eyes ees and andIn In In man many instances the clubs of the guards men and boys helped each other over Once a n man found a 0 loose board With a n crackle it I was Immediately ripped on oft mid In less leRs time than it takes to tell teU the thO story dozens dozen's coTen of men and boys los lo's were struggling to get et through through all al at once Guards hurried to stop tho the onslaught but the tue crow crowd 1 was too much for tor them and be be- be fore foro the tho rush was checked ed there was a hole holo in the fence bl big enough to tako take 0 a wagon through Reinforcements arrived arrived ar nr- ar- ar rived to a assist th the tho gu guards and tho they with wih the tho aid of or a n stron strong stream of ot water ater from rom a a hydrant nearby hold held tho the thorest thorest rest of tho the crowd at bay bar Excitement at this point had brought tho the police awa away from tho the rear of ot the grandstand and this at nt once became tho the point of attack Tho The lowest roof orthis of or this structure is 27 feet from tho the ground but there happened 1 to be some long Ions planks handy nobody handy nobody seemed to know Just where tho they thoy camo carno from nd flom-nd while o the police guarded tho the hole halo Inthe in inthe inthe the fence Cence dozens of or fans tans scrambled up the these c planks and scaled tho the to tho top Even when tho police came and anti tore toro tho the planks down n do tho the ers not disheartened Stron Strong streams of water Budden suddenly shot out of ot windows in the read of ot tho the grandstand Though h drenched to the skin many of the crowd would not retreat although the tho guards who were getting wet too ought fought them thorn back All Al at once a silence fell fel on the field fod and tho the crowd paused to ask tho the reason wh why All Al that could bo be heard was waa the occasional smack of or a abas bas baseball bal against a n baseball bat baU bat Tremendous Tremendously Tre- Tre time the tle news was sas whispered through h a crack In tho the fonce and then from lip Hp to lip lp Mattys Matty's arm arm- arm orm- orm that arm for tOl which Chica Chicago o had bad offered had had failed tho the Giants' Giants center center- fielder bolder folder had missed a 1 thy fly and tho the Cubs had made four runs Curses and again curses curses' muttered with bated breath as I tho the mind calculated how tho bets would go go- So Suddenly thoro thorn was wan a n ml mighty shout the the Giants had como come back ck to their thel own That fatal atal third Inning was over and McGraws McGraw's men wore at ot tho the bat bat Fort Forty Fert thousand throats yelled cled encouragement gemont and eighty thousand arms I waved wH wildly h Then Thon came cumo a fresh tresh onslaught onslaught on onslaught on- on slaught on tho the rear reat of or time the grand gland stand Somebody had been busy on top and anu down came camo a rope ropo to tho timo struggling mon men bolow Up monkey fashion climbed man and youngster until tho rope ropo gave o wa way Meanwhile a n bo boy had been using his hia brain Getting Get Get- ting a n foot 30 piece pIcco of ot cable wire wire wire- wIre only heaven and ho he know leo whore whore whore-ho ho climbed the to tho roof root Then procuring procuring tho the services of or two huskies he ho opened up his enterprise FastenIng Fastening Fasten Fasten- ing a strong stick to tho end of tho the wire ho lie lot It I down toward ent the crowd Il cost coat you ou a n dollar he shouted and a score of ot voices answered Sure Tho Time guards had b been en called caled to another part lut of the field und and uld tho time flowery Bowery boys boy's business went on without Interruption Tho The writer wrier paid a good American dollar loliar to be 10 pulled bo bodily hIly up that 27 foot wall wal and he be considered tho the service ice Ico cheap oven o en when he realized that h ho he didn't know Imo how he was going to got get down A A. climb up a n. l-fo l foOt lC t In Incline In- In dine cline brought tho tim Salt Laker to tho tue summit of or tho second roof root and and para pam dise For he ho then had a n close birdseye view of the diamond and could see over every play playas as well wel as observe all 61 parts of or tho the landscape in and out of or orthe the time grounds grounds N Tho The fourth Inning was on and the tho score stood Cubs 1 i Giants 1 l. Every player was wa alert With set sel ja jaw jl and strained muscles each man was determined determined deter doter mined to do or die Tho Tue crowd cheered every pIa play tho the Giants made Occasionally Occa Occa- when a Cub made mado a n brilliant play he was rewarded with somo some meager meager mea inca ger hand It I was evident that the thc Chicago men were not popular Once when whon Catcher of ot tho the Cubs ran rn for a n high t foul ul two beer bottles bottes and a hint hat were hurled at ot his hoad hod hOld from out of or tho the crowd Be De it I said to the tho credit of tho the New York fans fam that tho the newspapers newspaper roundly scored this treatment nt of tho the visitors next day B By the wa way caught caught tho the foul toul notwithstanding tho the beer bottles bottes and other missiles eg egg Goose followed goose-egg goose un until tl the seventh Inning Thoro was an In InnInG Inning inning In- In ning nInG that will wIl bo be remembered to the death death of tho the last Giant and his friends s The field feld was a 0 veritable pandemonium from tho the time tho tim first Giant took the bat lat until the last was retired A Ringle single sin sin- gle gb started tho the noise A single lo b by tho the next man nina up swelled the chorus and anda andS a S walk to first on the part of or a a third man brought tho climax Three bases full rull ful nn and 1 no 10 men out It I tho shout that followed wasn't heard hoard In Salt Sni Lake LakeIt It I was because most of ot tho the crowd vero facing cast east A three bag three three-bagger er meant that th the score would wouW bo be tied tel a homo home run ran un meant the pennant Hero was tho tito chance hance But th there ro was a Chance lanco on tho other side aide sile of or the tho contest and the Inning ended with onI only one man over the homo plate It U was all ni over o then but the tho weeping weep weep- lag ing and the and the fighting At the tho of ot tho thio game gamo tho the Cubs made a dash tash for tor their dressing dressing rooms with wih a 0 pack at their of or snarling frenzied mon men heels Two or three of or the time Chicago men were caught and badly beaten lInt But for tor tho intervention of a strong detachment of ot patrolmen death to somo some of the tue Cubs would not havo been improbable Hundreds of spectators left heft lef tho the field fell with wih a 0 pronounced disgust for Cor tho the un un- sportsmanlike action acton on the tho part of or some somo of the tho New ew York sympathizers eD By the wa way the police had to bring ladders and rescue the tho enthusiasts who had climbed to the roof of or tho the grand stand |