West Side Grounds, Chicago, IL, June 1907 – Crowd on the field for NY Giants and Cubs

Here is a very cool action shot of a game between the NY Giants, managed by the ornery John McGraw, and the formidable Chicago Cubs led by manager/player Frank Chance. Here we see a Giants batter hustling to first base and two runners, one advancing to third and another advancing home.

The date on this photo is June 1907 and the only time the Giants were in Chicago was June 5th to 8th with an off day on the 7th. I suspect by the size of the crowd, which has many of the spectators overflowing onto the foul grounds, that this game was on June 8th, a Saturday.

The Cubs would sweep the Giants in all three games by 8-2, 3-2 and 4-3 scores to improve their impressive record to 34-9 on the season. They would finish the season with a 107-45 record and would win their first World Series title beating the Detroit Tigers four games to none with one game finishing in a tie.

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