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CHICAGO ROARS ITS WELCOME Champion Cubs Met by Large Crowd on Arrival Sunday From St. Louis. Thousands Upon Thousands See Parade and Great Celebration at City Hall Monday Noon, Chicago roared a welcome to the pennant winning Cubs Sunday night. Instead of waiting for the planned reception of Monday morning, sevexal thousand fans journeyed to the Illinois Central station where they almost tore the Cubs-apart in a wild celebration, the like of which is seldom seen. It required the police and fire department to extricate "Gabby" Hartnett, "Dizzy" Dean and other members of the victorious team from frenzied Cub rooters, who gave con- crete evidence of their pleasure over the success of their favorites. The Cubs loved it when there was danger of cracked bones. They have been used to excited folks in ball parks. But this was i something different. They had clinched the pennant before a handful of envious and calm St. Louis partisans. They werent prepared for this outbreak. Mayor Kelly, who rode back with them from St. Louis, had told them about his parade and reception. But he couldnt tell them about the outpouring at the old pile on Park Row. He hadnt suspected it himself. The planned reception was held Monday at noon when thousands and thousands jammed together before the City Hall and outdid the welcome to Douglas Corrigan and the Howard Huges flyers. Manager "Gabby" Hartnett was the outstanding hero of the big mob of women, men and children, whOj all tried to reach the big, smiling pilot of the victorious Cubs. Each player was greeted with salvos of applause. The parade from Wrigley Field to the City Hall was climaxed by an official reception at the special speakers stand and the mayors welcome. Loudspeakers conveyed Mayor Kellys expressions of Chicagos everlasting love for and gratitude toward the Cubs for lifting this citys spavined baseball prestige out of the depression and enthroning its beloved Bruins on the apex of baseballs pyramid.
