World Series Mayhem Size:8" x 10" New York Times staff photographer

New York Times staff photographer Ernie Sisto took this photo in 1946 of kids peeking at a preview of "the greatest show on earth" at Madison Square Garden

The fight took place at Tex Rickard's stadium in Jersey City

When John Lennon

" The Times even tossed in some humor in its reporting by writing

World Series Mayhem Size:8" x 10" New York Times staff photographerThousands of baseball fans gathered outside the The Times building to witness the latest results of the World Series in October 1919. They were drawn by the arrival of a new electronic scoreboard known as the Star Ball Player, which quickly became the talk of Times Square. "There is no play possible on the ball field that cannot be shown on this board," The Times reported that the remarkable device was so speedy and exact that "within fifteen seconds