. >> reporter: as the violence erupted again, a gunbattle has broken out between snipeer's and the nationalers point. >> reporter: by game-time the streets had begun to empty. through the even, police encountered only scattered violence. >> the fact that there were not as many people on the streets, enabled us to bring the matter under control, much faster than it would have been possible in my opinion, if we did not have the game and the interest to keep the people off the streets. >> reporter: when the raters came in they showed that 48% of the people watching television in hunters point were watching the giants' game, the riot was over. . when we come back on "a second look," three games back with three to go. their dramatic finish of the 1962 season as the giants fought desperately to get into the world series. ? giant fans are hope tonight that their team can overcome the philadelphia phillies and get into the world series and the dram was whether they could overtake the hated los angeles dodgers. three games to go in the regular season and they were three games out of first place. ktv