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Riot police step in after Red Sox victory

Police in riot gear cleared several large crowds gathered around Fenway Park early on Monday after the Boston Red Sox won their second World Series title in four years.

Police said they made 37 arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct.

Thirteen people were arrested after they refused to leave the Kenmore Square area near Fenway Park, police said.

Young people sprayed each other with beer and some climbed street signs or utility poles.

After police told a large crowd to leave, several officers were struck by rocks and bottles.

Sixteen cars in one area were vandalized. No serious injuries were reported.

"Two World Series in four years is pure heaven," said Andrew Dumas, a Boston University student from West Boylston.

Police shut down access to Kenmore Square as Game 4 of the Major League Baseball championship series neared its end in Denver on Sunday night. The Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3, touching off celebrations around New England.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said the team would hold its World Series victory parade yesterday.

The "rolling rally" on World War II-era amphibious duck boats will take the same route -- beginning at Fenway Park and ending near City Hall -- as the 2004 championship parade, except they won't go into the Charles River, he said.

Boston authorities cracked down on rowdy sports celebrations after an Emerson College student was struck and killed by a pepper pellet fired by police into an unruly crowd celebrating the Red Sox's 2004 victory over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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