Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
SEAT DEMAND TOO
HEAVY FOR SUPPLY
Three Mail Orders for Every
Reserved Seat for
Worlds Series.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PHILADELPHIA, October Icon
slider yourself fortunate IL in the course
of a few days you receive a letter con-
tanning one Or more tickets for reserved
seats for the first two worlds series
championship games. to be played at
Shibe Park October II and Is. While one
person Is receiving one ticket for the
big games two are being refused because
OF lack of accommodations. In other
words, the demand through mail orders
alone is three times the supply.
This announcement was made yester-
day afternoon by John A. Heydler, who
has charge Of the distribution Of the ad-
vance sale Of tickets. This means that
many of those who complied with the
rules Of the national commission ara to
be left without seats. Nine thousand
reservations. the capacity Of Shibe Park.
have been provided for and more than
$4,000 single ticket demands have been
refused.
Never before in the history OF the
championship series has the demand for
tickets been greater than for the games
to be played In Shibe Park All day
yesterday Messrs. Heydler and Shibe
were busy filling the eligible mail orders.
Casting aside his bundle Of pasteboards
Mr.. Heyder said:
Through mail orders alone we could
have sold the grandstand seats for the
two days three times over. The demand
Is the greatest ever. 1t is GER
tainty that Philadelphians will not be
overlooked in the distribution of tickets
for we made 1t a point to see that their
wants were granted first. Very few
tickets will go outside of the CITY. or
course, we have allowed certain num-
Der in home cities of the members of
the Athletics. This was one Of the stip-
ulationS. But outside Of these few Phil
adelphians will be the holders Of the big
end of reservations when the Cubs and
Athletics meet here in the first two
games.
There will be no public sale Of seats
In view of the, fact that the demand is
thrice the supply. Those who have not or
will not receive tickets through the mail
have but one other means to see the big
games-to line up on the day of the game
and take their turn for bleacher seats
There are 10000 of these seats available.
The prices are 81. There are 5000 fifty-
cent seats in center field.
so great has been the demand locally
that an order for 200 tickets from Chi
cago by club officials for admirers of the
Cubs who expected to see the games here
had to be denied
When asked how the tickets would be
distributed for the fifth game of the
SERIES If it was necessary. planned .or
this city Saturday. October %. Mr.. Heyd-
Ter replied that these tickets would be
placed on public sale at different sec
lions of the city.
With a demand of over 1900 through
mail orders for reservations, the first two
games in this city promise to see Shfbe
Park choked to it's capacity. 1t has been
figured out that $1,000 persons can be ac-
commodated in the park The distribution
of tickets Will continue until the supply
has been exhausted.
That the series is attracting worldwide
attention is shown In the fact that two
requests for press seats have been made
by a Cuban newspaper. which will send
two staff reporters to Philadelphia. News
paper demands for staff men have been
received from all parts of the country
making it necessary to enlarge the press
box. An additional row of desks will he
supplied for the newspaper men. increas-
ing the capacity of the stand to seventy
five.