Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-17
oct, Il.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct IL"
wv Old Sol pushed his head
VA above the horizon this morning
w there was revealed a double line
of enthusiastic baseball fans, who COM
n1Ately surrounded Shihe Park, Where
this afternoon the first game petWeeh
the Chicago National League champions
and rho nremier team of the American
1.ea o,,e will be played for the Worlu 5
championship. The line began to FORM
Of snndown last night. The reoters
brought camp stools, chairs n also
carried their breakfasts and lnnches'
rhe line grew so rapidly that the ponce
danarrment for some reason decided not
n let the crowd congregate through
Tho night and broke up the assemolage.
The more. determined of the rootefs
went into the public park. across the
street from the ball grounds, ana
waited. Before dawn newcomers ar
rived and stood at the ble,acher sates
and the park campers joined theih,
thus the line again formed ana rapialS
grow. At I o'clock this morning the
double formation stretched IRON the
corner of Twenty-second and Lehleh'
cast on Lehigh to T~wenty-hrst, mort"
an that t~horoughfare, then went 10
: rruentv-second and Town to the place
where II formed. This double human
Gordon quickly grew into a third me
and at 3 o'clock the crowd started 10
sam about the gates and the poiice
c.o,nod in and brought about order
vvhon tho tNb teams meet at : o CLOCK
.hir afternoon the largest crowd that
syep saw a baseball game i'll Phlladel-
nhia will no doubt be on hand. Every
aryed scat in the grandstand was
Ia = weak ago and the comparatively
few, tickets that fell into the hahos Oh
anac,lators brought fancy prices. In
fact no SPECTATORS wanted 10 sell ny
tickets until today, Wheh the
would be greatest.
I'VE want to see the Hrst s""N
has been the cry of the rams SHY -
was settled that the Athletlcs anu tue
c1lhs would meet in a mighty strusero
for the worlds baseball channpionsihp
While both Connie Mack ana ria
Chance have carefully guareeo In,
,,lans each has made for the ini'lei
cia :. the consensus of opinion Nss.e.
i, day around town was tnat IuV
: Render and Orville Overal VIII
the opposing twirlers this a~lternoon.
If only the balmy. indian sulninel
weather hat prevailed yesteioaS -
again available today, the game ~
he worth all the trouble nat tpo"son
nr fans will have taken 10 see II -
the magic cry OF bsttei P
sounded.
...s.r sales Opened at Eleven
The two .pavilions of the grand STAND
If shibe Park seat approximately s,ooo
persons. Standing room IN tne sran
stsnd at 81. so a head will be sofa 10
. 50o persons just before the saA
starts. The only other tickets on SUI
80 ,bose for the bleachers ana lor
s+anding room behind the in tne
field. or-
!, IT, had been arranged to put TEN.
rarv circus seats in centre field, but
loa,otbinr went wrong, and at the iast
.aia1ta today it was decided to use
ropes. ,ad nj
-,a,aor and the entrances TO Tue
qrapd stand we're thrown open an no"i
later. lad
r-hara WAS little wind and the atnlos-
nhare Was much warmer than could De
~nao+ed for this time of year.
r. 70 the teams, both are READY.
Aranaoer Chance men appeared aoou,
tha corridors of the Aldine Hotter eal's
and reported that they Wele ,a,narl
Ave- They were all partlcularls
nlaased with the weather n looheu
fos : n,arn, contest this afternoon
o,t AZ Shibe Park all was hurry anu
h,st1e about the grounds, except IN .ne
dressing rooms. There co,neius &c
c~illicuddy. whose naseoah "a
Connie Mack, met captain DAVIS
the other PLAYERS. Neaos