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at various points throughout the city
tickers and electrical scoreboards, and
many thousands were turned away at
the gates.
On Coogan's Bluff. which commands
only a corner of the outfield. there
were others who will spend the entire
afternoon at that uncomfortable point
Of vantage in hopes that they may see
once of twice the fleeting figure Of a
Giant.
Managers Mack and McGraw were
late risers this morning. They went
to bed late last night, Mack smiling
and confident, McGraw serious, and,
apparently, with the belief that his
Giants will have a hard battle. The
Athletic players observed the old early
to bed. early to rise" rule. and all were
up bright and early and took walks.
The Giants met this forenoon at the
Polo Grounds for a final rehearsal of
signals and plays.
Both teams will use entirely new sig
mails in the series, and each probably
has two or three extra sets In reserve.
Scouts from each team have kept watch
the past three weeks, and McGraw. to
make doubly sure against leak. did
not give the Giants their signals until
yesterdays secret practice.
There will be little more betting. Long
odds will be offered on the winner OF
the first game. -.
Giant suppo tiers have hedged on
giving odds. Athletic fans have been
holding off for at least 10 to 8.
The crowds at the Polo Grounds
began to gather before midnight last
wool fans as the men, were among
those in line waiting for the gates
to open. 1t Is estimated that 10000
fans clamored for admittance. and 1t
required heroic duty of the police
reserves to preserve order.
Flights for advantageous positions
in the line We're numerous.
Those in line early had brought
ing the long hours before dawn. The
streets were strewn with emIssy lunch
boxes, the early arrivals having
brought their victuals with them.
fully 5000 disappointed fans were
still in line. hoping against fate that
they would get inside the enclosure
After the sale of tickets had finish.
ed the police gradually forced the
formed a dead line. No one without
the necessary paste board admission
or other credentials was allowed t
pass over 1t.
the chances of seeing the game with
out paying the ridiculous advances
asked by spectators into who's
hands the larger portion Of the tick
cts seems to have fallen.
If the fans are expecting anv hell
in their dilemma from the nationa
commission. whose members arrive,
in this city last night, they ma!
abandon them, for Garry Herman
president of the commission. ant
Thomas Lynch, president of the Ma
tional League. are not at all sur
there is even need for an investiga
tion. ~
1t may be that Ban Johnson, presi
dent of the American League who 1
called the cleverest man in profes
sional baseball. may take seriousl.
the protests of the New York fans
in spite of the attitude assumed b!
Hermann and Lynch. He was the onl,
member of basebalps supreme cour
TO regard the disturbed condition o
the city's sport-loving public an
make statement on the subject las
night To a reporter who saw hin
in the Wolcott, he said:
"I have Just got off the train from
Chicago and know little or nothinl
about the charges of ticket specula
tion and the manner of the distribu
tion of the tickets. I have hear,
many stories about existing condi
tions and IL there Is any ground 70
them. and apparently there must be
] shall certainly insist that the ma
tional commission make thoroug
or course Mr.. Johnson's investisa