Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-10
POLICE PROTECTION ASSURED
FOR POLO GROUNDS SATURDAY
Two Hundred Mounted and Fifty on Foot
to Prevent Disorder by Over
jealous Fans.

NEW YORK, October 10.-Anticipating
the mad rush at the Polo Grounds next
Saturday, in the inaugural contest Of the
worlds series between the Giants and
Athletics. a condition already reflected in
the unprecedented demand for reServa-
ton, the national commission representa-
tives have succeeded in securing the CO.
operation Of the metropolitan police to
minimize confusion, disorder or attempted
riot Police Commissioner Waldo an
nounced yesterday afternoon that all ar
rangements had been made to protect the
masses who will attend every game
played in this city.
Waldo's commander-in-chief will be In
spector George McClusky of the traffic
squad. who will have at his command 200
mounted men and fifty foot patrolmen.
These will be distributed at the various
entrances as best to hold the multitudes
in check. Inspector Hughes will also be
on the job with a large force OF plain
clothes men, whose orders oblige them
to arrest pickpOckets and thieves Oh all
description on sight.
None of the metropolitan police will be
stationed within the grounds. Inside the
Enclosure the National League club must
look to it's own policing. Here, as dur
ing the regular scheduled season, the pa
irons will be protected by special
agency. The city bluecoats. however, will
stand ready to respond to any emergency
calls from within the stadium.
Little Chance for Ticket Scalpers.
Secretary William Gray of the Giants.
who is acting as the national commits
sion's special agent for the distribution
of tickets for all games played at the
Polo Grounds, declared yesterday that
he anticipated little public annoyance in
the detestable line Of ticket scalping. In
the first place. the greatest precautions
have been taken in the mail order end
of the business to keep more than four
tickets from any one individuals hands
for any one game. Already the plans
of many spectators have been nipped
in the bud by the vigilance OF the
clerks working for Gray. All orders
that appear at all shady are thrown into
the discard and the funds are returned
to the sender. Where various applica-
tons have poured in from any one adj
dress in this city or elsewhere in such
a manner as to look at all suspicious
there has been absolutely nothing doing
in the line of granting favors. Natural
ly the management has been most thor
ough in the investigation Of orders for
all three games, as these have the pref
erence.
IL IS DeueNeu that SpSCuidtOIS nave oil
ready been frustrated in their efforts
to secure large blocks Of tickets to all
the games by sending in fictitious
names and addresses. Nothing can pre-
vent some few pasteboards going astray.
But it will not be healthy for any ticket
vendors who are caught trying to dispose
Of their wares in public. The police will
work in full accord with the commits
sion and will make life miserable for the
scalpers.
In the opinion of Mr.. Gray the evils
Of specializing in tickets will be less
marked in this city than anywhere since
the worlds championship series became
an annual institution. New York boasts
a law which makes ticket speculation
misdemeanor. For the first time, then,
the national commission will have the
hearty cooperation of the police in the
suppression of the only evil that has
marred previous worlds championships.
Commission Can Refuse Admission.
Also the national commission has
law Of its own which gives it the power