New-York tribune., 1911-10-10
tickets STILL THE CRY
Mail Applications Fairly Flood
Office of the Giants.
Cash SALE ON THURSDAY
Boston Terriers Disband for the
Season After Winning
Two Games.

Two Games.
Special natroImen standing guard - the
Offices OF the New YORK Baseball Club yes
rerday turned away hundreds NJ seekers
after tickets for the worlds championship
series beginning on Saturday az the polo
Grounds William 2. GRAY secretary Of
the club. and half q dozen assistants
worked feveriehIv 20 catalogue the food OF
orders for tickets which, IL is expected. VIII
be distributed tomorrow or THURSDAY.
Five thousand persons, - IS estimated,
have been turned away from the office since
tho mail order applications began IN each
case the ticket seeker was told 70 mail his
order. with O certified check or money or
der accompanying it. 80 money has been
taken ,- ar the headquarters, nor Will
there be until Thursday when the advance
sale of remaining seats begins. but $4,000
Perhaps has gone down the mail chute near
the door for pCstmen 20 bring back, IN
checks and money orders
ar Gray said that he thought ffty-six
Thousand persons could squeeze into the
new stadium at the polo Grounds on Satur-
day. He added that p special train 20
carry the team 20 philadelphia and back
would not be necessary. as was the case
last wear when the Athletics played the
Cubs in chicago and Philadelphia. but be
said that n McGraw wanted IL he could
have T.
The distance between New York and
Philadelphia ,s so short" he said. that we
can probably get along all right by taking
the regular scheduled trains"
During the afternoon "Rig Chief Mevers
all spick and span IN his street clothes
walked into the office 10 reconuoitre a bit
Where's an this excitement I've been
reading about. Mr. Gray2" asked the well
known art critic. as he gazad around at
the systematic and well regulated force OF
clerks opening the thousands Of letters
and fling away the checks that represented
the money certain per cent Of which he
VIII pocket .a two woeks.
'Eo excitement around here Chief" said
the auiahla and placid secretary with his
wal known Teddy Roosevelt smile. We're
getting along smoothly. without q hitch.
and they've got TO go some TO snow US CON-
r.lteiv under"
lt may he said however that the desks
were piled mountain high with letters Of
application for the precious tickets.
The Boston Terriers arrived in this city
last aveuiu- afte- winning two games iu
Philadelphia. and disbaudcd for the season
THE game with the Phulles on Thursday
was moved up and played of yesterday.
The team won eleven Of the last twenty
games played bu- could not crawl out of
last place. Fred Tenuey said tha, be had
high hopes frr next year. Two or three of
the players VIII stay over for the worlds
championship games. but most Of them left
last night for their homes
Police Commissioner Waldo announced
10 Headquarters Yesterday that all ar
rangamsa-s had been completed for hand
ling the crowd at the Polo Grounds for
the opening game of the worlds baseball
series ol SATURDAY.
Inspector George NcClusky. Of the traf-
fe squad. win command two hundred
mounted men and fifty foot patro!men. and
they wu Doe So disposed as 20 be most ef-
fslti-e ir handling the throns and pre-
serv.s order.
Inspector Hughes also will be on hand
with 70 squad " Eis detectives. They have
orders 90 arrest pickpockets and other
thieves on sight The interior OF the
grounds w.U Doe poIced by men from q pri-
waite detective agency, engaged boy the club.
The yearly controversy has arisen over
-na foolish question as 20 whether the
GIluts are champions OF the National
League lor 1917 OF 49, It can be settled
forthwith by quoting part OF Section %
of the league constitution. which SAYS.
"TFa club which shall have won the
greatest re~centase ~ games in the cham
ui.uship series shall he declared the cham
ri5n club u this league for tle season in
which such games We're played
It appears that the Pittsburgh and Brook
Ism clubs iu previous years have had their
n.unluts inscribed as champions of the
following year. in which they captured
the flag. and this has led 90 the false inn
precision gained in some quarters. The
Giants wsu be champions of the league un-
u He 1912 season ends. but the pennant
must be inscribed champions OF 1911"
The Chicago white sox crowded Boston
ont of thr first division In the American
League. although three percentage figures
pointed 20 "a tle at .5l0 By going out 20
dy5 places however the figures read as
f1l1Ws. Chicago. $685., Boston, .Jo3ao This
gives the White SUX fourth place. and TIE
I.ed soz GttA place.
Horace s. FogeL president of the Phila-
de.nh.a club of the National League. an-
ucuuced yesterday that Charles Doom will
manage the team a-ain next year Dooln's
contract us manager expired az the end
of this season. although his contract as 90
player haa two more years 20 yum.
THE post-aaasIn games between the Chit
sasa Cubs and the Chicago White sox viii
begin ou Friday. tHr 18Th. Some baseball
owners are not approximations.
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