New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-17

..nf the crowd I'm order, and WINE rev
-.r,v arpareued pedestrians were the
..-gsts for flying missiles. yet the fans
- good natured I'm their long wait
- made the best Of the situation.
xo,,s Of the reserved scat holders ar
...o5 early. but I'm Broad street specu-
,,,ors we're reaping a harvest from the
- y, tickets. TWO dollar seats brought
:, high as $40. while So seats in favored
.rots were sold at S15. While the spec
,,lstors we're fewer, the proportion Of
,,ots held 70 those available was greater
.tor was the case in New York.
Crowds on the Roots.
e.s,s IN the roofs Of the houses op-
site the field were worth anything that
-sbid Fan" could be persuaded TO part
r-.b Places in the windows brought
around 81 80.
shortly after the noon hour had passed
che bleachers became so densely packed
hat the gates 10 the field were thrown
o,sn and from then on the fans pa
rsaed 10 the outskirts in a steady stream
a, inventive genius i'm the throng de-
,,ssd that the top Of the fence would he
q eeod place from which TO watch the
.a-,e and he was soon perched thereon.
N the twinkIing Of an eye five hundred
sDoctators had followed suit. and the
crest Of the barrier had a fringe Of hui
man beings
About II. 30 o'clock the advance guard
n the reserved seat holders began TO ap-
rsar Thereupon the streets leading 10
,ba mark we're soon IN a hopeless tangie'
touring cars. taxicabs carriages ana
surface cars got into an almost mex
,~,cabIe knot. with pedestrians filling IN
,be vacant spots. so that access 10 the
Entrances became momentarily more an
ecrlf For a time traffic was completely
Hacked but half a hundred patrolmen
a. length got things moving. so that a
emit If connplete armor was not needed
10 get through the mass.
II was half an hour before the game
beran that the reserved sections Of the
stand began TO I'll up. Governor Tener'
Mayor Reyburn. Senator Ware and Mr.,
cla, the Director Of Public Safety. led
she rlckv ones whose seats were waiting
for them. There were many women
nresent-uore than are seen at the ordi-
narv ball game--and the gayly colored
rlumes on their hats huttered and
swayed in the gentle breeze.
Little opportunity for dramatic en-
frances is offered to the players. Nc
long trot across the field is necessary
Consequently there was little in the way
Of q reception for them. The Athletics
drifted in by twos and threes, Rube
Oldring being the first TO appear. He
timed his entrance at about a few min
ures before I o'clock, and was greeted
with scattering applause. The rest tol-
lowed al short intervals, but aroused nc
numbering outbursts Of cheers The
Giants all came on together. shortly after
o'clock. They got some rousing plaud-
rs from the three thousand or so New
York rooters in the stands, and even the
coldheartsd Philadelphians betrayed no
little interest in the appearance Of the
eoDouerors Of Bender Matty, as
nigh, be expected. was the centre Of at
traction. but Rube Marquard' as the
probab.e pitcher, received the most at
tertion from the photographers.
Confidence Aroona Giants.
There was confidence in the Giants
bearing. Victory on Saturday had given
them an advantage which they were
anxious 70 press home. The Athletics
on he other hand. were a little cowed
but upon going out 10 take their fielding
practice they warmed up we'll and
seemed 10 get keyed up to the fact that
they must win to-day or all would be
lost
McGraw dispatched Marquard and
Crandan 20 warm up, while Plank anc
COMBS we're the selections Of Connie
Mack The ultimate choice Of PLANK
came as somewhat of a shock 70 the
Philadelphia fans who were counting
on seeing Iron Man Jawu' repeat his
work Of last year against the Cubs. But
Planks record fer the season gave him
tfo-4sau and r-ddfa's rifcning to-day
justified Nacks Judgment. Neither man
anger however. fin marked contrast 70
ssturdsv. seemed To have "a great dea
Of cordderce in their southpa"s. Gran
dali az the very start of the game was
sent olt t9 warm up and kept az IL