Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-14

spurious tickets, are on hand early t.
In addition to the ticket scandal is
! another. that of holding up the fans for
food, charging them ten cents each for
/ hot dogs"
The Athletic, team donned their uni
forms at the Hotel Somerset where
they are making their headquarters.
They rode up to the Polo Grounds in
taxicabs.
Mayor Gaynor occupies box 106, be-
hind the Athletics bench. He was ac-
companied by Commissioner Waldo.
Several moving picture concerns
stationed their machines on the field
to get tbs action of tha game. Tho
field was flooded with GENERA men
from newspapers all over the country.
The bleacherites found great amuse-
ment posing for the camera men.
When the camera is pointed their way
they gave a demonstration of Murray
| hitting a home run with three men on
bases.
Little Money Changes Hands.
- Several small hets We're made
in the grand stand, but very little
money changed hands. The bat
| ting has been at even money except
/ in few cases, where the Giants were
| slight fayorites.
Several persons were stopped at the
turnsties and refused admission by the
gateman because they held worthless
tickets. The purchasers of the counter
felt tickets, which were placed in cir
culation yesterday, not only suffered
| the loss of the price of the tickets. but
/ lost the chance to see the game. AS
high as s6 each was paid for these
tickets. 1t Is stated that well-known
] ticket speculator had many of these
/ tickets in his possession and disposed
of them at prices equal to those charged
for the legitimate pasteboards. While
these spurious tickets are somewhat
! different from the good ones, 1t Is diff
cult to apprehend all of them, owing to
the enormous crowds that are constant
| ly passing the turnstlles.
| Gates closed at 1890
At 1890 the bleachers became so
crowded 1t was necessary to close the
gates. Hundreds of fans encircled the
bleachers, standing ip the rear, and
being unable to find seat where they
could squeeze in, they we're compelled
| to stand Some of them waited on
| their feet two hours before the game
began There was so much eagerness
displayed on the part of some of the
fans that several times there was an
outbreak of trouble Everybody was
| squeezed in like sardines, and when
the fans felt that the limit was reached
| they resented the intrusion of any
other guest.
The police and special officers had
| their hands full quelling these little
disorders and preserving semblance
OF peace and harmony.
| John T. Brush the president of the
| Giants, came on the grounds at 12:4o
| In a limousine car. His arrival was
unnoticed by the fans until a squad
of photographers gathered around the
machine to get a picture of the stad-
ium's owner. Scattered about through
the grandstand are many major league
players from both leagues who are re-
porting the game for various newspa-
pers.
Pnndemonium Let Loose.
No hero of battle or politician, no
matter how high his station, was ever
greeted with such pandemonium as that
which broke loose when the Giants
made their appearance and scampered
across the field at 12:45 o'clock The
shouts and cries of 10000 fans were
let loose, and for several minutes there
was a din and demonstration of noise
which made the very foundation of
Coogan's Bluff tremble and quake. 1t
was the widest noisiest crowd of root
ers that ever epcircled a baseball dia-
mond
The Giants were preceded on the field
by the Athletics by less than a minute.
and the loud cheers that greeted the
Philadelphia sons of Mack had not
subsidized when the pandemonium broke
loose
Hal Chase. the worlds greatest first
baseman, was early in the grand stand.
lie Immediately Went over to the Ath-
letic players stand and shook hands
with Ira Thomas, the Philiies' catcher.
Pop" Anson, the veteran, was also
among the early arrivals. and with
other celebrities was kept busy posing
for the insistent photographers
At o'clock it was difficult to locate
a vacant seat anywhere in the spacious
stadium. IT is the greatest audience
that ever witnessed ball game. While
the straw hats and white waists to be
seen at the summer games are con-
spicuous by their total absence, still
the crowd was gaily bedecked with