The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-07
At Dawn Rabid Fans Lined
Up at the Polo Grounds TO
Buy Tickets TO First Game
of Series.
TWO WOMEN CAUSE
A MINIATURE RIOT
When They Tried to Get
First Places in Long Wait
ing Line.-Crowds Sing to
Pass Away Time.
(National News Assoeiatlon)

tNatlonal news ASSoCiattont
NEW YORK, Oct. = New York
went baseball mad today and 10000
persons stormed the ticket booths at
the Polo Grounds when the sale of re-
served seats for the worlds champion
ship series between the Giants and the
Red Sox was opened. Many OF the
ticket sellers had been in line all
night as the fans had begun to gather
as early as 10 o'clock Sunday night.
Among those in the line were a
number of out-of-town people who up
on arriving here had rushed from the
railroad station to the Polo Grounds
There were about a dozen women who
had defied the night dampness and
cold to be among the first in line.
A small riot broke out about half
hour before the sale when two women
rushed up and tried to get in line near
its head, thus taking advantage of
the thousands who had stood holding
their places throughout the night.
Throw them OUT" Get the hook"
and other uncomplimentary language
was hurled at the women. Men tried
to push them out of line and disorder
was becoming general when half adoz-
en- policemen interfered and drove
the women away.
A Good Natured Gang.
Despite the discomfort the crowd
was good-natured throughout the night
and the twenty policemen on guard
had little to do. Between and
O'Clock the police force on the scene
was augmented to 100.
/ Hawkers did a land-office business
during the early morning hours. sell
ing camp stools, soap boxes. hot
dogs" and lemonade. Camp stools
brought as high as 81 apiece while
few boys with well developed CONNER
cial instincts sold their places near
, the head of the procession for SO.
The cold gray dawn found a line OF
anxious fans stretching up Eighth ave-
nue. to 18TH street and down Broad
way to 149th street. The intervening
cross streets were packed near the
ball park which stands at 155th street.
Attack Milk Wagon.
| The first sign of disorder came about
4 a. m. when a milk wagon drove up.
Men in line asked the driver to sell
them some milk but he refused. A
dozen or more attacked the wagon and
drank all the milk they wanted, then
paid the driver what they thought the
refreehment was worth.
/ II got pretty chilly in the early morn
ing and several bonfires were started
but the policemen on duty put out the
! fires
The most determined woman I'm the
line was Miss Jennie Smith, who said
she lived in WiIloughby Ave, Brook
lyn- She appeared about 2 O'Clock
! with soap box. took a desirable po-
sition and sat down TO wait the in
teryening seven hours until the ticket
booth swere opened. She declared
she was going to see every game. At
| 6 o'clock a policeman watched her
place for her while she got her break
fast and the male fans loudly cheered
her for her pluck when she returned.
| Waits on Clutches.
1 Emil Pollock. a cripple. of 2405 Sew
| enth avenue, stood in line ten hours
on his crutches to get tickets. He was
nearly exhausted when he got a
4
I'D stand in line for two weeks il
necessary he said. Miss Bessie Brady,
aged 16. of So Southern Boulevard.
who has never seen a baseball game.
arrived at dawn.
At $3.50 a. m. Mr.. and Mrs William
G. Mcintyre of 312 West 18th street,
arrived and took places. They argu-
ed the chances of the giants and the
Red Sox until time for ticket sellers to
get active.
In the line near the head was a quar-
tet of Pensacola, Fla, citizens. They
were T. H. Thompson. Thomas John
son. Emanuel Johnson and Joseph
F. Quinn. They left the Florida city
Friday. arriving here last night. They
rushed over to the Sixth avenue l.
from the Pennsylvania r.. r. depot
without even waiting to wash their
faces or eat their supper and made all
possible speed TO the Polo Grounds.
They stood in line all night to buy
tickets for all the games in this CITY,
An Oklahoma Fam
Oscar Walton, of Oklahoma City.
Okla, was another rabid out-of-town
fan He also had dashed to the Polo
Grounds upon his arrival here Shortly
after 8 o'clock somebody piped up
"Everybody's Doin' It" and many join
ed in
The policemen did not make any ef-
fort 10 stop the singing, so when the
first song was sung. somebody propos-
ed another Police lines we're form
ed along Broadway and Eighth avenue
and a district was held open to pre-
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