The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-08
CROWD ON NE IN LES
WAITING FOR GAMES
Thousands Stand in Line Throughout Night
in Hope of Landing Coveted Pasteboards
All Attendance Records Will Be Broken.

All ACCe0C8nCe NeC
New York. October Like two
armies on the eve Of . battle. the New
York Giants and the Boston Red Sox
slept on their arms tonight. dreamins
OF victory tomorrow.
After the long and successful cam
paign In their respective leagues. they
were ready for the big engagement
that means for them fans and money.
Tomorrow will be the ninth mesuns
of the pennant.w4nnang teams OF tns
national and Anerican baseball Leagues.
and the wannsr viii break . ~ De-
tween the two leagues.
Last reports from the rival teams IN
dictate that not Q regular Wall Do m.s..
tng when the umpire says PLAY Dali
tor the arst struggle OF the serieA The
Giants had their tnal workout q tne
Polo Grounds this afternoon. their op'
nonents being the New York Amesaoan
taiIenders. who won. the game 70 o
Ruseell Ford. star pitcher OF tho Amer.
leans. served up his puzzhng oeaoe..
10 tho National Leaguers. Ine Sas's
did not put their full strenStn IN .ns
field, neither Mathewson.
nor Tesreau going on the mound Ai.el
80 Sour4h tnninG few of the regulars
were left. n,on,
looked At for the fray. Doyle snowee
no aisns OF his recent INJURY. ana WIZ
the exception Of Chief MeyeN. VIZ
nmped shghtly - he ran out = NY
.hars were no cases Of charley horse
a. sv,dence. The tr4o OF star patcness
aIso anneared 70 be in condition a. they
walked across the held dus'ns sn'
game. .,,t "a ace
the Giants in their anal woixoo. -
school boys. who were anvitec 80.
Almost filled the lower staho " '"'
Brush stadium ~, p.a.Aam,ra,
o...rh.us. commander OF the Os
Ssst now in New York haroof. &C
cnni.d a box close TO the SAan
zach where they shook hands VIZ
~. veteran Mathewson. Patcnet 'e
an.rd CAPTAIN Doyle and other paas
scattered through the big stAnas
,hou.ands Of sailors and marines
.,sn inyited TO see the game. ana
49,. hrass band which played paefAo'
tie airs between innings.
The Boston Red Sox arrived To-
,,~ht orders were for early retire-
msnt and most Of the men. AFTER
-s.cSinp their hotel. went to their
rooms. The visiting team nao N1
mai practice at Fenway PARK BOZ
ton. early in the day.
Rettins or the series does not APP
mar to be as general ~ had oeeh eA-
nscted. Boston money was 20 DC
in larger quantities to-day tnAn
York cash. but supporters ~.
ciants- taking advantage OF the taes
49, po.,on team was favorite In the
Sa,t,n~ held out for longer odos.
NJ. ~ odds Of ten to eight were mace
to-day.
TheusanAs want tickets.
While the players Of the contendins
teams were preparing Tor the orsn1ns
battle. interested thousands "ese
ranging to see the Game
~.sther il in prospect for the open
d. contest ana II II expected that
,he record crowd for . world series
zane as,2si, will be exceeded
evidence OF this was shown TO-DAY
x,hen thousands stood for hours ~
she polo Grounds to buy reserved
.eat.. OF which only 1000 were placed
an aaie. These tickets were 1or 'ns
unner stand and sold 1t three do1iA''
each.
The line began to form sunday after.
MON and IT daybreak to-day u ma
~rown TO an enormous length. IieAetl
lent rapidly, and when the last were
.oIa and tho windows OF the ooa
omcea were closed there was . grea,
nrotest from the disappointed CROWD
onlv two tickets were sold 70 eacl
person. Many tricks were inventso
by speculators to get the pasteooatos
but for the drst time In New 4otA
they were -soeaten' by the CLUB man
axement. There were some tiekess %
be had along Broadway to'n'snt o"'
they were few. $685.,
commi.sion, to-day expressed himself
al delighted with the plan OF t'cxe.
distrtbution. The few tickets that 1eA'
into the hands Of the spectators were
nurehased from persons who stood -
line wherever SPECTATORS. known u
the poIice. were seen In the v'ein1tS
az the Polo grounds they were osoeseo
away. 80. 81.
notice offered ~ high as SO for eact
"a ticket. The box ONCE At the Poae
Grounds had not closed for the oaS
vheu men and boys began gaenenne
20 form . line for tomorrow. A.te'
dark the crowd grew and soon z nne
formed that increased n the nousa
passed
scores Of those waiting fans orousn'
camp stools with them and blankets
"a protect them from the cool nien'
AIR. Hot lunch venders did . rushins
business. 1t II the plan Of the VA
e1onal Ieague management to open tne
eases ut 10 A. u when the SAFE %
! tickets viii beginL Approximately
I'd. coo tickets viii Be sold. tnose sen-
in9 for e admitting the porcnsSt .e
n seat In the lower Granosteno. OO'..s
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