The Washington herald., 1913-10-06
THOUSANDS OF
FANS AWAITING
TICKET SALE
Furry at Manhattan Quiets
with Announcement $4,000
Seats Would Be Sold.
NOT YET EXHAUSTED
President Hampstead Says $4,000
People Can Pass Through Turn
stiles in Twos Hours.
NOT YET EXHAUSTED

New York, Oct. 5-The thousands of
New York fans, as well as the re-en-
forcements which are arriving hourly
from all parts of the United States have
qUieted down tonight. following the
furry which came with the announce
ment that the 5000 seats which had been
reserved for the opening game OF the
worlds series at the Polo grounds Tues
day had been exhausted before being
placed on public sale.
When it became known that more than
sc, 900 seats would be sold Tuesday, be-
ginning four hours before the game is
called. and that this method was in
tended to thwart ticket spectators, the
fans decided to make the best of it, and
began planning how they could camp
outside of the gate Monday night in
order TO be near at hand when the ticket
windows open.
President Hampstead, of the Giants,
announced that the facilities Of the Polo
grounds will enable more than 5000
persons to secure their tickets and pass
through the turnstiles within two hours.
Where Have Tickets Gone.
Nevertheless, the question of what be-
came of the 500 tickets was the leading
question of the day here. II has been
stated that inside baseball had to be
taken care of first. The present use OF
the term inside baseball" is taken to
mean the National Commission and its
many friends: the magnates of all
leagues. both big and brush, included in
organized baseball; the players of the
contending teams and last of all the
box holders and season ticket purchasers
who have been on the books of the New
York Baseball Club for many years
When it was learned that Charles
Ebbits, president of the Brooklyn club.
alone asked for a bunch of 200 tickets
some idea of the demand made by in
side baseball can be estimated. Incl
dentally President Ebbits was peeved
because his quota was cut more than a
hundred.
The National Commission issued no bull
letins from its headquarters in the Wal
out that the players who are supposed
to write the newspaper stories over which
their names appear will be gently dealt
with at the commission meeting tomOr
row.
Players to Write Stories.
Garry Hermann, chairman of the COM
mission. said he thought it most likely
that the players who have already signed
contracts to write stories of the series
for the newspapers would be allowed TO
fulfill these contracts, but that this would
De the last, pOSlJlNSlN the last, IiI1t lLdl
such a thing would be allowed. There
was no mention made of the former
threat that the commission would stop
the series if any player or players vio-
lated the rule recently laid down.
Nearly all of the Giants gathered al
the Polo Grounds this morning and went
through light practice work. 1t is BOW
believed that Larry Doyle and SnOdgrass
will be in prime condition when the bell
rings Tuesday. McGraw is as reticent
as ever concerning who will pitch the
opener for the Giants. but it looks as
though MathevsOn would be selected, as
McGraw feels Matty will be able to pull
out a win. and the Giants are anxious
to get the first punch, in that this is
considered y great advantage.
Philadelphia, Oct. s5.-Rabid baseball
fans unfortunate enough as to be unable
to get their world series tickets through
pull started lining up on Ninth Street
before a large department store, where
the public sale will take place, as early
as O'Clock this afternoon.
The sale does not open until 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning. At o'clock tonight
the line had increased to sixty persons,
and from 3 o'clock until midnight the
fans came in droves. BY the time the
sale>Opens in the morning it is expected
the line will extend around several DOWN
town blocks.