Evening journal., 1913-10-07
Tired Fans Up All Night,
Stand In DHzzIe Awaiting
Precious Base Ball Tickets

with Bender and Plank arrayed
against them, they declared. They
claim to be entirely satisfied that
Larry Doyle will not be able to play
his best game AS for Mathewson.
they are pulling for him to appear
as the gunner in the opening set-to.
] "If he does McGraw will play into
our hands" declared Connie Mack.
While these stratogists we're lay
ing their final plans and McGraw said
his last word in preparation. It was
az the Polo Grounds that the real
activity was in evidence The gates
opened at o clock There we're 3O.-
600 unreserved seats TO be filled. The
throng poured through twenty-seven
gates. There was a rush for the
choice seats, but II appeared that all
who came fairly early would be GER
tain to get seats.
Women in Race for Seats.
Women who stood with men and
boys in the long lines. took their
chances in the race for seats. Before
/ the gates we're opened, when the rain
was drizzling, the women sought TO
shelter their hats under newspapers.
This was a tip to others in the crowd
who did not have umbrellas News
boys reaped a harvest as they sold
papers al from cents up and the
line OF watchers was soon blanketed
with a mass of paper.
Betting was brisk during the morn
ing. II was estimated that 81 600 900
had been put up on the game before
midnight last night. Most of the bets
have been made at even money. The
biggest bets have undoubtedly been
made by e. e. S. Mathers, an oil oper-
ator in the stock market He is said
Ito have wagered $4,000 and 100000
on the Athletics. Many bets of $4,000
lor more have been made, but they are
in the minority. Most of the bets
have probably been held to 81 600 or
less. but there have been countless
numbers of such wagers.
The question of the reserved seat
tickets will still be a sore spot with
the fans today. When Spectators came
TO the fore and made good their as
sertions that they would have tickets
for sale, a great protest went up.
Where the tickets came from Is not
known, but they brought all the way
from $50 TO $50. James r. Gaffney
owner Of the Boston National League
club, is not disposed to drop the i'm.
vesugation he stated yesterday. He
demanded that the National Commits.
sion investigate and declared today
that he would press the case.
The first persons TO enter the Pol,
Grounds when the gates were opened al
935 clock were Aillenn Woods and hei
sister, Doris The young women stood
in line all night last year, and Manager
McGrav (admiring their pluck. ordered
that they be permitted to go in ahead
of the crowd today
The first regular watcher to get a
ticket and rush for a seat was Joseph
Sullivan, of Brooklyn He had been in
line since o'clock last night.
There were at least 10000 persons in
line when the gates were opened. They
stood 10 and u deep for a block neal
the bail park. The line then stretched
across One Hundred and Fifty-ffth
street TO Bradhurst avenue and down
Bradhurst for nearly quarter of a
mile, the fans standing two and three
abreast. II was an extremely orderly
crowd.
Scores of women were in line by 2
I O'Clock. They were shown the greatest
= consideration. More than $50 police were
n on duty under Inspector Titus. They
< had little more TO do than urge the men
TO remember there were women in line.
+ Most Of the early crowd breakfasted
. the grandstand or bleaohers Both
II men and women had lunch and break
. fast packed away in suitcases. boxes and
= bundles of all description. The crowd
!, spread out quickly through the unre-
= served seats. and laughing first calls
n for breakfast" resounded from all parts
e of the park.
e The fans came thick and fast as
the dread of rain departed and at 10 II
S o'clock the line stretched for thir.
+ teen blocks from the Polo Grount
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