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 strategists we're lay
ing their final plans and McGraw said
his last word in preparation, Il was
at the Polo Grounds that the real
activity was in evidence The gates
opened at o'clock. There we're 30.-
600 unreseryed seats to be filled. The
throng poured through twenty-seven
gates There was a rush for the
choice seats, hut IL appeared that all
who came fairly early would be GER
tain 10 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 tip TO others In the crowd
who did not have umbrellas News
boys reaped a harvest as they sold
papers at from 3 cents up and the
line Of watchers was soon blanketed
with a mass of paper
Betting was brisk during the morn
ing 1t was estimated that 81 900 900
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 opor-
ator in the stock market He is said
TO have wagered $4,000 and 500. 900
on the Athletics. Many bets of S. 900
lor more have been made, but they are
IN the minority. Most of the bets
have probably been held to $1,000 or
less. but there have been countless
numbers of such wagers.
The question OF the reserved seat
tickets will still be sore spot with
the fans today. When Spectators came
to the fore and made good their as
sertons 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 E. Gaffney
owner of the Boston National Leaguc
club, is not disposed to drop the in
vestigation he stated yesterday. He
, demanded that the National Commits
sion investigate and declared TODAY
that he would press the case.
The first persons 10 enter the Pol,
Grounds when the gates were opened at
935 o'clock were Aillenn Woods and hei
sister, Dorris The young women stood
in line all night last year and Manager
McGraw ladmiring their pluck. ordered
that they be permitted to 90 in ahead
of the crowd today
The first regular watcher 70 ret a
ticket and rush for scat was .Ioscpf
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
1.-THE ball park The line then stretched
across One Hundred and Fifty fifth
street TO Bradhurst avenue and down
Bradhurst for nearly quarter of a
mile, the fans standing two and three
abreast. 1t was an extremely orderly
crowd
Scores Of women were in line by
o'clock. They were shown the greatest
consideration. More than l5o police were
on duty under Inspector Titus. They
. mad little more TO do than urge the men
TO remember there were women in line
: most OF the early crowd breakfastei
p IN the grandstaud or bleachers. Both
I men and women had lunch and break
4 tast packed away in suitcases. hoxes ans
4 bundles OF all description. The crowd
!, spread ont quickly through the unre
: served seats and laughing "frst c,ils
= for beakfast' resounded from an pnrts
e of the park.
The fans came thick and fast as
the dread OF rain departed and at 10 L
O'Clock the line stretched for thir-
teen blocks from the Polo Ground
gates.