The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-26
Nv @, r. PEARsALL.

EMORY. that wizard that serves.
m for our constant contemplation,
/" the high lights and the shad-
Nl ovs. and many OF the less Inn
poYtant events In which We hase
taken part IN years tnat n1vo oeen zee "s, csr-
tain hot Saturday In August. many yeAES
arc and many niles away =, =,
The Gay was TO witness the laHt ot
,nres games OF baseball between the
horna tsar and a rival village team ana
AZ each had won ono game. the seIS''l va
Of the fttsst was 10 DO demonstrated on
that particular Saturday. -,
The visiting team arrived In tho WI
lare band wagon midst great exeiternenS
ana te was with some envy and jealousy
that the local team observed taa, tor
this occasion the visiting ounSh M ~ Sn
which ,n carry their bats The hoSr
for the game arrived. and venture tss s
thought now that no WORLDS battenslo
tsrnined 70 lick the enemy than was
that old cow-pasture at that hour-
Glorious Victory.
On ,he mound for the homo team was
Tick Kelley, supposed by All Local AN AN
20 be the only human oeins "no 40, e1u,s u.as
"Ruck" Williams. big as giant ana ana
slow as a COW: on second was SNAKE
FenI1ck; on third was EDDY huny,
short wfry ittie Iftsh lao who eouia o1g run
player; the rest OF the players | can
recall only IN a vague way, oenlnd 1ne
hat the writer fought and pleo n.erahy
every man. woman and child In the VII
Iase was there 10 watch tho contest.
We won gloriously. and although i 90
not remember tho score, know this.
that ',Matty' and CHIEF Myers nave
NOR. honest applause for their skill than
the home battery received that day.
Every village team in America. since
our fathers were boys. has experienced
the annual 10Y of winning, or the agony
OF losing a series OF baseball games With
a rival team. and ls II thing over when
10 marvel that the American man WIN
universal baseball education since en,i1
seriee as his personal battie7 The answer
h that the reddest blood on this contin-
ent spills SIS enthusiasm with reckless
aba ndon at the annual wonas sees
Getting a Ticket.
saw only the hrst gane Of the series
this year, and as it was IN most re-
spects like Gil previous ones l had seen: |
a few observations on baseball intensity |
In 1919 leaving out the bali game IL
self. might be OF interest.
Two months before the series friend i
\ asured me that he would have a ticket
for me for the hrst game ! arrived In |
found everyone asking everyone else IL
he had ticket 20 the ball game. and In /
most cases the answer vas snhrl or an /
oath The management OF tho series an
that the upper balcony at the
park. which seats 5000, would alone be
reserved. and the other 10000 seats would
be for sale on the 'hrat como hrst
served principle. and only at the ball
The reserved seats were not for sale
anywhere. that anyone whom met could
dnd out. and II Is supposed that they
we're all sold by man. TO avoid ticket i
ats we're not placed on sale until a. m.
on the day OF the "a mes. which made II
necessary for one 10 stand In line all
ss .tssr he enc pureSs % sed Sis ticket. Il he ex,
pected TO get a desirable seat AS the
Polo grounds are at l5Tth street. many
miles from the business center OF the
-ity. u Is safe 10 assume that every man
n New York was properly enraged at
,he management Of the sories because of
his ridiculous ruling.
Always a Leak.
Sew York ticket Office and some general
admission tickets we're on sale by brokers |
-he morning OF the game at from S6 10
40 . seat, but no reserved seats were
,urcha BILE az all.
AS my friend had been thrown down"
N getting the reserved seats he had
been promised. he managed through n
ronderful intrigue 10 get three general |
,dnsission seats OF downtown broker \
nd NJ half-past l2 we started IL a taxi
;ab for the park. hoping 10 md some |
eats still vacant As We approached the /
grounds we passed seven blocks OF solid
humanity three abreast. and kept In line i
~ q squad OF policemen The mass was
slowly working its wey 10 the ticket Of
ice. This was four and one-halt hours
lfter the box office had opened. and I \
earned that the line had formed the day
,efore.
We were passed In promptly. and when !