Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-07
Sardine-packed Men and
Boys Pass Them Along to
Head of Line r ain
Drives Many Home,
Scores Offer to Sell Their Places
of Vantage to Passersby-Po-
lice Drag Many out-Youth
Lands BreathIess on All Fours
at Wicket.

Like the shaking white crest Of BILL
low breaking on the shore, Joe Banks,
youthful baseball fan rode on tire
momentum of the crowds behind him
and landed on all fours at just one Sec
ond after o'clock before the sellers Of
tickets for the worlds series games at
Gimbels this morning. t
Joe was helped to his feet by Police
Sergeant Robinson. His fat cheeks shook
and qulvered, but he could not talk. At
last he murmured 1.-TWO sets" and thrust
the money through the wicket, grasped
the tickets, was met by an admiring
father and thus Joe, perhaps, passes
forever from the limelght of publicity.
Joe was white at Is minutes of Q
o'clock He was much whittier when a
big reserve policeman opened the gate
for the rush on the ticket stands.
Sweat stood on his forehead. He was
shaking all over, but he wore sickly
smile.
He had withstood temptation, he had
withstood the rain this morning, and had
made good.
WOMEN HALF THE NIGHT IN LINE.
OF equal Importance with Joe is Miss
Mamie MCGEE, 213O North Fifth street.
She was the first woman to buy a world
series ticket. When the sale started she
was at Chestnut street, but man after
man slipped her ahead of himself, and
she reached the wicket in short order.
She purchased two seats for her brother
She had started at the end of the line
at o'clock this morning. Her brother
is wise young man, for Miss MCGEE
was advanced along the line faster than
he would have been.
Miss Olive Ernst, Of 1924 Arch street,
is another young woman who survived
the endurance test. She entered the line
early just out of old friendships sake.
Sho formerly lived at Ocean City. A, H.
Weston of Ocean City, came to town
yesterday to purchase tickets for him
self and friends. Alone he could not pur-
chase all he wished. He asked Miss
Ernst to help him. She shook her blond
curls at first, but finally consented.
She camped on a single chair such as
1900 @@S N''S OASS Hall piazza DanQ con-
certs' and munched sandwiches until It
was her time to buy tickets.
ONE WOMAN ENTERED LINE ON 4 :.
BET.
In all there We're 10 women in the line
of fans. They did not want the fact
generally known. Some when asked
their names chewed gum wearily and
said, Nothing doing" Ono said that
she was giving a surprise to her hus-
band and it would spoil the treat II she
told. The only thing that worried her
was whether or not she had closed the
windows before she left home at mid
night
There were many women in line early
ms morning, but they Were not all en-
husiastic baseball fans, for the majority
disappeared with handkerchiefs over their
leads when 1t started to rain.
Emma Connell withstood the rain. She ]
inferred the line on q bet. She won her
et.
The size OF the crowd which started to
uy tickets Is admitted to be one of the
argest in the history Of baseball Police
nen who deal with crowds and say they
re able to judge their numbers were a
title confusing in their estimates. One
aid that at least 5000 were in line:
mother that more than 10000 were in the
1ng string which reached along Ninth
treet. serpentined through alleys ana
trung around Spruce to Eighth.
The seedy looking representatives OF the
oeculators made large but poor show
IS in the line. They were handed tba
loney to purchase tickets just as thew
cached Gimbels door. They were col.
-Eed as soon as they came out and the
ckets taken from them. There vera
'eculators here from New York and
oston. anu
POLICE PULL SOME FROM LINE
Just before the ticket windows vera
pened the police pulled a number ~
len from line. A fat blond-haired bIua-
cat paraded the line with a blackjack
his hand. a man with blue hat and
race which bore a nose shaped like
le prov Of an ice-breaking boat slinned
TO the line ahead of others. Thera
as tumult Immediately.
red-haired man with a brogue wanted
m arrested. Others In the line said ba
d Just stepped out TO get a light for
cigarette and was entitled to his place.
e police We're in a quandary They
npromised by setting him back % num-
rs and then th@re was more troubla
I'M the rear ranks The blond haried
1ceman waved his blackjack Struck a
lley pole with it until the DoIe ram,
anguish and the near riot was averted
-rrests were made, and during the ey
ement Sam Glasgow. a bow, OF 500
senberg street, and Frank Maude. az
Union street were seized with fits
zen out OF the line ana sent To m:
ferson Hospital Both recovered IN
ew minutes, but they lost their niacag
IN all there was some excitement
o return In closing, 10 the bow vpbo
lded the line, At O'clock tbfs r,orr mro
he was offered $50 for his place, a
ing man with a wavering walk am
yea by a thin cane offered him tbis
n for his place. The young man Il'ls e,
med that he wanted TO head ~ ~
have his picture taken. Joe Looked
oss ihe street where his father st1o5
OK his head and was thrown tnfo
,Irlly gInIy @ before the ticket-wicket by the
G had lost the $50 but he had hoe,
aII5,lt no ms trust trust and for a day he viii +