Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-07
SPECULATORS BUSY
TAKING PROFITS ON
THE WORLD SERIES
Telephone Orders Come to
Hotels F rom Distant Cities.
So Seats Go to 81, and
$40 Ones to SIS.

Worlds series baseball tickets were
placed on sale in the leading hotels
shortly after 0 o'clock this morning. Long
before that hour baseball fans began to
send in their orders. Several thousand
dollars worth of tickets were sold in the
morning.
Sales were made over the long-dlstance
telephone wires. Orders for boxes came
from Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Chicago, New York. Baltimore and Nash
vile, Tenn. 1t made no difference to the
out-of-town millionaire, merchant, law
yer, politician and statesmen what the
prices were.
we must see the opening game and 1t
makes no difference what you charge"
were the words which accompanied
almost every order.
George NJ. Cohan, playwright. and
Abraham Erlanger, theatrical promoter,
were the first persons to order tickets
over the telephone this morning They
sent their order to Ryan's ticket office
in the Bellevue-Stratford. They are COM
ing over with party of friends to see
the opening game Cohen and Erlanger
VIII pay $40 for q seats, or SO seat.
The q seats will be roped off and n
temporary box will be fixed up,
While New Workers and residents of
other cities were keeping the long dis
tance telephone wires busy, Philadelphians
We're on the Job
Soon after Charles Dillingham;, the New
YORK theatre man, had agreed to pay S2lO
for 2l seats, a message was received from
George D. Weidener, Jr. He ordered 2l
seats Tor the same amount which DiIllng-
ham had agreed to pay.
Mr.. Conrad, stationed in Ryan's ticket
booth In the Bellevue-Stratford, was TAX
ing an order from George c. Simmons, of
st. Mary's, Pa, when w. NJ Elkins. Jr.
got on the wire Somehow the telephone |
wires became entangled and it was some |
tune before the messages were straight |
ened out Mr.. Elkins asked that a boy
or Il seats for the whole series be re-
served for him.
Another Philadelphian who telephoned
MS order was George w. Childs Drexel
CHICAGO SENDS ORDERS.
Chicago was represented also in the
sale of tickets. From the windy citv
came an order from E. V. Price. He is
coming here with a party Of relatives,
L. Lenahan, a director of the National
casket Company, also reserved a box.
Baseball was on the tongue of almost
every person who stood about the cor
ridors of the Bellevue st. lanes
Adelphia and other hotels.
several members Of the Ancient and
honorable Artillery Company of Boston
which is the oldest military company in
he United States, bought tickets. The
nen are celebrating the 277th ANIMAL
ield day of the company.
Tickets are being sold at various nrices
Ihe regular $40 seats which are in the
Font row in the grandstand, are being
old by some spectators for SIS. The SIS
eats are bringing in some quarters s25
Benthysen said this morning that bo
old front box seat, which he bougbt
or S25, for $50. Benthysen couIdn't tsu
he purchasers name
Il don't care who the man is as Ionp
s l get my price, he said as he was
assing over several yellow bills to his
len with which to buy more tickets
The prices paid by the Boston soid,ors =
Or tickets selling at Gimbel Brothers =
or 50 was Sc and 81. One Of the nl,rl n
hasers bought ticket for his son Who a.
attending the University of Pennsvl- h
ania. '''9S4- "
W. II, Huhn, son Of George A. Tubn i,
aitAei' anu D. T. Hemingway. % Wash Il
lEton' called up on the phone at the IN
ellevue Just I'm time 10 get tickets. An :"
-her Philadelphian who narrov,Iv eg- p,
iPPed being disappointed was o. N G
Al 10 o'clock this morning all the req tgg
aF IS tickets selling for IS and 81 were j,
'io out at the Continental w. G. Fon- a
m VINO conducts the ticket booth A
ated that he received his arst teIe,
zone order at o'clock this morning h,
NO tickets were on sale at the Adelpbia Ig
aSeDaH rams We're referred to Spalding's y,
10 Glmbel brothers. According 10 lie Dr
srhs' baseball tickets We're in more de- 81
ma by young and middle-aged women pI
an by men. =,
VETERAN sPECULAToR HERE. aS
Reuben Benthysen, veteran New York =,
Eet sPeculator, is in town. He is here su
IN a squad OF men. lie has estab-
he'd headquarters in the corridor % tr
g Postotice AS soon as his men Inv be
air tickets at GImbels they report ~
m. ~
We are going to clean up" said Ron
ysen, this morning. 4