New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-13
Facilities for Handling Holi-
day Rush Prove Inadequate
Street Car Company
Also in Trouble.
BY JEROME BEATTY.

Boston, Oct. l2.-The attendance to-
day was 4l,096, more than 1000 less
than yesterday. But the crowd was
harder to handle. Thousands of per-
sons who arrived at Braves Field half
an hour before the game started
reached their seats about an hour later.
Gafney Street. in front Of the en-
trance to the field, at l o'clock was
jammed full Of more than 10000 hot,
irritated men and women. At 1:20
o'clock n megaphone man announced
that there was no more standing room,
but the crowd did not give way.
IL was Columbus Day, a holiday
here, and it seemed as If all Boston
had come out to stand in front OF the
entrance TO the park and block the
ticket holders. Persons who got with
in 100 yards Of the entrance at l:i5
o'clock found that by 1880 they had
advanced not more than five yards.
The gates were entirely inadequate
to take care Of the sudden rush. To
make it worse streetcar tried 10 get
through the crowd and stopped, un-
able 20 move, blocking one of the side
walks for ten minutes.
The so cent and 81 stands we're filed
10 capacity at 10 o'clock a. m. In the
dollar stands were 800 mail carriers
with band that played from 10 o'clock
on, while the crowd amused itself by
singing Sweet Adeline" and "Tessie."
The congestion was unbelievable. A
ten-car subway train has about the
same number OF entrances as Braves
Field. and thirty thousand persons
tried TO pass through them in half an
hour. Ten thousand persons, who did
not want 70 get in or out, stood in the
way, just for the fun of watching the
mob.
Agile standees refused to be
standees and perched on top Of the
twenty-foot wall far out in centre field.
They were as far from the plate as the
man who used TO sit on top the soma
phore out beyond the elevated at the
Polo Grounds.
The streetcar company had the same
trouble to-day as yesterday in hand
ling the crowd after tho game. There
were what appeared to be picked
squad Of subway guards, expert In
the flying wedge,'to trample upon and
discourage eager fans who tried TO
board cars that already were filed TO
twice their capacity.
Before to-day's game a Philadelphia
man bet sl,lOO to $4,000 that the Phil
lies would win the series.
Back 10 Philadelphia the battling
clubs and their followers are moving
tonight; back to the Phillies' park,
L - Il - 4
are long; back to a field where, maybe,
a Cravath home run will De Cravath
home run, and not just flied 20
sparkling catch"
II Philadelphia wins tomorrow the
clubs will move back TO Braves Field
for the sixth game. Should the Phill.es
win the next two games (this come:
under the head of unnecessary informa
tom a tossed coin will select the
scene for the seventh struggle.
If you should wish to ask Red SoS
or Philly player for information as "a
why folks aren't going TO baseball
shoes. for he will chase you con-
scientously any distance up TO six
miles.
The players are through sharing in
the proceeds They get in on only the
first four games. Now the club owners
begin to profit-much 20 the disgust of
every fan who ever tried TO get out Of
the Phillies' or into the Braves park
in less than an hour.
The first four games Of this years
series have drawn more persons than
last years four games between the
Braves and Athletics. The total AT
tendance thus far is 1905, while last
year the total was about 1ll,000. The
receipts In 1914 were 225,739. To date