Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-11
PHIL FANS DETECTED
AT SECOND DISASTER
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given the Phinles two runs, and there Is
/ hardly n doubt that with such a lead as
| that and Alexander in the box, the Red
/ Sox hopes would have been so utterly
! crushed that they would nave made but
/ a feeble resistance.
As II turned out, things might have been
| different II Speaker had been allowed 20
/ hit in the ninth inning instead OF being
/ purposely passed, but that is a mere sec
ond guess, as Iris might have batted In
/ the winning run.
Forty-seven thousand clamoring fans
! iammed around the entrances and turn
/ stiles at o'clock this morning, waiting
/ for the public sale OF tickets. which was
announced to take place at that hour
! When these frenzied followers had fought
! their way to the ticket windows and pur-
/ chased the precious pasteboards they Inn
| mediately made a raid on the entrance
| gates, but they were not opened until 1l:3O
/ Thirty minutes after the turnstiles began
| to click off the flow of fans the big stand
/ east of the left-held was was crowded to
capacity At the same time the little
| bandboN bleacher section In right field
was thrcnged with those lucky enough
to purchase 5O-cent seats.
temporary fence was erected. extend
ing from this bleacher stand 20 the wall
in deep right centre. In the space behind
this fence the fans paying an admission
of 70 cents were allowed to stand; other
wise there was not a spectator on the
playing surface. Although the day was
fairly warm and the sky cloudless, those
who held reserved seat tickets were slow
in taking their places in the big sweep
Of grandstand, which forms an amphi-
theatre from the right-field foul line to
the left.
At l2.30 o'clock Bill Carrigan's Red SoN
came on the field for practice. Mays and
Shore did the pitching during this pre-
lminary work. Meanwhile, gaily gowned
women began to trickle through the gates
and take their places in the reserve seat
section and boxes.
MORAN GETS WELCOME.
They were accompanied by male
rooters, who were bedecked with red
badges and Boston pennants. At 1850.
the Phillies. led by Pat Moran, emerged
from their dugout. The friends of Pat i'm
Boston and those of the nearby Massa-
chusetts town rose and gave the Phlly
leader a rousng welcome. AS soon as
the spectators spotted Alexander they
gave him no less hearty welcome to
the cultivated city. Even the dyed-in-the-
wool Red Sox rooters were generous in
their applause of the player who had
outpitched young Shore and beaten their
A regiment of photographers from all
large cities in the country and motion
picture men representing the leading film
companies began their Photographic at
tack on the contenders for the worlds
series championship. An hour before the
time set for the beginning of the game
droves of spectators thronged the thor
oughfare between Commonwealth avenue
and Braves Field. They were offering
and getting S35 for s. SETS The SO tickets
were being sold for S25 and 81 seats for
SIS a set.
1t is believed by those who have seen
the past 10 years worlds series games
that there was never so great demand
for tickets as there was i'm Boston this
morning. Every train running special
sections from the neighboring towns and
cities was packed with baseball bugs who
either had tickets or hoped to get them.
SUFFRAGISTs HONOR SPEAKER
Before the game began iris Speaker
was presented with a $40 goldpiece by
the Massachusetts Women's Suffrage AS
sociatlon. The Red SoX star was given
the money as a memento for obtaining
the first run for Boston in the series.
The citizens of Fitchburg. who present.
ed Moran with n 10-foot floral horseshoe
on September 20. the day the Phillies
won the pennant, again honored their
fellow-townsman with a similar gift.
Just 20 minutes before 2 o'clock the
gong rang and the Phillies went out for
fielding practice, while their compara-
| lively few followers in the stand gave
them lusty and prolonged cheer. Pat
Moran shot the white ball around the
diamond. The infielders handled it with
machine lightning rapidity.
CHEER ENDS IN GROAN.
Pat Moran was stationed on the first
base line and Oscar Dugey at third. When
Stock slammed a drive straight to Speaker
the Boston fans shouted their approval,
but their cries of delight suddenly ceased
when Iris. blinded by the sun. stepped
| back, lodging the ball, and permitted the
Philly thirdsacker to get two-base hit.
The Philly rooters, scattered through
| out the stands, cheered wildly when
| Stock reached second base and continued
| their frenZied roofing when Bancroft
neatly sacrificed. Leonard appeared nerv-
| Gus when Paskert came up, getting three
/ balls before a strike was registered.
| moment later the Boston fans went
wild when Gardner captured Paskerts
| foul In front of his own dugout. The
Philly clan gave Cravath a fine ovation
when he stepped to the plate.
The Boston contingent shouted its ap-
! proval when Cravath missed the third
strike. When Hooper raised a long fly
| to right field Boston cheered: that ceased
suddenly when Cravath made an easy
! catch Scott got cheer when he went