The Washington herald., 1915-10-08
HEAVY rain May
HALT FIRST GAME
Downpour Started at Noon
Yesterday Chances Poor
for Playing Today.
FANS ARE GATHERING
Small Riots Feature Distribution of
Reserved Seats-2,O0O in Line at
Sundown for 81 Pasteboards.
FANS ARE GATHERING
By FRANK G. MENkE.

By FRANK G. MENkE.
Philadelphia. Oct. Fear that rain or
a sogGy field would cause a postponement
Of the first world series clash scheduled
for o'clock tomorrow afternoon pulsed
through the bosoms Of fandom tonight.
The heavy rain which began falling
arund noon today continued to pour down
upon this baseball crazed city far into
the night. and even if the rain should
cease before morning, 1t was figured that
the. Phillies' field would be in such Door
condition that the playing of a game
would be impossible.
However the possibility Of a postpone
ment did not dampen the baseball en-
thusiasm in Quakertown. nor did it check
the influx of out-of-town fans, and at
least 2.co0 enthusiasts came into the city
during the day and night. ready to
Phillies or to wager large wads of money
on their choice in the blue ribbon event
of baseball.
Something like $4,000 was today bet on
the outcome Of the series alone, accord
ing to estimates compiled here tonight
Most of the wagers was made at even
money.
Boston Rooters Arrive.
The Boston outfit arrived in town from
New York late in the evening. confident
of victory and eager for the morrow's
battle.
Manager Bill Carriyan remained silent
when asked concerning his pitching Sc
lection for the opening battle. but from
inside the Red SOx ranks came the tip
that Carrigan would send to the mound
Ernie Shore. the husky -hander
who has performed on the brilliant fash
ion all year. Shore has been tested for
coolness and gameness in crucial games
and not found wanting
Grover Cleveland Alexander ranking a a
the most wonderful pitcher in the game
today. OF course. will do the pitching
chores for the Phillies. and because of
this the enthusiastic Phillie fans eagerly
onered odds OF to 5 in the big hotels
tonight that the Phillles would win the
first game. They found few takers.
Small riots featured the distribution
or the reserved seats today and as a
result number OF men are lodged in
the Qnakertown prisons tonight charg-
ed with disorderly conduct. A small
army of ticket Spectators stationed
itself near the ticket windows of the
clup and as soon as one of the DUR
chasers turned away from the window,
the specs" rushed him and made bids
for his tickets
a. Police to Rescue.
The confusion became so great at
one time that a squad of police had
dlHlculty. in maintaining order Many
persons in the crowd were jostled and
battered. and the police pulled a half
dozen men from the struggling mass
and sent them on their way to tha
jails
The specs" offered fancy prices for
the precious pasteboards and there
was lively bidding 1t seemed that
several different gangs of SPECTATORS
were working against each other, to
the financial advantage of those who
had tickets to sell
One man who had purchased three
SO seats for each of the three games
an outlay that involved s27, declared
that he had sold his tickets for $700
A dozen others claimed that they had
disposed of their tickets for prices
ranging from IS to ss each.
Despite the rain a crowd of nearly
1000 had taken up places in the line
outside the clubhouse before sundown
tonight. prepared to wait all through
the night until IL A. NJ when the un-
reserved one dollar seats will be
placed on sale. 1t was announced
that there will be about ten thousand
of these passed out to the fans and
that the policy of first come, first
served. will be exercised. All fans
purchasing the one dollar seats will
be forced to enter the park immed-
lately. this being a precaution against
some persons buying the tickets and
selling them to spectators.