South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-07
FANS DOWNGAST
CAN 7 GET INTO
BASEBALL PARK
REQUESTS For Seats Total 1885,
600 and Many Are Turned
Observation-Disclosures
Are Busy.


About 80 per cent Of the adult male
population of Philadelphia was gloomy
and grouchy today because it was
not invited 10 drop around 10 the Of
fee of the Phillies at a. m and par
take in the distribution of reserved
seats.
When the club officers opened to
day there was q mob Of over 5000
outside waiting TO present its Invita-
tons and its cash in exchange for the
precious paSteboards that will admit
to the world series comforts in this
town between these Phenomenal
Phillies and Bill Carrigan's grand col
lection OF Red SoX.
Clerks in the club offices declared
today that the requests for tickets
for each game made by mail or tele-
graph had totalled 1875. 900 up 10 last
night and that more than 5000 let
ters. requesting probably $4,000 addi-
tional tickets arrived in the morning
mail but had not been opened. The
club officials ignored practically all
requests from out-of-tOwn fans. favor
ing the home fans. in keeping with
the announced policy Of Prest Will
liam II. Baker.
one of the pecularties of the dis
tribution today was this:
Must Produce Cash.
Despite the. fact that the letters of
the lucky applicants enclosed certi-
fed checks or money orders. the club
officials Informed the ELECT" in the
notices sent out last night that the
tickets would be delivered upon pay
ments Of currency and that the checks
and money would he returned within
a day or two. This procedure. an
unusual one, caused considerable COM
ment but none of the winners" de-
INJURED. They resurrected the CT sh
and rushed to a place in the line IN
front of the club Offices
The distribution today included
about 3.SCO box seats at So per. about
$500 granstand seats at So per. and
1000 pavilion seats at 50. The to-
tai reserved seat capacity is 1000 box
seats, 5000 SO seats and 2. 600 50 seats,
but about 1000 seats for each game
We're held out for the mem bers Of the
national commission. the club officials
and the players.
The total cash taken in by the club
today was close 10 $4,000, each patroh
being forced to buy tickets for three
games.
Spectators Present
4 small army Of ticket spectators.
most of them from New York. arrived
in town early today and were boast
full that the would make killing"
The efforts Of the club officials to
keep US from getting tickets will be
useless one "Spcc" said. We'll get
! a bigger bunch this year than ever
before. and you see that we can shake
down the dear old public for a fat
! bank roll for every pair Of tickets
| There was not much interest in the
| ho -,
! parisOn with that in this series and
we are sure we can get double and
/ triple the prices this year that we die
| last.
Wen have a big bunch Of ticket.
! before o'clock this afternoon anC
anybody who gets n pair of them fol
less than $50 will be one very lucky
| bird"
The town is full of persons VIII,
hoped for tickets and did not ge
J them and as a result there is mucl
wailing and gnashing Of teeth. so I,
/ speak. Also many harsh words ar
being uttered in the general direction
of the Phillie club owners one o
the disappointed was Joe O'Rourke o
Albany, y. A., the man who "discov
cred Grover Cleveland Alexander. H
lis broken hearted over the though
that he may not see his find" per
form in the stellar battles of baseball
The brother of Police Capt. Kenne,
Is another disappointed individual. II
came all the way from the Phillippin
islands TO see the series. feeling con
hdent that his brother would be abb
TO secure a ticket for him. But tn
so-called throwing down" Of the DO
lice departments request for ticket
mas made Capt. kenney ticketless an
ms brother faces the prospect of hav
ing made a Ruthless trim of 1900
miles and q fruitless expenditure O
$500.