The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-07
WAITING FOR THE
GATES TO Open
Crowd Spent Last Night Lined Up BE.
fore Ticket ofnes for tls FUt
Worlds Series
Games.
TITAN USUAL
What Fans Had to Talk About Dur
Ing the Nlght-ltalian Was the
First In the Line Of
Walters.
SMALLER THAN USUAL
by George Martin, United Press Stan
Correspondent

/ Correspondent
/ BRAVES FIELD, BOSTON, Mass,
! Oct 7.-(6:0o a. m)-Here were the
| forehanded fans, entirely surrounded
by dew and dawn. Filled with HOT
dogs and q desire to see the game.
Dimed in shivers and engulfed In
yawns.
If 1t hadn't been for Marsh Of Van
couver the wal. would have bsen
awful. lie was !, Q mad!esc Br:.ihher
that ever ate n.sruala - TO. break
fast. Babcock stree: was strewn
with the rs he dropped and the way
he treated his his was sin.
Marsh and his wife, 1t seems.
picked Boston and started for the
series early last month with cash and
hopes for grandstand seat Hiding
out on Broadway, over behind the
Hudson river till they were sure Of
the winner. they pounced upon the
high priests of the Red Sox by letter,
mail and phone. Somehow their
double play was foozle-and here
they were In line.
At there a. M. they ran out Of con-
versation. bought the services Of two
grubby and diminutive Back Bay Bos-
ton terriers TO hold their places In
line and went to bed.
Line 10 Formed.
From then on until daylight II was
dull for the disciples Of watchful
waiting, but dawn brought Z woman
with a mole IN her chin and a square
meal in her hand. She began to talk
on arrival and at late hour her
mole was still waving madly.
Il not only got up with the birds, !"
she said, "but ] am one. / am also
Mrs. c. A Hawkes. Of Boston.
brought my lunch, but won't have
time to eat 1t. I've been doing this
point OF keeping up the conversation
until long after the game Is over. 1t
amuses the bows and it doesn't bother
me; I'm used to it. And by the way
you may be Interested to know that
the Red Sox will win three straight,
drop one and take the NTH"
With Mrs. Hawkes. was her sister.
Mrs. Louis Young Of Chicago. Mrs.
Young did not say word. She could
not.
First In line all night was Celeste
Gazzanizea of Boston. This patient
person, with a name like q metropoli-
tan tenor and face the color OF .
plug Of tobacco, draped himself over
the dollar section wicket gap and
slept on the wire entanglements.
Joe Mizetta came up from Phfladel-
phia a few minutes later and got be-
hind him All through the night they
shared their cbills and chewing to-
bacco. Fred Marden OF Wilesbarre,
Pa, also shivered.
Jack carry came in from Breton
Woods, bought hole In the line,
spotted a watcher and wrapping him
self warmly in slumber. laid down
under . tree.
Not What Used 20 BE.
These crowds are not what they
used to be.
Old Man Experience has taught
them that they don't have to be early
worlds series birds to catch the
pasteboard worm.
Time was WHEN they came by. hun
dreds from all parts of the country
built a soap box city and camped be
side the concrete battlements. 4
+ dozen roaring camp fires. several al
night vest pocket restaurants and
lfnnumberal sleeping concessions were
common then. Here last night there
were fewer than $50 walters at all en-
frances and only one camp fire. The
fans know they can do just as vel
and buy places in line Just as cheapl,