Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-07
WHAT THE FANS DID
WHILE THEY WAITED
With Hot Dog and En-
thusiasm Went Early and
Stood Pat
BY George Martin.

Braves Field, Boston. Mass, Oct. T.
C a. m.)-Here were the forehanded
fans, entirely surrounded by dew and
dawn. Filleod with hot dogs and de-
sire to see the game. Dimmed in shivers
and engulfed in yawns.
If it hadn' been for Marsh of Van
couver, the wait would have been awful.
He was the maddest Britisher that ever
ate marmalade for breakfast. The
street was strewn with the RS he drop
ped and the way he treated his h 3 was
q sin.
Marsh and his wife, it seems, picked
Boston and started for the series early
last month with cash and hopes for Il
grandstand seat. Hiding out on Broad
way, 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 3 a, m. they ran out of conyersa-
tion, bought the services Of two grubby
and diminutiye Boston terriers to hold
their places in line and went to bed.
From then on until daylight it was
dull for the disciples Of watchful wait
ing, but dawn brought a woman with u
mole on her chin and square meal in
her hand. She began to talk Oh arrival
and at late hour her mole was still
waving madly.
81 not only got up with the BIRDS"
she said. "but 1 am one. am also Mrs.
G. A.. Hawkins. OF Boston. ] brought
my lunch, but I wont have time to eat
it. I've been doing this for three years
now and l make point of keeping
up the conversation until long after the
game is over. 1t amuses the boys and
1t doesn't bother me; I IN 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 fifth. "
With Mrs. Hawkes. was her sister,
Mrs. Louise Young, Of Chicago. Mrs.
Young, who ism t so very laxative, did
not say n word. She could not
First in line all night was Celeste
Gazzinza. of Boston. This patient per-
son with a name like Metropolitan
tenor and face color Of plug of to-.
bacco, draped himself over the dollar
section wicket gap and slept on the wire
entdnSieuentS'
Joe Mizella came up from Philadel.
phia a few minutes later and got be-
hind him. All through the night they
shared their chills and chewing tobac.
co. Fred Marden. Of Wilkesbarrc, Pa,
also shivered.
Jack Carry came in from Breton
Woods, bought hole in the line, in.
stalled watcher, and, wrapping himself
warmly in slumber, lay dawn under q
tree.
These crowds are not what they used
to be. Old Man Experience has taught
them that they don t have to be early
world s. series birds TO catch the paste
board 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. A dozen
roaring campfires. several all night vest
pocket restaurants and innumerable
sleeping concessions were common then.
Here last night there were fewer than
$50 walters at all entrances and only
one camp fire. The fans know they
can do just as well and buy places in
line just as cheaply if they wait until
or SO the morning of the first day IS
game.
So it came TO pass today that dawn =
left hand had been in the sky a long
time before the great majority of the
fans came swarming off the street cars
with their right hands in their pock.