Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-09
Figure That Kauff and Zin-
norman Are About Due to
Break Loose Some Heavy
Work With Bats,
GIANTS CONFIDENT OF
TAKING T0DAY'S GAME
Crowd That Will Tax Capacity
of Large Stands at Polo
Grounds Is Predicted for
Opening Game,

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WlRE1
New York, Oct. S.-Notwithstandin
the reverses suffered by the New York
Giants, champions of the National
league, in their two encounters with
the Chicago White Sox, pennant win
ners Of the American organization,
followers of the national game in
greater New York are eagerly awaiting
the third contest which will be played
on the Polo grounds tomorrow after
noon. Still hopeful that John Nc
Graws men have the punch that will
bring the worlds baseball champion
ship to this city after twelve years of
effort. many thousands of devoted
fans win pack the spacious stands to
root for the home club.
The two teams arrived in New
York tonight. The Giants were greet
ed by hundreds of friends as they
dropped off their special train in Har-
lem. Those who expected to see a de-
jected lot of ball tossers missed their
guess. On the contrary, the men
greeted friends as cheerily as If it
were the White Sox that had suffer-
ed the bitterness of defeat. Each play
er felt hopeful that tomorrow's game
would tell a different story.
Favorable Weather Forecast.
Victory was written all over the
faces of the Chicago players. A large
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greet Rowlands men, and they were
given a cheer as they left their train
1t was a happy lot or athletes brim-
full of confidence that the world cham
pionship would be theirs. To the vic
torious American leaguers it is not a
question of winning the series but
whether they can do it in four
straight games.
Weather conditions for tomorrow's
game promise to be all that is desired.
A light rain fell early tonight but the
weather man soon eased the fears of
fans when he announced that the NOR
row would be fair and cooler. The
playing field is expected to be in OK
cellent condition. A crowd that will
tax the capacity of the stands Is pre-
dicted for the fray. The entire upper
srandstand of 5000 reserved seats had
been sold in advance and the dis
tribution of tickets was completed to-
day. A force of clerks under the
supervision of Harry Hampstead
president of the New York club,
worked all through Sunday and late
today in sending out the paste
boards.
Precautions Against Scalpers.
Hundreds of kilograms and letters
remain unanswered. The club offices
were crowded most of the day with
fans trying to buy tickets but there
was none to be had.
Tonight some of the reserved seats
began to appear at ticket agen cies
and among spectators but the num-
ber was not as large as was expected.
The New York club took every pre-
caution, based on PAST experience, to
get the much -sought-after tickets into
the hands of patrons and not the
speculators. Nevertheless, some choice
seats in the upper stand were offered
at $35 for a set of three. Some seats
near third base were offered for sale
at 500 each.
While the inquiry for tickets was
brisk, most of those seeking them
were slow to buy at tonight's higf
prices, hoping that there would be
drop tomorrow. Some of these fan:
are figuring that because Of the tive
defeats suffered by the Giants the
demand for tickets will not be SO
great and that prices will begin t.
drop tomorrow morning.
More than $4,000 tickets for thu
lower grandstand and the bleacher
will be placed on sale tomorrow morn
ing and when the seating capacity o
the grounds is reached all gates will
be closed. Those purchasing ticket
must 60 directly into the grounds. TIL,
club management hopes that by thi
arrangement the number of ticket
falling into the hands of speculator
will be kept down.
The bleacher line began to form
tonight and is expected to lengtfeI
rapidly during the early hours tomor