Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-09

70 best advantage, and todayS post
ponement gives him the needed time to
get into condition.
Small Crowd Waits Up.
. Police officials and Polo Grounds
guards on duty at Brush stadium said
the all-night crowd was the smallest
that has waited up for a world series
game here IN years. The first man to
appear arrived at 6 o'clock last night.
He was a little old man, more than
sixty years of age, and took his place at
the two-doilar ticket window in order
to hold the place and sell it to the
highest bidder when the sale of seats
to the lower stand began. The line
grew slowly and at midnight there
were perhaps a hundred boys and men
slept peacefully and others discussed
the chances of the Giants to even mp
the series. In this line stood soldier
with his service overcoat buttoned up
The first in the dollar bleacher line
was a young boy. who put In an ap-
pearance at $50 last night. He did
not have a dollar to see the game.
price of admission and little extra
to buy some lunch. There were a few
more in this line than in the two
dollar section. but when the rain came
n
most of those who had stood for hours
lost heart. sought shelter or went to
their homes. The old man and the
young boy, however. stuck to their
places and covered themselves with
newspapers to protect them from the
rain
Lines Began to Grow.
With the first streaks of dawn and
while the rain was still falling lightly
the lines began to grow. Fans began
to tumble from Il trains. and soon all
arteries of travel led to the Polo
Grounds.
When the gates to the lower grand
stand and bleachers We're opened at
O'Clock the lines stretched up and down
the streets and around the grounds.
The shivering fans, who stood In the
cold all night. were rewarded by first
choice of seats in the unreServed sec
tions All seats in the upper pavilion
had been reserved and were sold several
days ago. This left about 21.ooo seats
TO be sold on the basis of first come,
first served when the gates opened to-
dav. The management insisted that
each purchaser of an unreserved sea (
go directly into the grounds. This ar
rangement was strictly adhered to. and
gave every patron of the club an equal
chance.
Spectators Are Active.
Despite every precaution taken by
President Hampstead. reserved seat
tickets We're TO be had from spectators
At the grounds and at the prominent
hotels Last night S3o was asked for
one set Of tickets to three games but
prices fell today, due to the damp
weather.
While the betting odds favored the
American League champions. all the
way from to !. to to !, supporters
of the Giants still We're outwardly opti-
mistic. The local rooters. while admit
ting the superiority Of the White Sox
in the first two games, insisted that
NcGraw's men have not Yet displayed
their real base ball ability.
During the morning special trains
brought in hundreds of rooters from
nearby cities. The famous Royal Root
ers'' of Boston We're in one delegation.
Having no team Of their own to root
for this year on account of the fickle-
ness of base ball fortune, the Boston
enthusiasts cheered for the White Sox
Other special trains came from west
ern cities. The 200 Woodland Rards. for
years the chief rooters of the White
Sox. arrived with the team last night.