Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-05
GREAT WEATHER PROMISED FANS
 ON OPENING DAY
Ticket Scalpers of Chicago Are Routed. Final Deci- sion on Ground R u l e s Adopted and Explained to Officials.
(By Review Leased WireJ

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-With fair weath- CT promised for the opening game of the worlds series Saturday be- tween the New York Nationals and the Chicago Americans and the ticket scalpers apparently routed. the invad- CTS romped through a practice game with the Chicago Nationals this after noon, the Cubs winning, to ,. The l season being over. nobody paid any attention to the score, but much to the batting. The attendance was small, but this was no criterion of the interest felt in the big series. It is intense.
 Seat Values Soar
 The recent bold announcements of those who, as brokers, work between the box office and the ultimate con sumer, that they would nave plenty of tickets for all at tra-profiteering prices went into eslipse today, but their prices scared. The brokers paid back thousands of dollars in deposits, and it was learned that none of them had more than a dozen of the three. game tickets for sale. TEe price of. box seats accordingly sOared to S75, and even the mere reserved seats, made of hard wood slats and worth at the factory maybe s. were quoted for three sittings of two or three hours each at $35.
 Scalpers Routed
 The scarcity of scalper tickets was attributed to the energy which Owner Comiskey displayed in seeking to cir cumbent the practice. He held back distribution until this morning; num- bered the tickets and indexed the names of the purchasers; obtained the aid of the states attorney and the chief of police, and promised full publicity in the advertising columns of the newspapers wherever he found purchaser had transferred his ticket to broker The best the latter could promise was that they would have plenty of pasteboards for the third Chicago game, on the theory that many ticket holders, having seen two games. would be ready to dispose of their third tickets. But unless the unexpected occurs between now and Saturday the scalpers will have been vanished.
 Lines Form Early
 The lines at four ticket wickets at tie ball park began forming at o'clock this morning, and the proces- son continuel until ali the 15,OOO re- served seat tickets had been given cut. In the matter of betting, the ,ocals talked loudly of to 5 on the Comiskey team. and the New York adherents talked the same odds as to their men, but what actual betting could be located was at even money. There were many freak bets. involv- ing small sums. ranging from 10 to l that neither club would take four straight to 2 to 1 that Collins would outhit Herzog. While the crowd was clamoring for tickets outside the White Sox park, the American league champions put in several hours of practice. The diamond was bit sog- gy, due to recent heavy rains. and it was covered tonight so as to be in shape for practice tomorrow.
 Final Warnings
 Kid" Gleason, the coach, was in charge of practice. Later Manager Rowland addressed the players in the club house. There will be a meeting of the National baseball commission tomorrow, at which time ground rules and other playing conditions will bo explained to the four umpires, the scorers and Managers McGraw and Rowland. There also will be meet ing of the Baseball Writers Associa- tion of America in regard to the de tails of the series.